Twisted

Twisted

Kopelson Entertainment

February 27, 2004

Crime Drama

DVD

D-

Lives up to the title.  Philip Kaufman directed, long after The Right Stuff and four years after Quills.

Time to Kill

Time to Kill

Warner Bros.

July 24, 1996

Crime Drama

DVD
D

Hard to watch, but I appreciated that it takes rape more seriously than, for instance, Tightrope.  This is based on the John Grisham novel and directed by Joel Schumacher, who directed Tigerland, among many other movies I've rejected in this project.

High Crimes

High Crimes

20th Century Fox

April 5, 2002

Crime Drama

DVD
D

The husband of an unsympathetic lawyer is mysteriously arrested.  This is based on the Joseph Finder novel and directed by Carl Franklin, seven years after the far superior Devil in a Blue Dress.

Double Jeopardy

Double Jeopardy
Paramount
September 24, 1999
Crime Drama
DVD
D+

Predictable story of an upper-middle-class wife framed for her husband's murder, with lovely Washington State scenery.  Bruce Beresford directed.

De-Lovely

De-Lovely
MGM
August 6, 2004
Historical De-Drama, Romance, Musical
De-DVD
De-D

De-pretentious, de-awkward, de-DNFable.  De-directed by Irwin Winkler.