Kristin Scott Thomas
Trailer Trashin’: Refn and Gosling Reunite in Only God Forgives
Hello again, dear readers, and I hope you all got out to see Evil Dead and/or Jurassic Park 3D this past weekend. It’s almost the middle of April, and the beginning of the summer movie season proper is mere weeks away. But this week’s Trailer Trashin’ column takes a look at a very different upcoming summer movie, the Nicolas Winding Refn-directed crime drama Only God Forgives. Pr...[Read More]
Movie Review: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Don’t let the title fool you. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is not a documentary about globetrotting Western fishermen casting their rods in various Middle Eastern oases. Rather, it’s an entertaining romantic comedy/drama directed by Lasse Hallstrom featuring excellent performances from Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt. Dr. Alfred “Fred” Jones (McGregor) is an uptight and nerdy British fisheries expert...[Read More]
Movie Review: Love Crime
Something so unexpected happens halfway through Love Crime, the final film by the late French director Alain Corneau, that you’re left wondering how the story can keep its legs throughout until the end. Consequently, the first and second halves of Love Crime seem like two different movies, but Corneau holds the reins tightly enough to successfully merge love, suspense, crime, and mystery in this t...[Read More]