I really admire filmmaker Ben Wheatley because he’s able to just “go there” with his art. He wholeheartedly commits to whatever genre he’s exploring. His voice is strong. It’s just that occasionally his “there” isn’t exactly a place I ever imagined traveling to. DOWN TERRACE is like a Coen brothers movie crossbred with a Ken Loach film. KILL LIST blindsided me with its delightfully spooky and … [Read more...]
REVIEW: IN THE HEART OF THE SEA – Call Me Ish-MEH-ael
You were probably forced to read Herman Melville’s Moby Dick at some point. It’s the classic tale of one man’s obsession with a giant white whale. What many of us don’t know is that the work of fiction was inspired by harrowing real-life events that took place aboard the whaling vessel Essex. Nathaniel Philbrick’s gripping chronicle of that tale, In The Heart of The Sea, also became a best-seller. … [Read more...]
