David Ray's Recent Reviews
Mirrors
R
This movie surely exceeded my expectations. Although being immune to horror movies this one scared the hell outta me! At some points it was over-the-top, excessively gruesome, violent and rather disturbing, but those drawbacks certainly don't bring the movie down.
High-caliber performances by the entire cast, brilliant direction, a soundtrack fitting the psychologically heavy and dark atmosphere. The theme is original and superbly delivered, the scene where all the mirrors break is truly stunning and breath-taking and the end couldn't be better. Great thriller that will keep you at the edge of your seat.
Death at a Funeral
Unrated
Seriously? Hollywood is remaking a two-year-old British comedy? Why? Running out of ideas, are we? I've seen the British one - it wasn't all that grand, so I don't think I'll be watching the Americanized version either - sorry, Neil.
David Ray's Favorite Movies
American History X
R
Without a doubt the best film portraying the change in a man's fascist beliefs. Both Norton and Furlong give breath-taking performances in what is probably one of the darkest, most unfeigned and most astounding movies of the last decades.
L.I.E.
NC-17
L.I.E. successfully merges hidden desires/homosexual ambiguities with the inner will for a getaway from reality. Paul Dano and Brian Cox are marvelous. A true masterpiece that always manages to sneak up on you when you least expect it.
