Sam Adams

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• Work is hell for the beleaguered temps of Clockwatchers

  She did a stint on Big Love, then made a movie that was taken away, recut and released as Thin Ice.

  June 4, 2013 - 3:42 PM

• Zack Snyder delivers a passion project with Sucker Punch

  Well, I do think it's worth watching, and thinking about, although evidently YMMV.

  June 2, 2013 - 8:11 AM

• Zack Snyder delivers a passion project with Sucker Punch

  I'm not sure if it's an official corollary of auteurism or not, but it's definitely been my experience that the movies in which auteurs most directly address their pet themes tend to be among their worst. It ...

  May 30, 2013 - 5:42 PM

• Zack Snyder delivers a passion project with Sucker Punch

  I'm pretty sure watching Sucker Punch in no way prevents you from watching Mizoguchi—or Naruse, if you really want to go down that road. Horses for courses.

  May 30, 2013 - 5:30 PM

• Zack Snyder delivers a passion project with Sucker Punch

  I'm not saying it's bad on purpose. I'm saying that there's more to movies than whether they're good or bad, and while Sucker Punch isn't a good one, it's a lot more interesting ...

  May 30, 2013 - 1:59 PM

• Zack Snyder delivers a passion project with Sucker Punch

  Are all sex workers sexualized? Are "cross-genre action heroes"? You have to engage the images in the first place to work with them. The lack of "payoff" is the point.

  May 30, 2013 - 12:39 PM