Twist

thick darkness, director Bartlett does well.....gave us a cartoonish, sentimental tale with hummable songs and step-lively dancing..... ... Full Review

In his descent into an amoral hell, Stahl more or less repeats his alienated turn in Bully, staggering about, drugged up and cosmetically bloodied from various nasty run-ins. He initiates innocent Oliver (Joshua Close) into his gritty lifestyle, while constantly rebuffing the poor waif's romantic advances. ... Full Review

It's certainly not the relentlessly depressing storyline -- if you don't know the Dickens tragedy already Tierney is smart in never showing the foreboding character of drug lord-pimp Bill Sykes, which makes him all the more menacing ... Full Review