Laura Margolis Movies
An actress who debuted as a performer in the early 2000s, Laura Margolis began her career with guest spots on television series including Friends, The Drew Carey Show, Family Law, and Monk. In 2007, she took on a small role on the soapy drama Dirty Sexy Money, playing Daisy, the extremely capable personal assistant of Darling family lawyer Nick George (Peter Krause). Margolis transitioned to features (and undercut her fresh-faced, seemingly innocent image in the process) with a performance in a slasher film -- not as a victim, as might be expected, but one of the aggressors, in Bryan Bertino's horror movie The Strangers (2008). ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
A quality-control supervisor and compulsive eavesdropper finds his primary hobby becoming his ultimate curse in director Brad Anderson's (Session 9 and The Machinist) adaptation of a short story by author Mike O'Driscoll. By day, Larry Pearce (Chris Bauer) spends his time listening in on the telephone conversations of his unsuspecting tech support staff. When Larry's son dies unexpectedly, the grieving father suddenly finds his sense of hearing supernaturally heightened to the point where even the smallest sound shakes his whole world. Now, as the raging sounds of the outside world become too overwhelming to bear, all the man who couldn't stop listening wants is a little peace and quiet -- and he's ready to take violent action in order to get it. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Christopher Bauer, Laura Margolis, (more)
- 2007
Introduced in the previous episode "Mr. Monk, Private Eye", attractive realtor Linda Fusco (Sharon Lawrence) is now the girlfriend of Captain Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine). This fact makes it all the more difficult for Monk (Tony Shalhoub) to pursue his theory that Linda is responsible for the death of her business partner. The fact that Monk would even entertain such a thought causes a rift between himself and Stottlemeyer--one that may prove irreparable when Linda tries to seduce Monk. This remarkable episode flies in the face of conventional TV-series wisdom, which dictates that a recurring character accused of murder is obviously innocent. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2001
There has to be some explanation as to why a hung-over Drew (Drew Carey) has awakened in a Tennessee dog pound handcuffed to guest star John Ratzenberger). Laboriously putting the pieces together, Drew learns that he'd tried to commit suicide the night before, guilt-ridden for having done a "horrible thing"--namely, sleeping with Mimi (Kathy Kinney). Without giving anything else away, it can be noted that the whole sorry affair begins when the gang heads to Nashville for business and pleasure, and ends with an unholy alliance between John Ratzenberger and Blue Man Group. This is the third of the series' episodes to be originally broadcast live on ABC, with three different versions beamed to the three main time zones, replete with improvisations courtesy of Whose Line Is it Anyway regulars Gerry Cohen, Charles Esten, Greg Proops, Brad Sherwood and Jeff Bryan Davis. (Trivia note: a bit of dialogue initially censored by ABC is preserved intact in the syndicated version. See if you can spot it). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
A suburban couple returning to their semi-secluded house after attending a wedding finds their lives suddenly thrown into chaos with the arrival of three malevolent, masked strangers in director Bryan Bertino's tense tale of survival. Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman star as the couple forced to resort to violence they never thought themselves capable of as they struggle for their lives, and model-turned-actress Gemma Ward continues her transition from the catwalk to the silver screen as one of the merciless masked invaders. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman, (more)
