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A film created under the direction of the iconic Park Chan-wook, Stoker is striking and seductively sinister.
Paired with deliberate but impactful visual symbolism and a cold color palette, Stoker is an unsettling tale of womanhood, motherhood, obsession and selfishness. With the dark themes of this chilling story, even the most stoic of the starring cast give terrifying and amazing performances. Nicole Kidman, in particular, is a force of nature in her role as the manic Evelyn Stoker.
While the…
While a film with very little human acting, Black Beauty bursts at its seams with overwhelming emotion-- innocence, relief, nostalgia, and unbelievable sorrow in their purest form.
Beauty's story is told through Allan Cumming's narration and there was no other actor who could have possibly given him a better voice. Allan successfully gives insight into the mind of Beauty, who does not understand human cruelty, but whose life has constantly been directed by it. Among the sorrow of the film's…