Michael Tolkin

Michael Tolkin
Total Credits at Criticker: 2 (Director), 10 (Writer)
Titles you haven't rated - Director (2) | Writer (10)
Changing Lanes
A rush hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive turns two complete strangers into vicious adversaries. (Paramount Pictures)
Deep Impact
As a comet is on a collision course with earth, humans have to prepare for their survival. They randomly select eight hundred thousand people to be saved in order to keep the human race alive. (imdb)
The Player
A studio script screener gets on the bad side of a writer by not accepting his script. The writer is sending him threatening postcards. The screener tries to identify the writer in order to pay him off so he'll be left alone, and then in a case of mistaken identity gone awry, he accidentally gives the writer solid ammunition for blackmail. This plot is written on a backdrop of sleazy Hollywood deals and several subplots involving the politics of the industry. (imdb)
Deep Cover
A black uniformed policeman is recruited by a devious drug enforcement agent to infiltrate a smuggling organization seeking to expand into designer drugs. This 'ugly side of the war on drugs' explores the context of race, identity and hypocrisy within a brutal and alienating investigation. (imdb)
Gleaming the Cube
Brian's adopted brother is killed when he discovers that the shop he works in sends weapons to Vietnam instead of medications... (imdb)
The Rapture
This is the story of a young woman (who lives in Los Angeles) with a very boring job. At night however, she and a male partner cruise the bars as swingers. After a time, she begins to believe that a conspiracy exists and decides that she must become a born-again Christian. The movie presents an interesting view of how even the most unlikely person might become born-again. (imdb)
The New Age
A yuppie couple that live an extravagantly new age lifestyle go into a tailspin when they hit financial hard times.
Nine
Film director Guido Contini struggles to find harmony in his life, as he engages in dramatic relationships with his wife, his mistress, his muse, his agent, and his mother.
Escape at Dannemora
An employee at a prison in upstate New York becomes romantically involved with a pair of inmates and helps them escape. (imdb)
The Offer
The Offer (2022) - TV Mini-Series
Oscar-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy's never-before-revealed experiences of making The Godfather (1972).