Posts Tagged ‘hitchcockian’

Usual Suspects, The (1995)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Baldwin, Stephen | Byrne, Gabriel | Del Toro, Benicio | Pollak, Kevin | Spacey, Kevin | Palminteri, Chazz | Postlethwaite, Pete | Esposito, Giancarlo | Hedaya, Dan | Amis, Suzy | Bartel, Paul | Bressler, Carl | Simon, Phillip | Shearer, Jack | Estabrook, Christine
Directors: Singer, Bryan
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After a waterfront explosion, Verbal (Kevin Spacey), an eye-witness and participant tells the story of events leading up to the conflagration. The story begins when five men are rounded up for a line-up, and grilled about a truck hijacking (the usual suspects). Least pleased is Keaton (Gabriel Byrne) a crooked cop - exposed, indicted, but now desperately trying to go straight. The cops won’t leave him alone, however, and as they wait for their lawyers to post bail, he is talked into doing one more job with the other four. All goes tolerably well until the influence of the legendary, seemingly omnipotent “Keyser Soze” is felt. Although set in the modern day, it has much of the texture of the forties, plus suspense, intrigue (a fairly high body count), and lots of twists in the plot.

Basic Instinct (1992)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Douglas, Michael | Stone, Sharon | Dzundza, George | Tripplehorn, Jeanne | Arndt, Denis | Sarelle, Leilani | Young, Bruce A. | Ross, Chelcie | Malone, Dorothy | Knight, Wayne | von Bargen, Daniel | Tobolowsky, Stephen | Mouton, Benjamin | McGee, Jack | Cable, Bill
Directors: Verhoeven, Paul
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A former rockstar Johnny Boz is brutally killed during sex , and the case is assigned to the Detective Nick Curran of the SFPD . During the investigation , Nick meets Catherine Tramell , a crime novelist who was Boz’s girlfriend when he died . Catherine proves to be a very clever and manipulative woman , and though Nick is more or less convinced that she murdered Boz , he is unable to find any evidence . Later , when Nilsen , Nick’s rival in the police is killed , Nick suspects of Catherine’s involvement in it . He then starts to play a dangerous lust-filled mind game with Catherine to nail her , but as their relationship progresses , the body count rises and contradicting evidences force Nick to start questioning his own suspicions about Catherine’s guilt .

What Lies Beneath (2000)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Ford, Harrison | Pfeiffer, Michelle | Scarwid, Diana | Morton, Joe | Remar, James | Otto, Miranda | Valletta, Amber | Towne, Katharine | Bidewell, Victoria | Goretsky, Eliott | Baker, Ray | Crewson, Wendy | Shelton, Sloane | Dahlgren, Tom | Argento, Jayson
Directors: Zemeckis, Robert
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Norman Spencer, a university research scientist, is growing more and more concerned about his wife, Claire, a retired concert cellist who a year ago was involved in a serious auto accident, and who has just sent off her daughter Caitlin (Norman’s stepdaughter) to college. Now, Claire reports hearing voices and witnessing eerie occurrences in and around their lakeside Vermont home, including seeing the face of a young woman reflected in water. An increasingly frightened Claire thinks the phenomena have something to do with the couple living next door, especially since the wife has disappeared without apparent explanation. At her husband’s urging, Claire starts to see a therapist; she tells him she thinks the house is being haunted by a ghost. His advice? Try to make contact. Enlisting the help of her best friend, Jody, and a ouija board, Claire seeks to find out the truth of What Lies Beneath.

Do You Like Hitchcock? (2005)

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007
Genres: Thriller
Countries: Italy | Spain
Actors: Germano, Elio | Conti, Chiara | Rocchetti, Elisabetta | Brondo, Cristina
Directors: Argento, Dario
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Giulio, a film student working on his thesis, spends most of his time at the local video store, when he’s not busy watching German expressionists or classic thrillers. One night at the store he becomes acquainted with Sasha, who turns out to live across the street from his apartment. The next day, Sasha’s mother is found dead. Giulio is convinced the murder has been inspired by the films of Alfred Hitchcock, and against his new girlfriend’s advice, decides to start his own investigation.

