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...through my neighborhood with cameras on,” but not being there for tragedies like Hurricane Katrina, which claimed the rapper’s Louisiana home, leaving him nothing but “a darn country song” in return.Then, Andre 3000 outlines the pattern of Hollywood??s betrayals, detailing how “all the fresh styles always start off as a fresh little hood thing,” and by the time each trend “reaches Hollywood it’s over.”Taking aim at the white media...
...quick to call him out on it. But once contrasted to Amin’s ruthless megalomania, Garrigan is forced to re-evaluate Stone and the lesser evils he stands for. The story is gripping and clear, yet subtle—a balance often sought but rarely achieved by Hollywood??s political thrillers. The horrors of Amin’s regime are suggested more than seen, nearly excusing Garrigan’s blindness to them. The extent of Amin’s crimes is not revealed until late in the game, when gruesome images begin to pile...
...they’re foisting off as entertainment. Just not ashamed enough to stop filming. It’s likely that the studios hope to bilk a few extra dollars from unsuspecting moviegoers by evading the press; by the time critics are able to turn their acid pens on Hollywood??s latest trash, the damage to film fans’ wallets will already be done. Critics lose. Moviegoers lose. Studios win…maybe. Savvy cineastes already know that films withheld from critics are usually terrible, and avoid them accordingly. Fans disappointed by this season?...
...Vendetta” is the latest chapter in Hollywood??s newfound effort to be taken seriously. The past year has seen several films that try to speak not to the audience’s base instincts but rather to their intellects. However, Hollywood, for all its professed liberalism, does not change easily, and the quintessential icon of brainless entertainment has found the transformation into a sober critic a rather difficult one. The failure of “V for Vendetta” as political commentary, however, does not come from artlessness—there are moments of true...
...graphic novel, an intellectual nom-de-plume for the comic book, has recently been a cash cow for Hollywood??s big-budget film studios. Blockbusters like “Spiderman,” “X-Men,” and the “Fantastic Four” have merged Hollywood??s A-list with the action-saturated plotlines of childhood fiction...