Jonathan Rivers (Michael Keaton) is a successful architect. His wife, Anna (Chandra West), leaves for work one morning and never returns. Her car is found near a river, but her body is not found. Remaining hopeful that she is still alive, Jonathan tries to continue his life. One day, heContinue Reading
Lisa (Rachel McAdams) is a hotel manager returning home from her grandmother’s funeral in Texas. Jack (Cillian Murphy) is a man of questionable character who sits next to her on a red eye flight to Miami. The fact that they sit next to each other is not exactly a coincidence.Continue Reading
When a young girl, named Junko (Akiko Yada), discovers she has pyrokinesis, the power to ignite and control flames with her mind, she is forced to live a life of relative solitude. When a co-worker, Tada (Hideaki Ito), asks her to a party and introduces her to his sister sheContinue Reading
During a reconnaissance mission in Kuwait before the start of Desert Storm, a U.S. Army patrol was ambushed by Iraqi forces. Somehow, Sgt. Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber) managed to fight off the attackers — as well as their helicopter support — and then led his own men to safety. ForContinue Reading
A friend of mine once confessed to me a fear of swimming in the ocean. He said it was the fear of not knowing what could be underneath him that bothered him more than anything else. After seeing Open Water, I think I agree with him. Based on true events, Open Water followsContinue Reading
Grace Stewart (Nicole Kidman) lives on an island off the coast of England with her two children, Anne (Alakina Mann) and Nicholas (James Bentley). They inhabit a large mansion. Her housekeepers have mysteriously abandoned their jobs in the middle of the night. So, a few days later, three new housekeepersContinue Reading
After the disappointment of M. Night Shyamalan’s The Village, I tried not to be too excited about The Forgotten, which I first learned about — strangely enough — from a trailer attached to The Village. It looked creepy and sufficiently eerie, but so did The Village trailer — which, soContinue Reading