Spellbinder (1988)
2/10
Ho hum. Tim Daly is good though.
17 December 2012
Warning: Spoilers
The Wicker Man (original not Nicholas Cage) set in L.A.

Plot twists? Where?

Lovely scenery of LA.

Was nice to see Mrs. Roper - always excellent.

Tim Daly did wonders with an unoriginal script.

Kelly Preston was a rather milquetoast witch. Britt Ekland was much more convincing.

The detective was really wasted. I wanted to see more of him. Actually it would have been an excellent film if they had him on the tail of the cult the entire time trying to save el stupido's butt. But Tim Daly did a really good job of playing el stupido you empathized with him the entire time. I didn't think he was el stupido until the office scene he should have saw that one coming a mile away.

The scene with the secretary being suspicious of Miranda was excellently played you didn't know if she was being catty or just had good instincts. They could have been more ambiguous rather than Satan worshipers or just get really hard core Anton La Vey. But then again La Vey was a joke and anyone who has bothered to read the Satanic Bible knows what a laugh riot it is to read and Pagans have so much more charisma. Pagans are Pagans and Satan worshipers are really just frustrated Christians. Have the hard core detective on their tail with a turncoat priest and this could have been fun.
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