First Man (2018)

 

 

A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969. 

 

Excellently produced and quite realistic rendition of the first moon landing is fully focused on Neil Armstrong and who he was, very successfully so, enhanced by Gosling's immersive performance, but somehow misses out on giving both the man and the mission any substantial meaning.

Horsemen (2009)

A recently widowed detective still grieving over his wife's death discovers a shocking connection between a serial killing spree and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Not particularly successful Se7en wannabe loses any credibility by construing a wildly incomprehensible serial killer complot.

Maltin BOMB: "Preposterous, sickening mystery-thriller is only for those who are entertained by graphic images of torture." 

Gone Girl (2014)

With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

Produced with the usual excellence in all departments one would expect by the director, the highly complex and irreal, dreamlike story seems to have something to say about gender relations, but actually doesn't - and it outstays its welcome.