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![88 Minutes [Blu-ray]](http://img.shopbig.com/120/687474703a2f2f6563782e696d616765732d616d617a6f6e2e636f6d2f696d616765732f492f3531417763626b4b253242394c2e5f534c3136305f2e6a7067.jpg) | Al Pacino looks startled through much of 88 Minutes , as though taken by surprise at being cast in a thriller that must've first passed across the desks of Clint Eastwood and Harrison Ford. Still, Pacino brings his usual oomph to the role of a Seattle forensic psychiatrist, whose testimony secured the death sentence for a crazy serial killer (Neal McDonough). Wouldn't you know it, the very day the killer is sentenced to die, a copycat "Seattle Slayer" is on the loose, and Pacino starts getting ominous phone calls telling him the exact time of his own death. Tick tock: it's 88 minutes away. The film then serves up more red herrings than a Stalingrad fish fry, as possible culprits pop up every five minutes or so (among them an attractive group of med-school students played by Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, and Benjamin McKenzie). Lapses in logic abound, but if you hunker down and zone in on Pacino's weary-eyed, poufy-haired professionalism, you can enjoy the goings-on. (They even make ... (less) Director: Jon Avnet ♦ Actors: Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, Amy Brenneman, William Forsythe | $13 - $39  10 Merchants |
|  | Al Pacino looks startled through much of 88 Minutes , as though taken by surprise at being cast in a thriller that must've first passed across the desks of Clint Eastwood and Harrison Ford. Still, Pacino brings his usual oomph to the role of a Seattle forensic psychiatrist, whose testimony secured the death sentence for a crazy serial killer (Neal McDonough). Wouldn't you know it, the very day the killer is sentenced to die, a copycat "Seattle Slayer" is on the loose, and Pacino starts getting ominous phone calls telling him the exact time of his own death. Tick tock: it's 88 minutes away. The film then serves up more red herrings than a Stalingrad fish fry, as possible culprits pop up every five minutes or so (among them an attractive group of med-school students played by Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, and Benjamin McKenzie). Lapses in logic abound, but if you hunker down and zone in on Pacino's weary-eyed, poufy-haired professionalism, you can enjoy the goings-on. (They even make ... (less) Director: Jon Avnet ♦ Actors: Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, Amy Brenneman, William Forsythe | $1 - $23  14 Merchants |
|  | Mr. Callaghan, No Trace, RecoilDelve within the world of Hard-boiled deductions and who dunnits, with six movies that defined the world of British Cinema s Crime and Noir. Disc One: BLACKOUT (1950) In this tight little crime film directed by Robert S. Baker, a blind man's (Maxwell Reed) sight is restored in time to solve the mystery of his girl friend's dead (or is he) brother and a gang of smugglers. (73minutes) BOND OF FEAR (1956) A man and his family on a caravan holiday in France are taken hostage by an escaped convict (John Colicos). (72minutes) HOME TO DANGER (1951) Dope peddler tries to kill dead partner s daughter when she inherits an old house. (66 minutes) Disc Two: MEET MR. CALLAGHAN (1954) Based on a Peter Cheyney novel. Slim Callaghan (De Marney), is required to solve the death of a much hated rich man. (88minutes) NO TRACE (1950) Crime novelist (Hugh Sinclair) kills blackmailer and pretends to help police. (75minutes) RECOIL (1953) A dead jeweler s daughter poses as a crook to catch doctor s burglar... (less) Director: Robert S. Baker;Henry Cass;Terence Fisher;Charles Saunders;John Giling ♦ Actors: Maxwell Reed, Dinah Sheridan, Patrick Doonan, Dermot Walsh, Jane Barrett | $12 - $30  11 Merchants |
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