Tattoo director chooses design carefully

Posted by Peter Hemminger on April 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo seems like unlikely fodder for runaway success. The top-grossing film in Swedish history, like the bestselling novel by Stieg Larsson on which it’s based, is an exceptionally dark piece of crime fiction that deals bluntly and provocatively with violent rape, sexually charged murder and the depraved excesses of the … Continue reading →

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More in brief

Posted by Peter Hemminger on January 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

I don’t think I have it in me at the moment to do the long-delayed Godfather II post, so for now, just brief reviews of some mediocre movies. FILM: The Spy Next Door: There have been more than enough movies about spies, cops, hitmen, bounty hunters and ace criminals pulling one last job before they … Continue reading →

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Posted by Peter Hemminger on December 17, 2009 · 1 Comment 

It’s only taken 26 years, but I’ve finally reached the point where I can watch an honest-to-God John Ford western. My whole life, I’ve associated John Wayne with my dad, my grandpa, and traditional ideals of masculinity that on some level I’ve always rejected. From pudgy, monster-obsessed elementary schooler to scrawny, music-obsessed hipster-about-town, I’ve never … Continue reading →

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