Along with a review of the surprisingly good indie frat thriller Brotherhood, I take a closer look at the documentary Marwencol:
→I’m a bit wary of a documentary that feels the need to split itself up into chapters. To me, it’s typically a sign of a director that doesn’t quite know how to unify his material—one of the basic challenges of this genre.
Tags: SXSW, Documentary, WWII, Thriller, The House Next Door
ReviewYou knew a guy back in high school, a pleasant, smart, occasionally clever guy. Not a brainiac, not a clown, not a jerk, not a socialite, just a solid guy. He possessed few faults (as far as you cared), and you never thought of him as “average"; he was more interesting than that.
→Tags: Roman Polanksi, Political, Thriller, Perfection, Edward Copeland on Film
ReviewApparently, I’m a bit of a Tom Tykwer fan and never knew it. His name sounded familiar to me, and it was only when I looked up his credentials that I realized why: he’s made some darn good films.
→Tags: Tom Tykwer, Thriller, Edward Copeland on Film
ReviewTen minutes into Wanted, I couldn’t believe that James McAvoy wasn’t a household name. He’s been in recognized films but his roles were never in the conversation; Atonement was a vehicle for its two female leads and The Last King of Scotland was Forest Whitaker’s Oscar resume. Yet in Wanted I saw a bankable American star in McAvoy.
→Tags: Action, Thriller, James McAvoy, The Matrix
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