Articles by James Keast

Freaks and Geeks: Yearbook Edition

PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2008

There are always those who never wanted high school to end, for whom the dance, the cheerleading squad and the climactic football game were...

Wall-E

Andrew Stanton

PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2008

The success of computer animation studio Pixar is so unprecedented that it’s beyond comprehension at this point, so let’s move on. Wall-E —...

Christmas on Mars

Wayne Coyne

PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2008

The Flaming Lips' long-gestating home movie (of a sort) is like 2001 as directed by Eraserhead-era David Lynch - high on too many ideas wit...

Frost/Nixon

Ron Howard

PUBLISHED Nov 13, 2008

In 1977, a superficial British talk show host landed the interview coup of the decade — a serious, long-form sit-down with disgraced U.S. P...

Quantum of Solace

Marc Foster

PUBLISHED Nov 13, 2008

Given the speed and volume with which James Bond typically consumes martinis, it’s no surprise he’d occasionally wake up with a hangover. B...

Comic Books Unbound

PUBLISHED Nov 5, 2008

With comic books becoming increasingly influential, carving a unique niche in the crevices of literature, pop art and visual entertainment,...

Touch of Evil: 50th Anniversary Edition

Orson Welles

PUBLISHED Nov 5, 2008

Even its greatest enthusiasts tend of damn Touch of Evil, Orson Welles’s storied and ultimately ill-fated 1958 directorial effort, with fai...

Rear Window Special Edition

Alfred Hitchcock

PUBLISHED Nov 5, 2008

No one disputes that Alfred Hitchcock was a master filmmaker; what three new additions in Universal’s Legacy Series (including Vertigo and...