Actor E.G. Marshall (1914)

Absolute Power (1997) is an American political action thriller film starring Clint Eastwood as a master jewel thief who witnesses the killing of a woman by Secret Service agents. In Washington, D.C., Luther Whitney breaks into the mansion of billionaire Walter Sullivan, only to find himself in hiding when Sullivan’s wife Christy arrives for a drunken rendezvous with Alan Richmond, the President of the United States. From his vantage point behind the bedroom vault’s one-way mirror, Whitney watches as Richmond becomes violent and Christy defends herself by wounding him with a letter opener. The situation ...

Oliver Stone’s American epic historical drama film, Nixon (1995), follows the events of the Watergate scandal. In 1972, members of the White House Plumbers break into The Watergate and are arrested. A year and a half later, Richard Nixon’s Chief of Staff, Alexander Haig, provides Nixon with audio tapes regarding the scandal. As they discuss the chaos that ensued from Watergate and the passing of J. Edgar Hoover, Nixon expresses his anger towards John Dean, James McCord, and others involved in the scandal. He even questions why he has not been given a pistol to end his own life like an honorable soldier. Most ...

The Tommyknockers (1993), a TV miniseries, is based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. It was aired on ABC and directed by John Power, with Lawrence D. Cohen as the writer. The story revolves around Bobbi Anderson, a Western fiction writer, and her boyfriend Jim ‘Gard’ Gardner, a poet living in Haven, Maine with their dog Peter. While Bobbi is struggling with writer’s block, Gard is recovering from alcoholism and has paused his writing. One day, they stumble upon an unidentified stone object ...

The film Power (1986), directed by Sidney Lumet and featuring Richard Gere, follows the story of Pete St. John, a ruthless media consultant. He finds himself handling multiple political candidates when he is approached to join the campaign of Jerome Cade, a wealthy businessman vying for a Senate seat. This race happens to be for the position that is being left vacant by St. John’s close friend, Sam Hastings. However, complications arise as St. John clashes with Arnold Billings, a public relations expert hired by Cade’s team.

The film Creepshow (1982), directed by George A. Romero and written by Stephen King, marked King’s first foray into screenwriting. After young Billy Hopkins is caught reading the horror comic of the same name, his abusive father Stan disciplines him and throws the comic in the trash. As Billy sits upstairs, wishing his father ill will, he suddenly hears a noise at the window. The source of the sound is revealed to be none other than the Creep, beckoning Billy closer and removing the lid from the trash can.

Interiors (1978) is an American drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. It follows the story of a family, specifically Arthur and Eve, who have three adult daughters. The eldest daughter, Renata, is a successful poet with a struggling writer husband named Frederick. Meanwhile, the youngest daughter, Flyn, is an actress who is often away filming low-quality movies that are the subject of gossip. Joey, the middle daughter in a relationship with Mike, struggles to find her career path and resents her mother’s favoritism towards Renata. While Renata resents their father’s concern for Joey’s ...

12 Angry Men (1957) is an American legal drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, adapted from a 1954 teleplay of the same name by Reginald Rose. On a hot summer day in the New York County Courthouse, a jury prepares to deliberate the case of an impoverished 18-year-old boy accused of killing his abusive father. The judge instructs them that if there is any reasonable doubt, they must return a verdict of ‘not guilty’. Otherwise, the defendant will face a mandatory death sentence via the electric chair. The verdict must be unanimous. Initially, the evidence seems ...