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Review: Basic Instinct 2
Filed under: Thrillers », Noir », Mystery & Suspense », MGM », Theatrical Reviews », Remakes and Sequels »
Released in 1992, the first Basic Instinct was a glossy, disposable piece of erotic-thriller trash that combined sex, death and stupidity. San Francisco cop Michael Douglas had to figure out if bad-girl novelist Sharon Stone was next in line for a killer's wrath – or if she was dispensing it. Directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by then-hot screenwriter Joe Eszterhaz, Basic Instinct was pilloried by gay and lesbian activists and roundly mocked by critics; it also made a not-unhealthy $117 million in the US alone. …
So, 14 years later, we get a sequel, which has the stupidity and comes short on the sex and death. Stone is back, but not Douglas; director Verhoeven has been replaced by Michael Caton-Jones (The Jackal, Rob Roy) and the script is not from Esterhaz but from the husband-and-wife duo of Leora Barish and Henry Bean. The action's moved from San Francisco, as well; Basic Instinct 2 starts in the streets of London, where Stone's Catherine Tramell is racing through the streets with footballer Kevin Franks (Stan Collymore) in the passenger seat, his hands all over what can be only called 'the swimsuit area,' when the car goes off the road and into the Thames. You might say the movie goes with them.
Talk about inevitable: Princess Diana movie in the works
Filed under: Drama », Thrillers », Mystery & Suspense », Newsstand »
On the off chance that you haven't already been convinced that the CIA and FBI (two agencies
that can't effectively do anything together) conspired with British intelligence to murder Princess Diana, a movie is
coming to jolt you out of your foolish naiveté. Based on Jon King and John Beveridge's "investigative"
book Princess
Diana: The Hidden Evidence, Hidden Truth is expected to begin shooting this spring. The movie will be
produced by William P. Cartlidge, whose resume features producer credits for both The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker, as well as a deeply disturbing
start on The Benny Hill Show. Perhaps Diana will be
murdered by a dapper spy - but really, really, quickly, and with the accompaniment of a laugh track. Disappointingly,
the movie not only lacks a cast, but also does not appear to involve Oliver
Stone in any way.Former Bond villain on trial for wife's murder
Filed under: Celebrities and Controversy »
Irvin Allen, who portrayed bad guys in two James Bond movies,
On Her Majesty's Secret Service and The Spy Who Loved Me is on trial for allegedly stabbing his wife
Chamlong, slitting her throat, and leaving her locked in a room in the Thai food business run by the couple in London.
The murder took place last year in late April two days before a custody battle for the couple's three daughters was to
take place. Allan also appeared in Lolita and Revenge of the Pink Panther and is now
retired from acting. The trial is still ongoing.Murder movie ban urged in Australia
Filed under: Drama », Horror », Thrillers », Mystery & Suspense », Newsstand », Charlize Theron »
Are you fed up with the glorification of murderers in the movies? No? Well, to each his
own. In Australia, some folks are downright livid about a new film, Suburban Mayhem, inspired by a 2000
gay-hate crime of a local mayor. In response, the Crime Victims Support Association in Victoria is demanding Australia
pass a law that bans the making of movies based on real murders for a 20-year period after the crime. It's a noble idea
in some respect, but silly in others. If this logic were transplanted to America, Monster couldn't have been
made when it was. And would this law apply to meta-stories? Would Capote have been banned based on this
law, even though it's only about the writing of In Cold Blood? As offensive as these movies may
be to the victims of the families, when done well, they can offer dramatic insights into the minds of the
perpetrators.Even more to the point, however, the international nature of filmmaking renders such a law preposterous. If a filmmaker is truly intent on making a movie based on an Australian crime, all they need to do is move the production overseas. Australians interested in watching the film could then order DVDs off of the Internet.
And then, you know, there's that whole sticky "freedom of speech" thing...
Flashback: Manson Family murders
Filed under: Celebrities and Controversy »
The murder of actress Sharon Tate and several others orchestrated by iconic crazy guy Charles Manson occurred thirty-seven years ago today. The pregnant Tate was brutally stabbed to death along with Abigail Folger, Voytek Frykowski, and Jay Sebring. Steve Parent, another friend, was shot to death. Manson continues to serve a life sentence. He avoided the death penalty when a statute in California state law was struck down in 1972.
[via BBC News]
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