“Gone Girl” –Fast and Furious
Gone Girl
Probably the blockbuster film of 2014, “Gone Girl” has received both critical praise and Oscar buzz since its debut on October 3.
Sometimes, while bringing a book to life in a movie, a lot is lost in translation—-not in this case. Both the book and the film are so damn good, perhaps because the extraordinary author, Gillian Flynn, is also the screenwriter and she knows what is an essential distillation of the narrative.
The movie is a fast-paced dark and dangerous ride directed by the remarkable David Fincher (“Social Network”, and “The...