Posts Tagged ‘Tomas Alfredson’
Film Review – The Snowman
In the town of Oslo, Norway a serial killer hunts women and leaves behind a snowman as a calling card. Alcoholic detective Harry Hole (Michael Fassbender) takes up the investigation to find the killer. In some regards that sounds like a solid setup to a…
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I was probably not the best choice to review the new film Tinker Tailor Solider Spy for The MacGuffin. Double-crossing, secret-plotting, many-character-having spy movies make me anxious; I spend much of the time just fretting that I’ll miss something plot-wise. And if this is the…
READ MOREInterview – Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
In the new film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, opening in Seattle this Friday, Gary Oldman plays George Smiley, a retired spy called back to try to discover a mole within his old organization. When Oldman was in Seattle recently, he had a chance to talk…
READ MOREEarly Look at Oscar Contenders, Part 2
Trying to figure out the Best Picture Oscars is based on looking at many things, including: what actors are in it, what director is making the film, whether it’s the kind of film the Academy has responded to in the past, and just plain old…
READ MORETop Horror Films – #31 – Let the Right One In
Let The Right One In 2008; directed by Tomas Alfredson; screenplay by John Ajvide Lindqvist, from his novel In a suburb of Stockholm in the early 1980s, 12-year-old Oskar (Kåre Hedebrant) is continually bullied by his classmates. When an odd girl (Lina Leandersson) moves into…
READ MOREFilm Review – Let Me In
Let Me In, from director Matt Reeves, famously of Cloverfield, is being released into theaters today. This film has gained notoriety for being a remake of the very popular Swedish film, Let The Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in), from director Tomas Alfredson. …
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