Articles by James Keast

Spaced: The Complete Series

PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2008

Spaced was the turn-of-the-century British sitcom that launched the careers of actor/writer Simon Pegg and director Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz,...

Meerkat Manor Season One / Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins

PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2008

Meerkat Manor is the world’s first nature soap opera, stemming from a ten-year scientific study of the tiny yet complexly social Kalahari d...

The Band's Visit

Elan Kolirin

PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2008

An orchestra of police officers from Egypt arrives to play a ceremonial concert in Israel, and when they receive inadequate directions, end...

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

Alex Gibney

PUBLISHED Jul 17, 2008

Many more people think they know Hunter Thompson — who he was and what he was about — than have read even a single word of his work. And...

Wall-E

Andrew Stanton

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2008

The last robot on Earth is a tiny trash compactor, and after 700 years, he’s developed a few personality quirks. He deciphers human detritu...

Wanted

Timur Bekmambetov

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2008

Wanted, a hopped-up thriller from the most successful Russian action film director ever, is better than the sum of its borrowed parts, but...

Encounters At the End of the World

Werner Herzog

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2008

Werner Herzog continues to bounce from narrative feature (Rescue Dawn) to oddball acting appearance (Mister Lonely, The Grand) to documenta...

<i>Wall-E</i> Director Andrew Stanton

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2008

Wall-E director Andrew Stanton is one of the key creative forces behind the Pixar studio. After founder John Lasseter, Stanton was the firs...