Posts Tagged ‘Sarah Gadon’
Film Review – Corner Office
The casting of Jon Hamm might be the most ingenious thing about Corner Office (2022). Because it is set within a workplace environment – with offices, desks, break rooms, cubicles, etc. – the presence of Hamm will undoubtedly call to mind his work in Mad Men. Oh, but this is…
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Film Review – The 9th Life of Louis Drax
One of the best things about film writing is discovery. Every once in awhile, I watch a film with little or no information beforehand and find something amazing/delightful/heartbreaking/wonderful up on the screen. The worst thing about writing about film is when you go to a…
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Film Review – Dracula Untold
Let’s get this straight right off the bat: Dracula Untold (2014) is not a very good movie. It’s a “gritty” take on the famous vampire legend, although it takes many liberties with the mythology. The story is goofy and implausible, the CGI murky and unconvincing,…
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An Analysis – A Closer Look Into Enemy
***Warning: the following contains massive spoilers*** – Chaos is order yet undeciphered – When I first walked out of Denis Villeneuve’s Enemy (2013), I was over come with different emotions: befuddlement, confusion, and most all fascination. I knew I had witnessed something special, a tightly…
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Film Review – Enemy
There’s a moment early on when history teacher Adam Bell (Jake Gyllenhaal) is watching a movie in his apartment alone. His face is draped in apathy. Having rented the movie at the suggestion of a coworker, Adam seems to exude really little interest beyond it…
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