Rather than let the story and the character unfold, the opening credits of Queen of the Desert tell us who the important historical figure Gertrude Bell was. She was a white British woman who, at the beginning of the 20th century became the unlikely expert in the culture and people of the Middle East. In …
Early in Encounters at the End of the World, director Werner Herzog muses in his voice-over narration about the hierarchy of power in the animal kingdom… which leads him to wonder why a chimpanzee would never decide to control a goat in order to ride into the sunset on its back. I’m not making this …
Someone needs to give Christian Bale a sandwich and some diet counseling. If this guy continues to gain and lose alarming amounts of poundage for movie roles (see also The Machinist), he’s going to have some kidney problems (or worse) coming his way soon enough. I’m just saying. But audiences seem to dig this sort …
Unlike the millions of fans of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher books, I had never heard of the guy. I may as well be the equivalent of Richard Jenkins’ jaded district attorney. One of his suspects, instead of confessing to a sniper shooting of 5 random people on the Pittsburgh riverside, scrawls a note: “CALL JACK …
OK, I love Werner Herzog. He can literally do anything, from dramatic narrative films like Rescue Dawn with Christian Slater, to documentaries that range from quirky (Encounters at the End of the World) to disturbing (Grizzly Man). Let’s just say he has the greatest job in the world, and I’m always interested in checking out …