Bryan Brown

The Poseidon Adventure

February 8, 2006 // 0 Comments

Based on Paul Gallico's novel, the story of the luxury liner that capsizes in the middle of the ocean with many of its cruise passengers trapped on the inside has been inspiration to a number of filmmakers. From the 1972 film and its 1979 sequel, to [...]

Dirty Deeds

November 24, 2003 // 0 Comments

Australian films are not a common commodity here in the US for some reason and when ’Dirty Deeds’ showed up on my desk I was eager to check it out. What I found was a thriller with a dark humor that almost reminded me of Coen Brothers film. Think [...]

F/X

June 14, 2000 // 0 Comments

Long before the whole world was fascinated with the art of special effects, and long before they were almost solely dominated by computer generated imagery, a movie appeared that used film special effects as a narrative tool in a thriller plot. The year [...]

Gorillas In The Mist

April 10, 1999 // 0 Comments

While the character of Ellen Ripley in the "Alien" movies were certainly Sigourney Weaver’s most famous and successful roles, her portrayal of sociologist Dian Fossey in "Gorillas In The Mist" was clearly the most remarkable and [...]