Twitter Review: Stay
2005’s ‘Stay’ is too aggressively off, fostering sensitivity to its head game rather than engagement in the story. Gosling holds it together
Tagged: Marc Forster, Reviews, Ryan Gosling, Stay, Thrillers, Twitter Reviews
Twitter Reviews
Twitter Review: The Square
Aussie crime thriller ‘The Square’ is poised to explore guilt in a handful of characters but instead becomes a ridiculous, contrived tragedy
Tagged: Nash Edgerton, Reviews, The Square, Thrillers, Twitter Reviews
Twitter Review: Let Me in
Against its Swede forebear, ‘Let Me In’ accumulates minor changes that make it too insistent. Fidelity is a pleasant surprise but not enough
Twitter Review: F for Fake
Dizzyingly fragmented, Welles’ ‘F for Fake’ builds layers of credible story exploring authenticity. ‘This is true, you know.’ No, you don’t.
Twitter Review: Watchmen
I found Snyder’s ‘Watchmen’ merely highly competent (and far too fetishistic), but given that the comic was ‘unfilmable,’ he did damned good
Tagged: Twitter Reviews, Watchmen, Zack Snyder
Twitter Review: [Rec]
Unlike most monster movies, ‘[Rec]’ builds horror along with chaos. Near the end, it tells when it should hint, but it’s invisibly skillful.
Twitter Review: Treme Season 1
‘Treme’ S1 starts slowly, has some tedious characters, and is too proudly authentic, but Simon’s team remains expert at resonant microcosms.
Tagged: David Simon, HBO, New Orleans, Reviews, Television, Treme, Twitter Reviews
Twitter Review: Adoration
‘Adoration’ is a dispiriting Egoyan misfire, a too-blunt but intriguingly indirect meditation on terrorism that then excavates dull motives.
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Twitter Review: Justified Season 1
‘Justified’ S1: Sly performances, character ambiguity, sharply natural dialogue, and propulsive violence elevate this backwoods pulp fiction
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Twitter Review: The Messenger
‘The Messenger’ is unerring on its own dramatic terms but misses an opportunity by offering character over punishing war-death notifications
Tagged: Dramas, Oren Moverman, Reviews, The Messenger, Twitter, Twitter Reviews, War