It’s also schizophrenic and messy, but that’s beside the point. In the French film (if you saw “French” and immediately thought, “nudity,” thumbs up), a newborn princess named Anastasia is cursed by the fairy (witch?) Carabosse (Rosine Favey, “Frontier(s)”) to die when she hits her sweet 16, “her hand pierced by a yew spindle.” Meanwhile, […]
Red Riding Hood
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Red Riding Hood
Note that the title lacks the character attribute of “little”; there’s nothing small about this adaptation. (My, what big visuals you have!) It’s the kind of flawed flick I can recommend on style alone. Amanda Seyfried (“Letters to Juliet”) dons the scarlet winter cloak as Valerie, who lives in a small village where she’s been […]
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Drive Angry
The tax-strapped Nicolas Cage of late seems to be selecting roles that require the Oscar winner to do the least amount of acting (“Season of the Witch,” “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” et al.) but when the projects turn out like this one, I’m all up for his creative slump. With ever-present sunglasses, black leather and mangy […]