Along Came A Spider
A crime thriller based on the best-selling novel by James Patterson, in which Morgan Freeman reprises his role as Washington, DC, detective Alex Cross. Monica Potter stars as his ally as they follow the trail of a mad kidnapper, played by Michael Wincott.
Leah Rozen
People
'The problem with Spider . . . is that it is heavy on plot [yet riddled with plot holes] and light on character development. The kidnapper, the female secret service agent [Potter], the worried parents of the abducted child and even Cross himself are all as sketchily drawn as a pre-schooler's crayoned stick figures.'
Shadow Magic
Jared Harris plays a Briton trying to introduce the Beijing of the early 1900s to movies in a bid to make his fortune. Xia Yu plays the man he eventually befriends and Xing Yufei is Xia's character's love interest (above). The movie is directed and produced by Ann Hu.
