Intriguingly, Lasse Hallstrom’s Safe Haven opens as a horror film: A young, bloodstained woman runs panicked through a suburban street after dark, having either killed someone, nearly died herself, or both. She finds refuge in the home of a neighbor, her first step in fleeing the darkness behind her. The moment could have been cut and pasted from a Scream movie, but it’s just … [Read more...]
‘Source Code’ almost a masterpiece, save for flawed ending
‘Tis the season for romantic science-fiction parables about attractive young men prohibited, through their stories’ elaborate conceits, from accessing the brunette beauties who are ready and willing to jump their bones. In Source Code, which opens wide Friday, Jake Gyllenhaal and Michelle Monaghan are a lot like Matt Damon and Emily Blunt in The Adjustment Bureau, their … [Read more...]