4 Minute Mile: Movie Review

Good characters can't outrun heavy drama.

4 Minute Mile is the story of a teenager, Drew Jacobs (Kelly Blatz), who has nothing else in his life that’s good, except for running. He’s always been good at running, but he lost his father, he lost his mother to hopelessness and depression, and lost his brother to a world of money, drugs and crime. He’s not a happy kid, to say the least, but he does want a way out.		2014 Directed by: Charles-Olivier Michaud Screenplay by: Josh Campbell, Jeff Van Wie Starring: Kelly Blatz, Richard Jenkins

Locke: Movie Review

Brilliant character study navigating the decisions between good and bad.

Locke stars Tom Hardy as Ivan Locke. He’s a construction manager by day and by night, well, this particular night, he’s driving. The film is the hour and a half trip from his construction site to London, and it’s going to take him as far away from his previous life as he could get in that time. He makes and receives a series of phone calls that define his life and start shaping what his life is no longer going to be when, or if, he reaches his destination.		2013 Directed by: Steven Knight Screenplay by: Steven Knight Starring: Tom Hardy

Devil's Knot: Movie Review

An affecting film of injustice, corruption and hopelessness in Arkansas 1993 (or Salem 1693).

“Devil’s Knot” is the story of the West Memphis Three. Three young boys murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas, and the three teenage “devil worshippers” hung out to dry, oh, I’m sorry, I mean accused of the crime. It’s an unfortunate story and an odd movie and one that doesn’t let go until you’re convinced that the world is going to hell in a handbasket.		2013 Directed by: Atom Egoyan Screenplay by: Paul Harris Boardman, and Scott Derrickson Based on book by Mara Leveritt Starring: Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon