"Prisoners" has been available at the Redbox kiosk since last year.
Never got around to renting it. It's not on "renter's picks" which are
usually older titles you can rent for 50 cents. Yeah, I'm a
cheapskate. IMDB did mention distributor but going to the "official
site" it's Warner Brothers so no wonder it's not on Netflix or a
"renter's pick."
I've been watching the ABC version of "Secrets and Lies" which is a
remake of the Australian TV series I watched last year. It stars Ryan
Phillipe and Juliette Lewis which is a bit of brilliant casting as she
is perfect for the quirky detective role played in the Australian
version by a man. It will be interesting to see if it ends the same.
I'm also going see where "Last Man on Earth" goes. It debuted Sunday
night on Fox.
On 03/04/2015 11:36 AM, turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
I took a chance just because of Eliza Dushku and Garret Dillahunt, and
found that it was obviously
graphic-novel-inspired-weirdness-for-the-sake-of-weirdness, and even
darker than you suggest. Not exaclty enjoyable, but tolerable.
But since you're into "Not For Buck" films, I should recommend one
that that was, if anything, MUCH darker than "The Scribbler," but
really, really, really well done. It was nominated for an Oscar for
its cinematography, and was *so* well done that it earned its director
Denis Villeneuve a gig as the director of the "Blade Runner" sequel.
It's called "Prisoners," and has a pretty much dream cast for a small
film that makes its writer and director famous -- Hugh Jackman, Jake
Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Maria Bello, Terrence Howard, Melissa Leo,
and Paul Dano. Rated Even Darker And More Not For Buck than the one
you recommended, but in its way it's brilliant.
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3294275865/
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote :
*BUT, *I did watch a neat little Hollywood indie film called "The
Scribbler" available on Netflix. It's a sci-fi fantasy starring Katie
Cassidy, Garret Dillahunt, Michelle Trachenberg, Eliza Dushku, Michael
Imperioli and Billy Campbell. Directed by John Suits, it's a story
about a young woman who uses an experimental treatment called the
Siamese Burn to remove her multiple personalities. Dark and rated
"Not for Buck".
http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/70298344
