Review: The Mountain Between Us

The Mountain Between Us

Winslet as Alex feels like a friend I haven’t met yet. She puts real feeling and humanity into her character and even when she was doing wrong, I wanted her to get home. Elba gives a characteristically powerful performance as the taciturn Ben, those moments when he lets the emotion out all the more shattering because you can see how much he’s repressing most of the time. Continue reading Review: The Mountain Between Us

Review: Wind River

Wind River

Two thirds of this film is really good. It’s just a shame the other third spoils it. One moment we are in a world where cops care about doing their jobs, where a woman can assert her authority because she has that right and where everyone is respected for what they bring to the table. Then suddenly it’s like we’re in the bizzaro version of that reality. Continue reading Review: Wind River