Lou Bloom the principle character played with scary brilliance by Jake Gyllenhall in Dan Gilroy’s Nightcrawler is a fascinating blend of sociopath, amoralist, autistic and opportunistic entrepreneur. Lou is a quick learn, a really quick learn. Lou misses nothing that can be successfully employed to lead to his advancement and ignores everything (to the point Read More…
Movies
A Girl Gone… Good? Bad? or Simply Gone?
Gone Girl is one bad-ass nasty flick – in a good way. Director David Fincher (Alien3, Seven, The Game, Zodiac, Panic Room, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) has created another film that manipulates its audience in expert fashion – remember, all in a good way. Based on the novel of the same name by Gillian Read More…
Hollywood See Hollywood Do – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
The film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes provides a fair amount of likeable aspects for its viewers. Three of the them are not originality, filming locations, or appropriate length. The injection of the standard issue Hollywood Summer Epic techniques (e.g., the overlong, implausible fight between hero and villain towards the end of the Read More…