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Tag: thriller
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‘Drop’ Your Logic at the Door to Enjoy This Film
As the protagonist of Drop checks her coat with the hostess at a restaurant, you, the audience must also check the rational part of your brain at the door.
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Can Zoë Kravitz’s ‘Blink Twice’ Live Up To ‘Get Out’?
Zoe Kravitz channels her inner Jordan Peele in her directorial debut, Blink Twice, but does the film fully live up to Get Out?
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Are Critics Wrong About M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Trap’?
I’m going to get a lot of side-eye from my film friends for this one, but I liked the new M. Night Shyamalan movie, Trap—mostly because of Josh Hartnett.
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‘Homefront’ an action thriller staring Jason Statham and James Franco.
Sylvester Stallone wrote the script for ‘Homefront’ based on book by Chuck Logan. Jason Statham stars as a retired DEA agent, who moves to a small, quiet town for the sake of his young daughter. Once there, however, he quickly gets entangled with the local villain, a drug lord played by James Franco.
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‘Hitchcock’ brings the great director to a new crowd
Alfred Hitchcock is known as the master of suspense. During his career he directed over 50 films and is highly regarding even today. One of his most notable films was Psycho, a film about a serial killer who has an obsession with his mother, inspired by real life psycho, Ed Gein. Hitchcock follows what Alfred…
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Thriller goes Bollywood
What’s that you say? You’d like to see an Indian version of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”?
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Portman pulls off outstanding performance in The Black Swan
There’s already talk of Natalie Portman getting a Oscar nomination for her performance in Darren Aronofsky’s psychological thriller The Black Swan and with good reason, she’s amazing in it.
