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‘Selma’ beautifully captures the spirit of Dr. King’s legacy

Selma Written by Paul Webb Directed by Ava DuVernay UK / USA, 2014 Selma is a shining example of how to create an informative biographical drama that still packs an emotional wallop.  Rather than trying to portray the entire life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, director Ava DuVernay captures the essence of King …

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Debating ‘The Searchers’ and its place in the Western canon

As Sound on Sight’s Western month reaches its conclusion, two of the hosts of your favorite Disney movie podcast, Mousterpiece Cinema, Josh Spiegel and Gabe Bucsko met in the show’s vaunted and secretive HQ to discuss and debate what many people would claim is the greatest Western of all time: the 1956 John Ford film The …

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Racist Transformers?/Extra-sized Watchmen/Bruno scene cut

Racist Caricatures in Transformers 2 under scrutiny: A controversy has arisen since the blockbuster release “Transformers:  Revenge of the Fallen.”  It surrounds the portrayal of two of the robots, which some of deemed a racist caricature.  The robots are named “…Skids and Mudflap…” and “…both characters speak with voices that sound like urban black stereotypes, …

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