Fatal Attractions

The gang take on one of the all time cinematic bombs to come from the 90s, a sharp and cynical satire that missed marks, dropped balls and ruptured careers... that's right, it's Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang look at another courtroom thriller where sex, murder, and perhaps the worst haircut we've seen yet come together in Sidney Lumet's Guilty as Sin.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang blindly wander off the erotic thriller path and into the niche realm of not-particularly-erotic-and-barely-even-a-thriller thrillers with Bruce Robinson's Jennifer 8.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang turn their attention to the arthouse wing of the genre, and the final film of master filmmaker Stanley Kubrick - 1999's Eyes Wide Shut.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Having looked at a bunch of movies that have ripped off Hitchcock so relentlessly, the gang finally turn their attention to a new take on a story Hitch himself once had a stab at... Andrew Davis's A Perfect Murder.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang return to the fears of yuppies, suffering under the cruel whims of authority, this time in the shape of the too friendly neighbourhood cop in Jonathan Kaplan's Unlawful Entry.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang continue to dwell in the realms of neo-noir for the story of a corrupt cop spinning out of control and caught between three women who hold various aspects of his life in their hands in Peter Medak's Romeo is Bleeding.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang turn their attention to the neo-noir that flipped the traditional sense of sexuality and gender roles around... the Wachowskis in pre-Matrix mode with 1996's Bound.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang look into the tale of the mild-mannered teacher, his pretty wife, and the hot young surgeon with the God complex... Harold Becker's Malice.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang greet the new year with a look at the Brighton noir tale of infidelity, murder, and a conveyor belt of really nice coats - Under Suspicion.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang talk about the much talked about relationship drama involving money, sex, and the handsome visage of Robert Redford in Adrian Lyne's return to the genre - Indecent Proposal.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang move onto a classic of the 90s teen movie explosion to discuss adaptation sickness and teenage romantic fantasy in Roger Kumble's contemporary take on Dangerous Liaisons - Cruel Intentions.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang finally dig into one the classics of 90s neo-noir to discuss female roles, performances and why Linda Fiorentino is owed more than she got - The Last Seduction.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang take a look at the ex-wife/mother from hell tale that sees frogs and planetarium trips used to questionable metaphorical effect in Yves Simoneau's 1993 thriller Mother's Boys.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang cross the Atlantic and pull up a spot on the beach for the Hastings Noir stylings of Michael Winterbottom's crack at the erotic thriller genre in I Want You.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang return to the well of Fill-in-the-blank-from-Hell thrillers for a tale of maternal gaslighting and familial usurping... Curtis Hanson's The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang look at young love, abuse and male territoriality run amok in James Foley's tale of the highs and lows of first love - Fear.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang attempt to decipher the inexplicable dream sequences and questionable motives that simmer beneath a seemingly perfect marriage in Nicholas Kazan's Dream Lover.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang take a mild break from the erotic thrillers and wander into the world of yuppie nightmare thrillers, taking in the escapades of the so-called tenant from hell in John Schlesinger's Pacific Heights.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang take to the high seas for a tale of love gone sour and the increasingly terrible things people who can't stay apart do to each other when they get bored... Roman Polanski's Bitter Moon.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang steer into a grim world of erotic fantasy, psychological trauma, and gradual dismemberment... and find the results utterly hilarious in Jennifer Lynch's Boxing Helena.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang enter the sunbaked world of film soleil as they take on the story of a drifter lost in the world of car sales, robbery, and triangles of lust - Dennis Hopper's The Hot Spot       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang discuss the unique challenges faced by Michael Douglas in a world of corporate malfeasance, sexual promiscuity and more bad hair... Barry Levinson's Disclosure.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang go back to the world of teen friendship, lust and trying to figure where in the hell Tom Skerritt fits into all of this with Katt Shea Ruben's Poison Ivy.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The gang consider the correct way to approach a film about wife-swapping, fright wigs, and the pervading sense of ineptitude... Alan J. Pakula's Consenting Adults.       Night on the Docks - Sax Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/