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Noomi Rapace
Two good kids films (though one is better for adults) and then rampant juvenilia with Hellboy
And more: the real Mary Magdalene story; the origin of Stockholm syndrome and a growing young again fantasy called Little. (Plus, three also rans).
Volkmar Richter
Apr 11th, 2019
Reviews of Passion, The Family and Insidious Chapter 2
Rachel McAdams is back in Mean Girls mode in Passion.
Volkmar Richter
Sep 10th, 2013
Vancouver new movie reviews: Oz the Great and Powerful, Shepard and Dark, Hit ‘N Strum, Dead Man Down
Back to Oz with a fake wizard, his monkey and china doll, plus Glinda and her sister witches
Volkmar Richter
Mar 8th, 2013
Murdered by America: "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
Why did David Fincher fix a movie that wasn't broken?
Linda Solomon Wood
Dec 28th, 2011
Christmas movies: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Sherlock Holmes 2, Mission Impossible 4 and Young Adult
Gary Oldman is the new George Smiley, the spy fiction favorite from John Le Carre’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Volkmar Richter
Dec 16th, 2011