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	Tron: Legacy’ — Electrifies the Boys and Girls By Frederik Sisa @ 9:00 AM December 23, 2010 Found in: Film Released in 1982, the original Tron movie has — until geek became chic and, more importantly, profitable — been the sort of quasi-obscure cult item dismissed as video game juvenilia with the same wave of the hand now reserved for comic book movies not directed by Christopher Nolan. read
	‘The King’s Speech’: Music to Our Ears By Frederik Sisa @ 12:00 PM December 03, 2010 Found in: Film Label a movie “feel-good” and “triumphant,” and you’re liable to conjure visions of a hard-luck sports team elevated by tough-love ministrations or cute animals in danger who win the day through sheer pluck. read
	Monsters: When Giants Walk Among Us By Frederik Sisa @ 2:00 PM November 05, 2010 Found in: Film To the list of up-and-coming directors with a keen understanding of what makes science fiction such a scintillating canvas for thoughtful speculation — a list that includes Duncan Jones (Moon) and Neill Blomkamp (District 9) — one can now add, with some reservation, the name of Gareth Edwards.read
	Hereafter: Deathly Dull By Frederik Sisa @ 9:00 AM October 22, 2010 Found in: Film What Shakespeare described as the undiscovered country from whose borne no traveler returns is also something less poetic: the subject of a turf war among theologians, charlatans, New Age fabulists and other opportunistic metaphysicians. Like the true believer, Clint Eastwood's latest – with the unsubtle title “Hereafter” – aims to prove itself of a modern, post-Enlightenment mindset by exposing various con-artists out to exploit the grieving through the pretense of communicating with the dead. In an amusing bit of mockery, various kinds of mediums — channellers, spiritualists and Electronic Voice Phenomena technicians — are paraded and punctured. read
	'Salt': Flat By Frederik Sisa @ 4:00 PM July 30, 2010 Found in: Film What ever happened to the humble vial of truth serum? A few drops of the stuff and suspects were chirpier than a colony of birds on a telephone wire. It was the epitome of spy movie interrogation technology. The real drama, of course, came from the pitting of mind vs. mind, spy vs. counterspy, in tense, unaided confrontations across a table. Now we get neural imaging devices that scan a suspect’s brain in real-time to root out deception, which is convenient as it illustrates how much technology — both real and speculative — has infiltrated our spy movies. Like the dilemma facing the intelligence services, people have given way to machines.read
	‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’: Welcome Back, Magic By Frederik Sisa @ 1:00 PM July 23, 2010 Found in: Film Dismissed by many among the film cognoscenti as shallow spectacle and proclaimed a flop by the media for raking in a mere $24 million on its five-day opening weekend — Disney’s second misfire after “Prince of Persia” — “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” seems positioned for box office oblivion. read
	Inception: Into the Maze We Go By Frederik Sisa @ 1:00 PM July 16, 2010 Found in: Film Handling dreams like Russian nested dolls is perhaps not, in itself, the most innovative concept given movies like “The Matrix,” “Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” read
	'Iron Man 2': Heart of Lead By Frederik Sisa @ 11:00 AM May 14, 2010 Found in: Film The foremost question of “Iron Man 2” is: What happened to the Jon Favreau of the first Iron Man and Zathura? That Favreau was a director from the old school, comfortable with modern CGI effects but at home in the roots of classical filmmaking and, crucially, well-versed in the storytelling arts. In the armored superhero’s second outing, however, Favreau has been edged out by Marvel’s marketing committee.read
	Sci-Fi Short Film Roundup: The District 9 Trend By Frederik Sisa @ 3:00 PM April 30, 2010 Found in: Film Although it would be rather hyperbolic to suggest that District 9 represents a milestone in 21st century science fiction cinema, Neil Blomkamp’s gritty tale of aliens among us certainly does set the pace for a new trend. And it is this: science fiction rooted in near-future speculation.read
	‘The Losers’ Are Winners By Frederik Sisa @ 11:00 AM April 23, 2010 Found in: Film It must be true that “The Losers” started life as a groundbreaking comic book; I’ve never heard of it. Or perhaps “groundbreaking” is merely the buzzword of an enthusiastic publicity department. read

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