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Thursday , September 24 , 2009

The Time Traveler’s Wife: Rife With Paradoxes

Posted by betweentheframes , Reader : 288 , 01:21:06

As with Audrey Niffenegger’s best-selling novel of the same name, The Time Traveler’s Wife is being positioned as a mainstream romance rather than as a science fiction film. For those who know better it’s obvious this is both.Henry DeTamble (Eric Bana) discovers at an early age that he can travel in time. He has no control over where or when he goes or how long he stays. He can̵....

As with Audrey Niffenegger’s best-selling novel of the same name, The Time Traveler’s Wife is being positioned as a mainstream romance rather than as a science fiction film. For those who know better it’s obvious this is both.Henry DeTamble (Eric Bana) discovers at an early age that he can travel in time. He has no control over where or when he goes or how long he stays. He can̵....

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Ponyo: Absolutely Perfect

Posted by betweentheframes , Reader : 270 , 01:15:41

Hayao Miyazaki is often called “The Walt Disney of Japan” in such exchanges. This is not entirely inappropriate, and it has been over a decade since Disney purchased American distribution rights for the films of Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli. But the comparison is superficial at best, and Miyazaki’s recent return from semi-retirement to helm the latest Ghibli opus Ponyo will test h....

Hayao Miyazaki is often called “The Walt Disney of Japan” in such exchanges. This is not entirely inappropriate, and it has been over a decade since Disney purchased American distribution rights for the films of Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli. But the comparison is superficial at best, and Miyazaki’s recent return from semi-retirement to helm the latest Ghibli opus Ponyo will test h....

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Wednesday , September 23 , 2009

Whiteout: Easy Enough Way To Pass Time

Posted by betweentheframes , Reader : 341 , 05:02:57

There are certain books you read to pass the time – on the beach, at the airport, on the daily commute – without any great expectations except to hold your interest enough to keep turning the pages. Whiteout, based on a graphic novel, is the movie equivalent of a page turner. Indeed, with all the portable options for viewing movies now, it will likely be showing up in those very same ....

There are certain books you read to pass the time – on the beach, at the airport, on the daily commute – without any great expectations except to hold your interest enough to keep turning the pages. Whiteout, based on a graphic novel, is the movie equivalent of a page turner. Indeed, with all the portable options for viewing movies now, it will likely be showing up in those very same ....

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My Sister's Keeper: Poignant and Well Put Together

Posted by betweentheframes , Reader : 296 , 05:00:44

Every year, there’s usually one film like My Sister's Keeper that emerges as the prime example of counter-programming. It’s a film that might easily have turned into a maudlin tearjerker. Instead, it is intelligent, moving and even occasionally funny, although you might want to bring along a few tissues just in case. Based on the novel by Jodi Picoult, with a script credited to Je....

Every year, there’s usually one film like My Sister's Keeper that emerges as the prime example of counter-programming. It’s a film that might easily have turned into a maudlin tearjerker. Instead, it is intelligent, moving and even occasionally funny, although you might want to bring along a few tissues just in case. Based on the novel by Jodi Picoult, with a script credited to Je....

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Wednesday , September 16 , 2009

District 9: The Evils of Apartheid

Posted by betweentheframes , Reader : 187 , 05:44:05

Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 sets the film in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, where the resolution is made to create an apartheid separation of a race of aliens who helplessly arrive on a spaceship. This resolution develops over two decades into creating a slum area of poverty, crime and prejudice. This presents a cinematic condition to examine what such a resolution does, not o....

Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 sets the film in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, where the resolution is made to create an apartheid separation of a race of aliens who helplessly arrive on a spaceship. This resolution develops over two decades into creating a slum area of poverty, crime and prejudice. This presents a cinematic condition to examine what such a resolution does, not o....

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