Posts Tagged ‘charlotte’
Jane Eyre: Viewer, I Married Him
A crisp new version of the story lacks a certain something.KRISTIAN LIN
A girl in petticoats and great distress runs across a fog-encrusted heath while lush orchestral music on the soundtrack speaks to the tumult in her soul. Oh yeah, we’re in Jane Eyre. Specifically, we’re at the very beginnin...
Carrie-on Baggage
A season’s worth of Sex and the City, squished into one uneven movie.Kristian Lin
I wish the Sex and the City movie had been a musical, with our four favorite fashion plates addressing their relationship problems by bursting into song and dance.
Along Came a Spider
Humble and sometimes radiant, Charlotte’s Web is better with your eyes closed.Kristian Lin
The new big-screen version of Charlotte’s Web moves me to a sentiment that may be a first for me: This movie should have been an audiobook. E.B. White’s classic children’s novel was turned into a film once before, a rathe...
Nodding Off
Is The Science of Sleep a great movie? In your dreams, pal!Kristian Lin
Often you hear about how comedy stars who act in movies need to be kept in line by directors. Well, Michel Gondry is a director who needs comic geniuses to stay disciplined. Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine of the...