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Category Archives: thriller

The Snowman

By admin | February 1, 2018 - 9:42 am |February 15, 2018 thriller
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Fassbender used to be one of those actors you could rely on. His films might not always be great, but his presence was usually a benchmark of some quality, and he was always watchable. After the puzzlingly dull Assassin’s Creed and infuriatingly pointless Alien Covenant, he is on something of… Continue reading →

Purge: Election Year

By admin | September 17, 2016 - 8:49 pm |September 17, 2016 horror, thriller
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The Purge series has become quite interesting as it has developed. It started with a fairly ludicrous idea, as the frame for some straightforward violence and redemption. In the second, and arguably best, instalment, it developed its own aesthetic. The idea of the Purge as a Holiday, with all the… Continue reading →

Don’t Breathe

By admin | September 17, 2016 - 4:55 pm |September 17, 2016 horror, thriller
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[Probably a bit SPOILERy but not too much] This horror/thriller from the director, Fede Alverez, who did the remake of the Evil Dead (yes, I don’t know why either) uses post-recession Detroit as the backdrop for a home invasion gone wrong thriller. Three young thieves, seeking to escape Detroit, are… Continue reading →

Green Room

By admin | July 12, 2016 - 9:39 pm |July 14, 2016 horror, thriller
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I watched a couple of Eli Roth films the other day (Green Inferno and Aftershock). They were unsatisfying and I found myself comparing them unfavourably to Jeremy Saulnier’s tight, believable thriller. Green Room follows a hardcore punk band who after scratching a tour get offered a gig at a neo-nazi… Continue reading →

Eye in the Sky

By admin | May 6, 2016 - 6:27 pm |May 6, 2016 drama, thriller
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Eye in the Sky is a thriller that uses the Islamic extremism in Kenya as the basis for a taut, almost unbearably tense plot involving drones, local military and UK and US governments in the way the Cold War used to be an effective context. The film’s ability to make… Continue reading →

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