A trailer that refuses to show an image for 48 seconds is probably up to something good. The film is Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (Miramax, 1.21.11), and you can sense right away that it’s a cut or two above. The news of Guillermo del Toro having produced and co-written is like a five-star review from Consumer Reports. The director is Troy Nixey. The costars are Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Bailee Madison, Alan Dale, Eliza Taylor-Cotter, etc.
Roughly two months ago a very early draft of Eric Roth‘s screenplay for Killers of the Flower Moon (dated 2.20.17,...
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Frances McDormand‘s Fern was strong but mule-stubborn and at the end of the day self-destructive, and this stunted psychology led...
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Can’t decide which performance is better, although I’ve always leaned toward Tina Vitale, her cynical New Jersey moll behind the...
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Two days ago (1.19) a Facebook tribute congratulated Tippi Hedren for having reached her 94th year (blow out the candles!)...
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A friend suggested a list of the Ten Best American Crime Flicks of the ‘70s. By which he meant films...
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I’ve never been able to give myself over to Sam Peckinpah’s Major Dundee, a 1965 Civil War–era western, and I’ve...
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