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The decision to make this based-on-fact saga into a thriller rather than a moral drama may have been arisen from the assumption that the audience wouldn’t know how the story comes out

A remarkable evocation by the director of Central Station of life in the outback of Brazil 90 years ago is spoiled by a facile ending.

For just a moment, about half way through, Hollow Reed by Angela Pope looks as if it is going to face a difficult problem honestly. Talk about suspense! But just as, when it looks as if the hero of a movie like Con Air is done for, you know he can’t be, so here you…

Milos Forman’s Man on the Moon is worth seeing for two reasons. One is the remarkable performance of Jim Carrey as the late comic and performance artist (as we should call him today), Andy Kaufman. I confess that I have always numbered myself among the Carrey-skeptics, and cannot remember a single performance of his that…

A visually impressive retelling of this much-retold tale but one which leaves something to be desired dramatically and morally

[See “Honor Bound” in The American Spectator of April, 2012, under “Articles”] Discover more from James Bowman Subscribe to get the latest posts to your email. Type your email… Subscribe