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Lionsgate’s: UNLOCKED
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Every so often I am sent a screener code by a studio and asked if I’d be interested in reviewing a film that will have a limited release. I love this, of course, because it makes me feel like a real insider. This time it was Lionsgate who emailed me about a Spy thriller called UNLOCKED. It stars Noomi Rapace (Swedish version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Series) John Malkovich, Michael Douglas, Orlando Bloom and Toni Collette (who looks just like Annie Lennox in this movie). At first I didn’t understand the title until I watched an interview with Rapace, who plays Alice…
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Movie Blog Post: THE BEGUILED
Coppola says she didn’t want to deal with issues of race, that she didn’t feel qualified, which I understand; and I feel even though the movie takes place during the Civil War, there can still be stories told about people affected by the war, but it not be directly about the issue of slavery.
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Movie Blog Post: BABY DRIVER
The trick to this movie is the music, it’s really a sound track with a movie instead of a movie with a soundtrack, but I say that admiring the creative concept. Baby always listens to music on his headphones, especially while driving, as a way to both soundtrack his life and drown out the ringing tinnitus in his ears....
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Movie Blog Post: MY COUSIN RACHEL
Tinsel & Tine Highlights: MY COUSIN RACHEL By Le Anne Lindsay, Editor I’ve mentioned many times that my all time favorite movie is Hitchcock’s REBECCA (click for T&T post) based on a novel by Daphne du Maurier so it’s odd that I have yet to see the original 1952 My Cousin Rachel also based upon a du Maurier story, starring Olivia de Havilland (miscast, according to du Maurier) and a very young Richard Burton. I’ll have to rectify that soon; however, I had been looking forward to this remake starring Rachel Weisz & Sam Clafin (Me Before You) and I’m happy to say this version of the Gothic film did…
