Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home EntertainmentStarring: Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan McDermott, J.T. Walsh, James RemarDirected By: Les Mayfield
The pressure was really on The Sarah Connor Chronicles right from the start. The first spin-off from the extraordinary Terminator franchise, it picks up after the events of the second film, and finds Lena Headey in the title role, who--along with her 15-year old son, John--sets about trying to save the world from the impending threat of Skynet. Along the way too, they encounter ...
Manufacturer: Warner Home VideoStarring: Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, Summer Glau, Richard T. Jones, Brian Austin Green
Vantage Point, which aspires to be a cunningly twisted thriller, comes equipped with plenty of hurtling action, handheld camerawork, what-was-that? editing, and a plot that has multiple, contradictory agendas writhing like a nest of snakes. It's all set within a few blocks of a town square in Spain where a U.S. President is targeted for assassination. Although the movie lasts 90 minutes, ...
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentStarring: Dennis Quaid, William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Forest Whitaker, Zoe SaldanaDirected By: Pete Travis
For a film confined almost entirely to one tiny location, Phone Booth has been the centre of a lot of off-screen action: changing lead man from Will Smith to Jim Carrey to Colin Farrell, with various directors attached, and finally postponed as a result of the Washington Sniper attacks--and all this before its release. Still, Larry Cohen's taut 80-minute script finally hits the screens and, ...
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home EntertainmentStarring: Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Radha Mitchell, Katie HolmesDirected By: Joel Schumacher
Manufacturer: Paramount Home EntertainmentStarring: Elayn Taylor, Omar Epps, Richard T. Jones, Sean Nelson, Duane FinleyDirected By: Rick Famuyiwa
Kiss the Girls is a thriller about a collaboration between two serial killers, and, coming after The Silence of the Lambs and Seven, it feels like a pale attempt to cash in on the success of those earlier, better films. That's a pity, because this film certainly has its strengths--particularly in the central performances of Morgan Freeman as a forensic detective and Ashley ...
Manufacturer: Paramount Home EntertainmentStarring: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Alex McArthur, Tony GoldwynDirected By: Gary Fleder
Collateral offers a change of pace for Tom Cruise as a ruthless contract killer, but that's just one of many reasons to recommend this well-crafted thriller. It's from Michael Mann, after all, and the director's stellar track record with crime thrillers (Thief, Manhunter, and especially Heat) guarantees a rich combination of intelligent plotting, well-drawn characters, ...
Manufacturer: Paramount Home EntertainmentStarring: Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Peter BergDirected By: Michael Mann
Drawing from Andrei Tarkovsky's heady science fiction meditation Solaris by way of Alien and Hellraiser, this visually splendid but pulpy piece of science fiction schlock concerns a mission in the year 2047 to investigate the experimental American spaceship Event Horizon, which disappeared seven years previously and suddenly, out of nowhere, reappeared in the orbit of ...
Manufacturer: Paramount Home EntertainmentStarring: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson, Richard T. JonesDirected By: Paul W.S. Anderson
Manufacturer: Universal MusicStarring: Loretta Devine, Denise Dowse, Bill Duke, Robin Givens, Salli RichardsonDirected By: Jeff Byrd
