Excuse me while I gorge myself on Miles’ and Anya’s likability :P.
On paper it’s completely ridiculous and seems boring as hell but somehow this does work, it’s a fun and romantic thriller that is also surprisingly affecting at times.
The only thing that isn’t very good is the design and execution of the bland cgi baddies.
They made Aidan Quinn look and act as much like a contemporary Bruce Springsteen as they possible could and if you squint your eyes it’s Bruce up there.
This movie is interesting if only because it is Chris Columbus’ first produced screenplay, Thomas Newman’s (composer) first film, director James Foley’s first feature and features Michael Ballhaus (a ton of Scorsese films between 1985 and 2006) behind the camera.
It also stars Adam Baldwin (no relation to the Baldwin brothers) as…
Incredible film. Haneke is one for packing a universe of world history, family drama, human psychology into one movie.
In a way it’s a horror movie where all the horror parts are played out offscreen yet somehow are all the more palpable because of this. As you watch it it feels like a belt slowly tightens across your chest. At the same time we’re shown delightful vignettes of small town life pre WW1: farming, community, church and young love. There’s…
Loved it, reminded me in a lot of ways of Bored To Death, one of my favorite series of all time.
Great cast and wonderfully shot by one of my favs, Sam Levy (While We’re Young, Ladybird, Frances Ha).
