– by BEV QUESTAD – Doesn’t everybody love an elephant? This is a four-minute, concise, well-done short on how the elephants are doing at the Woodland Park Zoo (WPZ) in Seattle. Intelligently written, cleverly titled and efficiently presented, this short is a must-see. Remember when you were young and visited the zoo? Didn’t we all [...]

– by KYLA DREWETTE – Canadian indie-rock band The Arcade Fire have collaborated with director Chris Milk and Google to create a short film/music video that only the internet could deliver. Titled “The Wilderness Downtown,” the interactive video is a truly unique web experience that combines animation, Google Maps, live-action video, The Arcade Fire’s “We [...]

– by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI – George Clooney, who usually uses his physical appearance and inborn charisma, makes a very different and thus perplexing turn as Jack in “The American.” The film ironically won’t please or entertain most American audiences, simply because we, as Americans, are simply less interested in constricted cinema, which isn’t necessarily a [...]

– by JOSUE SANCHEZ – I never thought the star of “The Matrix” and “Speed” would be taking such long breaks between his movies. After the “Lake House” in 2006, it took two years for him return to the screen with “Street Kings” and “The Day the Earth Stood Still.” So now, after another long [...]