#DavidKoepp

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Presença (2024, Presence) Em Presença acompanhamos uma história sobrenatural filmada inteiramente da perspectiva de um fantasma. A trama acompanha o casal Rebekah e Chris que se muda para uma nova casa com seus dois filhos Chloe e Tyler após uma perda chocante. Em crise, a família busca novos ares numa tentativa de restabelecer a normalidade. O que não esperavam era que o lar já estivesse ocupado e, à medida que enfrentam as dificuldades típicas de uma família com adolescentes, a presença de uma entidade invisível os observa e desenvolve um interesse estranho por Chloe. Os eventos domésticos começam, então, a tomar um rumo sombrio e perturbador. Um exercício fascinante de estilo, Presença explora novas formas de narrativa, mantendo o suspense enquanto adentra o psicológico.

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#31PelículasDeHorror #Halloween2024 #StirOfEchoes √

#31PelículasDeHorror #Halloween2024. Para el 18 de octubre la película del día es #StirOfEchoes de 1999, largometraje de terror sobrenatural basado en la novela homónima de #RichardMatheson. Es escrita y dirigida por #DavidKoepp, destacado realizador responsable de éxitos como #SecretWindow (2004) y #GhostTown (2008), entre otras propuestas. Esta película de #ArtisanEntertainment es protagonizada…

[pandabytes]

David Koepp neemt het roer over voor de nieuwste Jurassic World-film. Lees alles over deze spannende ontwikkeling bij Panda Bytes. #JurassicWorld, #DavidKoepp, #StevenSpielberg, #NieuweFilm,...

[adamwatchesmovies]

Death Becomes Her (1992)

Death Becomes Her is not a bad film. The special effects are great, the premise clever, it offers some good black comedy… but it also shouldn’t have been a movie. Its needlessly long running time, predictable twists, and conclusion prove this should've been an hour-long episode of Tales from the Crypt.

Beautiful, talentless, and manipulative Madeline Ashton (Meryl Streep) seduces the fiancé of her long-time rival Helen Sharp (Goldie Hawn). Years after their wedding, Madeline and Ernest (Bruce Willis) are miserable but Helen hasn't aged a day. Looks like she'll have the last laugh. Desperate to save face, Madeline visits Lisle von Rhuman (Isabella Rosellini) who promises her eternal life and youth.

This setup is needlessly detailed and complicated. This is the story of rival women competing for the love of a man. Things get dark and comedic when one of them drinks a potion that prevents her from dying no matter how fatal the injury may be. You can see where the comedy potential already. After Helen wins back Ernest, they need a way to dispose of Madeline. Poison's the solution but the dead woman springs back to life, hell-bent on getting revenge on her rival not by killing her… but by winning back Ernest once again.

Robert Zemeckis was involved in the production of the 1989 Tales from the Crypt series, which shows this sort of morbid humor is his thing. He might've been a bit too enthusiastic about this story. At 104 minutes, a lot of this material could've been trimmed. We’re told that Madeline is a terrible actress, but that only plays out in a single scene. The film begins in 1978, then jumps 7 years in the future and then another 7 years for the plot to start. It's clunky and that time would've been better as a way to show off more gore or nudity.

I’m not suggesting sex and intestines spilling onto the floor just to be sleazy. It's what this movie needed to be funnier. Making the severe injuries suffered the kind that would have police officers or coroners running for the hills while the party involved is stuck trying to figure out how they’re going to resolve this issue would've fit perfectly with the premise. As for the sex, the movie already plays “hide the nipple” whenever Isabella Rosellini is on-screen. The plot calls for people to cheat on their spouse, seduce each other over, and over... but their clothes stay on the whole time? It feels like a betrayal to the twist-filled EC comics we're drawing inspiration from.

This movie needed to be shorter, funnier, gorier, and faster-paced. There are plenty of solid gags - particularly once the blood starts flowing - but it’s not bloody enough. Even if you took a meat cleaver to the film and edited this down, it would still be lacking in this area.

