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Embracing The Melodrama Part II #121: No Good Deed (dir by Sam Miller)
So, this weekend, my BFF Evelyn and I were watching the critically reviled 2014 film No Good Deed. As we watched Idris Elba (playing the role of Colin) viciously and violently choke to death a character played by Kate del Castillo, Evelyn said, “He can strangle me any time that he wants.” My first instinct was to reprimand my friend and remind her that it’s not empowering to allow a man to…
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No Good Deed - Review
No Good Deed – Review
An unstable convict with a panache for killing women, allegedly, escapes prison transport and instead terrorizes a woman who is alone with her two children in No Good Deed.
Idris Elbais Colin, the creepy and possessive serial killer stalker of women serving time in prison on a technicality for manslaughter. Up for and denied parole, Colin takes matters into his own hands and makes a daring…
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No Good Deed
You know what makes a terrible horror movie? A completely not-scary villain. Sadly, that is what Colin Evans is. And I actually have to blame Idris Elba a bit for that. It’s kindof painful to do.
This movie isn’t necessarily a poor idea for any horror film, albeit hackneyed. It always has the potential to be something different, with experiences from new cases and reported attacks. This takes no…
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Women in Film September 2014 - writers and directors [part 2 of 2]
Honeymoon (Magnet Releasing) also on iTunes
Innocence (JSC Entertainment)
Kelly & Cal (IFC Films) limited, also on iTunes
Last Days in Vietnam (American Experience Films) limited
No Good Deed (Screen Gems, Sony)
Pump (Submarine Deluxe) limited
Rocks in My Pockets (Zeitgeist Films) LA/NYC
Swim Little Fish Swim (Under the Milky Way) NYC
96 Minutes (2011)
The idea for this movie is one we've kind of seen before: 4 strangers are thrown into a crazy situation when a pair of them makes a string of bad decisions. Namely, they car jack two college students and end up taking them along with them. The movie constantly feels like it is trying too hard with its non-linear timeline that doesn't really bring anything more interesting to the central plot.
[me for Battleship Pretension]
96 Minutes Trailer
