Posts Tagged ‘investigative-reporter’

Roger & Me (1989)

Saturday, May 17th, 2008
Genres: Documentary
Countries: USA
Actors: Blanchard, James | Bond, James | Boone, Pat | Eubanks, Bob | Hamper, Ben | Jackson, Timothy | Kay, Tom | Koppel, Ted | Lennox, Correy | MacDonald, Brian | Rather, Dan | Reagan, Ronald | Ross, Fred | Sawdon, Richard Earl
Directors: Moore, Michael
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A documentary about the closure of General Motors’ plant at Flint, Michigan, which resulted in the loss of 30,000 jobs. Details the attempts of filmmaker Michael Moore to get an interview with GM CEO Roger Smith.

Rise (2007)

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Genres: Action | Horror | Thriller
Countries: New Zealand | USA
Actors: Forster, Robert | Richardson, Cameron | Liu, Lucy | Rich, Allan | Shelton, Samantha | Wheatley, Kevin | Harshman, Margo | Goodman, Cameron | McCallany, Holt | D'Arcy, James | Gugino, Carla | Chiklis, Michael | Cassell, Paul | Mako | Cooper, Sam
Directors: Gutierrez, Sebastian
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Supernatural thriller in which a female reporter wakes up in a morgue to find herself a member of the undead. She vows revenge against the sect that put her there and hunts them down.

Perfect Stranger (2007)

Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Berry, Halle | Willis, Bruce | Ribisi, Giovanni | Portnow, Richard | Dourdan, Gary | Lozano, Florencia | Aycox, Nicki Lynn | Chalfant, Kathleen | MacDonald, Gordon | Van Graas, Daniella | Miranda, Paula | D'Arbanville, Patti | Lewis, Clea | Feldman, Tamara | Becker, Gerry
Directors: Foley, James
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Rowena Price is a muckraking reporter for a New York paper. When her story about a closeted gay Senator who preaches family values is spiked, she quits and soon finds herself investigating the grisly murder of a childhood friend. Her friend had been dumped by ad exec Harrison Hill, so he’s Rowena’s prime suspect. Rowena gets a job at the ad agency as a temp, and she’s soon the object of Hill’s attentions. She’s helped in her subterfuge by Miles Haley, a friend at the paper who has a secret thing for her. Everyone, it seems, has secrets, including Hill, who must keep his affairs from his wife - her money fuels his lifestyle. Murder will out?

Ring, The (2002)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Japan | USA
Actors: Watts, Naomi | Henderson, Martin | Dorfman, David | Cox, Brian | Alexander, Jane | Frost, Lindsay | Tamblyn, Amber | Bella, Rachael | Chase, Daveigh | Cochran, Shannon | Thigpen, Sandra | Lineback, Richard | Barrese, Sasha | Hall, Tess | Brody, Adam
Directors: Verbinski, Gore
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Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers (including her niece). There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. If the legend is correct, Rachel will have to run against time to save her son’s and her own life.