Results tagged “One Hour Photo” from Birmingham Mail - Mega Movies

WOULD you dare to run across Villa Park or St Andrew's naked?

Well, that's pretty much the level of bravery that Robin Williams and Kevin Bacon would have required in order to take on their roles in two disturbing movies which are screening back to back on Channel 4 on Monday evening.

Showing from 10pm on April 28 is One Hour Photo (15), in which Williams plays Seymour 'Sy' Parrish, a perfectionist to the soles of his squeaky plastic shoes.

This is one of the most brightly lit but dark movies you'll ever see.

It's both a thought-provoking snapshot of one man's regression at the hands of corporate control and a mirror to how modern society can take potentially rewarding responsibility out of employees' hands with serious consequences.

Williams is masterful because we at once sympathise with his position at work, yet are fearful of his actions in private.

He is an Everyman gone wrong representing millions of employees in shopaholic, mall-infested, air-conditioned America. And a potentially very dangerous one at that.

In The Woodsman (15) from 11.50pm, Mystic River star Bacon takes an even bigger career risk by playing Walter, a convicted sex offender trying to reclaim his place in society after 12 years behind bars.

Now working at a lumberyard, he goes on an unexpected emotional journey with Vickie (Kyra Sedgwick/ Phenomenon).

Reminiscent of Billy Bob Thornton's Oscar-nominated Sling Blade and impressively debut directed by Nicole Kassell, The Woodsman has an extraordinary non-Hollywood edge to it.

This fabulous double bill deserves an audience thanks to its two stars deciding not to take the easy Hollywood dollar.