This week's films draw from familiar wells as John Carney returns to the musical formula of 'Once' and 'Begin Again' and a horror film on an Indian spirit reveals American influences.
When I saw the trailer for Flora And Son, I thought it looked like a bad knockoff of the sort of thing John Carney does so well, so imagine my surprise when I saw the directing credit. I'm sure--well, I hope--the movie itself is more nuanced, but boy howdy, that trailer made it look like non-stop heartwarming tripe.
"She then vanishes the next morning upon discovering she’s the mother of a 14-year-old kid named Max"
I'm confused by this sentence - did she not already know she was a mother?
"He then vanishes." My mistake.
Ha I clicked through from the email to see if this was caught.
Firing my editor.
Wait, what?
When I saw the trailer for Flora And Son, I thought it looked like a bad knockoff of the sort of thing John Carney does so well, so imagine my surprise when I saw the directing credit. I'm sure--well, I hope--the movie itself is more nuanced, but boy howdy, that trailer made it look like non-stop heartwarming tripe.
LOL that was my thought too when I saw the trailer
Went to Wikipedia to confirm that yes, that is Bono's daughter, to discover her full name is Memphis Eve Sunny Day Iris Hewson
"It’s a promising idea to make assimilation the central theme of a horror film"
it is! and I'm so sorry to here this isn't worthwhile