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The Dark Knight Rises: Armored in our mistakes
December 28, 2012 – 2:59 PM | 9 Comments
<I>The Dark Knight Rises</I>: Armored in our mistakes

It isn’t put together very well, the story, but it has such affection for its characters, and it believes uncynically in what it’s trying to be, and it is trying to be a sad, beautiful …

Dressed To Kill
August 25, 2008 – 12:13 PM | 10 Comments
<I>Dressed To Kill</I>

Maybe, back in 1980, Dressed To Kill got over via shock value.Almost 30 years later, in a world that’s more savvy about trans issues, the “twist,” such as it is, doesn’t do much to hide …

The Dark Knight
July 29, 2008 – 1:18 PM | 48 Comments
<I>The Dark Knight</I>

Warning: Contains spoilers.
I can’t figure out why I like the Bale Batmans so much (foxy Bale himself aside). Both movies lean heavily on storytelling maneuvers that I tend to hate, and both movies arrived in …