Showing posts with label Nicolas Winding Refn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nicolas Winding Refn. Show all posts
Thursday, 7 December 2017
Tuesday, 21 February 2017
The Neon Demon (2016)
When an aspiring model moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality
are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means
necessary to get what she has.
Visually gorgeous and mesmerizing tale that takes its view of the beauty industry to a morbid and slightly ironic extreme.
Friday, 13 January 2017
Sunday, 11 December 2016
Sunday, 26 April 2015
Bronson (2008)
A young man who was sentenced to seven years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending three decades in solitary confinement and, during this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter-ego, Charles Bronson.
Professionally directed and well played satire on a most disagreeable brute; therefore not to everyone's taste.
Maltin***: "Impressionistic biopic...Stark, potent tale is nonetheless difficult to watch because "Bronson" is so unlikable and his violent nature is portayed in graphic detail."
Thursday, 23 April 2015
Drive (2011)
A mysterious Hollywood stuntman, mechanic and getaway driver lands himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbor.
What would have been another (violent) action flic is successfully given an artsy treatment and the feel of an existentialist drama with a tight-lipped, hard-boiled anti-hero.
Maltin**: "What some see as a prime example of postmodern cool strikes us as a pretentious hogwash from the word go. The bursts of gruesome violence are equally hard to swallow. By the way, Gosling seems fully articulate when he sets up his first gig, but spends the rest of the film nearly silent (and striking poses). Only bright spot is a juicy supporting role for Brooks as a savvy gangster."
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