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Rewind to his freshman year at Harvard, and Frank Herrmann suddenly becomes human...
Over an appetizer of squid cooked in its ink—which proved rather awful—I discussed comics with Elvis. I told him of my affinity for Alan Moore’s seminal series, Watchmen, and he suggested another book: Frank Miller’s Sin City. As it turns out, the latter was a fantastic comic book and made a pretty good movie...
Despite its focus on a particular group of ladies, Beauty Shop is rooted in frank conversations that we could be having with our own packs of friends. In spite of some weaknesses, there is an undeniable charm to the actors, each of whom create a distinct character with a significant role in the film’s entertaining, side-splitting, and pertinent discussions of sexuality, race, and body image...
...character Dwight (Clive Owen) snaps this demand halfway through Frank Miller’s Sin City, preparing for the need to avoid bullets, outrun the police, and carry a whole lot of bodies. What he gets, though, is a tired jalopy with a tiny boot and a near-empty gas tank...
Like that car, Sin City’s protagonists aren’t exactly prizes. They stand up for what they believe in because it’s all they have left. A tightly shot, doggedly-faithful comic book film, Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez’s movie will disgust and bore as many viewers as it excites. It is, however, excellent on two levels: one of adolescent thrills and another of refreshing noir innovation...