Cinematical | by Matt Bradshaw | Sat, Feb 28
Sat, Feb 28
The Informers
American Psycho novelist Bret Easton Ellis wrote the screenplay for this adaptation of his novel that, like American Psycho, looks back at the uber decadence of the 1980s. A great cast (including Mickey Rourke, Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, and Winona Ryder) plays a gr...
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