The Suspense is Killing Us

Brat Pack luminary Molly Ringwald made a string of thrillers in the mid to late 90's, playing the villain, the victim, and some lady who works in an office. Was she able to replicate her teen idol success of the 80's? The answer may or may not surprise you!

MALICIOUS (1995, Ian Corson)
OFFICE KILLER (1997, Cindy Sherman)
REQUIEM FOR MURDER (1999, Douglas Jackson)

Before he was Frank Drebin, before he had a special set of skills, before he was Schindler, tall Irish actor Liam Neeson already had a decade plus in the biz. The men he played were always tall, but not always Irish, and that's where the trouble began.

NEXT OF KIN (1989, John Irvin)
UNDER SUSPICION (1991, Simon Moore)
RUBY CAIRO aka DECEPTION (1992, Graeme Clifford)

We figured now was probably the perfect time to do an episode about nuclear annihilation! We're talking about three very different movies involving The Bomb, all of which seem to agree that it would be pretty bad if one went off.

WAR GAMES (1983, John Badham)
MIRACLE MILE (1988, Steve De Jarnatt)
THE SUM OF ALL FEARS (2002, Phil Alden Robinson)

Years before he became a household name with Jurassic Park and ER, sci-fi author Michael Crichton was toiling away in obscurity—directing big Hollywood movies with major stars. It was a tough career period, but he eventually managed to push through it and write State of Play.

COMA (1978)
THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY (1978)
LOOKER (1981)

We begin at the beginning in our first of probably hundreds of episodes about notorious action/schlock production company PM Entertainment—a movie from each of the first three years. We came to find out that even schlock-meisters have a learning curve!

L.A. HEAT (1989, Joseph Merhi)
AMERICAN BORN (1990, Raymond Martino)
THE ART OF DYING (1991, Wings Hauser)