Danny Boyle is no stranger to stylish thrillers. From Shallow Grave (1994) to 28 Days Later (2002), Boyle is a master of mystery and suspense. His latest film Trance (2013) takes many cues from film noir, incorporating a conflicted anti-hero, Simon, whose principles are rattled all the more by his memory loss. The psychological neo-noir […]
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‘After Earth’ Works Tirelessly To Keep Things Simple And Inoffensive
M. Night Shyamalan avoids his signature twist in After Earth. Instead, it’s a very vanilla and quite boring story from start to finish, even with Will and Jaden Smith.
Adapting ‘World War Z’: Will It Be Anything Like The Book?
After a series of production delays, that have included extensive re-writes of the script, re-shoots of principal photography, and release date changes, World War Z will finally be released in theatres June 21, 2013. An adaptation of the novel “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War” by Max Brooks, son of Mel […]
Justin Lin’s ‘Fast & Furious 6’ Fires On All Cylinders
Director Justin Lin knows how to leverage the basic concept of street racers turned criminals and, while light on logic, Fast & Furious 6 will have fans cheering.
Touch Of Noir: The Apathetic Noir Loser In ‘The Man Who Wasn’t There’
There is no better film to finish our discussion of the noir loser in the Coen brothers’ films than The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001). With the film’s protagonist, Ed Crane, the Coens take the noir loser archetype to its extreme. Whereas previous Coen losers were anxious, unsure men who let people walk all over […]