Michael Clayton tells a story of imperfect characters caught a constant struggle to define their moral compass in the high-powered world of law. Michael Clayton (George Clooney) plays a “fixer” at Kenner, Bach & Ledeen. If there is dire problem, Clayton is often the last line of defense. Clayton, however, deadpans when he’s referred to…
Review: Superbad
Michael Cera’s first splash into Hollywood came with the chronically underwatched, yet critically acclaimed cult hit Arrested Development, in which Cera played the neurotic, awkward, though undeniably likeable George Michael Bluth. During the three seasons it was on the air, Cera developed a flair for impeccable comedic timing in portraying a fully capable adolescent that…
Review: Rush Hour 3
Rush Hour 3, the latest in the line of summer 2007 sequels can neatly and efficiently be reviewed in one single word – redundant. Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker’s latest pairing isn’t so much the third installment of the Rush Hour franchise as much as it is the aftermath of unfunny and boring recycled parts…
Studio 60, while flawed, will be missed
Try playing this game when Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is released on October 16, 2007. Close your eyes and have someone insert a randomly selected West Wing, or Studio 60 DVD into the player, and, with your eyes still closed, see if you can distinguish between the two. Odds are, in scenes with…
For Bonds, apologizing would go a long way
If I’ve learned anything about Barry Bonds over the course of his career, and especially in recent years, is that you can never fully give up on him. Bonds, perhaps the more polarizing figure in sports in recent years, seems to thrive in conflict, turning boos into awe when sending a pitch into orbit. When…
Clemens returns, but to what result?
A die-hard Red Sox fan and a former co-host on my sports talk show didn’t seem to mind losing the Roger Clemens sweepstakes yesterday. I posed the question, “See the Yankees got the Rocket? Are you [angry]?” “Not at all,” he answered. After all, it was the Yankees, not the Red Sox, who were trailing…
Imus’ apology not enough this time
Don Imus had this to say about his offensive remarks: “If I wanted to offend somebody,” Imus said, “I would have let you know, but I wasn’t trying to offend and I’m sorry.” The quote could’ve been something that Imus had said while apologizing for his boneheaded and racist remarks about the Rutgers women’s basketball…
UCLA, Florida not quite a rematch
Saturday’s UCLA-Florida game shouldn’t be called a rematch. Yes, Florida returns every key player from last year’s team with the exception of reserve forward Adrian Moss. Yes, future pros Joakim Noah, Al Horford and Corey Brewer have each had another stellar year. And, yes, it seems the smart money is on Billy Donovan’s team to…
Syracuse’s snub baffling
The numbers seemed to favor Syracuse. Overall, the Orange finished with 22 wins, including 10 conference wins. Key wins included toppling then-No. 10 Georgetown and Villanova, and also at Marquette. All three of those teams will be dancing. Syracuse, for the first time since the 2001-02 season, will not. “We finished 10-6 in the league,…
Deontological versus Virtue-ethics Morality in Poststructuralism
*** Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from my book review of Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish for my Theories of Punishment class. I am posting this to show the end product to those who helped me with the antirepresentationalist theory and how it applied to poststructuralist moral-normative thought. —– The most common criticism…