Movie of the Week
Nightcrawler
Jake Gyllenhaal continues to make his bid to be as fearless a performer as Joaquin Phoenix. Here, he plays a noble but unemployed journalist who finds himself seduced by the skeezy world of violent crime reporting. Though the premise is intriguing, I’m actually more excited to see Bill Paxton and Rene Russo in strong roles again.
WIDE RELEASE
Before I Go to Sleep
LIMITED RELEASE
• Awake: The Life of Yogananda – Texas Theatre
• Force Majeure – Angelika Dallas
• Last Days in Vietnam – Inwood Theatre
• The Tale of the Princess Kaguya – Angelika Dallas, Angelika Plano
Blu-ray Pick
Begin Again
One of the most delightful films of the year. Its generic title hides a universally accessible story filled with warm performances and a killer soundtrack from Gregg Alexander, one of the best pop songwriters in the business. Director John Carney (Once) makes a lot of smart choices to steer it out of clichés. Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo are effortlessly charming as usual, but the film’s secret weapon is Adam Levine, who’s simply perfect as the douchebag whose star is on the rise.
New Releases
• America (8%)
• Child of God (37%)
• Deliver Us from Evil (27%)
• Good People (12%)
• Jamie Marks is Dead (62%)
• Life of Crime (66%)
• Wish I Was Here (46%)
TV
• Death Comes to Pemberley
• WKRP in Cincinnati (Complete Series)
New to Blu-ray
• Compañeros
• The Complete Jacques Tati [The Criterion Collection]
• Fedora
• Nightbreed
• Planet of the Vampires
• Squirm
• The Vanishing (1988) [The Criterion Collection]
• Werewolf Woman