Movies To See Right Now

The “must see” films in theaters remain Winter’s Bone and Toy Story 3.  Winter’s Bone has been out for a while, so, if you haven’t seen it in a theater,  you’d better see it soon.  For trailers and other choices, see Movies to See Right Now.

It’s summer vacation, so I am letting people catch up with my most recent DVD recommendations:  Eight Men Out, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl on the Train, John Adams and The Deep End.   For the trailers and other DVD choices, see DVDs of the Week.

 

 

The Crying Game

 

 

Movies on TV include The Crying Game and Before Sunrise on IFC this month.  Freaks, Soylent Green and 12 Angry Men are coming up on TCM.

Tod Browning and his cast for Freaks

 

DVD of the week: The Deep End

Tilda Swinton was so good in I Am Love, the movie I panned this week, that now I’ll plug The Deep End.  This 2001 thriller stars Swinton  as a Lake Tahoe mom who must cover up a crime to protect her teen son.  Then ER heartthrob Goran Visnjic shows up to blackmail the family.  The more the situation spirals out of control, the more gripping Swinton’s performance.