Jason Bourne movie review: Bourne again, but why?
Everything looks great on paper here: Damon’s brawny presence; the smartly staged action, etc. And it’s not unfun. But it feels less black ops than old hat.
Vincent Cassel
Trance (review)
Deliciously preposterous, with misdirections and red herrings scattered about like enigmatic confetti…
The Monk (trailer)
Vincent Cassel! He’s a monk who solves mysteries!
Black Swan (review)
I’m not entirely sure how much of what we see in Black Swan actually exists beyond the fevered imagination of the protagonist. And that perilous hold on reality is far from the only thing to love about this gorgeously horrific nightmare.
female gazing at: Vincent Cassel
The Mesrine movies are those naughty naughty kinds of movies about criminals that make their protagonists more appealing than they should be merely by casting an irresistibly sexy actor in the role…
Eastern Promises movie review: viva Viggo
Movies about gangsters: You expect a lot of noise. Shouting and screaming. Barrages of gunfire. Not here. Here we have somber reflection, the lurking gray peril of an urban underbelly, shifting shifty glances and unspoken threats. ‘Eastern Promises’ is almost silent — even its title sounds like a shush.
