Astrology: Film: Review: ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’ (2014)

Astrology: Film: Review: ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’ (2014)

There’s a tasty question posed in the title Only Lovers Left Alive. Are the film’s two protagonists the only two very long term lovers allowed to endure another day, until they’ve racked up centuries’ worth of togetherness? Or are “lovers” – those passionate, caring,...
Astrology: Film: Review: ‘Joe’ (2014)

Astrology: Film: Review: ‘Joe’ (2014)

Fighting for and protecting another person usually mean one thing. You’re already pretty good at wielding your fists on your own behalf. That’s an apt description of Joe Ransom (Nicolas Cage), the titular character of the movie Joe, directed by David Gordon Green and...
Astrology: Film: Review: ‘Cuban Fury’ (2014)

Astrology: Film: Review: ‘Cuban Fury’ (2014)

Bullies will stop at nothing to brutalize their victims. But making a male teen eat the sequins from his salsa dance costume is one for the books. It’s also a critical plot point in Cuban Fury, an appealing tale of a sad sack who pulls himself up by his bootstraps –...
Astrology: Film: Review: ‘Under the Skin’ (2014)

Astrology: Film: Review: ‘Under the Skin’ (2014)

Before extraterrestrials became pop culture’s ultimate “other” – entities whose plasma, motivations and origins were defined by their mystery – a predecessor “alien” hogged the limelight. The more primitive version of the terrifyingly enigmatic was the female. And, in...
Astrology: Film: Review: ‘Grand Piano’ (2014)

Astrology: Film: Review: ‘Grand Piano’ (2014)

A person whose promising career is suddenly sidelined invariably winds up wallowing in self-doubt and embracing cautionary, risk-free measures. In Grand Piano, directed by Eugenio Mira, Tom Selznick (Elijah Wood) knows that feeling well. A young pianist, who once...
Astrology: Film: Review ‘In Secret’ (2014)

Astrology: Film: Review ‘In Secret’ (2014)

The Underworld energy of Pluto is alive and kicking in In Secret, which blurs the line between physical and moral disintegration in mid-1860s France. Based on Émile Zola’s novel Thérèse Raquin, the movie, written and directed by Charlie Stratton, lays out...