Of all of the craven, deceptive teases in Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, none is perhaps more flagrant than the film’s title. The two barrel-chested superheroes may face off in the movie’s grimacing poster, but they’re pitted against each other for all of five minutes of Zach Snyder’s two-and-a-half hours of pandering claptrap. There are more fireworks in an early … [Read more...]
‘The Drop’: A neo-noir that keeps you guessing
Tom Hardy, who has proved in recent years that he could be the Bane of Batman’s existence and that he could carry an entire movie alone in a car (this past spring’s inventive Locke), reveals, in The Drop, another compelling facet of his actorly toolbox: the noir patsy. As Bob Saginowski, a bartender at a New York City watering hole that doubles as a “drop site” for bookmaking … [Read more...]