DVD Review: Stoker

Chan-wook Park‘s English language debut, Stoker follows a young girl, India (Mia Wasikowska), whose Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode), comes to live with her and her unstable mother (Nicole Kidman) after the death of her father. Not knowing her Uncle even existed beforehand, India soon comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man, as his ulterior motives start to become clearer. Instead of feeling outrage or horror, however, this friendless girl becomes increasingly infatuated with him.

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A Series Of Sinister Snaps From ‘Stoker’

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Fox Searchlight has released a batch of new images for director Park Chan-wook’s English-language debut, Stoker, this month.

With an interesting and somewhat promising leading trio, the film tells the story of a young girl, India (Mia Wasikowska), whose Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode) comes to live with her and her unstable mother Evelyn (Nicole Kidman) after her father dies in a car accident.

Two New Creepy Trailers For ‘Stoker’

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This week we have the first look at Park Chan-wook’s English-language debut, Stoker, which has its first US and a UK trailer.

With a pretty interesting leading trio, the film tells the story of a young girl, India (Mia Wasikowska), whose Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode) comes to live with her and her unstable mother Evelyn (Nicole Kidman) after her father dies in a car accident.

Film Review: A Single Man

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A Single Man, set in Los Angeles in the 1960’s, is Tom Ford’s directorial debut from 2009. The film tells the story of an English professor named George Falconer (Colin Firth), who opens the film awakening from a terrible dream about the death of his long-time partner Jim (Matthew Goode). George couldn’t visit his partner’s family with him as they didn’t agree with their relationship but, in his dream, George is able to lie beside Jim and kiss him goodbye. George thinks back to the day when he received the phone call telling him about the accident and remembers breaking down to his best friend Charley (Julianne Moore). One year later, still struggling to cope, we follow George through a single day as he decides whether his life is worth continuing without Jim or not.

Film Review: Watchmen

Directed by Zack Snyder and based on the 1986–87 DC Comics of the same name, Watchmen is set in an alternate America where costumed superheroes are part of everyday life. When one of his former comrades is murdered (Jeffrey Dean Morgan‘s The Comedian), masked vigilante Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley) uncovers a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his retired associates – Nite Owl II (Patrick Wilson), Silk Spectre II (Malin Åkerman), Doctor Manhattan (Billy Crudup), and Ozymandias (Matthew Goode) – Rorschach glimpses a far-reaching conspiracy involving their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the world’s future.