Abi Damaris Corbin’s quiet feature debut,
Breaking, is a movie that does everything Nick Cassavetes’s disaster
John Q failed to do when it managed to make $71 million domestically in 2002. Of all the things Denzel Washington has saved in his movies (subways, jets, submarines, locomotive trains), holding up a hospital and forcing a doctor to perform life-saving surgery on his son was, by far, his worst. Unfortunately, Washington’s always-solid performance couldn’t save an absurd script based on a ridiculous presence. The based-on-a-true-story
Breaking offers breakout performances by Corbin and the film’s lead, John Boyega (
Detroit, The Woman King), most notably recognized for his role as Finn in the latest
Star Wars movies.
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If you have the opportunity to watch or if you get the chance to watch the Ruth Wilson-led (Oslo, Showtime’s The Affair) True Things, pay particular attention to the film’s opening and closing scenes. There is considerable symbolism at the two ends, almost leveling us back even after going up and down several peaks and valleys in Harry Wootliff’s (Only You) heavy romantic drama.
Ray, it is not. Walk the Line, it is not. 
Blue is the first in Polish-born Krzysztof Kieslowski’s (The Double Life of Veronique, No End) three-part trilogy, aptly named Red, White, and Blue. While showing very little connection and not intended to be watched in any particular order, Blue (1993) had a release date before White (1994) and Red (1994). Blue also features the most recognized actor (Juliette Binoche – The English Patient, 
What was that 2022-released movie about some terrifying, highly intelligent entity that identified and hunted its targets in a way that was anything but human? It might have been called