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The Showgirls of 2007 and the best erotic thriller since Basic Instinct 2. Everything in this movie, my favorite Lindsay-Lohan-as-twins movie since The Parent Trap, is heavingly, wrongly sexy. (MSNBC -- News)
The chances of John Howard doing a Dallas? Make that a cold shower Dec 21, 2007
A recent attempt at reprising Michael Douglas's role in Basic Instinct, with Maxine McKew playing Sharon Stone's part, was dismissed as derivative and, frankly, unerotic. Howard is not even Broadway, unless you mean the inner-city shoppers' paradise with a Target and a Bi-Lo under one roof. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Oscar winner Michael Douglas introduces newscast Dec 19, 2007
He also famously co-starred opposite Sharon Stone in "Basic Instinct," Kathleen Turner in "Romancing the Stone" and Glenn Close in "Fatal Attraction." His father is screen legend Kirk Douglas. NBC is not the first network to introduce its news with a Hollywood voice-over. (Reuters)
Jeffrey Schwarz: Giving underdogs their days Dec 19, 2007
The behind-the-scenes documentaries of films, like Hairspray, an adaptation of the Tony Award-winning 2002 Broadway musical of the same name; MGM's 1991 Oscar-winning The Silence of The Lambs; Philadelphia, the 1993 Oscar-winning Hollywood big-budget, big-star film that aimed to tackle the issue of AIDS, and Artisan's Basic Instinct are just a few of the hundreds of DVDs' extra features produced by Automat, which was started by Schwarz in 2000, the early days of the DVD format. "The extra... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Helicopter Parenting Turns Deadly Dec 1, 2007
It s a basic instinct for parents to invest themselves the way Lori Drew did, and it s a triumph of civilization that for the most part, we restrain ourselves from such odious conduct. Apparently, Drew is not on board with this basic tenet of the social contract. (New York Times)
Top heroes and villians named in movie list Nov 28, 2007
16 Peyton Flanders (The Hand That Rocks the Cradle) 17 Gordon Gekko (Wall Street) 18 Alex Forrest (Fatal Attraction) 19 The White Witch (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe) 20 Captain Videl (Pan's Labyrinth) 21 Annie Wilkes (Misery) 22 Tony Montana (Scarface) 23 Catherine Tramell (Basic Instinct) 24 Michael Corleone (The Godfather) 25 Dr Christian Sezell (Marathon Man) 26 Reverend Harry Powell (The Night of the Hunter) 27 Ray (Nil by Mouth) 28 The Wicked Witch of the... (NEWS.com.au)
Mailer wins Bad Sex in Fiction Award Nov 28, 2007
Earlier this year Thewlis was nominated for a Razzie a prize handed out for awfulness in movies for worst supporting actor in both The Omen and Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction. . (MSNBC -- News)
Sex and violence still sell after all these years Nov 25, 2007
Ms Creed says that film's scary females have become more independent in recent times, like Sharon Stone's icepick-wielding villain in Basic Instinct, or the terrifying Dawn in this year's Melbourne International Film Festival hit, Teeth. "Jolie looks so seductive, but has that sadomasochistic quality where she also carries the threat of a terrifying, castrating monster.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Basic instinct Nov 18, 2007
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The urban jungle Nov 16, 2007
Nowadays, that old cliche has been replaced with a new one: the ubiquitous shot of the Swiss Re "gherkin" building, used most grievously in the awful Basic Instinct 2, in which scenes actually took place in the building, its criss-cross design spuriously visible on the windows. Movies featuring upscale luxury-tourist London locations always make me quail, like Woody Allen's Match Point or Richard Curtis's Love Actually - although they are arguably in the tradition of Hitchcock's lurid... (Guardian Unlimited)
Brosnan 'to star in Crown sequel' Nov 15, 2007
Basic Instinct director Paul Verhoeven will take the helm when shooting begins in January. The film reportedly originally had the working title of The Topkapi Affair, suggesting the plot could be a remake of Jules Dassin's Istanbul-set heist movie Topkapi. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Read on... Nov 6, 2007
