Thurber directs with broad brush strokes rather any finesse although the myriad close calls, mistaken identities and persuasions do produce their moments.
A drug dealer creates a fake family to provide cover while moving a large shipment of cannabis into the US.
Studied long shots of a factory, belching smoke into a grey sky, and the desolate waste ground of land grown tired of ruin have a poetic lyricism that leaches into the body of the film.
In the far distance of Chairman Mao's nation a disruptive teenager discovers love and the Cultural Revolution.
Westworld goes to some very dark places even before the androids become dangerous, but it does so in a way that's easily overlooked by viewers who identify with the amicable heroes and enjoy the ride.
Trouble brews for guests at a wild west adventure park.
Although the comedy feels as broad as the Atlantic initially, once the main characters are transplanted to Pakistan things look up as the script begins to properly probe the emotional flaws of the characters rather than just opting for cheap laughs.
Sequel to East is East, in which the family return to their roots in Pakistan.
A thoroughly intelligent and provocative post-modern horror that eclipses the whole Elm Street series with its foreboding atmosphere and chilling implications.
An evil entity uses Kreuger as a gateway to the world.
Barry Markowitz's cinematography makes the bleak marshland look hauntingly beautiful throughout, without ever relieving the sense of natural menace that hangs over the film.
A police detective tries to adjust to life back on the beat as a late season hurricane threatens to destroy the area where he's working.
Though it makes use of surrealist techniques, with good and bad angels appearing to petition the struggling men, this is an unusually realistic portrait of alcoholism.
Two generations of men struggle with alcoholism and the effect it has on their families.
A straightforward, by-the-numbers sports movie designed to boost Kleenex sales.
After the players and staff of a high school football team are killed in a plane crash, a coach is brought in to rebuild the squad in honour of the dead.
Zac Efron portrays Cole as appealingly handsome, talented and gregarious and it’s safe to say that his performance rescues what could have been an irredeemably obnoxious film.
An aspiring DJ is caught between forbidden romance and his friends.
Working closely with his selected cast, André has allowed these youngsters to express their current fears and anxieties in a distinctive and personalised way.
Musical docudrama following six 17-year-olds on the cusp of leaving school.
Like the pop-science writer Jonah Lehrer (who Cousins speaks of almost as if he were a guru), Cousins can be inspiring, his enthusiasm contagious; even if some of his details don’t seem to stand up well to scrutiny.
Together with Sergei Eisenstein, his imaginary companion on a walking tour of Mexico City, Mark Cousins contemplates historical change, shot composition, and his own identity.
