A comic-book dealer obsessed with the idea that comics are only slightly exaggerated versions of real phenomena begins to pester a security guard, the only survivor of a train wreck that killed more than 100 people, insisting that his survival is evidence he’s superhuman. The security guard, whose marriage has deteriorated and whose near catatonia […]
Author Archives: Lisa Alspector
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Pitch Black
A spaceship crash-lands on a planet plagued by darkness, and the survivors include a convicted murderer with acute night vision. This SF thriller is stylishly realized, but its striking cinematography, nontraditional editing, and consistently reflexive use of genre conceits add up as methodically as a math problem. David Twohy directed a screenplay he wrote with […]