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...Cause and Giant--as well as a new documentary assessing Dean's uncanny staying power. For a recent expression of dramatic power on a single disc, get the DVD of HBO's Emmy-winning Something the Lord Made (Jan. 25), with striking performances by, left, MOS DEF and ALAN RICKMAN...
...series Black Hole, Charles Burns' inky creepfest about a plague that infects teenagers during the 1970s. And the summer will see the release of The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar, a philosophically inclined French comic artist. Splashy comics from other publishers include Lost Girls (Top Shelf, summer) by Alan Moore (author of The Watchmen) and Melinda Gebble, an erotic fantasy that's pricey ($75) and edgy (the publisher says the work "seeks to reinvent pornography as something exquisite"). Bizarro World (DC Comics, February) will feature many alternative comic artists giving their take on DC's superheroes. And Pyongyang (Drawn...
...kinesis, and this one is no exception. Any time the film takes place in a plane, it soars (one thrilling takeoff, two amazing crashes). The Aviator has an opulence reminiscent of classic MGM. There's also an efficient crackle to the postwar duel Hughes wages with a crafty Senator (Alan Alda). But this handsome movie is an oddly well-behaved one to come from the preternaturally energetic Scorsese...
Walter faces similar isolation at work, where, initially, only his boss Bob (David Alan Grier) is aware of his sordid history. When Bob’s secretary Mary-Kay, played convincingly by recording artist Eve, senses that there is something strange about Walter, a bit of research finds his name in a registry of convicted sex offenders...
Most of the impressive supporting cast showcase Scorsese’s ability to craft small but memorable performances. John C. Reilly shines in his small role, as does Willem Dafoe in a brief cameo as a tabloid editor. It was great to see Alan Alda back on the big screen with a fairly meaty role as a senator who is out to get Hughes. And if nothing else, The Aviator reiterates that having Ian Holm and Alec Baldwin on screen, if only briefly, is nearly always worthwhile. Unfortunately, Cate Blanchett’s portrayal of Katharine Hepburn doesn?...