Articles tagged with: the bog of labored symbolism
Life of Pi: Let’s hope this kitchen sink floats
A teenage boy named Pi, shipwrecked on his way from India to Quebec with his family and their zoo animals, spends more than half a year at sea, “sharing” a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger …
The Uninvited: Blood, no guts
Despite the too-broad title — Bloody Things or …Eek! would have worked just as well — The Uninvited has a ton of potential. Jan (Marguerite Moreau of Wet Hot American Summer) suffered most of her …
Film Fiber: Midnight Express and the Rosebud Conundrum
What is film fiber? It’s the movies I feel it’s necessary to have watched in order to participate in the cultural conversation. Canon, in other words, and whether it’s good or enjoyable isn’t the point. …
