Visual Wizardry Elevates Avatar Above its Collective Clichés - Movies
Heralded as the harbinger of cinema’s new age of enlightenment, James Cameron’s 3D extravaganza Avatar is a feast for the eyes and a light snack for the spirit. The script’s primary ingredients of corporate greed, military zealousness, indigenous spirituality, and flawed heroes going native are nothing new, but this thematic skeleton is given flesh and blood through the masterwork of over ten visual effect studios that have made the tall blue aliens and the fantastic …read more
Posted on Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 by Jeff
Jon Foster - Artists
In a world so oppressively dominated by gravity, it is so surprising that our dreams are filled with sensations of flying, floating, and falling? Jon Foster molds the raw stuff of these dreams into haunting images of disturbing clarity and dark mystery.
Within Mr. Foster’s powerful compositions, figure and environment interact in empowering, unsettling ways. Deceptively familiar settings are torn …read more
Posted on Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 by Jeff
The Fantastic Truth of Ninja Assassin - Movies
With all of its explosive combat, deadly weaponry and grievous injuries, it’s easy to see how moviegoers could mistake Ninja Assassin for a martial arts movie. Yet the superhuman acts of acrobatics and recovery, and a liberal application of shinobi magic throughout, place this raucous action adventure firmly in the world of fantasy.
Ninja Assassin was born of Korean pop star Rain’s martial prowess in the psychotropic …read more
Posted on Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 by Jeff
Annie Rodrigue - Artists
If flights of fantasy are born in childhood, it may be surprising to find that they cannot be fully explored or shared without the experience and maturity that comes with time. Annie Rodrigue clearly has the illustration skills to realize her visions, while keeping a clear eye on the dreams and nightmares of her youth.
Brave heroes, mischievous sprites, whimsical wisps are all captured with childlike glee in Ms. …read more
Posted on Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 by Jeff