Guilty pleasures TV:The Hills Film: Basic Instinct Reading material: Fashion magazines Web sites: Perez Hilton. Best hangover remedy. (Variety)
Sharon Stone's Pro-Bush Speech on eBay Nov 6, 2007
The site links to a video showing the "Basic Instinct" star, who is a Buddhist, praising Bush for being "so eloquent" and "so kind" in presenting the Dalai Lama with the Congressional Gold Medal, the U.S. Congress' highest civilian honor. The auction was set up by Auction Cause, an organization that arranges online auctions benefiting worthy causes. (Newsmax)
Charity auction raises $1.35 M Oct 30, 2007
The 'Basic Instinct' actress - who is the global fundraising chairwoman of AIDS research charity amfAR - hosted the candlelit benefit in Rome, Italy, on Friday and even sold her own necklace for $50,000. Wearing a Fendi fur wrap and silver dress with a plunging neckline, Sharon said, "I want you to know that I love this necklace. We usually sell a piece of something and it's usually a piece of me.". (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Screen stars shout action in AIDS fund-raiser Oct 28, 2007
Much of the money for AIDS research was raised through an auction, which was hosted with great humour by Basic Instinct actress Sharon Stone. send photos, videos ffs to 0424 SMS SMH (+61 424 767 764), or us. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
* An audience with Sir Ben Kingsley Oct 25, 2007
Ever since Michael Douglas wore a V-neck top next to chest in Basic Instinct, while trying to look hot and foxy for Sharon Stone and her lesbian friend at a nightclub, this has struck me as a sartorial faux pas for the older gent. "Ah, yes. Stuart," says Kingsley, as though he has unexpectedly found a favorite, mislaid book. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Pfeiffer's fears laid to rest in new movie Oct 18, 2007
Pre-kids, Pfeiffer turned down Basic Instinct, The Silence of the Lambs, Sleepless in Seattle and Thelma, yet despite this talent for self-sabotage, and despite embarrassments such as Up Close and Personal and Dangerous Minds, she remained - and still remains - a cast-iron movie star in the grand style: a creature with unearthly looks and lashings of old-fashioned screen magnetism, qualities that have sometimes drowned out her considerable talents as an actress. There's a caution, too, in the... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Blu-ray vs. HD DVD: a Solution Abroad Oct 18, 2007
Take the Sharon Stone classic "Basic Instinct." One of Sony TriStar's co-producers was the French company Canal Plus, an HD DVD backer. Buy a French version of the DVD, turn off the dubbing, et voil; -- an HD DVD version of a movie that is available only on Blu-ray in this country. (Wall Street Journal)
Oprah Goes MIA on Julia's Big Night Oct 15, 2007
"She turned down s role in Basic Instinct," said Willis, who played opposite Roberts in The Player and Ocean s 12. "And I ve had to turn down Sharon Stone several times.". (E! Online)
An all-star salute to Julia Roberts Oct 14, 2007 New on DVD: Ken Burns delivers his 'War' Oct 5, 2007 Liberals and the Woman Who Hates Them Sep 30, 2007 An endearingly off-kilter 'King' Sep 28, 2007 Douglas digs for comic gold Sep 28, 2007 From 'Wall Street' winner to suburban Costco 'King' Sep 23, 2007 Twelve minutes with Hollywood royalty Sep 21, 2007 Michael Douglas goes crazy again in King of California Sep 13, 2007 Failed comebacks Sep 12, 2007 Maui forum offers write stuff Sep 3, 2007 Land of eternal youth Aug 28, 2007 Catherine Zeta-Jones' film ban Aug 9, 2007 Grey zone: When it's good to be bad Aug 5, 2007 What are the worst films of all time? Aug 1, 2007 Costner's dripping yarn: sci-fi classic or total sinker? Aug 1, 2007 Return of the thin man Jul 29, 2007 Greater China Media and Entertainment Corporation Attends 10th Annual Shanghai International Film and Television Festival in Support of New Productions Jul 9, 2007 The real deal Jul 8, 2007 Blairs move into their three-year-old home Jul 7, 2007 Espionage thriller factual Jul 5, 2007 * All the films you want to see, but when? Jun 29, 2007 Review: Live Free, Willis still full of yippee-ki-yay Jun 28, 2007 Review: New 'Die Hard' worth the action Jun 28, 2007 How crazy are we?