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Where are our Millennial Movies? Movies about annihilation, computer viruses, paranoia, sci-fi conspiracies and--gasp!--a shortage of champagne? Movies that hype the end of the century, the end of the world? They're nowhere to be found. Too short a shelf-life, the executives claimed. So instead of continuing the postmodern trend launched by Run Lola Run, American Beauty and Being John Malkovich earlier this year, we're getting epic fluff--the annual flurry of "Oscar-bait...
...short story, sci-fi great Isaac Asimov wrote of a robot unexpectedly given very human emotions and abilities. Gradually, the robot seeks to become more and more human, raising profound questions not only about the morality of creating intelligent machines but about broader issues like humanity and immortality. In adapting this tale for mainstream moviegoers, however, screenwriter Nicholas Kazan and director Chris Columbus forgo the subtleties of these dilemmas in favor of greeting-card sentimentality. The result is an enjoyable, often touching picture, but one that fails to realize the richness of its concept...
Cambridge's only murder in 1999 occurred early on the morning of Sept. 18. Collin Burton, 30, of Dorchester, was shot outside Hi-Fi Pizza in Central Square following an altercation with the occupants of a green Ford Explorer...
Speaking of programs, one of [The Artist]'s favorite films is The Matrix--the sci-fi thriller in which the human race is trapped inside an oppressive computer simulation. [The Artist] frequently uses the movie as a metaphor--especially when he talks about the music industry. Says [The Artist]: "People aren't supposed to go into the studio to make music thinking about 'How will this look in the video?' That's a matrix. That's dangerous to me. People shouldn't have to ask permission to record with other artists. That's a matrix...
...Disney has begun to attempt adapting novels, with varied results.) Some other examples of short tales being made into good, or at least successful, films include 2001: A Space Odyssey (expanded after the film's production into a whole novel) and The Lawnmower Man. John Campbell's short sci-fi story The Thing spawned a classic 1950s black-and-white horror film as well as an excellent John Carpenter gore flick...