Wild Things (1998)

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Dillon, Matt | Bacon, Kevin | Campbell, Neve | Russell, Theresa | Richards, Denise | Rubin-Vega, Daphne | Wagner, Robert | Murray, Bill | Snodgress, Carrie | Perry, Jeff | Pendergast, Cory | Macaulay, Marc | Svane Stepp, Toi | Neal, Dennis | Yáñez, Eduardo
Directors: McNaughton, John
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When High School Guidance counselor Sam Lombardo is accused of raping the popular student Kelly Van Ryan, his carefully structured life is ruined. But as the case heads to trial, an outcast school girl Suzie, may have information to free Sam. But the investigating Detective Ray, thinks that a more devious plan is at work that involves Sam, Kelly, and Suzie. As Ray digs deeper into the case, he uncovers a scheme that has very high stakes and where nothing is as it seems.

Cellular (2004)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Aaron, Caroline | Statham, Jason | Ballard, Brenda | Basinger, Kim | Beinbrinck, Will | Biel, Jessica | Bloch, Chase | Bloch, Chelsea | Boudousque, Chantille | Brenner, Robin | Burgi, Richard | Christian, Nikki | Churchill, John | Collins, Greg | Cruz, Valerie | DiMaio, Marco
Directors: Ellis, David R.
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A young man (Evans) receives a call on his cellular phone from a woman (Basinger) who says she’s been kidnapped, and thinks she’s going to be killed soon, along with her husband and son who the kidnappers have gone after next. The catch? She doesn’t know where she is… and his cell phone battery might go dead soon.

Final Analysis (1992)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Gere, Richard | Basinger, Kim | Thurman, Uma | Roberts, Eric | Guilfoyle, Paul | David, Keith | Harper, Robert | Rodriguez, Agustin | Zohar, Rita | Murdock, George | Prestia, Shirley | Genaro, Tony | Cortez, Katherine | Moy, Wood | Fischer, Corey
Directors: Joanou, Phil
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Barr is a psychiatrist who falls in love with the sister of one of his clients. She’s beautiful and married (to a gangster). She hates her husband but is unable to escape from him. To avoid spoilers, someone dies, but who did what and why ?

Perfect Murder, A (1998)

Thursday, February 8th, 2007
Genres: Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Douglas, Michael | Paltrow, Gwyneth | Mortensen, Viggo | Suchet, David | Choudhury, Sarita | Moran, Michael P. | Nelson, Novella | Towers, Constance | Lyman, Will | McGuire, Maeve | Singer, Stephen | Barrett, Laurinda | O'Kelly, Aideen | Birney, Reed | Smith, Vincent
Directors: Davis, Andrew
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Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory. Brilliant in her own right, she works at the U.N. and is involved with a struggling artist who fulfills her emotional needs. When her husband discovers her indiscretion, he sets out to commit the perfect murder and inherit her considerable trust fund in the bargain.

Phone Booth (2002)

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Farrell, Colin | Sutherland, Kiefer | Whitaker, Forest | Mitchell, Radha | Holmes, Katie | Parker, Paula Jai | Ash, Arian Waring | Texada, Tia | Enos III, John | Jones, Richard T. | Nobbs, Keith | Yount, Dell | MacDonald, James | Pais, Josh | Constantine, Yorgo
Directors: Schumacher, Joel
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A slick New York publicist (Farrell) who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he’ll be killed… and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn’t kidding.

Wicker Park (2004)

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
Genres: Drama | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Hartnett, Josh | Byrne, Rose | Lillard, Matthew | Kruger, Diane | Cousins, Christopher | Paré, Jessica | Vrana, Vlasta | Sobol, Amy | Whittall, Ted | Dos Santos, Isabel | Noyes, Joanna | Keith, Kerrilyn | Camacho, Mark | Jeannin, Marcel | Buxton, Stéfanie
Directors: McGuigan, Paul
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In Chicago, the former photographer and presently advertising executive Mathew (Josh Hartnett) is closing a business deal in a fancy restaurant with a Chinese representative, when he sees a woman that looks like his former passion Lisa (Diane Kruger). Two years ago, Lisa and Matthew had a love affair, and Lisa simply vanished when Matthew invited her to move with him to New York, where he had the invitation for a better job, and Matthew is still obsessed for her. Matthew decides to follow Lisa, and when he meets her, he realizes that Lisa is indeed another woman (Rose Byrne) with the same name. Matthew stays in Chicago with his friend Luke (Matthew Lillard) and decides to investigate the mystery.