I’m coming down hard on the film but want to stress again that it’s not because the movie’s bad. I liked it enough to give Death Becomes Her somewhat of a recommendation. Just know that it had the potential to be so much better. (On DVD, October 2, 2015)

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Apocalyptic Carrington effect... #aurorabook #davidkoepp https://www.instagram.com/p/CnsEmN9J5i3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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(via New book release: 'Aurora: A Novel' by David Koepp)

[superman-2050]

#RobertMuldoon #AmblinEntertainment #MrDNA #TimMurphy #RayArnold #BobPeck #WayneKnight #UniversalStudios #RichardAttenborough #DavidKoepp #JurassicPark #LauraDern #SamuelLJackson #TyrannosaurusRex #AlanGrant #Velociraptors #JeffGoldblum #IanMalcolm #MovieQuotes #MichaelCrichton #Dinosaurs #SamNeill #MemesDaily #JohnHammond #StevenSpielberg #Memes #JurassicParkMemes #EllieSattler https://www.instagram.com/p/COXTco4laj1/?igshid=890mg4pqb1t7

[adafine]

Horror Movie Marathon (2020) October 2nd 5. Stir of Echoes (1999) Directed by David Koepp #stirofechoes #kevinbacon #jamesnewtonhoward #davidkoepp #hulu (at La Casa De Sweeney) https://www.instagram.com/p/CF3etkFAwEC/?igshid=1kazekghn7m2x

[thehipsterzombiejointexperience]

Repost from @bionicbuzz • #YouShouldHaveLeftMovie is a new psychological thriller from #BlumhouseProductions and legendary screenwriter #DavidKoepp (Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible, Panic Room), #KevinBacon and #AmandaSeyfried star as a couple seeking a restful vacation on an isolated edge of the world only to discover that secrets demand a reckoning … and travel with you. In this terrifying, mind-twisting tale, a father fights desperately to save his family from a beautiful home that refuses to let them leave. Theo Conroy (Bacon) is a successful middle-aged man whose marriage to his much younger actress wife, Susanna (Seyfried) is shredding at the seams, frayed by her secretiveness, his jealousy, and the shadow of his past. On Demand Everywhere June 19. #followusformore #filmnews https://www.instagram.com/p/CBM0Qw8jDzM/?igshid=wo7hq701i4qg

[andresochoamadrigal]

Today #DavidKoepp Screenwriter of Jurassic Park and The Lost World turns turns 56 today!! Best wishes and a huge hug from the fandom!! 😀 👍 // ¡¡Hoy #David #Koepp guionista de Parque Jurásico y El Mundo Perdido cumple 56 hoy!! ¡¡Los mejores deseos y un enorme abrazo de todo el #fandom!!. 😀 👍 #jpsacu #jurassicworld2 #jurassicworld #jurassicpark #jurassicpark3 #parquejurasico3 #jurassicpark5 #birthday #happy #party #parquejurasico #mundojurasico #mundojurasico2 #jurassiccomunity #jurassicfandom #islasorna #siteb #jurassicfan #dinofan #jurassicartwork #jabayona #production #TheLegacyofJurassicPark #screenwriter https://www.instagram.com/p/Byf2dcvgOQ3/?igshid=1u5ebvv21429s

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My Sunday morning read. A thriller on sale September 2019. Most posters at #BOOKEXPO An organism from space, forgotten about in deep storage underground gets free. ...A good, funny thriller so far. Pre order w/ us. . . . #libertybaybooks #libertybaybooksbremerton #bookstagram #books #davidkoepp #blakecrouch #scottsmith #mysterybooks #thrillerbooks #shopindiebookstores #shopsmall #poulsbo (at Poulsbo, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/Byf05X5l9se/?igshid=1xgcew74gdu5r

