Crimetime

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Crimetime ★½ 1996 (R)

Silly thriller has actor Bobby (Baldwin) finding unexpected success portraying a serial killer in a crime re-enactment TV show called “Crimetime.” Meanwhile, Sydney (Postlethwaite), who's the real killer Bobby's character is based on, becomes seduced by the media frenzy surrounding the crimes and seeing them reenacted on television. He goes on killing, so the show can literally go on. 118m/C VHS, DVD . Stephen Baldwin, Pete Postlethwaite, Sadie Frost, Geraldine Chaplin, Karen Black, James Faulkner; Cameos: Marianne Faithfull; D: George Sluizer; W: Brendan Somers; C: Jules Van Den Steenhoven.

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