I am not familiar with the video game on which ASSASSIN’S CREED is based, so I cannot speak to whether or not this cinematic translation has captured its essence. I can speak, however, to the befuddling bifurcation of said translation. Part straight-up action film, part would-be contemplation of the pros and cons of free will,… Read More »
FLOWERS (Loreak)
A sweet melancholia pervades FLOWERS. The juxtaposition of life’s relentless move forward and the cryptic nature of human identity that confounds, delights, and charms work in tandem in this quietly powerful and unconventional love story. Moving on is the theme that ties the two tangential storylines together. In the first, Ane (Nagore Aranburu) learns that… Read More »
THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY
There is one overwhelming question about THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY. Why isn’t this a better flick? It certainly has all the right elements. The cast, led by Henry Cavill and Sigourney Weaver, are solidly committed. The story is the kind that Hitchcock loved. An innocent man plunged into a life-and-death situation not of his… Read More »
VANTAGE POINT
VANTAGE POINT takes a storyline that is a middling throwback to the Cold War paranoid fantasies of a half-century ago and tries to jazz it up with a multi-view narrative. The device makes the most of doing the requisite slow reveal of exactly what happened before, during, and after a terrorist attack in Spain, but… Read More »
Martin Sheen & Emilio Estevez Find THE WAY
The seeds of the idea for THE WAY, about a man walking an ancient pilgrimage route with his son’s ashes, began years ago when actor Martin Sheen was on vacation with his grandson, Estevez’s son, and he wanted to drive the pilgrimage route of El Camino de Santiago in Spain. Over time, the story changed, but… Read More »