Salinui cheuok (Memories of Murder, 2003)Salinui cheuok (Memories of Murder, 2003)
In a small South Korean town, a serial killer of pretty young women has begun a bizarre pattern of killing. The tried and true methods of the local police are
In a small South Korean town, a serial killer of pretty young women has begun a bizarre pattern of killing. The tried and true methods of the local police are
Director and screenwriter Guillaume Canet adapts this Harlan Coben novel brilliantly to the screen. With some of the most interesting of scene changes and uses of flashbacks incorporated its complex
To find something new to cinematic themes derived from Dracula legend is, in itself, refreshing. To find both this and an incredible performance as that given by Lina Leadersson in
Producer/Director Francis Ford Coppola demonstrates his genius in the making of this film. Having the acumen to allow the novelist to adapt his own work to the screen was, in
Instead of the flashback, Vantage Point actually rewinds an event, then rolls it forward from a different point of view of participants. A challenging device for having any continuity but
Instead of just another formula driven vehicle for a redundant Will Smith-saves-the-world-blockbuster, I, Robot, more in keeping with the Isaac Asimov novel, could have been so much more. Still, all
In a world growing ominously more susceptible to morality-reducing resorts to expedience, The Island speaks to the very worst issue already seen on the horizon. Like all good futurist science
It must have been a daunting task to cast for a screenplay well adapted from the brilliant Patricia Highsmith novel, one as deep in complexity and societal period piece “darkness”
Featuring two superb performances by two supremely gifted actors, Ripley’s Game, offers John Malkovich the complex and challenging role that showcases his range and skills best. As Tom Ripley, he
In the interplay between consciousness and subconsciousness lies that zone in awakened state where we fantasize in reverie what sleep thankfully forgives our nightmares. This film, screen-written by Louis Mellis
If this little gem has escaped the lover of high suspense and mystery thriller, The Long Good Friday might be a very welcome return to earlier times when globalism was
(Du rififi chez les hommes) A French cinematic masterpiece, Rififi, today observes the same perfections it had in an earlier era. Almost one year ago its celebrated director, Jules Dassin,
David Cronenberg’s splendid direction of Steven Knight’s highly faceted screenplay grants stardom to the image building impact it creates for the role of Ekrem with the further chemistry Josef Altin contributes in his
The Departed is a film boasting four great performances unsurprising for four exceptional actors given great script, great casting and the superb direction of Martin Scorsese. But then this is
Neil Marshall’s resounding success with both the authorship and direction of this movie enjoys yet another accolade for its multiple level of interpretation the depth he provides, offers. In an
Syriana is a film for which a good review becomes a dangerous expose’. For it would reveal what any movie, as an entertainment medium, can couch behind the label of
Rare for an horror film, Dust Devil is an internationally celebrated movie, written and directed by Richard Stanley. It’s setting could have equally been sustained by either Australian or African
This success for writer/director, Terry West, Flesh for the Beast, is a surprising accomplishment for any low budget film, even that outside the horror genre. West’s script writing, interesting storyline,