Film Review: “Mad Max: Fury Road,” directed by George Miller, 2015
It’s risky to infuse a huge Hollywood film with a political message. It takes a visionary director like George Miller to reboot his “Mad Max” franchise with an unabashed feminist theme. (more…)
Posted by cindyfazzi on June 1, 2015
https://cindyfazzi.wordpress.com/2015/06/01/after-36-years-mad-max-returns-as-a-feminist-in-a-movie-about-women/
Film Review: “Locke,” written and directed by Steven Knight, 2014
It takes an actor such as Tom Hardy to pull off a film shot almost entirely inside a car, showing him alone, from beginning to end. Ivan Locke (Hardy) is a construction manager in Birmingham, with a reputation for “running a tight ship,” as a local official describes him. One evening, after work, he doesn’t go home. Instead he drives to London, a decision that changes his life within 85 minutes, which is how long the drive and the movie last. (more…)
Posted by cindyfazzi on August 26, 2014
https://cindyfazzi.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/tom-hardys-locke-shows-extraordinary-power-in-simplicity/
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