Sharp Corner

Beta-male-goes-mad time with Sharp Corner, borrowing the arc of The Shining and starring Ben Foster as a Jack Nicholson stand-in. There is no Overlook Hotel or supernatural stuff. Instead the action takes place in a “mansion” outside the city where Foster’s Josh McCall has moved his family, not once wondering why this great big house in the middle of nowhere could be bought at a price they could afford. The reason becomes obvious on their first night in the place when, as Josh and wife Rachel (Cobie Smulders) christen their new home by having sex on living room floor, they are rudely interrupted by a car wheel flying through their picture window. Sharp … Read more