Disturbia

My kids were just starting out as inhabitants on this planet so I missed Disturbia when it came out in 2007. Plus nobody told me about it! Which is why I'm telling you. I love Alfred Hitchcock. He is my favourite director of all time (I'm not sure he was an excellent human but for sure he was an excellent director). My favourite of his films is Rear Window (1954), starring the late, great Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly. If for some reason you haven't seen this movie, Rear Window, stop what you are doing and go watch this. Don't read on, go watch it. Then, come back here and finish my blog post. So, now you have seen Rear Window (great, right?) you will know that there have been copies. Brian De Palma made Body Double, which is his homage to Rear Window and Vertigo. I also love this movie. And this brings us to Disturbia starring Shia LaBeouf as Kale. No spoilers here, so with that, I will say that high-school Kale becomes in some way housebound, unable to leave his property. His mom, Canadian actress, Carrie-Anne Moss (from Matrix fame) has cut off his access to video games on top of it all. So Kale has nothing to do but look out the window. New hot girl has moved in next door (Sarah Roemer) and there is a creepy guy across the street (David Morse). Let the Rear Window fun play out. I loved it. It's fantastic. Shia LaBeouf - what a talent. I'm a big fan. It was Andrea Arnold's American Honey that turned me into a fan. If you haven't seen American Honey, then you have film homework. Then, Honey Boy where Shia plays his own father - amazing. Then The Peanut Butter Falcon - it's a delight. So for me to go back and see Shia before all this was a treat. Go get some binoculars and go watch Disturbia now.