127 Hours

There’s a peculiar type of anxiety that film can elicit in me. It’s peculiar because on one hand, I completely understand that I’m choosing to suspend my disbelief. On the other hand, if the movie is particularly well crafted, and the director understands how to push my buttons, as it were, the anxiety is nearly unavoidable. Danny Boyle is one of those directors. He finely tunes his films to play my emotions like he knows them... Read More

Heartless

I’ve never been a huge fan of Jim Sturgess (I’ve always felt that he’s a little overrated), and I’m not familiar with director Philip Ridley’s work. But Clémence Poésy and Eddie Marsan could get me to see anything. With those two lending their star power, and some really great buzz, Heartless seemed too interesting to resist. Sturgess plays a quite introvert with an enormous birthmark over half his face, neck and... Read More