A couple more from BFFF:
Visitors plays in coy as to whether it's a ghost story or just an isolated woman near the end of her rope. Radha Mitchell of
Pitch Black is appealling enough as a woman sailing around the world solo only to have the wind die on her, but the film seldom builds up a sense of urgency.
½
2LDK is a "Duel film", a Japanese filmmaking challenge laid down by the maker of
Versus to create short features where two people face off in one space. Here, the tension between two actresses who share an apartment comes to a boil in a brutal (but often darkly funny) 70 minutes.
Other stuff:
Carnage is a
13 Conversations-esque piece where several different stories are tied together by a bull killed in a bullfight. I'm not a big fan of this genre, and the opening act is very slow, but it's good enough.
½
Intolerable Cruelty is the funniest movie I've seen in some time. There haven't been many great modern screwball comedies, but the Coens, Clooney, and Zeta-Jones are all perfect for it. The final bit with Wheezy Joe nearly caused me to miss the entire next scene, I was laughing so hard, and clinched the
rating.
Underworld... Gah. For a second, the thought of Kate Beckinsale in the tight leather made me forget how much I
hate vampires, especially when they're given an air of nobility/aristocracy. Unfortunately for me, there were 7,260 more seconds left, all in the overdone tech-noir look.
½
