Marc Bienstock Movies
Beverly Hills 90210 alum Brian Austin Green stars as a reporter with a secret in this thriller concerning a professional beach volleyball player who's preparing for the biggest match of her entire career. All Kelly Reyes (Melissa Keller) ever wanted was to become a professional volleyball player, but the moment mysterious reporter Holden (Green) walked into her life, strange things started to happen - not just to her, but everyone she knows as well. Now, as the big match draws near, Kelly does her best to forget her suspicions about Holden and focus on winning. Could it be that Kelly is losing her mind, or is there something truly sinister about the handsome reporter who's been following her every move? ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Brian Austin Green, Melissa Keller, (more)
Milo Ventimiglia (of the blockbuster TV series Heroes), headlines this dark crime thriller, which marks the sophomore directorial outing of Marc Schoelermann, following the 2006 telemovie Hexxx. Ventimiglia portrays a young intern, newly arrived at the University Hospital in Philadelphia, who stumbles onto a psychopathic group of colleagues playing a vile game. They regularly select one of their members (on a rotational basis) to commit the "perfect murder," while the rest use forensic methods to try to determine exactly how the homicide was executed. Alyssa Milano (of TV's Who's the Boss? and Charmed) co-stars as Ventimiglia's fiancée, while thesps Johnny Whitworth and Lauren Lee Smith are among the perpetrators. Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (of Crank fame) scripted. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Milo Ventimiglia, Michael Weston, (more)
Paul Levine directs the straight-to-video crime thriller Spider's Web. Clay Harding (Stephen Baldwin) engages in a steamy affair with Lauren Bishop (Kari Wuhrer), an executive who works at his father's company. They come up with a scheme to steal his father's money, leading to many softcore sex scenes and betrayal for all parties involved. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
A crazed murderer is playing strange games with his victims in this psychological thriller. Nick Roos (Lou Diamond Phillips) is a police detective who is on the trail of a serial killer, who, before murdering his victims, tortures them with a bizarre variation on the old word game "Hangman." One of the first victims of the killer was found dumped in the home of Dr. Grace Mitchell (Madchen Amick), a psychiatrist whose career had recently been derailed by a scandal in her personal life. Mitchell made more than a few enemies when it became known she was having an affair with one of her patients, and several of the killer's victims have ties to Mitchell and her associates, and while Roos doesn't believe Mitchell is the killer, he believes someone is trying to tie the crimes back to her. Hangman also features Vince Corazza and Robert Harley. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lou Diamond Phillips, Mädchen Amick, (more)
- 1998
- R
An alcoholic cop turned private eye falls for the woman he's hired to investigate in this thriller produced for cable network HBO. Monied Zachariah Dodd (James Read) wants to divorce his wife, Eve (Gloria Reuben), so he hires recovering drunk Michael Nash (Luke Perry) to spy on her, hoping to prove she's an adulteress. Michael instead learns that she's a kindly woman who takes care of her elderly mother -- and endures physical abuse at Zachariah's hands. When Eve tries to commit suicide by drowning herself, he rescues her. Soon, the investigator and his subject find themselves caught up in a passionate affair. One night, Eve shows up claiming to have killed her husband after another domestic incident. Michael helps her cover up the crime and soon finds himself under suspicion of murder. Only attorney Beth Sussman (Lisa Edelstein), Michael's friend and employer, can save him from the meticulous detective (Peter Coyote) who's out to get him. Director Marc Bienstock previously collaborated with screenwriter Vladimir Nemirovsky on another thriller, 1997's The Beneficiary. Nemirovsky himself appears in the cast of Indiscreet, alongside Beverly Hills 90120 vet Luke Perry and ER actress Gloria Reuben. Indiscreet bears no relation to any of the earlier films of the same name -- not even the 1931 musical starring a different Gloria -- Gloria Swanson. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Luke Perry, Gloria Reuben, (more)
- 1997
- NR
In this thriller, a wealthy man's wife conspires to take his fortune and his life after she learns of his philandering. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ron Silver, Suzy Amis, (more)
