Premiering at this year’s Sundance Festival, Uncle Frank is the latest offering from American Beauty director, and Six Feet Under creator, Alan Ball. Ball has written the partly-autobiographical screenplay, as well as directing. Beth Bledsoe (Sophia Lillis) is a teenager growing up in a typical middle-brow Southern family in the 70s. She adores her Uncle […]
‘Absolute power corrupts absolutely’ is an oft-used phrase. The quest for knowledge and riches has seen conquerors rise and fall. The moral lessons of their endeavours have been used in stories for centuries. Transcendence gives this motif a high-tech spin. With computers replacing the swords and bombs of old, it has given new goal-seekers another […]
The religious right may not like this portrayal of Creation vs Evolution