Thriller

It is unfortunate that Netflix did not release the ‘Rebel Ridge’ theatrically because it puts the rest of the films running on the big screen right now to shame. Surely, there is no better way to finish off the summer movie season than with a cracking mainstream action blockbuster that is as enthralling as it […]

Thank you and now, I shall present the Hemsworth effect for your appreciation which can also be called the Hemsworth trifecta or the Hemsworth trilogy. I’m still working on the name for this but there is a new phenomenon in action cinema where we not just have one Hemsworth delivering hard hitting action but we […]

There should be more women in the roles where Westerns are set; it shifts the viewpoint and also changes the story itself. The Netflix miniseries Godless (2017), the one which received several awards, definitely contributed to changing the trends, as well as the recent Emily Blunt miniseries The English. Quite recently, it’s interesting to witness […]

Prolific action director John Woo’s newage depiction of his 1989 classic ‘The Killer’ considering all factors is not a success. As the action of the film takes place in Paris instead of Hong Kong, the character which earned Chow Yan Fat fame as a poster boy of the genre is played by Nathalie Emmanuel. Now […]

It was also a less appreciated, nevertheless remarkable, section of the film when one saw Alec Baldwin, who was nominated for an Academy Award, portray the role of an en enraged Boston policeman in The Departed. Almost 20 years later, of course, Baldwin does come back to the agency’s desk, with nearly the same appeal […]

This is a predictable thriller where CGI sharks tear old college buddies apart in the last film of revered actor Julian Sands. The Last Breath is deliberately a low-budget indie film with typical underdeveloped and one-dimensional characters. Nevertheless, Swedish director Joachim Hedén’s deep knowledge of underwater genre makes it more than mere surface-oriented cinema for […]

Two “Quincy bums” without qualifications get into a lot of trouble because they spectacularly bungle the robbery of Boston’s corrupt mayor on election night. The Instigators is led by Matt Damon and Casey Affleck in a comedy that takes them through a maze of hilarious incompetence. A frothy comedy that thrives on absurdity, this film […]

25 years after he entered the mainstream with The Sixth Sense, M. Night Shyamalan remains a compelling filmmaker – full of creative and daring ideas that only sometimes manifest as good movies. His new work—Trap, a thriller about a serial killer stuck at a pop concert—is aiming for something slightly more fast-paced and stylized than […]

Alien: Romulus revives a franchise that was losing ground and with jump-out-of-your-seat scares. Fede Álvarez, an Uruguayan movie director, crafts a ghostly, visceral thriller for the seventh series (without mentioning the terrible Predator crossovers) which deftly combines elements of sci-fi and horror at their most excellent. However it does not matter who will survive in […]

When Twisters’ teaser trailer was released during the Super Bowl this year, you might have laughed at its title. “Just add an ‘S’ and we’re done?” And yes, it would be enough to make the blood boil of every highbrow cinephile to see Daisy Edgar-Jones, Anthony Ramos and Glen Powell; three leading actors known for […]