[The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Relatively early on in Lance Oppenheim’s Primetime, protagonist Chris Hansen—portrayed by a superb Robert Pattinson as a deliciously complex tangle of contradictions—angrily denies that what he does even remotely resembles “acting.” The argument is, of course, entirely unconvincing. Consider his introductory scene, which immediately establishes his penchant for showmanship: as he prepares to confront the latest target of...

[The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Those seeking a “traditional” adaptation of the most iconic episode in the Orestes saga (inspired, perhaps, by the short interlude revolving around Agamemnon and Clytemnestra in Nolan’s The Odyssey, as I certainly was) will probably find Electra, My Love rather disappointing. While the film borrows liberally from the versions of the Greek tragedy dramatized by Sophocles, Euripides, and Aeschylus, Hungarian director Miklós...

I’ve always believed that Resident Evil was particularly ill-suited to cinematic reinterpretation. While fans of Capcom’s blockbuster survival horror franchise are certainly passionate about their favorite characters and the overarching series “lore,” the actual stories of the games are rather thin on substance (with barely enough narrative meat to sustain a ten-minute short, let alone a feature), existing primarily to justify a repetitive loop of exploring creepy environments (replete with...