Fan fiction is an awkward literary subset written not by the original creator of a given work, but rather by fans. Nearly always disavowed by the originating artist, fan fiction is both defined by and exists outside the canon of whatever universe is being depicted, especially due to the fact that the quality of work [...]

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Most animated films are made for kids but contain just enough smarts to entertain adults. Rango is made for adults and contains just enough fun to entertain kids. Rango, which just may be the most beautiful and certainly among the strangest films you will see all year, is Disney by way of Hunter S. Thompson. [...]

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The Tourist is something of an enigma. This is only German writer/director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s second film. The first was The Lives of Others, an extraordinary marvel set in the tyrannical former East Germany (it won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film) and certainly one of the most impressive debut films I’ve ever [...]

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This review first appeared in The Colorado Springs Gazette. To read this review at its original source, click here.
When did you last see a truly great Tim Burton film? Sure, there have been respectable entries (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Sweeney Todd), but the last truly exceptional Burton film was indubitably Edward Scissorhands, exactly 20 [...]

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This review first appeared in The Colorado Springs Gazette. To read this review at its original source, click here.
Though Terry Gilliam may call himself a film director, he has much more in common with the ringmaster under a circus big top. A Gilliam film is a psychedelic experience (think Fellini on hallucinogens), a surreal carnival [...]

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