Another Happening from Director M. Night Shyamalan by Brad Balfour Like his work or not, director M. Night Shyamalan employs big ideas and challenges himself and his viewers with unusual and dark storylines with the framework to express them. After his incredible success with The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Signs, he was hailed as a youthful wunderkind with a … Continue reading
COLD CREEK MANOR (2003) Starring Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dorff, Juliette Lewis, Kristen Stewart, Ryan Wilson, Dana Eskelson, Christopher Plummer, Simon Reynolds, Kathleen Duborg, Paula Brancati, Aidan Devine, Wayne Robson, Jordan Pettle and Ray Paisley. Screenplay by Richard Jefferies. Directed by Mike Figgis. Distributed by Touchstone Pictures. 118 minutes. Rated R. This doesn’t happen … Continue reading
DON’T SAY A WORD (2001) Starring Michael Douglas, Sean Bean, Brittany Murphy, Guy Torry, Jennifer Esposito, Famke Janssen and Oliver Platt. Screenplay by Anthony Peckham and Patrick Smith Kelly. Directed by Gary Fleder. Distributed by 20th Century Fox. 96 minutes. Rated R. There is almost a foolproof recipe for Michael Douglas films. He starts out … Continue reading
DOUBLE JEOPARDY (1999) Starring Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Davison, Annabeth Gish, Bruce Campbell, Benjamin Weir, Jay Brazeau, Edward Evanko, Michael Gaston, Gillian Barker, Brennan Elliott and Angela Schneider. Screenplay by David Weisberg and Douglas Cook. Directed by Bruce Beresford. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 105 minutes. Rated R. Double Jeopardy would have been a perfectly … Continue reading
Vincent Patrick Putting Up a Smoke Screen by Ronald Sklar If you lead a squeaky clean (read: deadly dull) existence, chances are the closest you’ll ever get to an exhilarating, rewarding life of crime is by reading the great works of Vincent Patrick. His two previous novels, The Pope of Greenwich Village and Family Business, … Continue reading
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