Author: Juan Barquin

5

Zero Dark Thirty

Zero Dark Thirty is a well-made effort from Bigelow that lets down some strong actors thanks to Mark Boal’s script that lacks any real semblance of solid character development.

0

Tony Manero

Tony Manero is a dark and quiet period drama about a man obsessed with the lead character of Saturday Night Fever.

0

Everyday (UK Film)

Winterbottom’s documentary-style drama tells the monotonous and repetitive story of a man imprisoned for drug smuggling and the strained relationship with his family over a period of five years.

0

Death and the Maiden

Polanski’s play adaptation is a tense and well-acted film where the lines between guilt and innocence are blurred beyond belief.

0

Missing (1982)

Costa-Gavras presents a harrowing look at the events of the military coup in Chile, grounded in an American journalist who goes missing.

2

In the Cut

Jane Campion’s erotic thriller proves to be quite the slog regardless of a plenty interesting against-type performance from Meg Ryan.

1

ABCs of Death, The

This immense anthology flick provides plenty of laughs and entertaining horror shorts regardless of a few disappointing pieces.