Review By: Rob Sibley
Coming to you via Anchor Bay February 26th.
Director P.T. Anderson is one of the
best working directors today. He came onto the scene initially in 1998
with his superior modern day film-noir “Hard Eight” which he
followed up with Boogie Night. One of the best films to show a
glimpse inside the porn industry of the 70's. Next up for him was the
incredibly odd (Yet brilliant) Tom Cruise vehicle “Magnolia”.
After a three year break he gave us a film that forever changed (for
a little while) Adam Sandlers funny image. Having him play a man with
Bi-polar. That was film was “Punch Drunk Love”. Which will always
have a special place in my heart, being the first P.T. Film I ever
saw at theaters.
Then after a very Terrance Mallick like
5 year hiatus, Anderson returned with what I'd call arguably his best
film to date “There Will Be Blood”. A film which is rather
perfect on all levels, each shot was composed and acted with such
perfect that I feared P.T.'s next venture would never be able to
shake a stick at this film. “The Master” is his latest piece of
“cinema” if you will, did he surpass the brilliance of “There
will be blood”? Read on to find out.