The International manipulates its characters like it’s making moves on a chess board, but it’s not playing a particularly exciting game. The protagonists, played by Clive Owen and Naomi Watts, bumble their way behind the curtain of a corrupt bank but the frantic pace and exotic locales are ultimately smoke and mirrors to distract from [...]
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The International (2009)
Posted in Reviews on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hitch Hike aka Autostop rosso sangue (1977)
Posted in Giallo, Reviews on May 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Though Hitch Hike only marginally quaifies as a giallo – there are no black gloved killers and no mystery involved – it is listed in the giallo bible Blood and Black Lace, so I’m going to classify it as such. Hitch Hike begins as more of a crime thriller, though it quickly spirals into a misanthropic [...]
Fermat’s Room (2007)
Posted in Reviews on May 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Many of the reviews I’ve read of directors Luis Piedrahita and Rodrigo Sopena’s debut feature La habitacion de Ferma make mention of the similarities it shares with films like Cube or Saw: people are subjected to puzzles and games in order to escape a locked room. In the contemporary cinematic milieu it’s a reasonable enough comparison, as these are huge [...]
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