| Jun 22, 2007 Users can't be choosers with movie downloads Jun 21, 2007 Sharon Stone: "Wrinkles are lucky" Jun 18, 2007 LETTERS: Grady Hospital Jun 10, 2007 A desi is dating Sharon Stone Jun 5, 2007 Stone Joins Political Satire Jun 1, 2007 Ocean's Thirteen: Dead in the Water May 25, 2007 Taking dating cues from men May 23, 2007 Coming Soon on DVD May 23, 2007 Flash in the Cannes May 21, 2007 Money for nothing May 20, 2007 Stubbing it out: smoking to be rated in US films May 12, 2007 Hollywood set to filter on-screen smoking May 11, 2007 A director's long road home Apr 30, 2007 TheStar.com - artsentertainment - War games Apr 30, 2007 Verhoeven can't resist using cheap Hollywood tricks Apr 29, 2007 Overpaid All-Star Team Apr 22, 2007 'Black Book' 4 stars Apr 20, 2007 A human 'Book' of good and evil (Kelly Jane Torrance) Apr 20, 2007 Strangely imperfect| Apr 20, 2007 'Book' on morality of war (Kelly Jane Torrance) Apr 20, 2007 Verhoeven Re-Examines Dutch Resistance Apr 16, 2007 Review: 'Stranger' far from 'Perfect' Apr 15, 2007 WHEN HALF-BAKED, ADD CHEESE Apr 14, 2007 'Black Book' may be vulgar, but that's why it works Apr 13, 2007 New on DVD: 'Jonestown' will mesmerize Apr 13, 2007 The heat is on Apr 13, 2007 Rachel Stein, Showgirl Apr 11, 2007 MPAA says mission is to warn parents, not dictate content Apr 10, 2007 Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven fuses arthouse smarts with multiplex thrills Apr 8, 2007 A film goddess in the making Apr 8, 2007 Hollywood: They want to remake everything Apr 7, 2007 'Grindhouse': That '70s Show, By Kurt Loder Apr 7, 2007 'Grindhouse': That '70s Show, By Kurt Loder Apr 7, 2007 Relax, people: It's just a plague of biblical proportions. Apr 6, 2007 Movie Review: Paul Verhoeven's pulp Holocaust drama, 'Black Book' Apr 6, 2007 Frogs, locusts and boils, Oh my! Apr 5, 2007 TV Land heads to the movies Apr 5, 2007 'Black Book' makes for a page-turner of a film Apr 4, 2007 'Showgirls' Meets 'Schindler' Apr 4, 2007 'Black Book' Apr 4, 2007 Friday Nights Heat Up on TV Land with New Signature Movie Block, 'Friday Night Movies' Apr 4, 2007
" (That would be Demi Moore's wedding to Ashton Kutcher.) Then there's the fact that Roberts turned down Sharon Stone's part in Basic Instinct, while, Willis joked, that he on various occasions has turned down Sharon Stone because he "just wasn't comfortable with the nudity. " George Clooney shot a taped bit from a bathroom stall in which a foot tapping in the neighboring stall (a reference to the Sen. Larry Craig scandal) turned out to belong to Brad Pitt. Guests were treated to clips from two... (USA Today -- Life)
Judging balance between justice, mercy Oct 6, 2007
The community has the same basic instinct to denounce criminal conduct as those that are directly affected. It is not only victims who believe the gravity of the offence is determined by the extent to which the offence has made other people suffer; such denunciation affirms community standards of morality and enhances social cohesion. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
The Basic Instinct director's return to his Dutch homeland is less trashy than absolutely ripe-'n'-randy, a story of sexually cozy Resistance that goes anywhere to titillate for 21/2 hours, despite serious threats to its heroine's life. Carice van Houten sizzles as a Jewish cuddle-upper by necessity, even applying blond dye to a painful place to gain favor with a Gestapo chief. (USA Today -- Life)
ANN COULTER SEEMS TO HAVE FALLEN BY THE WAYSIDE, NOLONGER ENTICING VIEWERS WITH THE BASIC INSTINCT RIDE OFHER MINISKIRTS AND FATAL ATTRACTION STARE. James Wolcott, Vanity Fair, February 2001. And with every statement that brought my career to a crashing halt, I continued to write bestsellers. (Townhall.com)
Gone is the surly moral lizard of "Fatal Attraction" and "Basic Instinct" (although he may replay Gordon Gekko in an upcoming "Wall Street" sequel), replaced by an actor willing to bounce off the walls in pursuit of an acting challenge. This is all to the theoretical good, but the movies need to be better than "King of California," a flaky, tedious, intermittently likable fable about being crazy in a crazy world. (Boston Globe)
