“True Blood” - Bad Daddies!
Jessica's new daddy teaches her to drink
By Elaine Bergstrom
At our local zoo, the animal that really gives me the chills is the slow loris. Moving oh-so-lethargically that it barely seems to move at all as it hangs from a branch, its huge eyes stare, seemingly straight into your soul. But given that the loris hunts small reptiles, it is likely that when the moment is right to strike, it focuses on its prey and moves quickly and lethally. Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter had this sort of lethal stillness and focus. Eric, who always seems a bit scattered, does not. Bill, with his dated language and brooding power, seems older and calmer and far more powerful. But enough harping on the badly cast Eric when we were treated to an incredible exploration on the notion of good and evil. [Read more →]
There’s a thin line between being a responsible recycler of resources, and just being a bum. Thanks to a new houseguest, the Goode family gets to see that line crossed like never before.
It doesn’t take long to spot an Alexander Payne project. Whether he’s shooting in his native Omaha (Election, About Schmidt), California’s wine country (Sideways) or in this case, post-industrial Detroit, the director instills such a sense of place in everything he does that it becomes impossible to picture them happening anywhere else. With Hung, we open on Motor City landmarks being torn down and other sights of urban decay, while Ray Drecker begins his narration with, “Everything’s falling apart. And it all starts right here in Detroit, the headwaters of a river of failure.”
by Karl J. Paloucek
