As a rule, I try not to pay much attention to the snap polling conducted at the end of advance screenings. But the audience’s tepid response to this week’s preview of First Man was too telling to ignore. The universal round of applause did not greet the final credits, and most of the praise offered at egress was muted and lukewarm. “It was too long” seemed to be the … [Read more...]
Tired tropes, gimmicks take edge off ‘Unsane’
A young professional woman (Claire Foy), traumatized by irrational visions of a stalker from thousands of miles away, visits a therapist. She’s done everything she can do to escape his presence, yet she still sees him, suddenly, in the eyes of other men. She confesses to the counselor that she has, in the past, harbored suicidal thoughts. All of a sudden, after signing some … [Read more...]