Dark Shadows – No Highs but Not Bad

Gothic horror comedy Dark Shadows is clearly not a film for the chutiyas aka Indians of any stripes. But blessed with a Catholic disposition yours truly can digest anything you throw on the screen. Comic, tragic, romantic, and even, gothic. Anything but the pathetic, bring it on baby. Finding myself at a loose end today […]

Avengers Review – Incredible Gimmickry, Less Credible Artistry

The young Black guy sitting to my right was so ripe with emotion that at the end of the super-heroes film Avengers he couldn’t resist turning to a complete stranger (me, me, me) and asking rhetorically, “Nice movie, eh? They did a good job on that.” Yeah, I responded because it’s the politically correct (and […]

Full House for Avengers

Will Avengers be the biggest movie of 2012, eclipsing even Hunger Games. Very possible. The reviews have been mostly positive and the cast is A-list (Robert Downey Jr, Samuel Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans. Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner et al). Another 15 minutes for the lights to dim and the hall is already about 70% […]