Movies starring Annabeth Gish

Mystic Pizza (1988)

104 mins     Drama, Romance      

In "Mystic Pizza" everyone wants to know Leona's secret for her speciality Pizza. Well I know that secret, it is 3 friends, 3 stories, 3 cliches with a side order of subplots all blended with care and charm. Because basically...

When He's Not a Stranger (1989)

100 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

If I has seen "When He's Not a Stranger" back in 1989 I would have been seriously impressed with this movie about rape at a University campus and how the victim is treated not just by the system but also by her friends. But s...

Beautiful Girls (1996)

100 mins     Drama, Romance      

Despite being a pretty straight forward romantic drama, "Beautiful Girls" is actually a cut above the majority as it is slightly darker than most and on top of this it combines the coming-of-age genre into the mix to make for...

Double Jeopardy (1999)

105 mins     Crime, Mystery, Thriller      

"Double Jeopardy" is a bog standard action thriller which trades on one thing to try and make it more interesting, the Double Jeopardy Clause which to put simply says that you can not be tried twice for the same crime. Unfort...

No Higher Love (1999)

90 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

Movie Review - No Higher Love (1999) Katey Sagal stars as Ellen who having been diagnosed with terminal cancer sets about making sure her husband and young child will be all right when she is gone by finding someone to replac...

Buying the Cow (2002)

88 mins     Comedy, Romance      

Movie Review - Buying the Cow (2002) Jerry O'Connell stars as David who whilst supposed to be deciding whether he wants to have a future with his girlfriend finds himself chasing a mystery woman who might be the one...

Life on Liberty Street (2004)

89 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

"Life on Liberty Street" is a disappointment not so much for what we see but for how the storyline has been handled, turning what could be an insightful and touching movie into a very cliche one. Within this storyline which r...

Detective (2005)

171 mins     Crime, Drama, TV Movie      

I will say one thing for "Detective", also known as "Arthur Hailey's Detective"; it certainly has a lot going on. Unfortunately what I will also say is that all it ends up is an elaborate crime, drama but one which sadly stru...

Candles on Bay Street (2006)

95 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

Candles on Bay Street (2006) Alicia Silverstone stars as Dee Dee, a dying mum who returns to her hometown hoping to find someone who will take in her son...

At Risk (2010)

90 mins     Crime, Mystery      

Whilst I am not a big reader I do know that author Patricia Cornwell has written some seriously popular books. As such whilst I had not read Patricia Cornwell's "At Risk" I was expecting a movie based on Cornwell's story to b...

Texas Killing Fields (2011)

105 mins     Crime, Drama      

"Texas Killing Fields" is three things; it is inspired by a real case but is a work of fiction, it is a typical detective v serial killer story and it is a movie which doesn't work because of director Ami Canaan Mann's attemp...

Bag of Bones (2011)

157 mins     Drama, Horror, Mystery, TV Movie      

The joys of not being a great reader is that I don't get disappointed when an adaptation, be it movie or TV minis-series as it is in the case of "Bag of Bones", doesn't match up to the novel from which it is adapted which see...

A Mother's Nightmare (2012)

85 mins     Crime, Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie      

Movie Review - A Mother's Nightmare (2012) Annabeth Gish stars as Maddie, concerned mum when her son becomes involved with Vanessa (Jessica Lowndes), a seductive new girl who has a dark secret...