Frank's Pandora

Taming the embargo beast

Embargoes are “strange beasts”, noted ITN’s health and science editor Lawrence McGinty at the annual general meeting of the Association of British Science Writers (ABSW) in London earlier this week. Few branches of journalism are so familiar with, or shackled by, embargoes as science journalism. Every self-respecting journal appears to implement them, and most science [...]

Reservation Road

Dramatic thriller with all the right ingredients that just doesn’t seem to take. Phoenix and Connelly good as always, Ruffalo not that great (as always).

Rendition

Impressive story, and a good illustration of the dark side of counterterrorism. Good acting all around.

Mr. Woodcock

Despite promise of Thornton and Sarandon, who do deliver, movie fails due to bad script and direction.

Outsourced

Very enjoyable. Good performances all around, and also an interesting introduction to India. Nice to see an actor like Hamilton who performs well without requiring a lot of ego-space on screen.

A Mighty Heart