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Rated: R (Restricted)
Staring:
James Caan,
Kathy Bates,
Sissy Spacek,
Piper Laurie,
Amy Irving
Director:
Brian De Palma, Fraser Clarke Heston, George A. Romero, Rob Reiner
Misery
Based on the chilling bestseller by Stephen King, Misery was brought to the screen by director Rob Reiner as one of the most effective thrillers of the 1990s. From a brilliant adaptation by screenwriter William Goldman, Reiner turned King's cautionary tale of fame and idolatry into a mainstream masterpiece of escalating suspense, translating King's own experience with obsessive fans into a frightening tale of entrapment and psychotic behavior. Kathy Bates deservedly won an Academy Award for her performance as Annie Wilkes, an unbalanced devotee of romance novels written by Paul Sheldon (James Caan), whose books provide Annie with a much-need...
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Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Staring:
Tom Cruise,
Jon Voight,
Emmanuelle Béart,
Henry Czerny,
Jean Reno
Director:
Brian De Palma
A flashy, splashy summer-movie blockbuster that's fun and exciting without being mindless? That's the impossible mission accomplished by director Brian De Palma, star-coproducer Tom Cruise, and the crack team of Mission: Impossible. Based on the '60s TV show and an almost impenetrably complex (but nonetheless thrilling) original story by David Koepp (Jurassic Park) and Steven Zaillian (Schindler's List), with a screenplay by Koepp and Robert Towne (Chinatown, Shampoo), Mission: Impossible begins with veteran agent Jim Phelps (Jon Voight) and his expert crew embarking on a mission that goes horribly, horribly wrong. But nothing is what it...
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Rated: R (Restricted)
Staring:
Sissy Spacek,
Piper Laurie,
Amy Irving,
John Travolta,
William Katt
Director:
Brian De Palma
This terrifying adaptation of Stephen King's bestselling horror novel was directed by shock maestro Brian De Palma for maximum, no-holds-barred effect. Sissy Spacek stars as Carrie White, the beleaguered daughter of a religious kook (Piper Laurie) and a social outcast tormented by her cruel, insensitive classmates. When her rage turns into telekinetic powers, however, school's out in every sense of the word. De Palma's horrific climax in a school gym lingers forever in the memory, though the film is also built upon Spacek's remarkable performance and Piper Laurie's outlandishly creepy one. John Travolta has a small part as a thug, De Palma's future wife, Nancy Allen, is h...
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Rated: R (Restricted)
Staring:
Al Pacino,
Sean Penn,
Penelope Ann Miller,
John Leguizamo,
Ingrid Rogers
Director:
Brian De Palma
Al Pacino cuts a noble figure in this very enjoyable drama by director Brian De Palma (Scarface), based on a pair of books by Edwin Torres. Pacino plays a Puerto Rican ex-con trying hard to go straight, but his loyalty to his lowlife attorney (a virtually unrecognizable Sean Penn) and enemies on the street make that choice difficult. Penelope Ann Miller plays, somewhat unlikely, a stripper who has a romance with Pacino's character. The film finds De Palma tempering his more outlandish moves (think of Body Double or Snake Eyes) just as he did with the popular Untouchables and Mission: Impossible. But while Carlito's Way was not com...
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Rated: R (Restricted)
Staring:
Kevin Costner,
Sean Connery,
Robert De Niro,
Charles Martin Smith,
Andy Garcia
Director:
Brian De Palma
As noted critic Pauline Kael wrote, the 1987 box-office hit The Untouchables is "like an attempt to visualize the public's collective dream of Chicago gangsters." In other words, this lavish reworking of the vintage TV series is a rousing potboiler from a bygone era, so beautifully designed and photographed--and so craftily directed by Brian De Palma--that the historical reality of Prohibition-era Chicago could only pale in comparison. From a script by David Mamet, the movie pits four underdog heroes (the maverick lawmen known as the Untouchables) against a singular villain in Al Capone, played by Robert De Niro as a dapper caesar holding court (and a baseball bat)...
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Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Staring:
Tom Cruise,
Jon Voight,
Emmanuelle B?art,
Henry Czerny,
Jean Reno
Director:
Brian De Palma
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Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Staring:
Gary Sinise,
Tim Robbins,
Don Cheadle,
Connie Nielsen,
Jerry O'Connell
Director:
Brian De Palma
If Brian De Palma directed Mission to Mars for 10-year-olds who've never seen a science fiction film, he can be credited for crafting a marginally successful adventure. Isolated moments in this film serve the highest purpose of its genre, inspiring a sense of wonder and awe in the context of a fascinating future (specifically, the year 2020). But because most of us have seen a lot of science fiction films, it's impossible to ignore this one's derivative plot, cardboard characters, and drearily dumb dialogue. Despite an awesome and painstakingly authentic display of cool technology and dazzling special effects, Mission to Mars is light years away fro...
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Rated: R (Restricted)
Staring:
Kevin Costner,
Sean Connery,
Charles Martin Smith,
Andy Garcia,
Robert De Niro
Director:
Brian De Palma
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Staring:
Al Pacino,
Steven Bauer,
Michelle Pfeiffer,
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,
Robert Loggia
Director:
Brian De Palma
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Rated: R (Restricted)
Staring:
Robert DeNiro,
Sean Connery,
Andy Garcia,
Kevin Costner
Director:
Brian De Palma
UNTOUCHABLES - Blu-Ray Movie
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