Bone Lake, Tron: Ares, Ballad of a Small Player

Movie 1: Bone Lake

This is an entertaining and well done horror movie. Two different couples mistakenly rent the same lake house for the weekend. For most of the movie it is intelligently written and acted with believable situations. It was tracking towards a three globe movie. Then the last 20 minutes it reverted back to some usual horror schlock, diminishing the overall effect. But nonetheless much better than we expected.

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Movie 2: Tron: Ares

We aren’t exactly sure what this expensively made and visually spectacular movie is about.  It is the third Tron movie in the franchise.  We both nodded off more than once, so I guess staying awake would have helped in understanding it.  It is loud, colorful with great special effects.  The younger audience seemed to like it a lot, as did many national film critics.

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Movie 3: Ballad of a Small Player

Colin Farrell plays a high stakes gambler on a massive losing streak, in search of that one winning night.  Set in the gambling casinos of Macau, Farrell’s acting is riveting and brilliant.  And it’s always good to see Tilda Swinton.  Yet somehow this movie seems slow, disjointed and not nearly as good as we had hoped.

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