Actress Lucinda Jenney (1954)

Thirteen Days (2000), directed by Roger Donaldson, is an American historical political thriller film. In October 1962, U-2 aerial surveillance photos show the Soviet Union’s placement of intermediate-range ballistic missiles carrying nuclear weapons in Cuba. As a result, President John F. Kennedy and his team must devise a plan to prevent their activation and demonstrate that the United States will not tolerate a missile threat. The Joint Chiefs of Staff advise immediate military strikes against the missile sites followed by an invasion of Cuba. However, Kennedy hesitates as this could provoke the Soviets to ...

The American drama film, The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997), directed by Stephen T. Kay, is based on a 1950 letter from Neal Cassady to Jack Kerouac. Presented as a letter from Cassady’s perspective, the movie explores his life before and after his lover Joan’s suicide attempt. Jumping back and forth between these two time periods allows the audience to see Cassady’s active mind and constantly shifting thoughts. The story begins with Cassady sitting outside Joan’s hospital room on the day of ...

Thinner (1996) is a body horror film by American director Tom Holland and writers Michael McDowell and Holland, based on Stephen King’s 1984 novel of the same name. The protagonist, Billy Halleck, is an overweight lawyer from a wealthy background who resides in Connecticut with his wife Heidi and their daughter Linda. Recently, he successfully defended Mafia boss Richie ‘The Hammer’ Ginelli in court and is now celebrating his acquittal on a murder charge. ...