DRIVE

DRIVE

Ryan Gosling plays a nameless Hollywood stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver for hire. He’s a man without a past (at least not a past that we’re ever told about). He’s quiet and a loner. and then he meets his neighbour and her son. A bond begins to grow and when her husband gets out of jail and an event occurs that could threaten them, the driver must take matters into his own hands to protect them.

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THE IDES OF MARCH

THE IDES OF MARCH

Back in the latter half of the aughts - following the box office failure of a few films - all the talk was about the death of smart, adult fare. How, no one was going to see these movies and studios were going to stop making them. well, I guess George Clooney didn't get the memo, because The Ides Of March is a smart, adult film - and a really good one at that!

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THE TRACY FRAGMENTS

THE TRACY FRAGMENTS

This was a film I watched back over a decade ago and the only reason I watched it was because of the director. This was a film I watched back over a decade ago and the only reason I watched it was because of the director. During a typical movie-channels roaming session I came across the film and while the title somewhat rang a bell, it was once I saw, “Directed By Bruce McDonald” that I knew this was going to be my evening viewing.

While the name probably doesn’t mean much to most film goers, Canadian director Bruce McDonald is the film-maker behind a good little film called Roadkill and the director of the 1996 film, Hard Core Logo - which, along with This Is Spinal Tap, is the best fake rockumentary I have ever seen... anyway, back to The Tracy Fragments...

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THE SECRET LIFE OF WORDS

THE SECRET LIFE OF WORDS

The Secret Life Of Words is about Hannah, a hearing impaired factory worker (Sarah Polley) who is forced to take her first holiday in years and ends up traveling out to an oil rig, where she cares for a man, Josef, suffering from severe burns who is also temporarily blind (Tim Robbins). There are six other people on the rig, which has been shut down due to the accident that led to Josef's injuries.

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