Ole Bornedal's The Possession

I’m not sure if it’s an aging thing or just a thing, as I get older I’m finding a greater liking for Horror Films. Ole Bornedal’s The Possession is a refreshing exploration of the darker side of Jewish folklore – the original film was titled The Dibbuk Box - rather than a rehashing of done to death Catholic mythos.

In Bornedal’s upcoming horror, a young girl buys an antique box at a yard sale, unaware that inside the collectible lives a malicious ancient spirit. The girl’s father teams with his ex-wife to find a way to end the curse upon their child :: Read the full article »»»»

Film Review! Roland Emmerich: Anonymous

Anonymous ★★★★★

Cast: Rhys Ifans, Rafe Spall,

Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson

Director: Roland Emmerich

In Cinemas: Now

In his 1998 survey - Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human - Harold Bloom provides an analysis of each of Shakespeare’s 38 plays, “twenty-four of which are masterpieces.” Written as a companion to the general reader and theatergoer.

Bloom declares that bardolatry ought to be even more  of a secular religion than it already is. Bloom contends in this work that Shakespeare Invented Humanity, in that he prescribed the now common practice of Overhearing Ourselves, which he says drives our changes.

I’m not suggesting that Roland Emmerich’s latest film – Anonymous – in which the filmmakers introduce an alternative history of the Bard, then promptly sets about dismantling all we think we know, and all we’ve learnt about Shakespeare, is in anyway based on fact, it’s a little more ambiguous in it’s take on possibilities. If shakespeare had written a 39th play though, Anonymous could very well have been his plot. Critics have been short on praise for Emmerich – the director of Independence Day, Godzilla and The Day After Tomorrow – most squarking that taking on a British period drama was a huge misdemeanor for one of Hollywood’s blockbuster kings. Read the full article »»»»