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It’s no secret that we’re living in a surveillance state, and Soderbergh navigates this disarming feature of late capitalism with varying ease and acerbity. Like the film’s Alexa stand-in, “Kimi” can’t quite figure out how to get rid of its bugs.
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One of the most effective devices in “High Flying Bird” is its interspersing of documentary interviews with recent draft picks. These three rookies recount their own troubles and trepidations during their own headlong dives into the cutthroat business of professional sports.
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While most heads are turned toward which shows will be nominated, there are bound to be equally as many noteworthy snubs.
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As an independently financed and distributed film, “Logan Lucky” proves that good ole fashioned, intelligently made, economical mid-budget movies can provide more entertainment value than overstuffed blockbusters.
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Herman Melville, who lived during the rise of patent medicine and the appealing vernacular of its advertisements, marked that “the great art of telling truth” is best practiced through telling lies. Human nature and the desire for preservation make us want to believe in such cures, especially digestible solutions that
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Mallory Kane doesn’t care about your feelings. Played by Gina Carano, she is a black ops super soldier (whatever that is, neither director Steven Soderbergh nor I really care) privately contracted by Kenneth (Ewan McGregor) with whom she shares a fraught, but vague, personal history. She is delegated to free
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