"Do you have trouble remembering things sometimes?" Guy Pearce's character asks early on in Simon Kaijser's murder mystery. For Pearce, the line must have had emotional resonance, considering that it calls to mind one of his very best movies, Memento. Unfortunately, Spinning Man, based on the acclaimed novel by George Harrar, doesn't benefit from the comparison. Although it pretends to traffic in such weighty themes as how memories can be either real or imagined, the plodding thriller mainly spins its own wheels until reaching a baffling conclusion. Only the talents of its estimable cast, also including Pierce Brosnan and Minnie...
- 4/4/2018
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In an alternate universe, Guy Pearce plays sleazeheads, killers, cutthroats with attitude, and various other magnetically bent souls — in other words, just what he plays now — only he does it in movies that aren’t semi-off-the-radar hipster curios and genre throwaways. He does it with the stardom that “L.A. Confidential” and “Memento” promised. “Spinning Man” is one more halfway interesting, not-fully-realized-enough low-budget “dark” thriller that gives Pearce the chance to strut his chops. For a while, he’s quite good as a suave, confident weasel — a philosophy professor who becomes the chief suspect in the case of a high-school cheerleader who disappeared.
Did he make contact with her at the local lake, lure her into his car, do things that he shouldn’t have, and — in the end — kill her? It sure looks that way. “Spinning Man” loads up an accusatory pile of circumstantial evidence against its main character, making him seem guilty enough,...
Did he make contact with her at the local lake, lure her into his car, do things that he shouldn’t have, and — in the end — kill her? It sure looks that way. “Spinning Man” loads up an accusatory pile of circumstantial evidence against its main character, making him seem guilty enough,...
- 4/4/2018
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Sneak Peek footage, plus images from the new thriller "Spinning Man", directed by Simon Kaijser based on the novel by author George Harrar, starring Guy Pearce, Pierce Brosnan, Minnie Driver, Alexandra Shipp, Clark Gregg and Odeya Rush, opening April 6, 2018:
"...'Evan Birch' is a professor and family man, whose past reveals a number of illicit relations with his students. Then, when a young woman is found dead, Evan becomes the prime suspect..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Spinning Man"...
"...'Evan Birch' is a professor and family man, whose past reveals a number of illicit relations with his students. Then, when a young woman is found dead, Evan becomes the prime suspect..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Spinning Man"...
- 3/15/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Sneak Peek footage, plus images from the new thriller "Spinning Man", directed by Simon Kaijser based on the novel by author George Harrar, starring Guy Pearce, Pierce Brosnan, Minnie Driver, Alexandra Shipp, Clark Gregg and Odeya Rush, opening April 6, 2018:
"...'Evan Birch' is a professor and family man, whose past reveals a number of illicit relations with his students. Then, when a young woman is found dead, Evan becomes the prime suspect..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Spinning Man"...
"...'Evan Birch' is a professor and family man, whose past reveals a number of illicit relations with his students. Then, when a young woman is found dead, Evan becomes the prime suspect..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Spinning Man"...
- 2/15/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
We're getting a look at an upcoming psychological mystery film starring Guy Pearce, Pierce Brosnan and Minnie Driver called Spinning Man. You can see the new trailer and poster for the twisty thriller below.
The movie is based on the novel of the same name by George Harrar, and follows professor Evan Birch (Pearce) who works at a distinguished college where he teaches philosophy. When a female student named Hannah goes missing, Evan’s previous off-campus errands make his wife (Driver) question his alibi. Even a detective (Brosnan) grows very suspicious when crucial evidence makes the professor the prime suspect in the girl's disappearance.
The film is directed by Swedish director Simon Kaijser and written by Matthew Aldrich (Coco). Spinning Man is set to hit select theaters and On Demand on April 6, 2018.
The movie is based on the novel of the same name by George Harrar, and follows professor Evan Birch (Pearce) who works at a distinguished college where he teaches philosophy. When a female student named Hannah goes missing, Evan’s previous off-campus errands make his wife (Driver) question his alibi. Even a detective (Brosnan) grows very suspicious when crucial evidence makes the professor the prime suspect in the girl's disappearance.
The film is directed by Swedish director Simon Kaijser and written by Matthew Aldrich (Coco). Spinning Man is set to hit select theaters and On Demand on April 6, 2018.
