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The Way

For a self-proclaimed spiritual film, Emilio Estevez’s The Way proves to be, well, not so spiritual. The slow, hackneyed drama, instead, turns out to be one giant cliché, void of any insights into human experience but full of political correctness....  read more

Focus on Terrence Malick: Badlands

Warning: This essay contains spoilers In Badlands’ epilogue, when all the killing is over and our protagonists have finally been caught, one of the police officers asks him, “You like people?” Kit responds, “They’re okay.” This answer strikes the officer as a bit odd, so he follows it up with, “Then why’d you do it?” Kit’s first response is simple: “I don’t know.” This dialogue sets down the stakes for the film and what it’s trying to implicitly answer: Why did these two seemingly normal people go on a cross-country killing spree, and what is it that makes theirs so...  read more

20 Best TV Characters of the Past 20 Years (#12-#9)

Today, we present the next four characters...  read more