Tag Archives: thriller
Changeling

Changeling

Clint Eastwood has really become one of the best directors working in Hollywood today. He seems to have a thorough understanding of what works and how to simply tell a story without any overbearing moral lessons or special effects. His movies are subtle, and thoughtful, and really solid. The script was written by J. Michael [...]

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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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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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Twilight

Twilight

You would have to have lived under a rock not to have heard the fangirls screaming about Twilight for the last six months. Some people called it a Harry Potter-killer, as if the two couldn’t co-exist. What inane reasoning is that?
This movie, which is based on the best-selling novels by one Stephenie Meyer, follows [...]

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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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