At the end of October I put up a post saying, essentially, that I hadn't done all I wanted to do. In a month in which I had planned to delve fully into the emotional passions involved in horror I had, to my eyes, come up short. As such, I said I was going to extend October celebrations throughout the year. Well, here's the first holdover. Warning: SPOILERS ABOUND! On this day in 1991 Gene Tierney died...
(1997) Adrian Lyne's adaptation of Nabokov's controversial novel stars Jeremy Irons as Humbert Humbert and Dominique Swain as Lolita in the classic tale of one man's obsession with a beautiful girl/child. With Melanie Griffith as Lolita's mother, Charlotte Haze, and Frank Langella as Humbert's rival, Clare Quilty.
"Chloe" (2009) scene with Amanda Seyfried and Julianne Moore. "It’s a twisty meditation on desire, repression, sexuality, infidelity and commitment in a cold climate – but the look, pacing and tone owe more to Brian De Palma and Adrian Lyne than Bergman, say, or Antonioni. Julianne Moore is fine (and courageous) as the big-buck Yorkville gynecologist who, convinced that...
We received this exclusive clip from Atom Egoyans Chloe, premiering at TIFF this week. Shot in Toronto, it already arrives at TIFF with a home court advantage, but thats just icing on the cake of the...
The idea that a novel could come out and be really, truly shocking and scandalous simply because of its content is a fairly remote notion circa 2009. There are certainly memoirs and Hollywood tell-alls that stir up a bit of controversy, but generally speaking the only fiction books that ever make any noise are the [...]
Welcome to another edition of the fastest-growing Internet sensation on the planet: Two Truths and a Lie, the feature that asks you how stupid Hollywood can get. Two days ago we debuted the feature with two truths: 1) Tom Arnold...
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After watching the Richard Gere movie Unfaithful the other day, I looked up details of the director Adrian Lyne. His name rang a bell, and I soon realised why – his CV includes a number of highly successful movies, including the ultra-memorable Fatal Attraction. It turns out that his other achievements include Flashdance, and directing the music video of a song from the soundtrack, ‘Maniac’,...
i have loved 'lolita' forever. i have read the book many times. i know by heart all the dialogue of stanley kubrick's 1962 film. i even sat down and patiently watched adrian lyne's 1997 version, cause i am loyal to jeremy irons. with all the attention i have given to this nymphet, two things i did not know till now: the genius playwright harold pinter worked on the remake but chose to be uncredited....
Indecent Proposal Blu-ray Review Paramount Home Entertainment Released: June 2009 Indecent Proposal is another great old film that is finally getting the Blu-ray treatment. The film, starring Demi Moore, Robert Redford, and Woody Harrelson, The film revolves around a couple who are having their fair of money problems, and head out to Las Vegas in hopes of hitting it [...]
A reader writes: Iranian Sussan Deyhim has for many years now been one of my favourite singers. In fact I'd rate her one of the best singers in the world, period. She's lived in NYC for years and performed with...
After helming the incendiary 'Fatal Attraction' and the phantasmagoric 'Jacob's Ladder', Adrian Lyne went on to direct a "high concept" romance, which in Hollywood-speak means a simple plot that's easily...
They first meet at a party. Their eyes meet across the room, their hands later at the bar. Weeks pass and Manhattan attorney Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas) and editor Alex Forrest (Glenn Close) find themselves again in the same room at a Saturday business meeting. Afterwards, the two duck into a restaurant to avoid the rain. “I don’t think having dinner with anybody is a crime,”...