You expect the first killing, the second not so much, and it prepares you for anything to come. That most of what comes is interior and visible only on
George Clooney's face has engendered a lot of critical resistance, but I found it a perfectly serviceable if thoroughly unsurprising nonevil-man-in-an-evil-line-of-work-but-trying-to-get-out story, its watchability boosted by beautiful people, beautiful Abruzziano villages, and the thought of Montepulciano (of which I pray I have a bottle downstairs, because it's Sunday, and it's Connecticut, so I'm not getting a bottle otherwise without risking arrest).
Trailers
- Let Me In--Seemingly scene-for-scene remake of the freezingly haunting Let the Right One In, though the trailer is calculated to make it seem like standard American creepout fare for teens. Richard Jenkins as the "father" and the nortorious Chloe Moretz as the 12-for-a-thousand-years vamp are promising elements.
- Catfish--What was I saying about standard creepout fare for American teens?
- Conviction--Another heartwarming based-on-a-true-story flick, but maybe Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell and an otherwise excellent cast will provide the, uh, conviction to make it watchable.
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