![]() ![]() She eventually racks up the phone bill so high, once discovered, she’s forced by her mom to get a job to pay it off.Īlma is humiliated, clearly. But in Norwegian comedy Turn Me On, Dammit, 15-almost-16-year-old Alma (Helene Bergsholm) has a penchant for masturbating to the wild, steamy stories of a phone sex line operator named Stig. I’d watch and masturbate to five-minute porn clips and GIFs on Tumblr-R.I.P. I remember when I was a horny 15-year-old. Notably, the film also stars Australian supermodel Gemma Ward. That concern aside, the film swept the 2008 AACTA Awards (Australia's Oscars), winning Best Film, Direction, Original Screenplay, Editing, Supporting Actor (Wakefield), and Supporting Actress (Collette). Having a similar childhood as Down-both of my younger siblings are on the autism spectrum-I was interested in Black Balloon, although I always wince when neurotypical actors play autistic characters. She grew up with two siblings on the autism spectrum, and Charlie is based off Down's youngest brother. Maggie's husband is usually at work, and her other son, 15-year-old Thomas (Rhys Wakefield), is becoming more and more embarrassed by his brother.ĭown's script is inspired by her own childhood. Maggie (Toni Collette) is trying her hardest to chill out, as she's very pregnant and her doctor has ordered her to relax, but Charlie makes that difficult-his unpredictable tantrums send him running off into the neighborhood, breaking into houses, and pissing in other people's toilets. In Australian director Elissa Down's first feature-length film, the Mollison family is attempting to make things work for their son Charlie (Luke Ford), a boy with severe autism who communicates exclusively through sign language. I'm working my way through every movie that casts Toni Collette as a stressed-out mom, which brings us to The Black Balloon. In order to survive and stop the takeover, Juan has to game everyone to get home to his pregnant wife Elena (Marta Etura).Īnother movie where Toni Collette plays a mother to chaos. He’s taken to head honcho, Malamadre (my beloved Tosar), a violent criminal who will control the prison until his demands are met. When he wakes up, the penitentiary has been hijacked and Juan’s mistaken by the prisoners for a prisoner. While being shown around by his colleagues, he gets injured just before a prison riot breaks out and, in the confusion, the other guards leave him in an empty cell in the heart of it all. The drama follows Juan (Alberto Ammann), a prison guard, on literally the worst first day ever. Also, he knew of my love for actor Luis Tosar and his thick brows. He liked movies and recommended Cell 211 to help my Spanish. Fran looked like an Iberian Paul McCartney. Or perhaps Balagueró is just cinematically agoraphobic.I lived in Spain for two years and every Monday evening I’d meet up with my friend Fran over beers for an hour of language exchange-the first half in Spanish, the second in English. The intention here seems to be one of focusing on an interior life and sense of unforgiving claustrophobia. Still, situational hallmarks of the REC franchise are apparent, as the near entirety of this film takes place within the confines of a live-in hotel building (with all other scenes taking place in other indoor locations). While billed as a horror-thriller, Sleep Tight is more an ominous narrative wound around one man’s psychopathic existentialism and moral degeneration. Here, Balagueró has headier ambitions than a straight-up horror-and-gore frightfest. Said director is Ja ume Balagueró, the man behind one of the all-time best found-footage horror films ( REC) and its sequel, REC2. After watching this film, I began to wonder if its director didn’t have a similar predilection toward his audience. Sleep Tight ( Mientras Duermes) tells the story of a chronically miserable psychopath whose only cure for mitigating his unhappiness is inflicting despair upon the lives of others. Samfsadams on Unsung Gory: 26 lesser-known c… MITVINDER SINGH on El Infierno on Netflix Instant… ![]() ![]() ![]() lnfierno on El Infierno on Netflix Instant… True-ish detective: Unpacking “Manhunt: Unabomber” on Netflix streaming March 3, 2018Īlex Mosley on Black Mirror on Netflix Instan…Įl.Revenge of the Nerd: The Gift on Netflix Instant March 24, 2018.Like Clockwork: Tom Hardy summons the ultraviolence in British gangster epic The Take (Amazon Prime) April 29, 2018.The Soaking Dead: Doom drops down in The Rain (Netflix streaming) May 16, 2018.Good Times, Bad Cop: John Hawkes goes rogue in Small Town Crime (Netflix Instant) June 21, 2018. ![]()
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