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Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her mercy.
posted by growabrain on May 22, 2020 - 4 comments

A recently widowed man's son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a partner. [more inside]
posted by Carillon on Mar 17, 2020 - 6 comments

During their travel from Chicago to New York, Harry and Sally debate whether or not sex ruins a friendship between a man and a woman. Eleven years later, and they're still no closer to finding the answer. [more inside]
posted by rhizome on Jul 17, 2019 - 25 comments

Based on the initially anonymous blockbuster 1996 account of Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign in 1992, the film version continues the novel's weak à clef distance, casting a thinly disguised John Travolta as Bill and Emma Thompson as Hillary as they navigate the ethically trying road to the White House. [more inside]
posted by Ten Cold Hot Dogs on Feb 10, 2019 - 5 comments

Truth, not handled. [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on Feb 12, 2018 - 17 comments

Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DeBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour. [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on Mar 21, 2016 - 19 comments

After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy. [more inside]
posted by troika on Sep 2, 2014 - 22 comments