‘Vice’, Dick Cheney, and the Satisfaction of the Deed Itself
Adam McKay's gonzo Dick Cheney biopic satire, Vice, won't be compared to Shakespeare, but it shares the Bard's disinterest in supervillains' motivations.
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‘The Big Short’ Falls Short
An informative and sometimes entertaining take on the recent financial crisis,The Big Short doesn't quite deliver on our investment.
Order, Chaos, and Faith: The Themes and Form of ‘The Dark Knight’
Originally a story about the perils of combating organised crime, The Dark Knight makes several radical departures that frequently result in the main characters being split among tonally disparate contexts whose relevance to each other is not always immediately evident.