That's Luc Besson's "Lucy," a thriller about an American woman who gets kidnapped into service as a drug mule bearing an experimental synthetic hormone, accidentally absorbs some of it, then sheds her physical, intellectual and perceptual limitations. I could describe five or six other kinds of movies that in some way also echo "Lucy." Sections may remind you of the original "The Matrix" and the last hour of "Akira," and the final ten minutes play like a Greatest Hits of science-fiction " Read More...
Mendelsohn plays Anders Hill, a fiftysomething who has decided to basically shed all of the habits of his predictable life. He’s retired early from a job in finance that he now seems to loathe in retrospect; he’s divorced his wife Helene (Edie Falco); he spends his days trying to find things at stores like Bed, Bath, & Beyond to put on the shelf at his new bachelor townhouse. Meanwhile, Helene has moved on to a new boyfriend (Bill Camp), who lives in his old house with his twentysomething son Preston (Thomas Mann), fresh out of rehab and looking for focus in his life. Read More...
As the film opens, Packer stands on the sidewalk in front of what is possibly his office tower and states without emotion, "We need a haircut." As Pattinson plays Packer, he states everything without emotion. All of the criticisms you may have heard or held about Pattinson's performances as the vampire Edward in the "Twilight" (2008) films only serve to underline that he is perfectly cast as Packer. He enters his improbably long white stretch limousine, lengthy enough for a Mafia wedding, and sets off across Manhattan to his usual barbershop. Read More...
