Articles by Richard E. Wilson

Green Lantern

While some of this sci-fi flick’s multi-faceted plot is beyond preposterous, it’s still good fun.

Here’s a rarity: The Green Lantern is a sci-fi movie that strays from the well-trampled aliens vs. Earth-guy story. What’s especially rare in sci-fi films is a plot that is multi-threaded and multi-faceted with enough twists to maintain interest. In The Green Lantern we are given not only a genuine, self-effacing super-hero but also a mad scientist who’s just as smart as our hero and who comes within a hair of taking over the world. Just for kicks, we have some friendly aliens...

Article - Movie Reviews; by Richard E. Wilson; 6/23/11

The Hangover Part II

In this follow-up, the guys travel to exotic Thailand for Stu’s wedding, and what happens in Bangkok can be imagined.

There’s a big joke in this movie somewhere, but I can’t tell you what or where it is. Perhaps it’s the serious raunchiness that pervades. Maybe the producers of II made a ton of money from I, so they figured, What the heck, they laughed once, they’ll laugh again. If you’ve seen the first Hangover, you’ll have context for the present action. It’s now two years after the Las Vegas venture in Hangover I, and another of the four buddies...

Article - Movie Reviews; by Richard E. Wilson; 6/16/11

Elkin’s Review Led Me to Dignity Players

Dear Bay Weekly: After reading the Aug. 12 issue, I have two praises to bestow on Bay Weekly: First, Jane Elkins’ great review of Dignity Players’ The Trial of Judas Iscariot. I saw the play, and it was everything that Jane had led me to expect. It was funny, irreverent and thought provoking. The venue of this avant-garde production, in the Universalist Unitarian Church, adds a dimension of authenticity to a play that elsewhere might seem mere parody. Second, I commend Bay Weekly...