Dark Waters (2019)
Dark Waters is a film based on the true story of a corporate lawyer who ends up taking on DuPont Chemical. The origin of the screenplay originated from a Nathaniel Rich expose on attorney Rob...
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Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile (2019)
The personal life of smooth-talking, gas-lighting sociopath Ted Bundy gets put into the spotlight in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile (which takes its name from a quote by the judge in describing the...
Bridge of Spies (2015)
Set starting in 1957, in the midst of the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, Tom Hanks (Saving Mr. Banks, Captain Phillips) stars as New York-based insurance lawyer James B. Donovan, a...
12 Citizens (2014)
1957’s 12 Angry Men provides the inspiration for this Chinese art-house interpretation by first-time feature director and co-writer Xu Ang. The circumstances: a young man is adopted into a wealthy family is accused of murdering his...
Police Story (1985)
One of Jackie Chan’s (Cannonball Run II, Wheels on Meals) first big breakthroughs beyond a Hong Kong market, Police Story works well beyond just the standard kung fu fare, as it is, at the same time, also...
Presumed Innocent (1990)
After an assistant D.A. (Scacchi, Shattered) is found brutally murdered, all the evidence points to D.A. Rusty Sabich (Ford, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade), who was involved with an affair with her shortly before her death....
High Crimes (2002)
For all her attempts, I wonder if Ashley Judd will ever star in a good thriller sometime in her career. Kiss the Girls, Eye of the Beholder, and Double Jeopardy have started a string of mediocre and predictable...
The Winslow Boy (1999)
Set in early 1900s England, The Winslow Boy follows the Winslow family, who are distress to find that the young 14-year-old Winslow boy has been thrown out of the royal naval academy for stealing a postal...
A Civil Action (1998)
Based on a true story. Jan Schlichtmann (Travolta), sensing a quick settlement to avoid negative press, takes on a couple of multimillion dollar companies on behalf of a handful of families who lost their...
Dragons Forever (1988)
A Hong Kong factory owned by a corrupt and powerful businessman is pumping waste into a local pond. The pond owner sues for wrongful pollution, while the lawyer for the defense designs to have...