Showing posts with label Stuart Margolin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stuart Margolin. Show all posts

Sunday, 30 April 2017

Arbitrage (2012)



A troubled hedge fund magnate desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.

Superior drama that manages to tell ist story with hardly any action; the supporting cast is excellent, but it's Richard Gere who gets extra credit for portraying a slippery, and thoroughly objectionable character and giving him some charisma.

Maltin**1/2: "Gere is perfectly cast in this credible, well-crafted debut fiction feature for writer-director Jarecki...But if you don't care what happens to Gere - and we didn't - the whole thing seems a bit empty."


Friday, 9 September 2016

The California Kid (1974) (TV)



A deranged, desert town sheriff has a murderous habit or forcing speeders to their deaths, until a young man with a souped-up hotrod arrives to possibly end it.

Above-average TV thriller, an unusual revenge story with a twist, has some good details and a 'cool' performance by Martin Sheen.