Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Cruise is his reliable self, getting younger by the day because of his alien DNA and/or deal with Satan and/or ability to time travel.
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Tag Archives: Thriller
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
We’re in familiar territory for Lanthimos here, and perhaps that’s what holds The Killing of a Sacred Deer back.
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Jessica Jones Season 2
She’s a woman so compelling that I can’t look away, even when she’s at her self-destructive best.
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Murder on the Orient Express
Seriously, if you want to know how to shoot a scene in a confined space, this is the feature to study.
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Gerald’s Game
Since the majority of ‘Gerald’s Game’ plays out in Jessie’s head, depicting her mental struggle was always going to be the challenge of any adaptation.
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Mother!
Sometimes you just have to see what all the fuss is about for yourself, you know? I mean, how bad could it be?
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47 Meters Down
I still enjoy this kind of movie, no matter how trashy. It sure ain’t The Reef, Open Water or Black Water, but at least it’s not Shark Night 3D or Bait.
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Dunkirk
For all the chaos going on, there’s very little in the way of exposition.
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The Beguiled
Suffice to say that The Beguiled is a nifty little tale that isn’t quite a thriller, isn’t quite a wartime drama and isn’t quite an historical romance.
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Jasper Jones
Racism and sexism lurk around the edges of the interpersonal drama, though there isn’t anything particularly nuanced about the depiction.
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