Sean’s movie thoughts

This was a 1990 made for video movie about a 14 year-old girl living with her mother. Her mom does not think Lisa is old enough to date. (Lisa’s father is not in the picture.) Lisa can sound older on the phone and she finds out the phone number of an older man named Richard. Richard is a serial killer known as the Candlelight Killer.  This is decent.  Lisa (Staci Keanan) has no idea the danger that she is in. Lisa’s mother (Cheryl Ladd) might feel that she started dating too young and wants Lisa to avoid that. Lisa’s friend Wendy is allowed to date and Lisa is starting to resent the fact that she is not. The movie holds up. There is one plot point that seems odd. This feels a bit like a made for TV movie. Also maybe some plot points would not work if the movie was remade and set in today’s time. Richard is not given a motive, which might be a problem for some people. I did not have a problem with his lack of motive.  I guess since it is not his story, I accept his lack of motive. It is

Shattered Glass is a film about Stephen Glass. Glass was a star writer for the New Republic, a news magazine based in Washington D.C. with a long history. The New Republic editors/writers might have considered the magazine a step above Time or Newsweek.  The New Republic did not use photos in their stories. Glass wrote fantastic stories.  His last story for the magazine was Hack Heaven about a teenage hacker who was hired by a company after he hacked them. The online magazine Forbes Digital Tool wanted to do a follow up story, feeling surprised that the New Republic got the story instead of them (Forbes Digital Tool). A reporter for Forbes tries to do a follow up story but he cannot confirm anything from the story.  Well, the reporter did confirm the existence of the state of Nevada.  The reporter and editor from Forbes calls the New Republic and Glass and his editor Charles Lane take the call. Questions are asked and Glass provides unconvincing answers. Glass says he is starting to be