Saturday, November 30, 2019
Friday, November 29, 2019
Thursday, November 28, 2019
The Second Woman (1950)
An architect Jeff Cohalanis haunted by the death of his fiancée the previous year, and he sequesters himself in the fabulous house he designed for his beloved and broods over the incredible string of bad luck he has experienced since her death.
Above-average psychological thriller with a noir touch with an improbable plot works due to atmosphere and solid performances.
Halliwell (no star): "Tolerable semi-star melodrama with a deliberate film noir look."
Maltin**1/2: "Atmospheric psychological drama..."
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Peaky Blinders, Season 5 (2019)
The crime family saga finds the world thrown into turmoil by the financial crash of 1929.
The saga goes on with the expected excellence in production and performances, but this season has quite an intermittent plot ending with a cliffhanger more suspenseful than the actual build-up to its finale.
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Monday, November 25, 2019
Sunday, November 24, 2019
Suspect Zero (2004)
A mysterious serial killer is hunting other serial killers, and one F.B.I. Agent suspects there may be more to the vigilante than they imagine.
It's obvious that director E. Elias Merhige has ambition, talent and visual imagination, all recognizable in this movie in patches, but not not coherently; and the two stars' abilities are regrettably not put to full use.
Maltin**: "Complex premise, reminiscent at times of RED DRAGON, with striking visual style, is hindered by the oppressive nature of the material and the fact that there's no one to care about."
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