Tag: Gary Oldman

The Boring & Beautiful: Sorrentino’s Tone Deaf Portrait of a Lady It’s unfortunate no one’s as likely to be infatuated with the eponymous Parthenope (pronounced...

Dial V for Voyeur: Wright Waxes Hitchcockian in Enjoyable Neo Noir “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,” said Oscar Wilde, “that mediocrity can pay...

Hearst & Foremost: Fincher Festoons the Neglected Glory of Herman Mankiewicz The finicky methods of director David Fincher have themselves become nearly as iconic as...

Little Drummer Boy: Montiel’s Misguided and Manipulative PTSD Allegory Since his autobiographical 2006 debut A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, director Dito Montiel has been...

Looking back at the landscape of early to mid-90s neo-noir, only a few titles have survived relative obscurity, conversations tending to celebrate the Coen...

The Iceman Cometh: Vromen Baffles with Illogical Romantic Thriller Director Ariel Vromen dashes the promise shown in his 2012 portrait of contract killer Richard Kuklinski...

Shakespeare’s portrait of the brooding, potentially psychotic Danish prince Hamlet is arguably the Bard’s most notable play, as well as a veritable support beam...

Dirty Snow: Espinosa’s Ungainly Yet Enjoyable Soviet Era Mystery Grazing lightly over the Soviet era politics of the period and featuring a handsome, gussied up...

Monkey Trouble: Reeves Get a Crack at Famed Cinematic Simian Franchise It’s kind of wild to think how much cinematic mileage (now eight films and...

Child 44 Director: Daniel Espinosa Writers: Richard Price Producer: Summit Entertainment, Worldview Entertainment, Etalon Film, Scott Free Productions, Stillking Films U.S. Distributor: Summit Ent/Lionsgate Cast: Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace,...