Last year at Sundance, I caught a screening of Oren Moverman’s The Messenger (you can read my review here). In the chaos of the festival, I never really had the time to sit down and write out a decent review. Thankfully, my new found friend, and fellow cinephile, Justin, has written a much more [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Ben Foster'
Guest Review: The Messenger
December 8th, 2009 No Comments
Tags: Ben Foster · Jena Malone · Oren Moverman · Samantha Morton · The Messenger · Woody Harrelson
Pandorum
September 29th, 2009 1 Comment
Pandorum is another one of those sci-fi movies that attempts to explore the psychological impact of participating in something that so beyond this world. Unlike Danny Boyle’s Sunshine, or Tarkovsky’s Solaris, where the focus turns to the spiritual and metaphysical, Pandorum is just an attempt at a thrill ride that just happens to take place [...]
Tags: Antje Traue · Ben Foster · Christian Avart · Cung Le · Denis Quaid · Pandorum · Travis Milloy
The Messenger
January 20th, 2009 No Comments
There’s something slightly odd about a former Israeli army officer making a movie about broken American veterans of the war in Iraq. But that’s just what The Messenger is. The film is Oren Moverman’s directorial debut and is currently in competition at Sundance. The story follows Will (Ben Foster), a decorated war hero that came [...]
Tags: Alessandro Camon · Ben Foster · Jena Malone · Oren Moverman · Samantha Morton · Steve Buscemi · The Messenger · Woody Harrelson
