Posts Tagged ‘Naomi Watts’
TIFF Review – Lakewood
Lakewood (2021) follows Amy Carr (Naomi Watts), a mother who is jogging in the woods. She has already sent her youngest off to school, and her teenage son Noah (Colton Gobbo) is still in bed, saying he is not going to school. It is about…
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An Appreciation – Mulholland Drive
Los Angeles is a strange place. It’s a town of mystery and intrigue, built upon an industry of dreams. This is where countless people have gone with hopes of striking it big, landing that one important movie that will shoot them to fame and fortune.…
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Film Review – Rings
Rings (2017) is a special kind of awful. It’s not scary, or thrilling, or suspenseful, or remotely interesting. It’s a complete drag of a movie. Maybe the premise of this story wasn’t made for this generation. The Ring (2002) – or better yet, the original…
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Film Review – Shut In
The snowy thriller Shut In revolves around a child psychologist and her disabled stepson who get trapped in their house that may or may not be haunted during a winter storm. That she is the worst child psychologist since Hugh Grant in Nine Months and the…
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Film Review – The Sea of Trees
Aokigahara is a heavily dense forest located at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan. Nicknamed “Sea of Trees” or “Suicide Forest,” this area has developed a reputation as a popular site for individuals to attempt suicide. The suicide rate has grown so much that…
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Film Review – The Divergent Series: Allegiant
How many times does Chicago need to be saved? If I were a citizen in The Divergent series, I’d be really upset. Not only would I be oppressed by an evil government, I’d also have to deal with a rebellion so incompetent that they routinely…
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SXSW Film Review – Demolition
Let’s just start with this. I cannot for the life of me remember the name of this film other than it starts with a “D.” Is it Desolation, Destruction, or Devastation? No, it is actually Demolition, but I have to keep checking on the name…
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Film Review – While We’re Young
Noah Baumbach‘s films are often alleged to be at least partially autobiographical which, for anyone who has seen his fantastic The Squid and the Whale, is a disturbing notion indeed. Unflinching in its portrayal of a deteriorated family, Squid led the way to his equally…
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