Bombshell Needed to Eschew Explosiveness for Subtlety
Though well-intended, Bombshell’s story is simply too big for a feature film runtime.
Though well-intended, Bombshell’s story is simply too big for a feature film runtime.
Vice makes contemporary politics fun and funny while underlining its monstrous corruption.
“Truth is like poetry. And most people fucking hate poetry.” The above quote appears roughly midway through The Big Short, Adam McKay’s star-studded, irreverent take on 2008’s global financial crisis. It’s an effective encapsulation of a film that operates as the rare piece of ‘edutainment’ that’s both legitimately educational and entertaining while providing a self-reflexive…