A film about a foul-mouthed teddy bear and a 30-something Bostonian with a hot girlfriend and the maturity of, well, a 35yo guy who lives with a stuffed animal whose main goal in life is to get high? Indeed. And to my surprise, I found Ted to be quite hilarious, even as it was one of the crudest and most crass films I’ve seen in the theater so far this year. Then again, I’m already…Read More
Review: Avatar
Avatar is a movie about manifest destiny and second thoughts, a sweeping epic retelling of a classic theme about a soldier “going native” as he learns that the enemy isn’t a faceless monster, but an intelligent race. The most obvious parallel is Dances with Wolves, but director James Cameron has taken the basic storyline and created a visual masterpiece that’s almost a perfect sci-fi film. Avatar takes place 150 years in the future, on the…Read More