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Although this film is reworking the subgenre of the thriller film like Single White Female and Fatal Attraction did in the late 80s and early 90s. Joel Edgerton's The Gift does teach our couple and specifically Gordo (Edgerton) ends up teaching Simon (Jason Bateman) a very important lesson when it comes to bullying. The two childhood friends meet when Simon and his wife, Robyn (Rebecca Hall) move back to California after having a seemingly tough time (and miscarriage) back in Chicago where they are moving from. Read More »
The crime drama, "Black Mass," starring Johnny Depp has welcomed actor Adam Scott to the cast. The film, directed by Scott Cooper of "Crazy Heart," will follow the story of real-life crime boss, Whitey Bulger (Depp), an Irish mobster and his involvement with not only money laundering and violent crime, but also the involvement he had with 19 murders. Read More »
The suspense thriller The Gift follows the story of a young married couple, Robyn (Rebecca Hall) and Simon (Jason Bateman), who come into contact with an old acquaintance of Simon's named Gordo (Joel Edgerton). After a few visits and some over-the-top gifts, the couple begins to feel not only uncomfortable but threatened by Gordo. Simon seems to think that Gordo is holding a horrifying secret Simon made over twenty years ago over his head. The couple ends up heading into a twisted situation of chaos, deceit and it seems like Gordo just won't leave them alone. There's the tense push and pull of a cat and mouse situation between the couple and Gordo, but also that deep dark secret that Gordo is either making up or will eventually reveal. Read More »
Egypt has reportedly banned the new Ridley Scott biblical Moses epic 'Exodus: Gods & Kings', which stars Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton. Egyptian censors have cited "historical inaccuracies" - rather than the whole 'white dudes playing Egyptians' thing - for the ban, saying that problems with the portrayal of Moses as a military general rather than a simple prophet, the parting of the Red Sea and the way the ancient Egyptians persecuted their Jews, are the main reasons. The biblical epic has also reportedly been banned in Morocco, and follows in the footsteps of films such as Darren Aronofsky's Noah and Ron Howard's The Da Vinci Code being banned in Egypt. Read More »
