
Careful What You Wish For(2015)
A guy gets more than he bargained for after entering into an affair with the wife of an investment banker. Soon, a suspicious death and substantial life insurance policy embroil him in a scandal.


“It's not the hills.”
The discovery of an illicit love affair leads two young Angelenos on a violent, sexually charged tour through the dark side of human nature.

Nolan Gerard Funk
Ryan

Lindsay Lohan
Tara

James Deen
Christian

Amanda Brooks
Gina

Tenille Houston
Cynthia

Gus Van Sant
Dr. Campbell

Jarod Einsohn
Hoodie Guy

Danny Wylde
Reed

Victor of Aquitaine
Randall

Jim Boeven
Jon
The Canyons is a thriller, drama film released in 2013 exploring themes of adultery, jealousy, movie business, seduction, liar, control. Directed by Paul Schrader, it stars Nolan Gerard Funk, Lindsay Lohan, James Deen. The discovery of an illicit love affair leads two young Angelenos on a violent, sexually charged tour through the dark side of human nature.
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