You assume two very talented, and occasionally brilliant, actors would have amazing chemistry on-screen, but you’d be wrong. The chemistry between Steve Carrell and Steve Buscemi is so forced and terrible, that the screenplay has to literally start when they’re both young boys, and emphasize how lonely they are and how they became friends. This is to make it painfully clear to the audience that they’re best of friends since the performances from both men can’t really sell it to the audience.
Remorse (2012)
Director Tarun Gupta manages to create a rather solid tragic drama that spends more time exploring its directing methods than telling a story. Not that that’s a bad thing, but as a film I’d have loved to learn more about the characters. Though with the limited time it has, director Gupta manages to derive a lot of interesting performances from the cast, as well as exploring the fading of love in a world that glamorizes it.
A Handful of Pennies (2012)
Director E.E. Charlton-Trujillo and Josh Flowers’s “A Handful of Pennies” is a very entertaining and morbid crime short that demonstrates the classic concept behind the gangster picture. Someone did something wrong, they’ve been caught, and they’re paying for their crimes. In this instance, gangster Lyle has his prey in his hands and is not going to be satisfied until he garners information from the poor bastard named Arnold, who is strapped to a chair.
Dr. Easy (2013)
Shynola directs “Dr. Easy” in hopes of fueling a feature length film in the future, so “Dr. Easy” in its ten minute length is described as a prologue to the bigger narrative. On its own though, “Dr. Easy” is a wonderful and stark look at the future and out absolute dependence on technology and how it will do the work for human beings.
21st Century Barry (2013)
Who among us hasn’t been there? We buy a new computer part, we begin hooking it up, and for some reason the back of our desk has become the amazon filled with a slew of rubber wires that look like vines. But really, who wants to spend all their time sorting wires and color coding them? I sure don’t.
Monday Movie Pause: Official "Carrier" Trailer
From Cinema Epoch, Shortly after Thomas delivers a mysterious package, he begins to fall ill. But this is not any ordinary illness. He soon descends into the depths of a sickness that turns him into an insatiable killer. Worse is that the strange virus that has turned him into a monster is contagious, and has begun to spread.
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Stoker (2013)
Gifted auteur Chan-wook Park has made his US cinematic debut with “Stoker,” a film that is easily one of the most brilliant horror films of 2013. Park is one of the few Asian imports that’s managed to really debut with a bang, and “Stoker” shows that Park is well worth making it to the states. As well, he has potential to deliver a high pedigree of genre films if he has the chance.