Posts Tagged ‘Tangerine Dream’
Film Review – Death Note
Earlier this year, I reviewed the new Ghost in the Shell (2017). In it, I discussed the issue of Scarlett Johansson playing the lead role, and how it was yet another example of Hollywood’s long history of casting white actors in roles meant for people…
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Film Review – Disorder
Matthias Schoenaerts enters the realm of legitimate international star in Alice Winocour’s Disorder (2015). Schoenaerts has been a working actor for years now, but it’s with this performance – as a French soldier suffering from a severe case of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – that…
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SXSW Film Review – Ava’s Possessions
Jordan Galland’s Ava’s Possessions (2015) starts off in midstream. When we first meet Ava (Louisa Krause), she has just gone through an extensive exorcism held by Father Merrino (John Ventimiglia). Once back in control of her body, Ava realizes that she has been possessed for…
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Film Review – Drive
It is a rare ability for a film to both rely on a sense of nostalgia and simultaneously introduce something new that is its own. Drive, a neo-noir thriller from director Nicolas Winding Refn (Bronson, Valhalla Rising), is a perfect example of one of those…
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