Deranged mama's boy creates outcast daddy's boy amidst falling snow and cascading tulle.
Having so far only seen one of the Best Picture nominees for this year I decided to watch those readily available, only to immediately find myself reconsidering that choice.
I have no doubt this was a labor of love for Del Toro - the tale of man and madness, maiden and monster, all the fleshy grotesqueries. It's been too long since I read the novel, which I…
Retirement home residents who look into cold cases for fun find themselves involved in a current murder investigation.
Exceedingly mediocre whodunnit full of plot contrivances and absurdly clumsy dialogue. I was hoping for an enjoyable little cozy mystery but this is too brainless to qualify. Even the usually excellent cast is a disappointment, with the exception of the lovely Jonathan Pryce.
"Why yes, strange that you should ask but I do give my spouse meds, but only one pill. Two would kill them!"
A bartender starts up an affair with the bar owner's wife.
Minimally-scored southern neo-noir lit by honkytonk neon and fueled by the traditional culprits of lust and greed and very bad choices. Everything about it is oppressive - the rain, the heat, the silences, the misunderstandings. All bearing down on the characters like their inevitable fates.
It's stylish if a little showy (including a moment of unnecessary Evil Dead cam) and decidedly tense with a great cast. A remarkably assured…
A handful of people - students, teacher, staff - are stuck at a New England prep school over Christmas Break 1970.
Found families, processing loss, and finding grace in one's approach to one's self and others. Warmly curmudgeony and makes for a pleasant Christmas movie. The snowy setting and the seventies' stylings look great, but the faux film grain sadly reminds me of what we've lost.
I was distantly reminded of the lovely Nobody's Fool, which I should probably watch…
