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Sunday, 18 October 2015

The Robber Bride (2007) (TV)



Journalist and seductress Zenia Arden has disappeared, and when her finger turns up on the shores of Lake Ontario -- next to her blood-soaked car -- the police believe they've uncovered a homicide.

Although the novel's original plot has been altered into an (intriguing) crime mystery with a twist ending, the ambiguities of the main character have been retained; the result is an intelligently made,  complex TV drama with a competent ensemble.


Saturday, 30 May 2015

Solitary Man (2009)



A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.

Basically a well-played and produced tragicomedy (or rather just a touch humour) about a quite unnerving and disagreeable character.

Maltin***: "Provocative character study of a louse, played with charismatic bravado by Douglas, who's surrounded by good actors in similarly three-dimensional roles."