Goran Visnjic

The Deep End
$9.98
Tilda Swinton has been overlooked for many years; here she's given another opportunity to show her acting chops, and many awards and nominations came her way. I rented this little indie film because of buzz I recalled about her performance, and I'm very happy I did. Without blabbing away too much, she's a mother who finds herself in a situation that she doesn't fully understand, and makes a lot of bad decisions. Things only get worse, and escalate, and...well, Htchcock would've loved a script like this. Hitchcock aside, the writers and directors took a 1947 book, updated it a bit, and the result is a thoroughly satisfying suspense film that surpasses anything Hollywood has done in 30 years. Setting the film in Tahoe is a stroke of genius. Tilda Swinton avoids so many obvious acting cliches, providing a most mesmerizing portrayal of a woman in crisis. So much talk about the lack of great roles for women; Tilda blew 'em all away. There's able support from Goran Visjnik, playing a difficult role, bad guy who's questioning his destiny. The entire cast and crew of "The Deep End" deserves major praise. I can't believe I'm the first person to review this film. Good DVD extras, giving fine insight. Highly recommended.

Spartacus - The Complete TV Miniseries
$27.98
I don't know why people bother to comment on this if they don't leave good feedback. This is truly a cinematic great! This is Sparticus as it really happened; not in a Hollywood set. For the first time we know who Verina is and how she and Sparticus came to be. Their love is truly one on great tragety(however the hell you spell that). This deserves far more credit that these small minded people give it. One more thing, Marcus Lycenius Crassus didn't make it through the battle with Sparticus.

Close Your Eyes
$9.98
Fans of the "Da Vinci Code" and "Angels & Demons" will appreciate Nick Willing's nifty little chiller that ceners on a London murder investigation uncovers occult symbols, Rosicrucian alchemy and blasphemous heresies that unfold when a hypnotherapist (Goran Visnjic) tries to help a female cop (Shirley Henderson) stop smoking and is asked to hypnotize a mute child who was kidnapped but escaped from an unknown assailant. This precisely made film with careful composition and terrific performances builds tremendous tension that leads to an outrageous climax. I thought about this scary little film for days afterwards.