27, 2007 12:00 AM TORONTO - Michael Douglas won an Academy Award as a ruthless man with a nose for stock-market gold in "Wall Street." Now he's a lovable kook sniffing after mythical Spanish treasure in "King of California," a shaggy-dog tale that marks a return to independent filmmaking for the star of such studio hits as "Fatal Attraction" and "Basic Instinct.". Also a best-picture Oscar winner for producing 1975's indie sensation "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," Douglas still jumps into... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Gekko is like the Basic Instinct [1992] character of Sharon Stone. I m carrying the movie but she s got a great part. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Controversy has followed your films over the years - charges of racism against Black Rain, homophobia against Basic Instinct - but those films seem harmless now. A major critic called Black Rain a racist picture, and normally I don't follow critics, but I phoned him up and asked him if he'd actually been to Japan and he said no. So, how can you accuse the film of that. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Buzzed-about films like The War of the Roses, Basic Instinct, Falling Down, Disclosure and The Game followed - and "Kirk's nice son" found his niche. "Bad guys are great! You can eat up the scenery, and people love villains because you get to do all the things that society inhibits people from behaving like," Douglas says. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Sharon Stone and Basic Instinct: The actress made a name for herself during a particular moment in the original 1992 thriller (you know the scene, involving Stone, interrogating detective Michael Douglas and the moment Stone uncrossed her legs to reveal her distaste for undergarments). In 2006, Stone attempted to revive the franchise and her career with Basic Instinct 2 ... Moviegoers followed their basic instincts and stayed home. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Screenwriter and author Joe Eszterhas ("Basic Instinct") presented that year, generating the buzz necessary to launch the enduring affair. Since then, other luminaries have included Ron Howard, Jackie Collins, Carrie Fisher, Frank McCourt, Elmore Leonard and Carl Bernstein. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Sharon Stone is closing in on 50 next year but looked sensational in Basic Instinct 2, even if the script wasn't. "It's not a real surprise," RMIT psychologist Dr Kerry Hempenstall says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
"But they are so young, so I won't let them see Michael's films with Glenn Close ('Fatal Attraction') or Sharon Stone ('Basic Instinct') just yet!". It was recently reported the 37-year-old actress wants a third child with her Hollywood star spouse. (Monsters and Critics.com)
But as Mafioso Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) aptly sums it up in Martin Scorsese's recent blockbuster, The Departed : "When I was growing up, they would say you could become cops or criminals. But what I'm saying is this. When you're facing a loaded gun, what's the difference?" It is this complete blurring of ethical borders that seems to have become the hallmark of both the mainstream mindset and mainstream cinema, aptly hailed by film-maker Paul Verhoeven ( Basic Instinct ) as the... (Times of India)
Warren Beatty in 'Shampoo" - it was both. Posted by: Roman E Conti on August 1, 2007 7:28 AM "Lost in Translation" - cliched, wallowing in its own self importance, an over-rated waste of two hours. Even Scarlett Johansson's boobs don't save this one. If it wasn't directed by a Coppola, it would have sunk without a trace. Posted by: Mountjoy on August 1, 2007 7:29 AM "Final Destination 3" - was a bit rough (watched it recently) "caligula" - special anniversary edition was appaling (what do u... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The case against: Verhoeven made his Hollywood reputation with RoboCop, Total Recall and Basic Instinct. Clearly that infamous Sharon Stone leg-crossing scene was just an appetiser for Showgirls. (The Age, Australia)
However, the president of the American Men's Studies Association credits a much more basic instinct for the rise of the thin man: sex. Lean men, says Robert Heasley, who teaches at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, are inherently more sensual because too much muscle interferes with male-female interaction. (Globe and Mail)
