The premise of Lights Out is intriguing: a dysfunctional family torn apart by the mother’s psychological issues, which take on a life of their own – or are taken over. The problem is that before we’re a third of the way through the film, it breaks its own rules.
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De Palma To Helm New Thriller!
Brian De Palma (Mission: Impossible, Scarface, Carrie) has signed on to helm Lights Out – the first project run through Arclight and Hauce Films’ joint venture, Aurora Alliance Films. The film tells the story of a blind Chinese girl unwittingly caught up in a plot to expose a top secret assassination program. For further details, […]
Lights Out Showrunner and Star Talk Making A Series Set In The World Of Boxing!
Lights Out [Tuesdays, 10/9C] is the latest example of how FX lives up to their motto, ‘There is no box.’ It’s a series about a former heavyweight boxing champion, Patrick ‘Lights’ Leary, who has a great life – happy family, beautiful, intelligent wife – until his brother’s wonky investment strategies result in their going broke. […]
Lights Out Is A Heavyweight!
FX’s new series, Lights Out [Tuesdays, 10/9C], is a terrific series that avoids most of the big clichés that abound in boxing movies mostly because it focuses on a retired heavyweight champion who actually seems perfectly happy in his post-boxing life – until that life comes crashing down around his ears.