Texas Justice (1995) Review

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(More customer reviews)I was surpised at how good this movie was. I vaguely remember the events, since I live in Houston. Heather Locklear was great as Priscilla Davis.

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The Verdict (1982) Review

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(More customer reviews)During the first 25 years of his career, Paul Newman played characters who were confident and self-assured. Being a great actor, Newman was always able to infuse his characters with frailties and vulnerabilities that made them well-rounded and three dimensional. From Rocky Graziano to Cool Hand Luke to Doug Roberts (The Towering Inferno), Newman played self-confident characters who were strong and took charge of a situation. Perhaps this lack of frailty is the reason why Newman was able to play much younger characters well into his 50's (in 1981's Absence of Malice, the audience fully accepted that the then 56 year old Newman could be romantically involved with the then 35 year old Sally Field).
In The Verdict, however, Newman is almost shocking in his hesitancy and self doubt. As attorney Frank Galvin, life has beaten him down so much, he seems like a man far older than his years who is afraid to do anything for fear that tragedy and bad luck will once again crush him. For the first time, Newman seems more like a victim than a survivor -- stammering, hesitant, weak, alcoholic and defeated. Even his courtroom summation at the end of the film is halting and hesitant. In a film full of fine actors (James Mason, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, Milo O'Shea, Lindsay Crouse, etc.), Newman still manages to give the best performance. It's an unbelievably great performance and a great companion piece to The Hustler -- "Fast Eddie" Felson after life has chewed him up and spit him out.
Unfortunately, Paul Newman, once again, did not win the Oscar for Best Actor -- Ben Kingsley won for Ghandi. Unlike with The Hustler, however, Newman wasn't really robbed, but was actually the victim of bad luck. Kingsley was born to play Ghandi and gave the performance of his life. In most other years, Newman probably would have run away with the Oscar. In 1982, however, he had the bad luck to be up against an actor who literally became one of the most revered and admired men in history. While no one can say that Kingsley didn't deserve the honor, it is still a shame that Paul Newman did not win an Oscar for his flawed, weak and defeated Frank Galvin.
(For Part 1 see The Hustler)

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History -- In Search of History Born Killers: Leopold And Loeb Review

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(More customer reviews)I purchased this DVD after finishing the book "Crime of the Century" by Hal Higdon. My one and and only complaint with the book is there were no photo sections included. For me, this made it difficult to visualize the "characters". In buying the DVD I was hoping to get a better picture of Leopold and Loeb as well as Bobby Franks and the families of all 3 boys. I definitely got that! The DVD started with a brief set up describing Chicago of the 1920's and the Kenwood neighborhood where all 3 boys lived. It spent a fair amount of time discussing the crime itself, the trial and Leopold and Loeb's lives after sentencing. I especially liked that they used very little reenactments but focused more on interviews with Hal Higdon and others. It was very interesting to hear from the boy (now an elderly man) who was considered as a victim before Bobby Franks was chosen. These interviews were mingled heavily with photographs of the principals as well as locations as they appeared in that era. After purchasing, but before receiving, the DVD I found that it is on youtube in its entirety. As with similar youtube videos, it is broken into 4 parts and the video quality is poor. I watched it and the DVD when it arrived and I'm glad that I bought the DVD.

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Obsessed (2002) Review

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(More customer reviews)I JUST WATCHED THIS MOVIE ON LIFETIME LAST NIGHT HAVING NO DOUBTS IT WOULD BE GOOD. I WAS RIGHT, THIS WAS A REALLY INTERESTING MOVIE THAT REALLY KEAPT YOU HOOKED THROUGHOUT THE FILM. THEN I FOUND OUT IT'S COMING OUT ON DVD! I CAN'T WAIT TO BUY IT. IT'S TOO BAD THAT OTHER LIFETIME MOVIE AREN'T COMING OUT ON DVD BECAUSE THERE ARE ALOT OF REALLY GOOD ONES OUT THERE THAT YOU CAN ONLY SEE ON T.V. BUY THIS MOVIE, YOU WON'T REGRET IT.

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In a Chicago jail cell, clever and charming Ellena Roberts recounts for attorney Sara Miller the details of a one-night stand that led to a heated love affair with prominent surgeon David Stillman. David's version of the facts differs entirely and he insists that he never slept with Ellena. Sure that the doctor is the one who's lying, Sara is preparing to defend her client in court when some disturbing facts emerge.

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