Inside Man
— Spike Lee underscores the ancient truth that all black cops must be cool.”
- Director: Spike Lee
- United States, 2006
Spike Lee’s bank heist movie feels like it’s been buffed to a high shine. There’s absolutely no dirt on Inside Man: the characters are impeccably attired and sharp as glass, whilst the cool marble halls of the bank – in which most of the action takes place – are a far cry from the grimy heat of Dog Day Afternoon (which actually gets a mention in the script).
Inside Man is intelligent, stylish, literate, even occasionally witty. But it’s disappointing to find that your engagement with the movie is limited to the appreciation of its cleverness.
Ultimately then, this movie is a limo kitted out with one-way glass. You’ll admire it from a distance as it passes by, but there’s no way you’ll be invited to take a ride in it.
See also:
A Bittersweet Life
Yet another tour de force in a growing trend of Korean cool.
- Originally published: 16 Nov 2006 in Film
Memories of Murder
Intense Korean drama packed with atmosphere and powerful emotion.
- Originally published: 26 Jul 2007 in Film
Sea of Love
A streetwise city cop thriller that crawls familiar kerbs but more or less delivers the package.
- Originally published: 2 Apr 2007 in Film
Brokeback Mountain
Known as the greatest script never to be greenlighted, Brokeback finally got made and it’s not a bad effort.
- Originally published: 25 Mar 2007 in Film
(Mis)information society
What’s the real truth and does it matter? Doctoring Wikipedia articles and scamming the gullible is all the rage these days.
- Originally published: 30 Sep 2007 in Editorial
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Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not a Princeton curator, Knoxville mayoral candidate, Kentuckian pastor or Arizona journalist, I just share the same name. In fact, I am a consultant working in user experience and information design.
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I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Black Albert.
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