A desperate American couple discovers all is not what it seems when they uncover a high-stakes underground scam while traveling abroad. To expose the truth and get back to the U.S., they must risk their lives to save their daughter.
Director:
Alan White
Stars:
John Cusack,
Ryan Phillippe,
Rachelle Lefevre
A guy gets more than he bargained for after entering into an affair with the wife of an investment banker. Soon, a suspicious death and substantial life insurance policy embroil him in a scandal.
Sarah & Josh are married suburbanites. After a car accident, Sarah suffers blackouts & ends up pregnant though Josh is sterile. As her life spirals she hides a camera in her home & unlocks a horrific secret with far-reaching consequences.
Director:
Paul Leyden
Stars:
Jon Abrahams,
Andrew Beckham,
Jeanette Branch
Eight years after the disappearance of Cassandra, some disturbing incidents seem to indicate that she's still alive. Police, parents and Cassandra herself, will try to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.
Director:
Atom Egoyan
Stars:
Ryan Reynolds,
Scott Speedman,
Rosario Dawson
In order to make good with his former employers, a submarine captain takes a job with a shadowy backer to search the depths of the Black Sea for a submarine rumored to be loaded with gold.
Five married guys conspire to secretly share a penthouse loft in the city--a place where they can carry out hidden affairs and indulge in their deepest fantasies. But the fantasy becomes a nightmare when they discover the dead body of an unknown woman in the loft, and they realize one of the group must be involved.
Director:
Erik Van Looy
Stars:
Karl Urban,
James Marsden,
Wentworth Miller
Three friends discover a mysterious machine that takes pictures 24hrs into the future and conspire to use it for personal gain, until disturbing and dangerous images begin to develop.
Director:
Bradley King
Stars:
Danielle Panabaker,
Matt O'Leary,
George Finn
A woman wakes up every day, remembering nothing as a result of a traumatic accident in her past. One day, new terrifying truths emerge that force her to question everyone around her.
A Good Marriage is based on a novella by Stephen King, published in his collection Full Dark, No Stars (2010). See more »
Goofs
(at around 31 mins) Just after Bob has asked for half a cup of coffee, a woman passes in front of him carrying a purse in one bent arm and a sweater in the other bent arm but as she walks behind him, the purse and the sweater have disappeared and her arms swing freely at her side. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Bob Anderson:
[as narrator]
I fled him down the nights and down the days. I fled him down the arches of the years. I fled him down the labyrinthine ways of my own mind. And in the mist of tears, I hid from him, and under running laughter.
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If it were not for Joan Allen's commitment to her role, I would say an absolute zero. This movie isn't suspenseful. In fact, it comes off as darkly humorous which may be the point. But, it's such a fine line that you can't but feel what this movie could've been.
This movie is about talking in rooms. And the mundane life of marriage. Then they add in a twist, and the twist, had it been 1980's would've been groundbreaking. Now, because of our "48 Hours Mysteries" or "American Crime" shows, the shock value falls flat. And that's unfortunate for the material, because it does have nice moments. But it never comes together to feel like a completely movie. There are throwaway scenes, characters popping in and out, who are superfluous (which I'm sure in the book made more sense). And overall, the relationship between Allen and Anthony LaPaglia (who plays the husband) never felt right. No matter how often they professed their love of each other. The other frustrating thing about this movie is it never establishes a person we can identify with. I suppose Stephen Lang's character who comes in way too late. So it's strange it never fully taps the moments that could've uplifted it into something darker. LaPaglia's character (Bob) would've been better suited for someone more midwestern normal like Terry O'Quinn. Man, that guy is scary just being normal. Or Dylan Baker.
Finally, the look of the movie. It's flat and dull. Every King movie up to this point is lens'd like a movie. This looks like a Lifetime special. Which I can't blame them, since it's digital and looks digital.There's suppose to be grit to movies. This looks like a student shot it. Awful. It actually took me completely away from the content of the movie. It had a phony sense to it. Done to extreme, say...a Douglas Sirk view, it would add a style to the material. This just seemed lost to what it wanted (or survival of coverage, just to get it shot). Either way, it's not a disaster of a movie. But it leaves you disappointed that King would slap his name on this.
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If it were not for Joan Allen's commitment to her role, I would say an absolute zero. This movie isn't suspenseful. In fact, it comes off as darkly humorous which may be the point. But, it's such a fine line that you can't but feel what this movie could've been.
This movie is about talking in rooms. And the mundane life of marriage. Then they add in a twist, and the twist, had it been 1980's would've been groundbreaking. Now, because of our "48 Hours Mysteries" or "American Crime" shows, the shock value falls flat. And that's unfortunate for the material, because it does have nice moments. But it never comes together to feel like a completely movie. There are throwaway scenes, characters popping in and out, who are superfluous (which I'm sure in the book made more sense). And overall, the relationship between Allen and Anthony LaPaglia (who plays the husband) never felt right. No matter how often they professed their love of each other. The other frustrating thing about this movie is it never establishes a person we can identify with. I suppose Stephen Lang's character who comes in way too late. So it's strange it never fully taps the moments that could've uplifted it into something darker. LaPaglia's character (Bob) would've been better suited for someone more midwestern normal like Terry O'Quinn. Man, that guy is scary just being normal. Or Dylan Baker.
Finally, the look of the movie. It's flat and dull. Every King movie up to this point is lens'd like a movie. This looks like a Lifetime special. Which I can't blame them, since it's digital and looks digital.There's suppose to be grit to movies. This looks like a student shot it. Awful. It actually took me completely away from the content of the movie. It had a phony sense to it. Done to extreme, say...a Douglas Sirk view, it would add a style to the material. This just seemed lost to what it wanted (or survival of coverage, just to get it shot). Either way, it's not a disaster of a movie. But it leaves you disappointed that King would slap his name on this.