Highlighted by the attendance of ``Basic Instinct'' superstar actress Sharon Stone, the Festival also attracted many of Asia's most popular celebrities, including such notable film and television stars as actress Gong Li, Golden Horse Award Best Actress Winner Maggie Cheung, and acclaimed directors Wong Jing, Feng Xiao Gang and Tian Zhuang Zhuang. Attending on behalf of GCME were Wong Jing, also the General Consultant to the company, and ``Tough Guy'' actors Liu Ye and Anthony Wong. (Primezone Releases)
Last year he took his most high-profile Hollywood role to date, opposite Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct 2, an undisputed turkey of a movie whose coruscating reviews will probably haunt him for the rest of his life. Thankfully he s now back where he belongs in quality, edgy British television drama starring in Channel 4 s new seven-part serial Cape Wrath, a gripping, violent, sexual and at times terrifying psychological thriller. (ic Wales)
They rented it to Michael Caton-Jones, the film director, who stayed there while making Basic Instinct II. It is close to some of London's busiest roads, including Marble Arch. Nearby Edgware Road is a centre for London's Arab community. (Telegraph.co.uk)
DUTCH director Paul Verhoeven can stake a claim in cinematic history with his films RoboCop, Total Recall and Basic Instinct ... " As played by leading Dutch stage actress Carice van Houten, Steinn is both beautiful and strong. That van Houten fell in love with German actor Sebastian Koch (The Lives of Others) who plays Muntze during filming helps the romance ring true. Still, it's probably the first movie featuring the dyeing of pubic hair part of Steinn's under-the-sheets disguise and one... (Courier Mail)
99, but only 122 of its 4,000 movie and other video downloads can be burned to DVD. Basic Instinct, for instance, downloaded in about an hour and took about as long to burn to a blank DVD. The quality was not nearly as good as the store-bought DVD and barely better than an old VHS tape that has been played too often. But the downloads arrive with all the extras loaded on real DVDs, like outtakes, interviews with cast members and voiceover narrations by the director or writer. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Live Free or Die Hard is the sort of movie you approach like last years Basic Instinct 2 or Rocky Balboa. . (MSNBC -- News)
(AP) -- "Live Free or Die Hard" is the sort of movie you approach like last year's "Basic Instinct 2" or "Rocky Balboa.". You go in expecting the worst and figure you'll at least get some laughs out of seeing an aging protagonist embarrassingly trying to reclaim old glory. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Last year Basic Instinct 2 won a whopping four Razzies worst picture, worst actress, worst sequel and worst screenplay. Perhaps its worth giving this one skip. (iAfrica.com)
"Basic Instinct," for instance, downloaded in about an hour and took about as long to burn to a blank DVD. The quality was not nearly as good as the store-bought DVD and barely better than an old VHS tape that has been played one too many times. But the downloads arrive with all the extras loaded on real DVDs. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
The "Basic Instinct" sexpot is in town to attend the ongoing Shanghai Film Festival and help Dior to promote "Capture Totale," the latest anti-aging skincare product launched by the French cosmetics house. However, during Thursday's press conference at Shanghai Grand Theater, the 49-year-old surprised all when she was asked to provide advice on combating aging. (Xinhuanet, China)
With no money and no way of earning any in Mexico, can you really blame these people for following their most basic instinct of finding food and shelter. When you and your family are starving, man-made borders mean very little to you. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
The suave high-flier and darling of Delhis Page 3 set, Tikka Shatrujit Singh is said to be dating Hollywood actress with the Basic Instinct, Sharon Stone. We hear that Singh and Stone have known each other for a couple of months and have so far met in London, Paris and New York. (SantaBanta.com)
Friday, June 01, 2007 Last Update: 07:00 AM EDT. ANCHOR CHAIR STILL FIT FOR MEN. (New York Post -- Gossip)
