Blind
Blond thirty-something year old Ingrid has lost her sight abruptly to an undiagnosed condition and now, depressed and unsettled, she just whiles away in the stark white high rise apartment in Oslo that she shares with Morton her architect husband. She refuses to ever venture outside at all and actually suspects that Morton actually sneaks back … Continue reading
Bomber
Eighty-year-old Alistar plans to take a road trip to a village in Germany to apologize for the fact that he accidentally dropped bombs on them as RAF flyer on his first mission during WW2 when he was just 18 years old. He is now a crotchety old fart constantly bickering with his long-suffering spouse and … Continue reading
Chemical Hearts : a rather pedestrian teenage romantic drama
Actor turned writer/director Richard Tanne’s sophomore film Chemical Hearts is a rather pedestrian teenage dramedy about unrequited love. Adapted from Krystal Sutherland’s novel of the same name its the story of 17 years old high school student Henry Page (Austin Abrams) who is a cross between a bookish nerd and a homeless romantic. He is … Continue reading
Crooked House
Gilles Paquet-Brenner‘s take on Agatha Christie’s novel Crooked House with a script by Julian Fellows (Downton Abbey) and a rather wonderfully starry cast with some campy performances, and filmed on location in the stately Hughenden Manor, had all the ingredients for being a far better movie than it was. Despite all these elements it had … Continue reading
Dumplin
Dumplin is one of those cute but awkward chick-lit comedies that have become Jennifer Anniston’s raison d’etre. They are no stretch for her and she still manages to put in a charmed performance even in this latest lightweight role. The main trouble is that this she is part of a comedy that clumsily attempts to … Continue reading