Petey, the scrawny gray dog in “Thin Ice,” appears meek and harmless, yet when protagonist Mickey holds out his hand, Petey suddenly bursts into vicious barking. Deceptive Petey serves as an allegory for the whole film: It is misleadingly calm at first, only to bare its claws without warning.
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'We Need to Talk About Kevin' explores tense history behind mother-son relationship, violence
The opening shot of “We Need to Talk About Kevin” shows a sterile, gauzy curtain billowing in the night breeze against the increasing, disconcerting rattling of sprinklers. Then it switches to the bird’s eye view of a deliciously unsettling tomato fest, where scantily clad men and women are able to squeeze past each other seemingly only because of the lubrication provided by tomato juice and remnants.
UCLA Film School alum lands role in TV show “˜Enlightened’
After looking at a billboard of new television series “Enlightened” featuring the head shot of a snarling Laura Dern complete with runny black eye makeup, one might think that actor Erich Lane’s latest television appearance is as dark and intense as some of his other projects, including the zombie movie “Strain” or the frat boy-turned-criminal stage play “Bash.”