When you think of Jane Austen adaptations, a few things come to mind. Commonly they are British period costume dramas of manners where women are tempestuous, men are either be cruel or intensely romantic, and prevalent themes of station, class, character and morality are bandied about. Austen’s most well known novel, Pride and Prejudice, has been done and re-done on the small (the BBC version … [Read more...]
REVIEW: JUPITER ASCENDING Is Not The Kwisatz Haderach We’re Looking For
Writer-Directors Andy and Lana Wachowski are visionary filmmakers whose ambition and flair have lately outweighed their innovative storytelling skills. The auteurs have had their fair share of hits (BOUND and THE MATRIX), but suffered from more misses (THE MATRIX RELOADED, THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS, the undervalued SPEED RACER, and CLOUD ATLAS). Unfortunately for us, they seem stuck in a rut … [Read more...]
