• February 17, 2014
• Action, At Home, Thriller

The pedigree, on screen, is there: Ridley Scott directing, filling his film with a cast of heavyweights like Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, Michael Fassbender, Penelope Cruz, and Cameron Diaz....

• February 16, 2014
• At Home, Drama, Television, Thriller

As horror goes through its cyclical phases (vampires! witches! plagues!), the theme of zombies keeps returning like the pesky undead that they are. We are used to seeing them...

• February 8, 2014
• At Home, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Imagine taking three jigsaw puzzles—one blue, one red, and one yellow—breaking them apart, shaking up the pieces, and throwing them on the floor. The pieces are not in order,...

• January 16, 2014
• At Home, Drama, Thriller

Whenever I see pop-up ads for online poker, I just ignore their flashing relentlessness. Shoot, I never even thought that they were ever considered legit. But the thing is,...

• January 14, 2014
• At Home, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Prisoners is a slow-burn thriller–think the pacing of Zodiac, also starring Jake Gyllenhaal–which takes us into the lives of two families affected by a horrific crime: the kidnapping of...

• December 31, 2013
• At Home, Comedy, Crime, Thriller

The movie begins with the Manzoni family relocating to a small town in France through the Witness Protection Program. They’re all a bit bored and jaded, and it’s clear...

• December 22, 2013
• At Home, Drama, Thriller

Adam Cassidy (Hemsworth) is a young whippersnapper just finding his feet in the tech industry. Though he’s at the bottom of the corporate ladder, he’s determined not to turn...

• December 22, 2013
• At Home, Drama, Thriller

“Watergate” is one of those pop-culture words where the true significance has always flown over my head. Nixon was president when I was born, so I was just a...

• December 21, 2013
• Action, At Home, Science Fiction, Thriller

Honestly, when my friend started raving about The Island this summer, I thought she might actually be stark raving mad. I just didn’t see what could be so great...

• December 21, 2013
• At Home, Mystery, Thriller

Almost from the opening frames, I couldn’t help but notice that Shutter Island oozes with style. From the booming Hitchcockian soundtrack to the arty and transfixing flashbacks, you can...

• November 25, 2013
• At Home, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller

Expensive, explosive and effects-driven, The Day the Earth Stood Still has all the trademarks of a high-concept summer release… which is to say it’s not particularly interested in telling...

• November 21, 2013
• At Home, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Isn’t it weird how some films reflect the times in which they were made, and others just become dated? And Justice For All suffers from the latter. I had...