Fast & Furious 6

The Fast & Furious franchise is weird… how many other movies do you know where main characters disappear only to reappear in the next movie? Well, one could argue that the real main characters aren’t the actors but the cars. Or one could say that it doesn’t matter because it’s not like any of the characters have developed over the course of six movies. So what is this bunch of street-racing LA punks up to this time?

The Hypnotist

Based on the novel “The Hypnotist” by Lars Kepler, this movie is the latest in a long line of Scandinavian thrillers. Apparently director Lasse Hallström and writer Paolo Vacirca cut some storylines that were in the book because it was too much to cram into one movie. Having never read the book, I can’t tell you if their choices had an impact on the story or not but most of all this is about a detective trying to solve a grisly family murder.