Grand Piano is a masterful thriller from director Eugenio Mira who channels his inner Hitchcock with a nerve shattering tale of man who quite literally has to play the concert of his life. Elijah Wood plays Tom Selznick, the most gifted pianist of his generation who gave up on performing due to his stage fright. Five years after a catastrophic performance, Selznick makes his long-awaited return in front of a packed theater. But only moments before his comeback performance, he discovers a note written on his music sheet: “Play one wrong note and you die.” Truly a setup that the Master of Suspense himself would appreciate. Continue Reading…
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Elijah Wood has the worst kind of stage fright in the first official trailer for Grand Piano
And here we all that Elijah Wood’s main skill was the ability to scalp beautiful, unsuspecting women! In Eugenio Mira’s thriller Grand Piano, Wood must play the concert of his life because one wrong note will be the death of him. And when John Cusack tells you to do something, you do it! I can’t even begin to tell you guys how excited I am to see this flick. I’ve put off writing about the film here on the site because I was waiting for a trailer like this to come along so you would all understand how I could be excited about a movie that features a guy playing the shit out of a piano! Now that it’s here, it doesn’t disappoint—I’m definitely getting some Hitchcockian vibes from this one! Continue Reading…