The mentalist is Patrick Jane (Simon Baker in an acclaimed performance), a celebrity psychic whose wife and child are viciously murdered by an elusive serial killer called Red John. Devastated, Patrick admits his paranormal act is fake, renounces his earlier life and uses his astonishing skills of observation and analysis – talents that made him […]
Archives for August 2010
What Lies Beneath
In a time in which good horror/suspense movies are few and far between, Robert Zemeckis brings us a wonderfully and surprisingly taut and well-balanced thriller filmed in the grand tradition of the great Alfred Hitchcock.Finally, a horror movie that doesn’t rely on fake blood and cheesy special effects to wow the crowd, or attempt to […]
Dead Poets Society
Neil Perry (Robert Sean Leonard), Todd Anderson (Ethan Hawke), Knox Overstreet (Josh Charles), Charlie Dalton (Gale Hansen), Richard Cameron (Dylan Kussman), Steven Meeks (Allelon Ruggiero), and Gerard Pitts (James Waterston) are senior students of the Welton Academy, an elite prep school. The teaching methods of their new English teacher, John Keating (Robin Williams), are unorthodox […]
Steel Magnolias
Annelle Dupuy (Daryl Hannah), a recent beauty school graduate, is hired by Truvy Jones (Dolly Parton) to work in her home-based beauty salon. M’Lynn Eatenton (Sally Field), a good friend of Truvy’s, and her daughter, Shelby (Julia Roberts), arrive at Truvy’s to prepare for Shelby’s wedding, which is taking place later that day. Also arriving […]