- 2/8/2018
- by Kristian Odland
- GeekTyrant
"I'm terrified what else you could convince yourself of..." Lionsgate has debuted the trailer for a murder mystery thriller titled Spinning Man, adapted from a book by George Harrar. This philosophical thriller is about a family man and esteemed professor at a college, who gets entangled in the investigation of a missing woman. His "off-campus dalliances" with many of his students make him the main suspect, though we don't know who really took her. Guy Pearce plays the professor, and Pierce Brosnan plays the detective on the case, intent on pegging him as the murderer. The cast includes Minnie Driver, Odeya Rush, Alexandra Shipp, Clark Gregg, Jamie Kennedy, Sterling Beaumon, and Freya Tingley. Despite this strong cast, I actually think this looks pretty bad, a fairly derivative thriller with nothing interesting or new to offer. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Simon Kaijser's Spinning Man, direct from YouTube...
- 2/8/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Exclusive: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D star Clark Gregg is set to appear in the Simon Kaijer-directed thriller Spinning Man, along with Guy Pearce, Pierce Brosnan, Minnie Driver, and Odeya Rush. The pic is based on George Harrar's novel, which Matthew Aldrich adapted. The film centers on Evan (Pearce), a philosophy professor and family man whose past reveals a number of illicit relations with his students. When a young woman is found murdered, he becomes the prime suspect…...
- 5/30/2017
- Deadline
In the scorching heat of the San Fernando Valley, Pierce Brosnan is shooting Spinning Man, a new thriller from director Simon Kaijser (Stockholm East) and writer Matt Aldrich (Renny Harlin’s Cleaner), based on a novel by George Harrar. It’s being sold in Cannes by Film Bridge International and Deadline has come to set, a couple of weeks before the festival, to witness an interrogation room showdown between Brosnan’s tough detective, Robert Malloy, and Guy Pearce’s…...
- 5/24/2017
- Deadline
Jamie Kennedy has joined the cast of director Simon Kaijser’s thriller Spinning Man, which stars Pierce Brosnan, Minnie Driver, Guy Pearce and Alexandra Shipp.
With a script by Matthew Aldrich, the film is based on the novel by George Harrar and follows philosophy professor and family man Evan Birch (Pearce). Evan’s world is upended when his illicit past and a string of inappropriate relationships with his students come to light. When a young woman is found murdered, he comes to the forefront as a suspect.
Kennedy will play Ross, a fellow ethics professor and friend of Evan's.
Spinning Man is...
With a script by Matthew Aldrich, the film is based on the novel by George Harrar and follows philosophy professor and family man Evan Birch (Pearce). Evan’s world is upended when his illicit past and a string of inappropriate relationships with his students come to light. When a young woman is found murdered, he comes to the forefront as a suspect.
Kennedy will play Ross, a fellow ethics professor and friend of Evan's.
Spinning Man is...
- 4/26/2017
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Alexandra Shipp, last seen as young Storm in X-Men: Apocalypse, is set to co-star in the upcoming psychological thriller Spinning Man, from director Simon Kaijser. She joins Pierce Brosnan, Guy Pearce and Minnie Drive in the pic written by Matthew Aldrich, with filming slated to begin this week. Based on George Harrar’s novel, the pic follows Evan Birch, a professor and family man, whose past reveals a number of illicit relations with his students. When a young…...
- 4/25/2017
- Deadline
Film Bridge International is selling the thriller at Cannes.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game Of Thrones), Greg Kinnear (Little Miss Sunshine) and Emma Roberts (We’re The Millers) will star in the psychological thriller Spinning Man that Film Bridge International is selling in Cannes.
Film Bridge Danish film-maker Peter Flinth will make his Us debut in June in Minnesota on the story of a philosophy professor who becomes the prime suspect in the disappearance of a high school cheerleader.
A detective assigned to the case uncovers details of the academic’s complex marriage and his relationship with a prized student.
Matthew Aldrich wrote the screenplay based on the novel by George Harrar. Keith Arnold will produce with Film Bridge International’s Ellen Wander.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game Of Thrones), Greg Kinnear (Little Miss Sunshine) and Emma Roberts (We’re The Millers) will star in the psychological thriller Spinning Man that Film Bridge International is selling in Cannes.
Film Bridge Danish film-maker Peter Flinth will make his Us debut in June in Minnesota on the story of a philosophy professor who becomes the prime suspect in the disappearance of a high school cheerleader.
A detective assigned to the case uncovers details of the academic’s complex marriage and his relationship with a prized student.
Matthew Aldrich wrote the screenplay based on the novel by George Harrar. Keith Arnold will produce with Film Bridge International’s Ellen Wander.
- 5/12/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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