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I don't have any experience with ARCs but this one is an #uncorrectedproof and says "not for sale or quotation" so you are just going to have to take my word for it when I say there is toast with cinnamon sugar in it. ~ It was part of the stack I won for the bookstagrammy competition from @bookstagramhay. The book is Cold Storage by David Koepp (of Jurassic Park and Mission Impossible fame) and it comes out in September. I'm not normally a sci-fi fan but I have to say this was a fun break from Proust. 😂 I could tell Koepp is a screenwriter because, although Paramount will be making the film in the future, I feel as if I've already seen it. Any Koepp or sci-fi fans among my caption readers? . . . . . #coldstorage #davidkoepp #harpercollins #hq #cinamontoast #toast #foodinbooks #bibliophile https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw9cttrH01g/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=156gnzr68p0fk

[adamwatchesmovies]

Snake Eyes (1998)

I only watched Snake Eyes because I had it on VHS tape and the box was badly damaged. If it was any good I’d upgrade to DVD. If it wasn’t, the space it occupied could be used for something else. Final verdict? I wouldn’t call it a classic, but I enjoyed the film more than I didn’t.

Rick Santoro (Nicolas Cage) is a corrupt police detective attending a boxing match with his friend Kevin (Gary Sinise). When one of the fighters knocks out his opponent, an assassin guns him down. Everyone panics, particularly Kevin - he was the victim’s bodyguard. While Rick follows the clues to try and solve the case and help his friend, he uncovers a conspiracy that will test even his blackened soul.

There are some big twists in the film and I want to avoid spoiling any surprises. The revelations are not particularly devastating. It's merely that figuring out who did what and how that person is connected with this other one is the fun part and the knots to unravel vary greatly in difficulty. The enjoyable aspect of the film is that it’s about people running around trying to find each other in an attempt to get a leg up on the situation, expose someone, or take them out. The clues gradually discovered by Rick are fun to examine and as some scenes are shown a second time from a different angle to reveal new information, Brian De Palma’s trademark cinematography and shooting style shine. We get several long shots that had to require careful rehearsals or sharp improvisational skills from the performers. A standout scene is a point where a characters’ vision (or lack thereof) is used to create unique situations and tension. The supporting characters, how they tie into the main plot - or turn out to be mere red herrings - are fun boxes to tick. Nicolas Cage’s character has some good moments as he finds himself reconsidering the things he’s done during his not-so-stellar career.

The film is at its weakest during the conclusion, which is conventional and introduces an unnecessary romance. Not helping is the puzzling final shot. Still, it's enjoyable while it lasts and the good outweighs the bad.

Snake Eyes doesn't have much re-watch value, but that’s ok. It’s the kind of movie you rent (or go see in the theatre back in 1998), enjoy, and then not think about ever again. I’ll be generous and give it a 3.5 / 5. (On VHS, September 24, 2015)

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David Koepp

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Hugely underrated David Fincher flick #PanicRoom #JodieFoster #ForestWhittaker #Thriller #Creepy #HomeInvasion #DavidFincher #2002 #DavidKoepp #Underrated #SurveillanceSociety #Retrospective #Movies #Film #ConradHall #PsychologicalThriller #KristenStewart #PanicRooms (at St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador) https://www.instagram.com/p/Br8yKeMFc_F/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=x8qraqr2ijp2

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#TimMurphy #RobertMuldoon #DennisNedry #MichaelCrichton #LauraDern #WayneKnight #SamNeill #DavidKoepp #AlanGrant #MovieTitleScreens #Dinosaurs #LexMurphy #JosephMazzello #AmblinEntertainment #IanMalcolm #TyrannosaurusRex #JohnHammond #JeffGoldblum #Velociraptors #BobPeck #SamuelLJackson #RichardAttenborough #RayArnold #MrDNA #ArianaRichards #JurassicPark #UniversalStudios #EllieSattler https://www.instagram.com/p/COXD0X_lBP0/?igshid=66ofxz6xf7d5