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Aug 14, 2008 · The winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2008, "Frozen River" is one of those rare independent films that knows precisely what it intends, and what the meaning of the story is. Ray Eddy is a heroine in her life. She refuses all offers by her son T.J. ( Charlie McDermott) to drop out of school and get a job.
May 16, 2013 · For all its sloppiness and blind spots and fanboy pirouettes, though, "Star Trek Into Darkness" is still an involving film with more heart than most summer blockbusters. Abrams’ roots in TV ( Felicity, Alias, Lost) seem to have made him attentive to the dynamics of groups, and to the repeated phrases and gestures that bond viewers to characters.
Aug 10, 2001 · For almost all of its length, "The Crimson Rivers" is anchored by the natures of Niemans and Kerkerian, as tested by criminal events. Kassovitz holds off telling us whodunit as long as possible, and then grits his teeth like a runner who finds a puddle at the finish line. Look at this movie and tell me this director shouldn't have a date with ...
May 3, 2000 · Posted: May 3, 2000 12:00 am. Roger Ebert recently re-reviewed Raiders of the Lost Ark as part of his tribute to "Great Movies". Here's a couple of insightful comments he made: The Saturday serial ...
More than anything, “Take Me to the River” is a mood piece. At that, it’s very successful. With America’s red-state/blue-state dichotomy as his dramatic basis, Sobel deftly sketches a family situation that’s all awkwardness and puzzlement, partly hidden, of course, by the miens of forced cheerfulness that families feel obliged to don ...
Oct 7, 2016 · Not unlike “ Gone Girl ”—to which it invariably will draw comparisons as a juicy exploration of violence and mystery in genteel suburbia—“The Girl on the Train” is good trash. At least as a novel, it is. As a film, however, it’s not even that. It’s just a flat and suspense-free tale of pretty people in peril.
Jul 15, 2022 · Eventually, Kath and Barlow’s relationship becomes the movie’s main focus, and that narrative shift at least clarifies what kind of story Derby and Horowitz have chosen to tell. Barlow, whose name brings to mind a certain Stephen King character, is a Gen X fantasy: he wears flannel, has a ton of money, and doesn’t like to talk about himself.
