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
Tag: Thriller
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
Pig (2021) – Review
They say revenge is a dish best served cold, that doesn’t necessarily mean is has to be cooked in the heat if rage. Proof of
The Ice Road (2021) – Review
Back in the late seventies/early eighties, the loveable, opportunistic movie studio known as Cannon would apparently just have a stack of scripts for creaky thrillers
Great White Waters (2025) – Review
If there’s one thing I find fascinating about genres, is that not only do their popularity switch and vary over time, but the genres, and
Gangs Of New York (2002) – Review
No one does sprawling crime epics quite like Martin Scorsese. Throughout the length and breath of his illustrious career, he’s cast his cinematic eye over
American Made (2017) – Review
Stories of spectacular rags to hideous riches are as American as apple pie – after all, what signifies the American dream more than someone making
Prisoners (2013) – Review
Horror filmmakers can try to put as many unspeakable terrors on the screen as they can, but all the boogeymen, monsters and apparitions in the
Filth (2013) – Review
Just because Danny Boyle found the cheat code on how to adapt Irvine Welsh with Trainspotting (see also David Fincher cracking Chuck Palahniuk with Fight
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) – Review
Since he first wordlessly threw off members of the Thromby clan by simply hitting a single key on a piano, famed, verbose detective Benoit Blanc
Revolver (2005) – Review
It’s not easy to break out of a box you’ve put yourself in, but after Guy Ritchie’s third film – Madonna/Ritchie vanity project Swept Away
Disturbia (2007) – Review
Sometimes a movie concept is just too juicy to not update. What with technology lurching ahead in leads and bounds with every passing year, giving
Cold Pursuit (2019) – Review
Sometimes, misrepresentation can harm a film just as surely as blunt force trauma to the face. If the trailers and posters suggests a certain kind
Cam (2018) – Review
The horror/thriller genres have been gleefully ensuring that we just can’t have nice things for decades as it party poops virtually everything by making it
Now You See Me: Now You Don’t (2025) – Review
I have to be honest, while the Now You See Me movies may walk that perilous tightrope between flashy and obnoxiously smug, I’ve kind of
Now You See Me 2 (2016) – Review
When it came to glossy, enjoyable and utterly ludicrous nonsense that still, inexplicably made you want to punch the air with glee, the 2013 heist
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