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Movie Review: Dark Places (2015)

Director Gilles Paquet-Brenner’s adaptation of “Gone Girl” author Gillian Flynn’s novel “Dark Places” takes its titular theme to the hilt, in a film that is as its title suggests unrelentingly dreary. Not that it has much of a choice given the subject matter. A gothic Americana mystery, “Dark Places” spans two timelines as it unravels the truth behind one horrific crime. In the present, Libby Day (Charlize Theron) is a traumatized adult shuffling aimlessly through life. Nearly 30 years since her mother and sisters were murdered and her brother was convicted as their killer, the leader of a sort of underground crime “fan club" approaches her. At first they make a deal to pick her brain about what happened and then they drop a bombshell. They believe her brother is innocent and they want her help to prove it. From here the movie registers as a whodunit, unwinding all of the lurid details that led up to the awful conclusion with the promise of uncovering the real perpetrator.

Episode 75 of the True Bromance Film Podcast - Black Mass / Crime bosses

Episode 75 Is Johnny Depp back? We tackle this question as we review the latest film from Depp, Black Mass. We pair this review with a discussion about the best and worst mob/crime bosses in film.

Episode 31 of Hydrate Level Four - Nightcrawler

With Nightcrawler being recently added to Netflix, we go back and dig up an episode where Mike of War Machine Vs. War Horse joins me and we review one of the biggest sleeper hits of 2014 and wonder why Jake Gyllenhaal was snubbed for an Oscar. You can also find us on iTunes and Stitcher.