Friday, February 03, 2012
Chronicle
CHRONICLE (USA 2012) ****
Directed by Josh Trank
Out of nowhere comes this solid debut of a movie called CHRONICLE. The film earned an impressive 90% rating on rotten tomatoes (at the time of this writing) and has taken critics and audiences alike by storm.
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Moon Point
MOON POINT (USA 2011) **
Directed by Sean Cisterna
MOON POINT (the name of a place) is an extremely low budget feature made for the paltry sum of $1.25 million that begins a one-week special engagement run at the AMC, Toronto.
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Le Vendeur
LE VENDEUR (Canada 2011) ****
Directed by Sebastien Pilote
LE VENDEUR (THE SALESMAN) begins with a slowly shot montage of a dead moose removed from a snow bordered road. The scene, an important one in the film’s plot development is re-visited half way through the film.
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The Woman in Black
THE WOMAN IN BLACK (UK 2011) ***
Directed by James Watkins
THE WOMAN IN BLACK is best known as London West End’s second longest play in history after MOUSETRAP. The ghost story is based on the book written in 1983 by Susan Hill and had already been adapted into a TV movie. I had seen the original play some 15 years ago in London but hardly remember anything of it except at how difficult it is to stage a scary ghost story without it being laughable. The play succeeded.
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The Innkeepers
THE INNKEEPERS (USA 2011) *
Directed by Ty West
Though touted as a ghost haunted house film or rather haunted hotel film, THE INNKEEPERS is more light comedy or unfunny light comedy that turns horrific at the end.
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