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Time to Kill (1996) Matthew McConaughey ~ Region 1 encoding
(US and Canada only) You wouldn't
know it by watching the Batman movies they collaborated on, but
this smart adaptation of John Grisham's novel proves that director Joel
Schumacher and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman have some talent when the right
project comes along. Schumacher had previously directed Grisham's The
Client... Read more
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Chamber (1996) Chris O'Donnell ~ Region 1 encoding
(US and Canada only) A top cast consisting of veteran aces Gene Hackman and Faye
Dunaway can't rescue this way-too-long, dreadfully earnest version of John
Grisham's equally gimpy novel.
There are several problems in this story of an intertwined Southern family
who must disentangle themselves from the past and the dark... Read more
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Client (1994) Susan Sarandon ~ Region 1 encoding
(US and Canada only) The exceptionally fine cast--Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones,
J.T. Walsh, Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony Edwards, William H. Macy, Anthony
LaPaglia, Ossie Davis, and Brad Renfro--goes a long way toward making The Client one of the more solidly enjoyable screen adaptations of
a John Grisham southern... Read more
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Firm (1993) Tom Cruise ~ Region 1 encoding
(US and Canada only) This first film adaptation of a John
Grisham novel is a crackerjack popcorn movie that satisfies even
though it radically changes the last half of the book. The novel's dynamic
setup is intact: Mitch McDeere, a hot law graduate (a well-suited Tom
Cruise), finds a dream job in a luxurious Memphis law... Read more |
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Gingerbread Man (1998) Kenneth Branagh ~ Region 1 encoding
(US and Canada only) When
released in 1997, The Gingerbread Man was the only John Grisham
movie that did not use one of the popular novelist's bestsellers as its
inspiration. Rather, it's based on an original screenplay by Grisham that
displays the author's familiar flair for Southern characters and settings
within a... Read more |
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Pelican Brief (1993) Julia Roberts ~ Region 1 encoding
(US and Canada only) Another John Grisham legal thriller comes to the screen,
pairing Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts in a film directed by Alan J.
Pakula, who is known for dark-hued suspense pictures such as Klute, The Parallax View,
All the President's Men, and Presumed
Innocent. The Pelican Brief isn't up to the... Read more |
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Rainmaker (1997) Matt Damon ~ Region 1 encoding
(US and Canada only) When viewed from a cranky perspective, this by-the-book David
vs. Goliath story doesn't offer any surprises, and it's a bit sad to watch
director Francis Coppola (who also adapted John Grisham's bestseller)
squandering his once-glorious talent on such conventional Hollywood fare.
In a more... Read more |
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