The 25th Anniversay of ‘Starship Troopers’: Satire for Fun and Profit
Photo: ‘Starship Troopers’ An Irreverent Adaptation and a Return to Form As far as mainstream Hollywood directors go, Paul Verhoeven must surely be one of the odder ones — if one can even call him a “Hollywood” director. Verhoeven is a Dutch filmmaker who...
‘The Girl From Plainville’: Elle Fanning is Impressively Intense in This Dramatization Based on the True Story
Photo: ‘The Girl From Plainville’ Hulu’s Star Shine Again After starring in and shining in the comedy ‘The Great’ for Hulu, which has been a massive success for the company, Elle Fanning is back in action for the streamer, but this time in a completely different...
‘Uysallar’ or ‘Wild Abandon’: A Turkish TV Drama about Following One’s Own Pursuit of Happiness
Photo: ‘Uysallar’ or ‘Wild Abandon’ ‘Wild Abandon,’ from its very first scene portrays a man, Oktay, at his wit’s end. Oktay is pictured fleeing from an airport, when a worldly intervention prevents him from boarding the plane that he is waiting for. The...
‘Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King’: A Paranoid Trip into the Volatile Cryptocurrency Market
Photo: ‘Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King’ Company Founder Dead, Details Later I have a love-hate relationship with documentaries. The process of making a good documentary is not the same as what goes into making a good fiction narrative, and...
