The Movie Filter by Jeff Roedel – ‘Drive’ excels

That star Ryan Gosling doesn’t utter a single word on screen—though there is a brief, artful voiceover-by-phone—until about 15 minutes into the new crime thriller Drive only underlines the perfection of the film’s gripping introduction to a near mythically drawn new antihero. Who knew the star of The Notebook could make such a daring bid to be the next Charles Bronson and Steve McQueen? An art house action flick, Drive gives Gosling that opportunity, and he guns it. Read more…