" Another, unquestionably, would be George Clooney. He has all the old qualities: classically handsome but not intimidatingly so, looking perfect and comfortable in a tuxedo, and so at ease with his natural appeal his Georgeness that he needn't rev up or Method up a performance to screaming volume. After all, he came out of TV, where the goal is to be ingratiating, not from the stage or indie films, where the goal is threefold: sulk, simmer and explode. Clooney glides and purrs through his... (Time.com)
Mochalatte crossing and un-crossing her legs like Basic Instinct at her desk. By NCGirlfromATL. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Basic Instinct (Blu-ray). The Best Of the Kids in the Hall (Volume 2). (KOLD.com, AZ)
It was unforgettable in 1992, my second year at the festival, to see her walk into the Basic Instinct press conference with a yellow sundress with sunflower breastplates. The male journalists' jaws dropped. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
He scored a $14 million salary in 1992 for lolling around in bed with a naked Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct. Sounds like my last job. (Edmonton Sun)
Well, it didn't take smoking to gain 1992's Basic Instinct an R rating - there was the ice-pick murder, cross-legged nudity and drug use to answer for that. But it still stands out that Sharon Stone, as a psychologist who is prime suspect in a murder, is elegantly drawing on a cigarette during the scene in which she bares all. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
James Dean can be seen holding a cigarette in posters for "Rebel Without a Cause." Audrey Hepburn dangled an elegant cigarette holder between her fingers in some of the most memorable images from "Breakfast at Tiffany's." Sharon Stone smoked her way though her shockingly risque police interrogation in "Basic Instinct.". Among current releases, "Lucky You" with Drew Barrymore includes smoking and is rated PG-13. (Los Angeles Times)
Still, Soldier of Orange (1977) started him down the path that took him to Hollywood, where, over about 20 years, he made such smash hits as Robocop, Basic Instinct and Total Recall. His brand of excessive nudity and sex, graphic violence and moral ambiguity made him a star behind the camera, in-demand and much-imitated, though often vilified in the press. (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
Shades of similar catnip in Basic Instinct, one of the many Hollywood rousers director Verhoeven turned out after decamping his native Holland for the U.S. some 20 years ago. In returning to his homeland for Black Book, and to the wartime subterfuge he first addressed with Soldier of Orange in 1977, Verhoeven hitches his fascination with history with his trademark sexual obsessions. (Toronto Star)
Black BookDirected by Paul VerhoevenWritten by Gerard Soeteman and Paul VerhoevenStarring Carice van Houtenand Sebastian KochClassification: 14A**Stylish European director goes to Hollywood, makes it big (RoboCop), makes it bigger (Basic Instinct), then makes it so bad he nearly torpedoes his career (Showgirls) and, a chastened but wiser man, returns to his native Holland to get back in touch with his cinematic roots. Such is the saga of Paul Verhoeven and the happy ending demands that his... (Globe and Mail)
Sunday, April 22, 2007 Last Update: 09:35 AM EDT. OUT-OF-THE-CLOSET SALE HASSLES. (New York Post -- Gossip)
There are plenty of legitimate reasons why one might withhold his or her affection for the down-and-dirty Dutch filmmaker of Robocop and Basic Instinct. It could be his penchant for exposed genitalia. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
He then directed a string of audacious, big-budget flicks: "RoboCop," "Total Recall" and "Basic Instinct." He took a critical beating for the infamous "Showgirls" but followed it up with a highly enjoyable satire, "Starship Troopers," which was mostly misunderstood by the critics. "If you make it more clear, then you have messages in your movie, and I always feel that's wrong," he says of "Troopers." "I don't want to push things down people's throats." "Black Book" is his first Dutch film in 20... (Washington Times, DC)
