You could say the world has an obsession with Obsession. A young man cannot express his true feelings to the girl of his dreams, and resorts to a “wishing willow” novelty gift. But when his wish comes true, he gets a lot more than he bargained for. Obsession has taken the movie business by storm….
Tag: thriller
Review: Disclosure Day
Well, that was a waste of time. Two fugitives are on the run from a shadowy intelligence agency hellbent on keeping Government secrets hidden. Meanwhile, a weather reporter for a News channel starts speaking an alien dialect. Disclosure Day was widely touted as director Steven Spielberg’s “return to form” as it is about aliens. Oops,…
Review: Crime 101
As the title suggests, sure, this is an introduction to the crime genre. A professional thief in L.A. starts to question his vocation after a near-fatal encounter. But his replacement, and a detective on his tail, will make any sort of escape into a better life even more dangerous. Crime 101, is an Amazon production,…
Review: The Bride!
Like the creature; this lurching film is filled with interesting parts, but is a bit of a mess. In an alternate 1930s, the monster created by Victor Frankenstein seeks a mate. When a doctor obliges and resurrects Ina into The Bride, she isn’t quite what anyone expected. Actor-turn-director Maggie Gyllenhaal has one feature besides The…
Review: Send Help
Classic Raimi. An undervalued office worker finds herself marooned on an island with her new, and belittling, boss. Can they reconcile their differences and survive? Send Help is the newest film from director Sam Raimi, creator of classics such as The Evil Dead and the Spider-Man trilogy. It stars Rachel McAdams (The Notebook, Spotlight) and…
Review: No Other Choice
Park Chan-wook you’ve done it again. A veteran worker at a paper factory has it all. A wife, two children, two dogs, two cars, his family home. But when it is all suddenly threatened, he sees no other choice but to take extreme measures to protect his family. Director Park Chan-wook is most familiar to…
Review: Christy
The better Smashing Machine. Her traditionalist family doesn’t approve of Christy’s love life, but they do follow her talent for boxing. However, when they start taking a shine to Jim, her trainer, Christy finds herself trapped and isolated. Directed by David Michôd, and starring Sydney Sweeney, Ben Foster, Merritt Wever, Katy O’Brian, and James Self,…
Review: Wake Up Dead Man – A Knives Out Mystery
The Knives Out anthology continues with excellence. A young, optimistic priest is the top murder suspect in a small rural town, after its aggressive head priest is found dead. Only detective Benoit Blanc can possibly solve this “locked room” mystery. Director Rian Johnson appears to have found his calling, alongside star Daniel Craig. The 2019…
Review: Bugonia
Crazy diamond Lanthimos shines again. Bugonia is as weird as it is thought-provoking. Two cousins agree to kidnap a high-value pharmaceutical company CEO believing her to be an alien. Their plan: to have her confess, then contact her Emperor with demands to stop her species from destroying the Earth by systemic means. Director Yorgos Lanthimos…
Review: One Battle After Another
A modern day classic, perhaps? The explosives expert in a modern revolutionary militia finds himself and his daughter hunted by American military police. One Battle After Another is directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. No, not the one who makes the symmetrical movies, nor the one who made the Resident Evil movies. This Anderson brought us…