As a child, Bruce Wayne (Gus Lewis) falls into a well, where he is attacked by a swarm of bats; he develops a phobia of them as a result. Soon afterward, he witnesses his parents’ murder by mugger Joe Chill (Richard Brake), leaving Bruce to be raised by the family’s butler, Alfred Pennyworth (Michael Caine). […]
Archives for July 2005
Copycat
After giving a guest lecture on criminal psychology at a local university, Dr. Helen Hudson (Sigourney Weaver), a respected field expert on serial killers, is cornered in a lavatory by one of her previous subjects, Daryll Lee Cullum (Harry Connick, Jr.), who kills a police officer and brutally attacks her. Helen becomes severely agoraphobic as […]
The Dick Van Dyke Show: The Series
Before The Dick Van Dyke Show, suburbia was never portrayed on television as a haven of sophistication. We never followed Ozzie Nelson to work. And we never, ever fantasized what Ward and June Cleaver did behind closed doors. But Your Show of Shows veteran Carl Reiner’s groundbreaking series broke the staid, sitcom mold.Just consider Mary […]
Ruby in Paradise
Florida-based independent filmmaker Victor Nunez gave young actress Ashley Judd her breakthrough role with his original script about a woman taking to the road to escape her past and forge a new future for herself. Feeling smothered and confused after the death of her mother, Ruby Lee Gissing (Judd) flees her Tennessee home. She drives […]