This week, we feature a surprisingly hopeful film about a burned-out wrestler and a ’50s disaster film that set the template for the genre.
New Release ‘Master Gardener’
Narvel Roth (Joel Edgerton) is a man with a mysterious past who steadfastly looks after the sprawling environs of well-off dowager Norma Haverhill (Sigourney Weaver). When he reluctantly agrees to make Mrs. Haverhill’s disturbed younger relative Maya (Quintessa Swindell) his pupil, their lives are thrust into great peril.
This is a capable, if slightly derivative, thriller that features amazing cinematography to go along with its convincing performances, specifically by Edgerton, who oozes with equal parts mystery and menace….