“People love the movie ‘L.A. Confidential,’” Ellroy said. “I think it’s turkey of the highest form. I think Russell Crowe and Kim Basinger are impotent. The director died, so now I can disparage the ...

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LOS ANGELES, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Movie director Curtis Hanson, who won an Oscar for "L.A Confidential", was found dead in his California home on Tuesday, the Los Angeles Police Department said. He was ...

With a near-total re-imagining of its source material, Michelle Garza Cervera's "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle" layers contemporary political themes atop Curtis Hanson's original 1992 domestic ...