Tag Archives: Thriller

Familiar character actor Lin Shaye has a field day portraying a lonely widow who is driven over the edge by pent-up frustration.

This attempt to inject new life into the "terror in the woods" genre comes off as muddled and risible.

Interview with John Ford Clayton, author of 'Manipulated' - a political thriller based on how the American populace is allowing itself to be manipulated by all sides of the political spectrum.

The Capetown-set Hitchcockian thriller delivers the suspenseful goods.

'A Breath After Drowning' by Alice Blanchard is a suitably complex psychological thriller that proves an addictive late-night pager-turner.

In 'Our Kind of Cruelty' by Araminta Hall, the truth about a stormy breakup, lies between murky blurred lines.

Director Stefano Sollima takes the helm in this 3-star crime sequel as James Brolin ('Deadpool 2') and Benecio del Toro ('Traffic') return in their roles as key players in drug cartel wars with Taylor Sheridan returning to write the screenplay.

The solid (3-star) sci-fi action-adventure 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom' features impressive filmmaking with an epic plot full of emotion, thrills, some surprises, and strong characters including the returning Dr. Ian Malcolm who helps audiences understand the “big picture” implications of creating these actual dinosaurs using genetic technologies.

The writer/director draws on classic exploitation tropes to create a bleak vision of the future that is both funny and frightening.

Set in 2020 in a non-distinct rural area, the horror-thriller 'A Quiet Place' is an incredible film experience (3.5 stars out of four) about a family surviving in their rural home after alien creatures have seemingly conquered the Earth.