Panic Room (2002)
Panic Room would seem like a can’t miss thriller, especially given the talent involved and their respective track records. Jodie Foster starred in one of the best of the nineties, director Fincher directed a few...
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Nine Queens (2000) | Nueve Reinas
Fans of David Mamet’s con-men thrillers should definitely check out this solid take on the same themes from this Argentinean gem entitled Nine Queens (or Nueve Reinas, if you prefer). Like those films, Nine Queens runs its themes deeper than...
Blade II (2002)
Although I am a fan of comic books, and enjoy Wesley Snipes’ work even when he is playing an expressionless monosyllabic badass, I was disappointed in the first film in what is now a...
The Cannonball Run (1981)
The race from Darien, Connecticut, to Redondo Beach, California, is called the Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, named after daredevil driver Erwin “Cannonball” Baker in the early 20th century. This outlaw race stretched nearly 2,900 miles across the country. The record run was 32 hours and 51 minutes, averaging an insane 87 miles an hour. It started in 1971, when Brock Yates and Formula One star Dan Gurney won the very first one. In all, only five of these races were ever run. Across those years, drivers racked up more than a hundred speeding tickets, but remarkably, there were no accidents involving innocent bystanders. The entries were as wild as the concept: in 1971, the Polish Racing Drivers of America showed up with a van carrying 300 gallons of fuel so they could drive nonstop—though one mistake could have turned them into a rolling fireball. You...
Love and Bullets (1979)
Without the ridiculous and typical Charles Bronson ending, Love and Bullets might have gotten a modest recommendation. Within this rather routine thriller, there are a number of things to like. For starters, the storyline removes...
Zig Zag (2002)
David S. Goyer’s previous work includes screenwriting credits on such films as Blade (and Blade II), Dark City, The Crow: City of Angels, Death Warrant and Kickboxer 2. Not exactly work brimming with character development. Curiously, Goyer’s first time directing a film...
The Glass House (2001)
Remember the late 80s, when it seemed like damn near every movie was a paranoid thriller where everyone from the mistress, nanny, girl-next-door, and Fluffy the neighborhood cat was out to destroy the average...
Showtime (2002)
I suppose it may be true that if you’ve seen one buddy movie, you’ve seen ’em all. The “buddies” are usually two people who don’t particularly belong together and throughout have an inability to...
40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)
It’s tough to pull off a successful sex comedy. It may be easy to make one since there is a percentage of the movie-going population that will find anything sexual as hilarious, and the...
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
I have not read any of Harry Potter’s adventures, so take the review for what it’s worth, as I will not be comparing the film and how faithful it may or may not be...