Ellen Burstyn

Aging writer John Gielgud with daughter Ellen Burstyn in Providence (1977)
Aging writer John Gielgud with daughter Ellen Burstyn in Providence (1977)

The Fountain (2006)

The Fountain (2006)
Rating: ★★
Feb 26, 2007Mystical Quest for Immortality
Darren Aronofsky's version of 2001: A Space Odyssey. A cryptic and baffling story that takes place in three different eras, all featuring the same actors. Aronofsky engages in much symbolic interplay but what is happening is a scratch of the head
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Petals on the Wind (2014)

Petals on the Wind (2014)
Rating: ★
Feb 12, 2016Flowers in the Attic Sequel
Sequel to the Lifetime channel adaptation of Virginia C. Andrews' Flowers in the Attic. Andrews' prolific output of Gothic melodramas are really the horror equivalent of daytime soap operas. Though marginally better, this drowns in the same stultifying blandness as its predecessor
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The Calling (2014)

The Calling (2014)
Rating: ★★★
Sep 19, 2014Serial Killer Thriller
Modest serial killer thriller – imagine one of the numerous Silence of the Lambs copies crossbred with Fargo. The film's quiet pace soon segues into an absorbing thriller plot, while Christopher Heyerdahl gives a fine performance as the killer
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The Age of Adaline (2015)

The Age of Adaline (2015)
Rating: ★★
Apr 25, 2015Woman Who Does Not Age
Aimed at the same audiences as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Blake Lively is a woman who hasn't aged since the 1930s. This comes with the nostalgic weepiness and solemn self-importance of a work pitched to Academy Awards voters
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