Concept: 2% of the world’s population disappears…/ Overall Grade: B+ Good ending? -For a show about people searching in a world without answers. YES HBO’s innovative boundary pushing show The Leftovers just ended this week, and among all the praise (some citing it one of the best shows of all-time) its worth doing a series…
Tag: Damon Lindelof
“No More Questions” – Tomorrowland
There is a point in director Brad Bird’s (Ratatouille) Tomorrowland, where a young child selectively spouting exposition threatens to shut down immediately if our hero Cassie Newton (Britt Robertson) keeps asking questions. Such is the modus operandi of co-screenwriter Damon Lindelof (Lost, Prometheus). At that point sometime after the first act I worried and was later…
Quality and Fiction vs. Reality; World War Z Film Review
Review: Just like any audience member all that I want is a good return on investment; time wise, money wise or some combination of both. A feature film a film can succeed if its critically acclaimed or commercially successful, but money is usually the bottom line in Hollywood. Fortunately in both cases, my advanced screening…
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