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...Brattle over the next three weeks. The experimental aspect is that each part in this loosely intertwined series (main characters in one film are reduced to supporting characters in the next) is done in a different genre and features a different central couple. On The Run, the thriller of the series stars Belvaux, the director, as Bruno, who has just broken out of jail. Bruno desperately desires revenge and an opportunity to spread his political gospel, but has to avoid Gilbert Melki, who has a Javert like obsession with tracking down Bruno. The Trilogy makes for interesting viewing, particularly...
...such a favorite among screenwriters: since Christmas, we have had no fewer than three movies that revolve around people misplacing their memories. In Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet pay to have the memory of their lousy relationship erased. Paycheck was a sci-fi thriller about a man (Ben Affleck) whose employers wipe his memory for security purposes. (As an extra precaution, they then erased Paycheck from the memory of the entire moviegoing public.) And in 50 First Dates, Drew Barrymore plays a woman with amnesia who is endlessly wooed and rewooed by Adam Sandler...
...Harvard out of the 2002 NCAA Tournament in a 4-3 overtime game. The East regional will take place at the Pepsi Arena in Albany, site of the Crimson’s bid-clinching victory on Saturday night. Maine secured a No. 1 seed and won a 2-1 thriller in triple overtime against UMass in the Hockey East Championship on Saturday, so Friday’s 5 p.m. game will be a matchup between conference champions, the ECAC versus Hockey East...
DAUGHTER OF GOD Reality-show producer Mark Burnett has just optioned Lewis Perdue's religious thriller about a female messiah...
Although a formulaic thriller at heart, director Philip Kaufman’s Twisted still manages to entertain, effectively playing on its setting in the San Francisco Harbor area to create a dark and seedy atmosphere. Combined with dank sexual undertones, the ambience gives Twisted the key components of a suspense film to hold the attention of a thrill-seeking audience. The mystery begins when homicide inspector Jessica Shepard (Ashley Judd) finds herself deeply intertwined in the new series of murders she is investigating. It turns out the victims are all past lovers, and soon Jessica is the primary suspect...