09 Jan 2013

Vacation Daze: "The Impossible," "Promised Land," and "Texas Chainsaw"

By Mike Schulz

Naomi Watts and Tom Holland in The ImpossibleTHE IMPOSSIBLE

Juan Antonio Bayona's The Impossible, based on one family's experiences in the wake of 2004's horrific Asia tsunami, is a supremely well-designed, emotionally draining disaster tale, and its opening minutes filled me with great dread. If only that dread were caused by the approaching tsunami.

21 Oct 2003

"Mystic River" Stands as Eastwood's and Penn's Best Work: Also, "The Magdalene Sisters" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"

By Mike Schulz

Kevin Bacon and Sean Penn in Mystic RiverMYSTIC RIVER

It's tempting to say that in Mystic River, Clint Eastwood's complex, heartbreaking adaptation of Dennis Lehane's terrific murder mystery, Sean Penn gives the most nuanced approximation of grief to be found anywhere in modern movies.

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