A matter of style
As many other Walter Hill films, The Driver portraits a stripped universe inhabited by archetypes. These are nameless, speechless and can trace their roots to the principles of Epic.
It can happen in any city, during the late 70s or nowadays but as a film noir in its essence, exclusively at night.
The performances are great and it also sports particularly long nerve wracking car-chase scenes. The pace of the delivery of lines is almost as…
This is only the beginning!
Denis Villeneuve directs this faithful adaptation covering the first half of the 1965 sci-fi novel by Frank Herbert.
Set in the far future, it follows Paul Atreides as his family, the noble House Atreides, is thrust into a war for the deadly and inhospitable desert planet Arrakis.
First of all I went into the movie without knowing anything about the world of Dune. The only thing I knew was that there was a movie adaptation…
Intense and grim heist movie
This is definitely not your average Guy Ritchie film. It is not light-hearted, albeit there is some slick dialogues. It has no comic appeal, albeit there is a bit of dry humor. Think of shortened edition of Michel Mann's "Heat" rather than "Snatch" or "Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels", and you'll got some understanding of what it's all about.
Jason Statham is perfectly fitting for the role of mysterious H., a character with dark…
Call It By Its Name: 'Dead Boring'
This is the kind of film that you see in 'Coming Attractions' and you think that though it sounds interesting enough to see, it will never live up to its hype. And still you go see it. And yet, even though you knew the buzz for the film was overblown, you are even more disappointed upon leaving the theater than you were prepared to be. This is sub-mediocre cinema for the pretentious mass…
