The Frame

from the pen of Jandy Stone

Posts Tagged ‘film-suspense’

Where the Truth Lies

By Jandy • May 5th, 2007 • Category: Capsule Reviews

Canadian director Atom Egoyan sort of has a niche in high-concept, eroticized thrillers, and this one fits in there pretty well. Colin Firth and Kevin Bacon play two performers/best friends in 1950s Hollywood whose friendship dissolves after the death of a young actress which may or may not have been a murder in which either [...]



The Wrong Man

By Jandy • Jan 3rd, 2007 • Category: Capsule Reviews

One of Hitchcock’s lesser works, The Wrong Man does have its points (which grew on me as I thought about it more), but nowhere near a masterpiece. Manny (Henry Fonda) is a mild-mannered bass player at a nightclub, barely bringing in enough money to support his wife and two young sons. Needing to collect funds [...]