Because, while Perfect Stranger breezes along unassumingly (if not wholly originally) for its first 100 minutes, the last ten seem like they were lifted from a discarded draft of Basic Instinct 2. In fact, some of Berrys characterisations as the rather conflicted, anger-management-challenged Rowena appear to be borrowed from Sharon Stones most famous role but, while the actress isnt exactly lacking in the sex appeal stakes, she just isnt spunky enough to pull it off. (iAfrica.com)
But as Mr. Verhoeven ("Total Recall," "Basic Instinct") shows, the "heroes" of the Resistance could be just as nasty as the Nazis. War is hell, but so is the cleanup. (Washington Times)
After his juicy black-widow thriller "The Fourth Man," Verhoeven conquered Hollywood with the amazingly brutal "Robocop." Then came the ultimate black-widow film, the swank noir "Basic Instinct.". You might have gathered Verhoeven has a dark view of human nature. (CBS News)
You'll recall this genre climaxed in the early '90s with "Basic Instinct" and AIDS at the back of everyone's mind, but became more or less redundant as the connection between illicit affairs and sudden death came to seem more than a little hysterical. "Perfect Stranger" resurrects most of the cynical old tropes -- adulterous yuppies, slippery plotting and kinky accessories -- then rewires them with the addition of chat rooms, text messages and spyware. (CNN -- Showbiz)
April 14, 2007 -- PLAYING the district attor ney in the mystery "Slow Burn," Ray Liotta spends the movie shuffling between two police interrogation rooms that are like multiplex screens showing "Basic Instinct" and "The Usual Suspects.". Liotta, that rare DA who is always driving to crime scenes in the middle of the night and personally sweating suspects, is trying to figure out why one of his assistant DAs, icy blonde Nora Timmer (Jolene Blalock), killed a CD-store clerk (Mekhi Phifer) who was... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Especially where he's not supposed to: in a heroic police detective (Michael Douglas in "Basic Instinct "), tomorrow's bright young freedom fighters ("Starship Troopers "), even a rising young stripper ("Showgirls "). He sees the power struggle in love, and he sees it in democracy. (Boston Globe)
Sharon Stone is outstanding, though it likely isn't anyone's basic instinct to admit it. Posted. (USA Today -- Life)
Just ask Sharon Stone, who bared all yet again for last year's Basic Instinct sequel, yet received a reception about as welcoming as a gynaecologist's cold hands ... As Stone's Basic Instinct co-star Michael Douglas noted to Sun Media last year, "It's increasingly harder on film to do sexual-type movies because of what exists on the Internet and exists on cable television." ... BASIC INSTINCT (1992): For what it lacks in writing -- the script is a howler -- it makes up for with gloriously... (Edmonton Sun)
The auteur-provocateur uses his basic instincts to craft a slick WWII thriller Film ... Any of his movies could have been titled Basic Instinct not least his epic World War II thriller Black Book, in which a Jewish chanteuse who has watched her family get massacred by Nazis struggles to survive in occupied Holland, joining the Dutch resistance and romancing a suave SS commandant. (City Pages)
Showgirls director Paul Verhoeven, for instance, could not appeal his movie's NC-17 rating by citing the sexuality in R-rated Basic Instinct. Now, filmmakers can cite precedent. (USA Today)
Known for the tawdry thriller "Basic Instinct," sci-fi romps such as "Total Recall" and "RoboCop," and the campy Joe Eszterhas-penned megabomb "Showgirls," Verhoeven has long courted controversy (and ridicule) for his sex- and violence-riddled movies ... Clearly, in matters of the flesh, he delights in irreverent shock (see the gratuitous gore in "Starship Troopers" or the abrupt finale of "The Fourth Man") and pervy titillation (most notorious is Sharon Stone's crotch shot in "Basic Instinct,"... (Boston Globe -- Living)
Like those bewitching and sometimes-blond bombshells -- and some of director Paul Verhoeven's previous femme fatales (Ren e Soutendijk of "The Fourth Man," Sharon Stone in "Basic Instinct") the 30-year-old Dutch actress seems poised to spring from obscurity into full-fledged international stardom ... A I really liked "Basic Instinct," and love Sharon Stone in that. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Did anyone really want to see Basic Instinct 2 ... Basic Instinct 2 came out 14 years after the original. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
