Outrageous Fortune (1987)
Although the subgenre had been around almost as long as talkies were, Outrageous Fortune is notable for being the first “buddy comedy” from Hollywood to boast two female actors as the stars. There are...
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The Equalizer (2014)
The Equalizer is very loosely based on the hit show from the 1980s, starring Edward Woodward, that ran from 1985 to 1989. This new incarnation ramps up the comic book aspects of its premise and...
Amnesia (1997)
In AMNESIA, Nicholas Walker plays a preacher who has an tawdry affair at a local motel with his son’s school teacher. He is stuck in a loveless marriage, desperately yearning to find some way to...
Velvet Goldmine (1998)
During the glam rock craze in England during the early 70s, one of the leaders of the music movement, Brian Slade, fakes his own death as a publicity stunt. The result backfires as the...