Based on the graphic novel of the same name by Daniel Clowes, the film centers on an eccentric, curmudgeonly and filter-less odd duck named Wilson (Woody Harrelson), who lives alone, says whatever he thinks, and whose only friend is his beloved dog. Spurred by the death of his father and the realization that he lacks …
I wasn’t sure what to expect from Out of the Furnace. From the trailers, it looked like a revenge thriller, with shaggy Christian Bale toting a rifle to hunt down the rednecks who did his brother wrong. Well, that is kind of the story, but is really only half the story. Quite literally half, as …
Woody Harrelson, doing his best “aw-shucks” American persona, and Emily Mortimer (flawlessly hiding her British accent) play Roy and Jessie, a married American couple returning home from a save-the-children volunteer stint in Beijing. They’ve decided to take the long way home, across the Asian continent on the Trans-Siberian Railway. They seem super-nice, the perfect couple …
Per the recommendation of my TIFF’n pals Eric and Vickie, I picked up at ticket to the British drama Boy A (7/8). I didn’t know much about the film going in, as it had been a long time since I had read their reviews (here, and here), but it turned out that this is the …
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Shoot, it seems like a couple months ago that SIFF just ended, but here we are at the beginning of a new, month-long orgy of movie-ness that is The Seattle International Film Festival! Now, normally I don’t go to Opening Night, mainly because no one hands me a free ticket (you have to admit, $50 …
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