Two new ones today — one of which I’ve never seen, and the other I’ve only seen part of. Yes, I do this on occasion…luckily, very rarely come up with a real dud.<\/p>\n
Apt Pupil<\/a>: This is the one that I haven’t seen yet…but it’s been catching my eye for months now, so finally broke down and bought it. It’s directed by Bryan Singer<\/a>, the same director who did The Usual Suspects<\/a> and, more recently, X-Men<\/a>; from a story by Steven King; and stars Sir Ian McKellen<\/a> (who is generally wonderful in anything he does). The general rundown is that Brad Renfroe<\/a> plays a 16-year old honor student who discovers that a neighbor is an old Nazi (McKellan) in hiding. He tries to blackmail the old man into telling him stories about the war, but eventually gets the tables turned on him in some form. Looks a lot like the kind of thing I enjoy, so I’m giving it a shot.<\/p>\n Dead Ringers<\/a>: This is the one I’ve only seen bits of. The big kicker that gets me to spend my hard-earned money on it? It’s a David Cronenberg<\/a> film (one of the most wonderfully twisted modern directors), and it stars Jeremy Irons<\/a>, another of my favorite actors. Irons plays a set of identical twin gynecologists, and the movie explores what happens when a woman comes between the two. With Cronenberg’s usual style and Irons’ amazing ability to take any role and add just the perfect level of unsettlingly creepy airs to it, this should be a very fun one.<\/p>\n