Blu-ray Review: Three Days of the Condor
Rarely is the hero the reader, that user of mind not body. The routine of the reader is antithetical to that of the hero. The devourer of words is seen as passive, a spectator, an observer of others actions. All of which is unjust, for not only is knowledge power but words too have a […]
Blu-ray Review: The Reader
After five Academy Award nominations, Kate Winslet finally took home the coveted statue on her sixth try, for her portrayal of Hanna Schmitz in The Reader. Based on the 1995 German novel of the same name by Bernhard Schlink, the film adaptation was written by David Hare (The Hours) and directed by Hare’s frequent collaborator, […]