Netmoirs of A Solemn Rover

The Inside Man

Director: Spike Lee Genre: Crime/Drama/Thriller Starring: Denzel Washington (Detective Keith Frazier), Clive Owen (Dalton Russell), Jodie Foster (Madeline White) & Christopher Plummer (Arthur Case). Plot: A cop has to talk down a bank robber after the criminal's perfect heist spirals into a hostage situation. It was a situation where the bad try to play the good & the good with a bad past & an overly-smart cop to handle their tug-o-war situation. Spoiler: The case was...

Pink Panther

Director: Shawn Levy Genre: Comedy/Mystery Starring: Jean Reno (Gendarme Gilbert Ponton), Emily Mortimer (Nicole), Henry Czerny (Yuri), Steve Martin (Inspector Jacques Clouseau) & Beyonce Knowles (Xania). Plot: Loosely based on the 1964 Peter Sellers original film, where the detective must solve the murder of a famous soccer coach and find out who stole the infamous Pink Panther diamond. Spoiler: The imbecile inspector got promoted & solve the case in a Beyoncidic limelight....

Lucky Number Slevin

Director: Paul McGuigan Genre: Crime/Drama/Thriller Starring: Josh Hartnett (Slevin), Bruce Willis (Mr.Goodkat), Lucy Liu (Lindsey), Morgan Freeman (The Boss), Ben Kingsley (The Rabbi) & Michael Rubenfeld (Yitzchok). Plot: A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin (Josh Hartnett) into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses: The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley) and The Boss (Morgan Freeman). Slevin is under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski...