Nightwatch

What better place for a thriller than in the County Medical examiner's office? And that, is where Martin (Ewan McGregor) takes a job as a night watchman. All he has to do is make his rounds & he can just... Full review

If it made more sense, NIGHTWATCH could have been a thriller with class. Instead, the director has opted for cheap slasher type of thrills and a script which is never quite believable, especially when the actual killer turns out to... Full review

The last 20 minutes or so are intesnse; the first hour is dull. Not worth sitting through to wait for...something....ANYTHING...to happen.... Full review

Student Ewan McGregor gets himself a part time job in a morgue, he presumes this will give him some quiet time as he studies for his degree. However, in this morgue the dead don't rest easy- it would appear that... Full review

As far as serial- killer films and thrillers are concerned this one's right down there with the worst of 'em. Only "Copycat" and "Sisters" manage to be more annoying in their absurdity, and only "Saw" is worse. And it's a... Full review

I stumbled over this movie one bored weekday night with nothing to do and nothing else on.I was pleasently surprised, it has all the elements for a great suspence movie and pulls them all off. Ewen gives an outstading performance (... Full review

This one of those little movies that never got much in the line of studio promotion or advertising budget. You might have seen it, single copy on the bottom of the Video Rental Shelf. You probably passed it by, assuming... Full review

***SPOILERS*** Nick Nolte for all intents and purposes looking like Boris Karloff as the Frankenstein monster but without the use of makeup is police inspector Thomas Cray who's in charge of a special police task force trying to find and... Full review

This horror thriller was scripted by Ole Bornedal and Steven Soderbergh, based on Bornedal's own 1995 Danish movie "Nattevagten."Martin Bells (Ewan McGregor, playing an American reasonably well) is a law student who takes a job as a night watchman at... Full review

It´s a pretty long time ago since I have seen Ole Bornedal´s original from 1994, so I can´t remember several details, but I think he has done good work with his remake: the atmosphere is creepy and nightmarish, the cast... Full review

The fine cast (including a splendid Brad Dourif in a small but notable supporting role as the Duty Doctor) is limited by situations and devices that, in conforming to the genre, break down the films elements into simply that devices. Because the script is not good enough to carry us into the desired thriller genre with any sense of cohesion. ... Full Review

Nightwatch" is rated R for violent knife attacks and a fistfight, some gory makeup and special effects, profanity, nudity, vulgar references, sex and drug use. When a movie is delayed as many times as "Nightwatch," it's a pretty sure sign that there are problems. ... Full Review

The movie begins with an overture scene --....There's definitely something unsettling about Nightwatch....while Alix Koromzay does a memorable turn as the young prostitute.....horror conventions with European art-house pacing and atmosphere, it's less a thriller than a downer.....This morbid hangover of a movie tries to creep you out.... ... Full Review

Episode I , propelling him to the "A" list, leaving the "B" movie Nightwatch in film obscurity.....The mystery of who is the killer is not all that interesting, or shocking..... ... Full Review

Ewan McGregor, looking handsome yet slightly seedy, plays a law student who takes a job as a night watchman in a morgue. Patricia Arquette is wasted in a minor role as the student's girlfriend. ... Full Review

Nightwatch director Ole Bornedal returns to quicken the pulse of thriller fans with this genre-bending tale of a crime scene photographer and family man who is violently shaken out of his suburban malaise following a fateful car accident. ... Full Article

Sound Unseen is back, slightly slimmer this year but still able to blast your eyeballs and eardrums. It's true sensory overload with a dozen movies that take you inside the music. ... Full Article

Some interesting info came to me and it is VERY reliable. - First. They will be shooting in Amsterdam for four weeks (May) in the city centre and all dutch film companies who are involved in the project are on... ... Full Article

From backstage at the annual Wammies (Washington's own Grammy Awards) to metal night at Phantasmagoria to waltz night at the Glen Echo Spanish Ballroom, every week Post staff writer Eric Brace throws himself on the front lines of the bar-n'-music... ... Full Article

Where's the best karaoke joint in town? What's the best brewpub around? Who was that band that rocked at the Black Cat last week? For the answer to any going-out-in-Washington question, just ask Eric Brace -- our resident nightwatchman. ... Full Article

From backstage at the annual Wammies (Washington's own Grammy Awards) to karaoke at Renzo's to salsa dancing at Cecilia's, every week Post staff writer Eric Brace throws himself on the front lines of the bar-n'-music beat in the Washington area. ... Full Article