Maria Bello – Susan Hated Literature

The Dark [based on book]

12 April 2006 4 February 2012 1

With atmospheric camera work over waves the opening credits of this film make way for Adele and her daughter Sarah as they drive through a remote part of Wales, looking for Sarah’s father’s house. They arrived early, and are now quite lost. Even forced to spending the night in the …

Moving Pictures

A History of Violence

2 October 2005 22 January 2012 2

This is a strange film. I suppose I should have expected that from the director though shouldn’t I? We open with two criminal-types, drifting across America, leaving a trail of casual violence behind them. And, if I hadn’t seen the trailers, I might have thought that these two were the …