Posted by tru on July 31, 2010 · 2 Comments
Clichéd, pretentious, patronizing, unintelligent; these are some of the words that came to mind as I watched Nolan’s Inception. Inception, a two-hour and twenty plus abecedarian edumatic on Nolan’s fascination in lucidity and dreams, seems like an intriguing idea someone planted within Nolan’s subconscious, yet, never fully extracted. Inception is deficient of innovation, is predictable, … Continue reading →
Category Tinseltown reviews · Tagged with Batman, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Dileep Rao, Dream incubation, Ellen Page, Hans Zimmer, Heath Ledger, Hypnagogia, IMAX, Inception, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe, Legendary Pictures, Leonardo DiCaprio, Limbo, Lucid dreams, Lukas Haas, Marion Cotillard, Michael Caine, Pete Postlethwaite, Subconscious, Syncopy Films, The Matrix, Tinseltown reviews, Tom Berenger, Tom Hardy, Unconscious mind, Wachowski brothers, Warner Bros.
Posted by tru on June 7, 2010 · 1 Comment
Jordan Mechner cosigns and Mike Newell directs the worst blockbuster so far this century! An appalling tribute to a beloved and cherished video game franchise, regarded by many (me included) as groundbreaking and innovative within the platforming genre. Is it good when a video game creator like Mechner gets the rare opportunity to adapt, and … Continue reading →
Category Tinseltown reviews · Tagged with Alamut, Alfred Molina, Ben Kingsley, Dastan, Disney, Gemma Arterton, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jordan Mechner, Kakolookiyam, Mike Newell, Persian mythology, Prince of Persia, Rostam, Shahnameh
Posted by tru on April 25, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Darnell Martin’s got her mojo working right with Cadillac Records. Telling America’s history of pop music, created predominately by Africans, the film shows the theft and exploitation of artists like Muddy Waters and Etta James by European record execs like Leonard Chess, who offer them Cadillacs and fame in exchange for publishing rights, song royalties…their souls! Showbiz … Continue reading →
Category Tinseltown reviews · Tagged with Adrien Brody, Barack Obama, Beyoncé Knowles, Beyonce, Blues, Cedric the Entertainer, Chicago blues, Chuck Berry, Columbus Short, Darnell Martin, Eamonn Walker, Electric blues, Elvis, Etta James, Gabrielle Union, harmonica, Howlin' Wolf, Jeffrey Wright, Little Walter, Mos Def, Muddy Waters, The Rolling Stones, Willie Dixon
Posted by tru on January 1, 2010 · Leave a Comment
You’re not the only one with a gun bitch! – Trudy Chacon Despite all Avatar’s efforts, the film doesn’t seem to resonate the way it should. Rather it focuses heavy on war-driven themes of imperialism, colonialism, manifest destiny, and full-fledged terrorism. How prejudice can one film be, in referring to indigenous people as blue colored … Continue reading →
Category Tinseltown reviews · Tagged with 2154, 3D, Avatar, Biodiversity, Comics, Ethnomusicology, Eywa, Gene splicing, Giovanni Ribisi, Hinduism, Jake Sully, James Cameron, Michelle Rodriguez, Movie Review, movies, Navi, Pandora, Sam Worthington, Sci Fi, Shock and awe, Sigourney Weaver, Stereoscopy, Zoë Saldaña
Posted by tru on December 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment
“…my original theory was that we’re living in such a fucked-up world and things are so awful that Earth needed to populate itself with people who were going to do something about it.”
Category Tinseltown reviews · Tagged with anthropogenesis, Apolutrosis, Bi-curious, Carnival, cheerleading, Cherokee, clairvoyance, Comics, DNA, Genetic engineering, H.R.G., Haiti, Heroes, India, Italy, Japan, Jimmy Jean-Louis, khukuri, NBC, nurse, Palaeoclimatology, Paranormal, praeternatural, Sci Fi, Superhero, supernatural, Sylar, tattoo, Ventimiglia, volume 5
Posted by tru on November 21, 2009 · 1 Comment
“Oh Bella, you’re my reason for living..the air I breath.”
