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Director Michael Caton-Jones’s 2002 character-driven thriller is interesting and sometimes involving, but often surprisingly shaky. Ken Hixon writes the slightly struggling screenplay from an article, Mark of a Murderer by Mike McAlary. Well it’s more […]
Remember Tenko, the BBC prison camp series that ran from 1981-84? Well, if you were one of the millions hooked on that one, you’ll also want to catch Paradise Road, dubbed the big-screen Tenko. Writer-director […]
Writer-director Nancy Meyers’s 2003 comedy stars Jack Nicholson as the oldest swinger in town, Harry Sanborn , who falls for the 20something daughter, Marin (Amanda Peet), of a playwright, Erica Barry (Diane Keaton). When Harry […]
Writer-director Cameron Crowe’s Oscar-winning 2000 film is a semi-autobiographical treat from the maker of Jerry Maguire. Patrick Fugit (aged 18) stars in his feature debut as William Miller, a thrilled 15-year-old rock fan, who long […]
Director Gregory Hoblit’s 1996 film Primal Fear is an excellent, neatly twisting thriller that grips throughout, with Richard Gere in top gear as Martin Vail, a smug Chicago attorney getting out of his depth when […]
The Coen Brothers make their film debut in 1984 with the astonishing, thrillingly realised neo-noir thriller Blood Simple. Frances McDormand also makes her film debut and M Emmet Walsh stars as the double-crossing private detective. […]
A homespun murder story. The Coen brothers Joel and Ethan are on their best, most exhilarating form in this corking real-life-derived 1996 thriller. It won a Best Actress Oscar for Frances McDormand as the nice, […]