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By now you prolly have a feel for how
my movie preferences square with yours. Because of the overthrow
of our gummint, I've been taking refuge in movie fantasy of late.
Since I went a few years without watching hardly anything, everything
is a wonder for me now, although certainly behind the times for the
avid movie goer. Here are two I recently watched on cable (Find Me Guilty was "on demand.") Had never heard of either one, and both were utterly compelling. FMG is a Five Star, or ½ BOOGERS
pick for me. My only prollem with it -- I found myself
rooting for mafioso Jack DiNorscio. Didn't want to, but I
did. So will you. True story, and funny as hell. Ben,
the "small person" lawyer is great.
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Training his lens on infamous mobster "Fat" Jack DiNorscio (Vin Diesel) -- a
man who decided to defend himself in court rather than rat out his cohorts --
acclaimed director Sidney Lumet
(Dog Day Afternoon, 12 Angry Men) recounts the longest Mafia trial in U.S.
history. Ron
Silver and Annabella
Sciorra co-star in this gripping legal drama, which draws its dialogue from
actual courtroom transcripts
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| Anthony Hopkins needs no pumping up, he's always good. Had never heard
of this film though. His nemesis in this film is terrific. Never figured it out, or saw it coming. I give it
4½ stars, or 1½ BOOGERS.
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Anthony
Hopkins stars in this legal thriller as Ted Crawford, a man who allegedly
attempted to murder his wife and is now locked in a battle of wits with an
assistant district attorney, Willy Beachum (Ryan
Gosling). The D.A.'s convinced Crawford has blood on his hands, but Crawford
is freed on a technicality, sending Beachum on an obsessive mission to prove
Crawford's guilt -- even if he has to bend the law to make his case.
Anthony Hopkins needs no pumping up, he's always good. Had never heard
of this film either. His nemesis in this film is terrific.
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