“You pay it back, the collar stays on. You don’t pay it back, the collar comes off,” says Uncle Bart (Bob Hoskins) to his indentured servant, Danny (Jet Li). Bart is your typical gangster in white—dangerous beyond reason or practicality. He keeps Danny on a leash, or a collar, rather, as a Pavlovian means of controlling Danny’s…
In the sequence preceding the opening titles, an ambush takes place. It’s apparent this is going to be central to the plot of the film, but not yet clear in what way. Only a cryptic message from one young boy, “The teacher says…
The Amazing Race, which recently dropped its first season on DVD, is one of these types of shows. Ostensibly, it’s about a race around the world, but when one watches the show (and it IS incredibly addictive), one finds an examination of just how “ugly” Americans can be when they travel…
The new show has had the rough edges of the British version sanded down just a bit. It’s no longer quite as difficult to watch in bits. Perhaps this is because Ricky Gervais’ David Brent is devastatingly real while Steve Carrell’s Michael Scott is a bit of a buffoon. The UK Office always lets us believe this is all real and really happening. The American version, despite copying the original’s “reality show” trappings always…
Las Vegas, about the security staff at a casino primarily and secondarily about the other workers at that casino, offers none of that. It’s just another attempt at empty TV escapism, designed to numb minds after a hard day at the office. It’s popcorn TV…
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