The film half-heartedly teeters between a kinetic action thriller and something a little more low-key.
The character drama becomes afterthought as it’s superseded by action.
In the film, the Battle of Midway suggests something out of a photorealistic animated film.
In the season finale of Homeland, everyone is a pawn in someone else’s power play.
Sadly, Homeland can’t leave well enough alone and soon falls back on narrative shortcuts.
The episode’s triumph is the way it continues to observe the fallout of large political actions.
Crafting a season around fake news and alternative truth is all for nothing if characters lose sight of what’s real.
The episode eerily and effectively depicts how stories can be orchestrated and flipped on a dime.
Instead of using the titular metaphor as a means to seek deeper, darker ends, Isabel Coixet proceeds to restate it over and over again.
Throughout, Saverio Costanzo hypocritically drapes his scenes in a cloak of faux-empathy.
Patricia Arquette’s voice is kind of narcotic.
For those who find bloody noses and whispered voices bone-chilling, heeeeeeere’s The Haunting of Molly Hartley.
There aren’t a lot of extras on this Unrated Director’s Cut DVD but there isn’t a single boring moment here.
This Dawn of the Dead jettisons character development in favor of quick brush strokes.
However short Wendigo may be on bloodworks, director Larry Fessenden is an expert mood-setter.