Blue Ruin
Jeremy Saulnier makes a striking debut that brings to mind Blood Simple and Pulp Fiction.
In "The Loneliest Planet," an engaged couple takes a backpacking hike over the beautiful but rugged trails of the Caucasus Mountains in the central European republic of Georgia. Midway on their trek, I was reminded of advice I once heard: "Never marry anyone without first taking a three-day bus trip with them."
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