This hugely popular romantic comedy about a recently engaged woman (Meg Ryan) who hears the sad story of a grieving widower (Tom Hanks) on the radio and believes that they’re destined to be together. She’s single in New York, he lives in Seattle with a young son, but the cross-country attraction proves irresistible, and pretty […]
The Pledge
Jack Nicholson is detective Jerry Black, a respected and well-liked veteran of the Reno police force retiring to a life of angling with more than a little apprehension. Thus he jumps into a murder case, the slaying of a little girl, a mere six hours from retirement and makes a promise to the grieving mother […]
The Believers
John Schlesinger’s The Believers, a kind of voodoo twist on Rosemary’s Baby, is a horror movie where the echoes of otherworldly menace set the tone of terror, but the real evil comes from the hearts of humans. Recently widowed psychologist Martin Sheen moves to New York with his emotionally fragile son, and they become entwined […]
The Fall: The Series
The plot of The Fall is incredibly straightforward; the police are out to catch a serial killer. On its own, that doesn’t sound very interesting. What makes The Fall interesting is the time it takes allowing the audience to get to know the serial killer. We know that Paul Spector (Jamie Dornan) is the killer; […]