Articles by James Keast

Brotherhood: The Complete First Season
PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2007
The DNA of Showtimes gritty cable offering Brotherhood is obvious: one parent is The Sopranos, with its mob-derived drama and romanticisin...
Reds
Warren Beatty
PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2007
Obviously, Reds is a film that wouldnt get made today - not at the budget (its $31 million would be about $90 in todays filmmaking dollar...
Wonder Showzen: Season Two
PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2007
In the space of a single season, adult-oriented kid show parody Wonder Showzen went from manic to meta to moronic. Following its relatively...
The Simpsons: The Complete Ninth Season
PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007
How can the new DVD release of one of The Simpsons worst seasons yet on disc be of great interest and importance? When it brings back from...
Children of Men
Alfonso Cuarón
PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007
A pall hangs over the new film from Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón (Y Tu Mama Tambien, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) a grey, s...
The Fountain
Darren Aronofsky
PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007
The Fountain, the long-gestating project from writer-director Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem For a Dream), is spectacular to look at, and if...
Get Behind Me, Santa!
CHRISTMAS
PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007
The Christmas album is a ubiquitous holiday tradition, and most are like stocking stuffers: forgettable petroleum-product wastes forgotten...
So Lonely
COMIC
PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007
A fat girl eats alone on a park bench. A reluctant hunter tries to ignore an unwanted, rotting carcass in his garage. A devoutly religious...