The Vanishing 1993 Directed by George Sluizer Quick Synopsis... After his girlfriend mysteriously disappears at a rest stop, Jeff embarks on an obsessive three-year quest to learn what happened to her. A man approaches with information, but he requires for Jeff to relive what his girlfriend experienced. Y'all... This movie is just about impossible to find. … Continue reading A to Z Challenge – The Vanishing
A Quiet Place 2018 Directed by John Krasinski Quick Synopsis... In this tense chiller, the horror mounts as the Abbott family struggles to survive in a postapocalyptic world where monstrous blind creatures use their supersensitive hearing to stalk human prey -- forcing the Abbotts to live in silence. I went and saw this with Jeff when … Continue reading A to Z Challenge – A Quiet Place
Kiss the Girls 1997 Directed by Gary Fleder Quick Synopsis... Forensic psychologist Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams up with escaped kidnapping victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. Late in my college career, a friend got me into … Continue reading A to Z Challenge – Kiss the Girls
Disturbia 2007 Directed by D. J. Caruso Quick Synopsis... In this modern retelling of Hitchcock's thriller Rear Window, a troubled teen sentenced to house arrest begins watching his neighbors out of boredom -- only to discover evidence that a serial killer lives a stone's throw from his home. The beginning of this movie is a tragedy. … Continue reading A to Z Challenge – Disturbia
A Time to Kill 1996 Directed by Joel Schumacher Netflix says... When two white men brutally rape a young black girl in a small Mississippi town, the child's vengeful father (Samuel L. Jackson) fears their acquittal and takes the law into his own hands. But as his trial date approaches, all hell breaks loose. Aided by … Continue reading My Favorite Movies #72 – A Time to Kill
Hey, kids! Remember how I mentioned that I would be participating in a podcast with a friend from college? Well... I'm pretty sure I mentioned it at one point. Anyway, Chris emailed last night to let me know the podcast is up and running so head over to Everyday Exiles and check out the … Continue reading AFI #9 – Vertigo
Rear Window 1954 Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Netflix says... As his broken leg heals, wheelchair-bound L.B. Jefferies (James Stewart) becomes absorbed with the parade of life outside his window and soon fixates on a mysterious man whose behavior has Jefferies convinced a murder has taken place. Meanwhile, other windows reveal the daily lives of a … Continue reading AFI #48 – Rear Window
