Author: Ben Robins
As far as Oscar-themed movie trends go, sex and sea-monsters is a bit of an odd one. But between the rising success of Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar-fave The Shape of Water, and now French director Xavier Gens’s latest Cold Skin, it’s apparently all the rage. And while Gens’ film isn’t quite the swirling cross-species romance the awards season voters are apparently going crazy for, it’s certainly worth tracking down for its own merits. Cheaper true, but with a much darker heart, Cold Skin is (quite literally) a very different beast entirely.
What begins as a fairly humble adventure; an early 20th-century weather man, sent to a seemingly abandoned island as the First World War approaches, soon twists and shapes itself into what is essentially (and rather ironically) a war film. Because out on the island, David Oakes’ nameless wanderer very quickly finds...
As far as Oscar-themed movie trends go, sex and sea-monsters is a bit of an odd one. But between the rising success of Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar-fave The Shape of Water, and now French director Xavier Gens’s latest Cold Skin, it’s apparently all the rage. And while Gens’ film isn’t quite the swirling cross-species romance the awards season voters are apparently going crazy for, it’s certainly worth tracking down for its own merits. Cheaper true, but with a much darker heart, Cold Skin is (quite literally) a very different beast entirely.
What begins as a fairly humble adventure; an early 20th-century weather man, sent to a seemingly abandoned island as the First World War approaches, soon twists and shapes itself into what is essentially (and rather ironically) a war film. Because out on the island, David Oakes’ nameless wanderer very quickly finds...
- 2/26/2018
- by Ben Robins
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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