Criterion Critique: State of Siege
State of Siege, directed by Costa-Gavras and written by Franco Solinas, offers a glimpse inside South American politics and the U.S. involvement therein.
Deadpool Aims to Please
It’s safe to say that everything about Deadpool that Wolverine Origins got wrong, Deadpool gets right. Where the Merc with a Mouth was relegated to a literally mouthless caricature of supervillainy, his starring incarnation is every bit as lippy and sarcastic as his funny page counterpart. This film takes obscene pride in its viscera: from gore to profanity to nudity, gratuity is the name of the game in this film and it is that sense of enthusiastic intensity that truly sets this apart from every other comic book movie hitting the screen in the last decade. Deadpool earns its R-rating.