Directed by Claire Denis Vincent Gallo can really act with his eyes, maybe not quite as much with his voice, but holy sh*t those eyes are at times frightening and magnetic. Claire Denis takes advantage of it in this moody, disturbing, sensual cannibalistic daydream of a movie. It's not exactly overtly frightening but rather deliberate … Continue reading Trouble Every Day (2001)
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Passengers (2016)
Directed by Morten Tyldum There's a home run spike going on in baseball these days, which has been a bit unexpected because of the offensive drought that spanned most of a decade as the league cleaned out most or all of the performance enhancing drug users that defined the early 00's. Whereas you once had … Continue reading Passengers (2016)
Solaris (2002)
Directed by Steven Soderbergh Solaris is a remake of the Andrei Tarkovsky film of the same name. Like the original it is a philosophical science-fiction story that takes its time and might put off certain viewers who want Alien more than they're looking for the final thirty minutes of 2001: A Space Odyssey. The story follows psychologist … Continue reading Solaris (2002)