Sailing 1,700 nautical miles from Sumatra Straits in a small yacht by his lonesome is Our Man (played by Robert Redford). His opening monologue is narrated and hints at a personal conflict. Surprisingly, that is one of the rare bits of dialogue in “All is Lost.” Mostly wordless, the feeling of aloneness is inescapable. A collision with a floating cargo container leaves the yacht in…
Martin Scorsese is one of the bravest directors working in Hollywood today. Somehow, with each film project he undertakes he finds a way to test his abilities as a filmmaker by pushing himself to new limits. As critic Roger Ebert once noted, “Scorsese is never on autopilot, never panders, never sells out, always goes for broke; to watch his films is to see a man…
Jon has an addiction. It doesn’t involve alcohol or drugs but, instead, porn. Just the sound of his computer powering up is enough to excite him for he knows very well what’s available at his fingertips: a vast selection of free pornographic content on the internet. “Nothing else does it for me the same way,” explains Jon. The clips he sees on the internet seem…
Director Robert Rodriguez doesn’t know how to let go of an idea. He turned his debut feature film “El Mariachi” into a trilogy. Then, he did the same with “Spy Kids.” Now he’s doing it again with his “Machete” character months before he’s to release a second “Sin City” film. When you have these many sequels in the works, your time is nearly up. After…