Descend Into the Pits of Hell on Jacob’s Ladder

Struggling to come to terms in the wake of his child’s death, a veteran of the Vietnam war finds himself in the middle of a series of inexplicable events.  Plagued by chronic injuries sustained in the war, Jacob Singer begins to confuse reality with dreams and nightmares.  He hallucinates.  He can’t sleep.  His health, what’s

Joaquin Phoenix is Still Here and Better Than Ever in “The Master”

Paul Thomas Anderson’s “The Master” plays like some kind of lucid dream constantly threatening to turn violent and ugly and horrible while lulling you into a beautiful trance. Everything from the flow of the cinematography to the lighting to the music seems to hint at it. It never does, however, entirely commit to the good