Kirk Honeycutt from the Hollywood Reporter writes: “Asylum” is a psychological thriller without bothering much with psychology. Come to think of it, the thrills are pretty much missing as well. Director David MacKenzie, who received critical plaudits in some quarters in 2003 for “Young Adam,” has thoroughly consulted the Alfred Hitchcock playbook to create the atmosphere and suspense for this tale of (literally) mad love. Certainly Mark Mancina’s score, reminiscent of Bernard Herrmann’s scores for the late master, and numerous images want to put audiences in a Hitchcock frame of mind. It’s hard, however, to imagine Hitchcock even raising an eyebrow over this weak story. [More]
Day: February 14, 2005
Christopher Lee will attend the “Cinema for Peace” gala at the Berlin Film Festival today (Feb 14). He is participating in this event for the third time in as many years . [BIFF]
Jacquie writes: Sean Astin, John Rhys-Davies, Kiran Shah and Bruce Spence will be attending CollectorMania 7 in Milton Keynes, UK – 29th April to 2nd May 2005. [More]