YOUTUBE (CNN) - Celebs won't age, and it's ruining entertainment
Actors are looking unusually refreshed and youthful onscreen. But uncanny beauty makes it harder to buy into a story. Let’s cut right to it.
NYTIMES (John S.W. MacDonald) - Chuck Russell, Director of ‘The Mask’ and Third ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ Movie, Dies at 74
His work, including “The Blob,” a remake of the cult 1958 horror movie, was known for its use of brash visual effects.
NYTIMES (Michelle Goldberg) - Christopher Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’ Shows That Epics Are Better Without A.I.
A.I. has rendered eye candy cheap. Viewers long for the visceral.
NYTIMES (Alissa Wilkinson) - In ‘The Odyssey’ and ‘Oppenheimer,’ Nolan Knows Civilization Is at Stake
In very different films, the director’s penchant for playing with time is in service to a larger concern about human bonds across eras.