Thriller

Jackie Brown

August 12, 2002 // 0 Comments

Quentin Tarantino made it from underdog to Hollywood-wunderkind faster than anyone else in recent memory. "Reservoir Dogs" and Pulp Fiction" were movies that gave critics and audiences plenty to talk about and plenty to like. Created with [...]

Vanilla Sky

July 23, 2002 // 0 Comments

I’ll be honest – I hated this movie. Then… I loved it so much I wanted to be in it… somewhere… anywhere… A fly on the wall I suppose. I wanted to feel the pain and the loss. I wanted it all. I wanted to be David Aames. That’s my [...]

Dragonfly

July 3, 2002 // 0 Comments

Tom Shadyac’s supernatural thriller "Dragonfly" is making a very quick turn-around to appear on DVD after its lukewarm theatrical run earlier this year. Despite the criticism however, "Dragonfly" turns out to be a solid film with som [...]

Niagara

June 13, 2002 // 0 Comments

Part of Fox’s second wave of Marilyn Monroe discs, 1953’s ’Niagara’ features everyone’s favorite platinum blonde in a most uncharacteristic role. Directed by Henry Hathaway, ’Niagara’ is a dark film that features Ms. Monroe as a very evil [...]

From Hell

May 20, 2002 // 0 Comments

It has been some time since a film about the infamous "Jack The Ripper" has been released and since the topic is always good for some spine-tingling on-the-edge-of-your-seat suspense, "From Hell" was a release I was thoroughly looking [...]

Fatal Attraction

April 25, 2002 // 0 Comments

Adrian Lyne’s jarring thriller "Fatal Attraction" has been one of the most stirring movie experiences of 1987, that seemed to come out of nowhere, really, and made an enormous impact on the movie-going audience. Quickly it became a cornerstone [...]

Spy Game

April 16, 2002 // 0 Comments

Paranoia and double-crosses have always been staples of espionage films. We’ve all seen spy movies where a character gets duped by someone that they could trust — typically someone who turned out to be the enemy. Well, what if you were a spy and [...]

Session 9

April 8, 2002 // 0 Comments

’Session 9’ is an effectively creepy thriller that received almost no attention during its brief theatrical run. Hopefully, this USA Film DVD release will bring this underappreciated movie the audience it deserves. Gordon Fleming (Peter Mullan) and [...]

Heist

March 19, 2002 // 0 Comments

David Mamet surely ranks as one of the finest screenwriters currently working in the film industry. While not every script he’s penned has been a gem, they all offer insightful character exposition and often biting social commentary. When Mamet also [...]

The Score

December 4, 2001 // 0 Comments

Every once in a while a movie comes along that has apparently been overlooked by audiences in theaters and when you get to watch it, you want to tell the world about it, because it really is very good. "The Score" is such a movie. A superb [...]
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