Manhunter (1986)
Apr 3, 2000Hannibal Lecter Film
The very first Hannibal Lecter film. Under Michael Mann, this comes with a stylistic flourish very different to what the films became when Anthony Hopkins took the role
Joan Allen
Face/Off (1997)
Jun 3, 2005Action/Surgical Identity Exchange
A John Woo directed action film with the improbable premise where FBI agent John Travolta and terrorist Nicolas Cage end up surgically swapping faces and then taking over the other's identity
Pleasantville (1998)
Jul 16, 1999Trapped Inside a 1950s TV Show
Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon are modern teens who become trapped in a 1950s tv show and end up puncturing its innocence. The messages made end up being broad and heavy-handed but the premise and the visual palette of the film is extremely clever
The Mists of Avalon (2001)
Apr 2, 2006Revisionist Arthurian Legends
TV mini-series based on Marion Zimmer Bradley's book that offers a revisionist take on the Arthurian legends, telling the story through the eyes of the women of the saga
Death Race (2008)
Nov 22, 2008Future Prison/Gladiatorial Road Races
Paul W.S. Anderson's remake of Death Race 2000 strips the satire from the original and turns it into a modern action movie - a to-the-death car chase film set in a near-future prison
The Bourne Legacy (2012)
Aug 9, 2012Spy Action Film
A reboot of the Jason Bourne series with Jeremy Renner replacing Matt Damon. The exhiliratingly kinetic action scenes are watered down, while the plot lacks the same focus. The first of the series to enter genre territory however
A Good Marriage (2014)
Feb 26, 2019Wife Discovers Her Husband is a Serial Killer/Stephen King Adaptation
Stephen King writes a screen adaptation of his own story about a wife who discovers that her husband is a serial killer. A strong premise that oddly misses most of the opportunities.
Lisey’s Story (2021)
Aug 8, 2021Stephen King Adaptation/Secret Parallel World
Stephen King writes the script for a TV mini-series adaptation of what he considers to be his best book about a widow who discovers a secret parallel world