As far as studio actioners go, Unknown has its share of well-crafted set-pieces and steely suspense, but well-versed viewers of modern thrillers won’t help but feel an almost immediate sense of déjà vu. The most obvious reference point is Taken, whose star, Liam Neeson, Unknown shares, and whose color palette of dark blues and antiseptic off-whites are mimicked here by … [Read more...]
‘Invisible’ a masterful chronicle of ambition, mystery and loss
It would be too much to say that Paul Auster’s latest novel constitutes a comeback or even a return to form. His recent work, although sometimes roughed up by critics, has not exactly been inferior, or the product of an imagination grown slack with maturity and success. Yet for all that Auster accomplishes with, say, Man in the Dark (2008), it is a small book. Its effects, … [Read more...]