") The women are up-to-date action chicks, and so along with the usual hard-nosed talk about men, they also engage in endless nattering about hot cars and of course other pop-culture concerns. They yammer on and on, in back seats and barrooms, while Tarantino, taking a cinematographer credit for the first time (he also acts in both films), pans around them in relentless circles. In some of these scenes, the restless camerawork is the only thing really going on. Given Tarantino's flamboyant gifts... (MTV.com)
Verhoeven, with his background in such lurid American entertainments as "Basic Instinct" and "Showgirls," seems an unlikely duck to be paddling around in this somber pond. I can believe that the 68-year-old director has a personal connection to the material (he cowrote the script, after what he says was 20 years of research), but an unmistakable blockbuster crassness still flares up. (VHI.com -- Music News)
We're led to believe that Louisiana State University pays to send her around the world unearthing scientific explanations for alleged miracles and lecturing on her findings, throwing in a cushy office and an assistant, Ben (an underused Idris Elba of HBO's "The Wire''). Naturally, when a river in a nearby bayou town turns red, the local science teacher, Doug (British stage actor David Morrissey, whose experience starring in "Basic Instinct 2'' evidently didn't give him a nose for turkeys),... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Having first earned international attention with crudely effective Dutch entertainments like "Soldier of Orange," Verhoeven went Hollywood, starting in the late 1980s, with increasingly slick, steadily less effective entertainments like "Basic Instinct" and "Showgirls.". "Black Book" - which opened late last year in some countries and entered theaters in New York and Los Angeles this week and is set for parts of Europe and Asia in coming months - is the first film he has shot in his native... (International Herald Tribune)
After overturning her 48th purported miracle in Chile, Katherine returns home to Louisiana State University, where she's greeted by David Morrissey , last seen opposite Sharon Stone in "Basic Instinct 2 ." He plays a schoolteacher who provides Katherine with her biggest case yet. A river in his little bayou town, hilariously called Haven , flows with blood, and the townsfolk have placed the blame on a blond girl (AnnaSophia Robb ) who was found nearby with her dead brother. (Boston Globe)
"Friday Night Movies" is the umbrella title, kicking off this month with, in successive weeks, "White Men Can't Jump," "Weekend at Bernie's" and "Basic Instinct.". TV Land may be hoping that the movies shake things up. (Variety)
Verhoeven, best known for such fare as Showgirls and Basic Instinct, clearly demonstrates that he is capable of more than just sexual provocation or mindless action as in his Starship Troopers, Total Recall or RoboCop. Black Book is an agile thriller that consistently entertains. (USA Today -- Life)
Verhoeven, the director who generally aims for awfulness and succeeds gloriously ("Robocop," "Showgirls," "Basic Instinct," "Starship Troopers"), has grown a (slight) yen for quality. In press notes, he murmurs of David Lean, but "Lawrence of Arabia" was notable for its lack of scenes featuring a naked woman getting bathed with a bucket of human waste. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
April 4, 2007 It's impossible to say whether "Black Book" will be best remembered as the rebirth of Paul ("Basic Instinct") Verhoeven as a Dutch filmmaker, or for the "Birth of Venus"-style introduction of actress Carice van Houten to American audiences. Either way, the film's release marks a red-letter day for both of them - and not a bad one, either, for fans of sophisticated, high-tension melodramas, war movies and sexy adult thrillers. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
4/20 Basic Instinct Set in San Francisco, a former rock star and nightclub owner, Jonny Boz, is found murdered in his bed. Detective Nick Curran who is assigned to the case begins investigating Boz's former lover and crime novelist, Catherine Tramell, as a prime suspect. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
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