by Mike Parnell | Oct 22, 2009 | Opinion
Jean Paul Sartre gave us the line, “Hell is other people.” For Max (Max Records) in Spike Jonze’s adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s classic “Where the Wild Things Are,” that is true. Max is a child of divorce. Mom (Catherine Keener)...
by Mike Parnell | Oct 21, 2009 | Opinion
“The Invention of Lying” is set in a world where no one lies. No one has the ability. Ricky Gervais, who co-wrote and co-directs, is Mark Bellison, a short, fat, pug-nosed writer who aspires for the love of Anna McDoogles (Jennifer Garner). But being in...
by Mike Parnell | Oct 8, 2009 | Opinion
There are always complaints that there are not many good roles for women in the movies. Women generally get roles where the girl is morally challenged but has a heart of gold. Or the woman is codependent and nothing short of a doormat. But this year has seen several...
by Mike Parnell | Sep 24, 2009 | Opinion
The apocalypse is the flavor of the month in the movies coming out in the next few months. No less than five will feature the end of the world as a backdrop of their stories. “9” is the only one that uses animation to tell its story. And it is very...
by Mike Parnell | Aug 13, 2009 | Opinion
Film critics and web sites can sometimes get caught up in hyperbole over certain films. “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” seems to be the victim of that exaggeration. MSNBC, for example, ran a headline declaring “G.I. Joe” as “the worst...
