A former editor of millimeter, the magazine about the technology of making movies, I’ve written about movies for the World and Independent Film Page on About.com. the Kansas City Star and local site KCActive. I’m a guest critic on the independent, foreign and documentary review episodes of Steve Kraske's "Up to Date" on KCUR, the Kansas City NPR affiliate and a former member of the Kansas City Film Critics Circle.
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Prometheus marks director Ridley Scott's return to the franchise he launched with the 1979 debut of Alien. Available in 3D screenings, the film takes on ambitious visual effects and big themes, and fails spectacularly in the execution of both. As a prequel, Prometheus may satisfy the most minimal demands of the series' fans but doesn't innovate or create new standards for sci-fi the way its predecessors did.Read the rest of the review on KCActive.com.