All posts tagged "Thriller"
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Cate Marquis | January 7, 2022
A HERO – Review
Debtor’s prison brings Charles Dickens to mind for most of us but this Dickensian nightmare appears to be...
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Mark Glass | December 3, 2021
PERSONA – TV Review
PERSONA is a subtitled Turkish 12-episode TV miniseries offering a unique protagonist in a suspenseful crime drama. Agah...
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Mark Glass | October 28, 2021
“NOX” – TV Series Review
“NOX” is a six-episode subtitled miniseries from French TV that is far more complicated than most, but worth...
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Mark Glass | October 15, 2021
THE MANOR – Review
There have been plenty of suspense and horror flicks set in the sequestered confines of nursing homes and...
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Cate Marquis | August 20, 2021
REMINISCENCE – Review
REMINISCENCE stars Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson and Thandiwe Newton in a twisty sci-fi mystery that is part BLADE...
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Mark Glass | August 13, 2021
THE KILLING – TV Series Review
This subtitled Danish TV crime drama series “The Killing”(original title “Forbrydelsen”) will impress you as either riveting or...
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Cate Marquis | July 23, 2021
OLD – Review
There is hardly anything scarier to Hollywood, or even to American culture generally, than growing old, and something...
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Jim Batts | May 14, 2021
SPIRAL (2021) – Review
If there’s anyone that truly believes in the expression, “Everything old is new again”, they probably live in...
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Mark Glass | May 13, 2021
RIDERS OF JUSTICE – Review
Although the title reads like something from a 1930s Western, this is a very contemporary Danish revenge flick...
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Cate Marquis | March 5, 2021
CRISIS – Review
The crisis at the center of writer/director Nicholas Jarecki’s thriller CRISIS is the opioid crisis. The fact-inspired thriller...
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Jim Batts | February 4, 2021
BLISS (2021) – Review
With January finally, in your rear-view mirror, do you still feel part of a sluggish rut, as though...
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Cate Marquis | January 8, 2021
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN – Review
Carey Mulligan gives a fearless, powerhouse performance as a once-promising young woman who now spends her nights prowling...
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Jim Batts | December 10, 2020
PARALLEL (2020) – Review
A certain odd feeling probably crossed your mind as you’re dashing past a building. You might still experience...
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Cate Marquis | November 5, 2020
LET HIM GO – Review
LET HIM GO is a Western set in early ’60s Montana, starring Kevin Costner and Diane Lane in...
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Jim Batts | October 23, 2020
SYNCHRONIC – Review
Okay, fright fans, Halloween’s just days away, how about a nice dose of the shivers? And maybe a...
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Jim Batts | August 21, 2020
UNHINGED (2020) – Review
In the realm of classic animated shorts, many plots hinged on the main character (often the “series star”)...
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Jim Batts | July 23, 2020
THE RENTAL (2020) – Review
It looks like whatever crystal ball (maybe more of a big fishbowl) Hollywood was consulting certainly proved it’s...
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Cate Marquis | June 22, 2020
7500 – Review
7500 is the code that airlines use for a hijacking, and hijacking is the subject of Amazon’s drama/thriller...