REVIEW: War Horse



(out of 4 stars)

Directed by Steven Spielberg

2 hours 26 minutes

From Dreamworks

Starring

Jeremy Irvine

Emily Watson

Peter Mullan

David Thewlis

Tom Hiddleston

Niels Arestrup

In Character

The character actor is usually the person in the movie that is incredibly needed to pull the whole affair together; he or she is the one you just know you know but you don't know the name, you know?  You often wouldn't even recognize the name if you heard it.  But you do recognize the face or sometimes the voice or a mannerism.  If a long-faced character actor at the beginning of his career did the fussy butler with impeccable speech and manners, you can rest assured it would become de rigueur for the chap.

REVIEW: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo



(out of 4 stars)

Directed by David Fincher

2 hours 38 minutes

From Columbia Pictures & MGM

Starring

Daniel Craig

Rooney Mara

Christopher Plummer

Stellan Skarsgard

Steven Berkoff

Robin Wright

Yorick van Wageningen

Joely Richardson

Goran Visnjic