Reviews
The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
Plausible fright, no car chase, romance is not all hokied-up.
I felt this film had an uncommon sincerity in its presentation. Watching alone in a dark room was fun, but no push-over.
I always hope to find suspenseful mysteries where the credibility does not seem painfully strained and Hollywood schmaltz has been minimized. In my opinion this film delivered on that hope and with a respectable impact.
Leave of Absence (1994)
Brian's betrayal of kind, attractive, and loyal spouse embarasses him.
Generally enjoy B. Dennehy as an actor, although I believe he plays a better cop than he does a creep. While I am no stiff-neck, I find it hard to indulge creeps. Family values, in the conventional not the political code-word sense, take a beating in the core of this film. Things appeared to be going fine, the characters were becoming more interesting up to when Brian slipped on Nell's banana peel. From that point on events become less convincing and more contrived much as when accidents are staged with the same peel.