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Surveillance

Surveillance

Surveillance is a new thriller starring Bill Pullman and Julia Ormond. It’s directed by Jennifer Chambers Lynch (daughter of director David Lynch).
Two FBI agents (Pullman, Ormond) arrive in a small town in the middle of nowhere to help catch a serial killer. The movie plays out mostly in the police station as they interrogate three [...]

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The Brothers Bloom

The Brothers Bloom

The Brothers Bloom is Rian Johnson’s follow-up to 2005’s brilliant high school noir Brick. Personally, I couldn’t wait to see what Johnson would do next. What he has done is take on the conman subgenre, and weaved it into a rich and very entertaining romp about two brothers.
The movie is about Bloom (Adrien Brody) and [...]

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JCVD

JCVD

Newsflash: Jean-Claude Van Damme can act. Wait, what’s that? Yes, you read it right. The muscles from Brussels is an actor. Who’d have guessed?
Make no mistake, JCVD is not your run-of-the-mill Jean-Claude Van Damme action movie. It’s a smart satire on stardom and loneliness, and celebrity. Van Damme plays a version of himself here, in [...]

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Transsiberian

Transsiberian

Director Brad Anderson gave us The Machinist a few years ago. Since, he has directed some TV shows like The Wire, The Shield, and Fringe. So, it’s fair to say he’s no stranger to the bleak and murky.
Transsiberian is a thriller set, mostly, aboard the Transsiberian railway. Married couple Roy (Woody Harrelson) and Jessie (Emily [...]

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Du Rififi Chez les Hommes

Du Rififi Chez les Hommes

Oooh, fun, another heist movie. I do so love a good heist movie. This reminded me a lot of another heist movie I saw recently: The Killing (read my review). It has some similar elements, and I enjoyed them both immensely.
Here, we get to meet Tony le Stéphanois (Jean Servais), just out of prison. He [...]

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