• September 12, 2013
• Action, At Home, Drama, Thriller

Based on the 1960s TV series, The Fugitive is a deft, action-packed chase movie rife with star power, impressive stunts, and clever plotting. Harrison Ford steps into the role...

• September 9, 2013
• At Home, Drama, Thriller

This “no-budget Jaws” scared the crap out of people at the Sundance festival, where it was quickly snapped up by Lion’s Gate Films. It is a great triumph of...

• August 30, 2013
• At Home, Thriller

An admirable indie effort for what appears to be a no-budget movie, You Belong to Me plays off the paranoia of the crowded urban landscape. Have you ever wondered...

• August 15, 2013
• At Home, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

As my friend and I left the advance screening of Cloverfield, JJ Abrams’ latest production (note: NOT direction), we suddenly found ourselves paced on the sidewalk by a wide-eyed...

• July 3, 2013
• At Home, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Somehow an “elegant thriller” titled Stoker about a young woman whose estranged uncle surfaces after the death of her father conjures up spooky, noirish notions of vampires and writerly...

• June 21, 2013
• Action, At Home, Horror, Thriller

World War Z is a series of awesome action scenes strung together by the presence of one constant character, a guy name Gerry, played by Brad Pitt. I imagine...

• May 30, 2013
• At Home, Thriller

Brit Marling, who also co-wrote the screenplay with director Zal Matmanglij, stars as an undercover operative – going by the alias “Sarah” – working for an elite security firm...

• May 10, 2013
• At Home, Crime, Drama, Thriller

After shooting a man involved with the rape and murder of a young inner-city woman, police officer Billy Taggart (Mark Wahlberg) is tried for murder. While it’s clear that...

• April 11, 2013
• Action, At Home, Crime, Thriller

The man clearly knows how to smell a stinker a mile away, likely aided by Sandra Bullock’s 20-20 hindsight essay, “The Importance of the Words `No, Thanks’ and Other...

• April 6, 2013
• At Home, Drama, Thriller

James McAvoy stars as Simon, an art auctioneer who’s pulled into the high-stakes heist of a multi-million-dollar painting. But when the job goes awry and he’s knocked unconscious, he...

• March 30, 2013
• At Home, Science Fiction, Thriller

Stephenie Meyer’s strange penchant for characters with weird eyes continues in the adaptation of her first non-Twilight book, the sci-fi romance The Host. This time, vampire-gold is discarded for...

• February 12, 2013
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Thriller

Literally crashing and smashing and bashing his way through the entire film like the Hulk, Bond leaves carnage and destruction in his wake… which, unfortunately, seems fitting given that...