Sentences with phrase «film fatal attraction»

Not exact matches

Actor Joel Edgerton («Warrior,» «Exodus,» «The Great Gatsby») wrote, directed and stars in the film, which is clearly reminiscent of similar thrillers like «Fear,» «Fatal Attraction» and even Michael Haneke's fantastic «Caché,» but gleefully twisted enough to distance itself from the pack.

Veteran move and film actress Archer, is most notable to audiences for playing Michael Douglas's wife in the 1987 Best Picture Oscar nominee «Fatal Attraction,» starring Glenn Close as a psycho mistress.

Although Fatal Attraction does go overboard in a few memorable scenes, it never quite breaks suspension of disbelief, even when Lyne lets it all rip in a frantic confrontation at the end (reportedly re-shot for audience approval) that commands your attention, even if it feels a bit inconsistent with the rest of the film's tone

Six time Oscar nominated actress Glenn Close («Albert Nobbs», «Fatal Attraction») was the selling point for me, bringing a necessary level of prominence to the independent film playing at AMC Gulf Pointe.

Long before Michael Douglas cornered the market on cinematic infidelity in films like Disclosure and Fatal Attraction, his father Kirk starred in an entirely unmemorable little melodrama called Strangers When We Meet.

At the 45th Golden Globe Awards, held on January 23, the other films nominated in the Drama category were Nuts, La Bamba, Fatal Attraction, Cry Freedom and the other Far - East based drama Empire of the Sun.

Starring aggrieved white male specialist Douglas - see «Fatal Attraction» (1987), «Basic Instinct» (1992) and «Falling Down» (1993)- «Disclosure» packs a bit less punch on film.

The episode also features a clip of Dario's deep discussion about film criticism and contemporary film culture with friend of the podcast Simran Hans, which can be found in full over on our Patreon site for subscribers, as well as Neil's chat with film critic and podcaster Leslie Byron Pitt about representation in filmmaking and film criticism alongside as Basic Instinct and erotic thrillers as Leslie is one quarter of the excellent Fatal Attractions podcast.

Billing itself as «In The Suspenseful Style Of Fatal Attraction And Unfaithful,» Asunder is every bit the rushed, formula production moldering on a shelf somewhere until either one of its stars hits it big (see: Ordinary Decent Criminal and Colin Farrell) or, as in this case, a higher - profile film with a similar theme makes an impact, thus giving the folks in marketing a hook.

Arguably Lyne matured with Unfaithful, but that film was not the smash hit that Fatal Attraction was.

Told mostly from the male point of view, Fatal Attraction does build Alex as a credible character, but Lyne makes films that feel like Douglas Sirk films done without the ironic detachment that makes them work.

Fatal Attraction is one of those films that managed to become a zeitgeist.

Adrian Lyne directs for the first time, showing his propensity for soft - focus, glossy dramas early on that would become his trademark style in future popular films like Flashdance, 9 1/2 Weeks, and Fatal Attraction.

Wicker Park at least gave Byrne the opportunity to play a Fatal Attraction - style semi-lead role, though no one saw the film.

It opens on a heist scene that reminds of Point Break and Heat (plus a thousand other heist films), segues into a home invasion / child - snatching that recalls Michael Douglas's own Fatal Attraction, proceeds into a cell phone cat - and - mouse like Ransom, ends with a cascade of particulate debris that brings to mind Witness, and touches base to varying degrees with Sliver, Nick of Time, Instinct, Nuts, and Awakenings in particular in its sloppy patient / doctor dynamic (and the naming of a secondary character «Dr. Sachs»).

Chinatown, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Body Heat, Cape Fear (the Scorsese remake)-- and of course, the two films from which it draws its generic title, Fatal Attraction and Basic Instinct.

One has been as a scene artist and production designer working on TV shows like The Sopranons and Law & Order: SVU, as well as films including The Fisher King, Donnie Brasco and Fatal Attraction.