Do you know what’s quite satisfying? Digging out a forgotten action/thriller that turns out to be something of a little cracker. Usually these movies are
Tag: Thriller
Send Help (2026) – Review
From the days of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, the notion of having to survive on a picturesque, but ultimately lethal island has enticed various storytellers
Spy Game (2001) – Review
When it comes to odd filmmaking gifts that shouldn’t work but strangely do, surely it’s Tony Scott’s bizarre talent to take dramatic, mature moments and
Coyotes (2025) – Review
Cinema’s thirst for co-opting and demonising everything in the animal kingdom that walks, crawls, swims or slithers and turning them into voracious engines of man
Mercy (2026) – Review
I’ve always considered myself fairly open to new filmmaking techniques. Be it the rise of digital animation, the flood of found footage movies, the return
No Other Choice (2025) – Review
It’s hold my hands up and confess time – aside from the obvious (Oldboy), I’m not particularly well versed in the spellbinding career of South
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) – Review
No one in the movie business is above tackling a remake. Be it Steven Spielberg altering the likes of A Guy Like Joe, or redoing
The Third Man (1949) – Review
There comes a time when you watch an older film only to find, much to an incredibly surreal realisation, that you are undoubtedly watching something
Ocean’s Eleven (1960) – Review
There are certain things that spring instantly to mind when you think of the glittery, neon soaked streets of old school Las Vegas – slot
Killer Whale (2026) – Review
Maybe filmmakers need to give aquatic predators a rest for a bit. While the past few years have seen some commendable attempts to put a
The Rip (2026) – Review
When they first landed thanks to Good Will Hunting, it seemed that childhood buddies turned Hollywood hot tickets Matt Damon and Ben Affleck we close
Ice Road: Vengeance (2025) – Review
So, I feel like I have to ask. Who actually benefits from these endless action excursions that Liam Neeson keeps insisting on undertaking? Obviously Neeson
Double Indemnity (1944) – Review
For as long as humans have been able to tell stories, we’ve regaled each other with tale of duplicitous acts and crimes of passion, where
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) – Review
When it comes to delivering truly unsettling, psychological thrillers, I feel that the general public isn’t giving certain decades their flowers. Oh sure, the 70s,
Sniper: Rogue Mission (2022) – Review
By this point in my reviewing career (that’s not really a career), I’ve already watched 8 movies of the Sniper franchise and if I’m being
Strange Days (1995) – Review
Some of you may not remember the anxiety that the world seemed to be consumed by as the clock ticked down to reach the year
The Housemaid (2025) – Review
Hey, remember all those crazy psycho stalker movies that arose in the wake of Fatal Attraction; those hyper paranoid thrillers that suggested that bringing anyone
Reindeer Games (2000) – Review
Just in case you were wondering, it isn’t just Die Hard and various Shane Black thrillers that are the only actioners to take place at
No Country For Old Men (2007) – Review
If there was any doubt about the ability of the Coen Brothers to conjure up flawless and varied crime epics that effortlessly straddled the divide
Cape Fear (1991) – Review
What possesses a director at the height of their powers to suddenly decide to tackle a remake? Is it ego? Is it the urge to
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