Starring: Bruce Willis, Toni Collette, Haley Joel Osment Director: M. Night Shyamalan Genre: Thriller Cert: 15 Released: 1999 Willis plays award winning child psychologist, Malcom Crowe. In the midst of celebrating his achievement with his adoring wife, Anna (Olivia Williams), he is confronted in his home by former patient, Vincent Grey (Donnie Wahlberg) who claims […]
Starring: Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, David Arquette, Drew Barrymore Director: Wes Craven Genre: Horror Cert: 18 Released: 1996 Wes Craven is a man who doesn’t like to give up. We all remember the brilliant “Nightmare on Elm Street” from 1984…sadly we all too remember the six sequels. When the sixth film came out, we thought […]
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Tony Goldwyn Director: Gary Fleder Genre: Thriller Cert: 18 Released: 1997 I can’t remember if I’ve raved about Morgan Freeman before in a prior review – perhaps in my previous site and all it’s now lost material – but he is without a doubt one of the finest […]
Starring: Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey, Kim Basinger Director: Curtis Hanson Genre: Thriller Cert: 18 Released: 1997 The problem with most “thinking” films these days is that they are too damn complicated; too many double crosses, too many suspects, too many twists…everything is just too difficult to observe and take in. Then “LA Confidential” […]
Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Freddie Prinze Jr., Anne Heche Director: Jim Gillespie Genre: Horror Cert: 18 Released: 1997 Winning the award for the longest title since “The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain”, “I Know What You Did Last Summer” (IKWYDLS) comes hot on the […]
Starring: Robert DeNiro, Wesley Snipes, Ellen Barkin, John Leguizamo, Benicio Del Toro, Chris Mulkey Director: Tony Scott Genre: Thriller Cert: 15 Released: 1996 Director, Tony Scott has brought us some of the more exciting thrillers of the nineties – ‘The Last Boyscout’ and ‘True Romance’ for example and he has also scored with the successful […]
Starring: Armande Assante, William Forsythe, Anthony Quinn, Frank Vincent Director: Robert Harmon Genre: Drama Cert: 18 Released: 1996 I remember a film called “Getting Gotti” with the extremely bad Lorraine Bracco which I’m sure was dire. However, “Gotti” is a lot better. It tells the true story of Mob kingin, John Gotti (Assante) and follows […]
Starring: Richard Gere, Edward Norton, Laura Linney, Frances McDormand, Terry O’Quinn Director: Gregory Hoblit Genre: Action Cert: 18 Released: 1996 Martin Vail (Gere) is an arrogant, spotlight-hugging, high-powered lawyer. His photogenic appearance and over-confident demeanour means that he normally ends up dominating the monthly magazines much to the chagrin of those who have to work […]
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Teri Polo, Ron Silver Director: David N Twohy Genre: Sci-Fi Cert: 15 Released: 1996 Charlie Sheen, who has slipped into freefall since the heady days of “Platoon”, is Zane Ziminski, a radio telescope operator who searches the airwaves for alien contact from outer space. When he encounters a radio signal he is […]
Starring: Sally Field, Joe Mantegna, Ed Harris, Kiefer Sutherland, Beverly D’Angelo, Philip Baker Hall, Keith David Director: John Schlesinger Genre: Thriller Cert: 18 Released: 1996 Director, John Schlesinger, has been very quiet of late. He picked up an oscar for “Midnight Cowboy” (1969, best director) and had several nominations around that time. However, since his […]
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