Tag: Thriller
REVIEW: Reacher – Season 2, Episode 5, “Burial”
“Burial” moves the second season of Reacher along at a breakneck pace, clearing up more aspects of the mystery while throwing curveballs to heroes and villains alike, and all with a heaping plate of action to keep the pulse racing. There are new wrinkles to character motivations, an entertainin...
Read MoreTodd Phillips Shares New Joker: Folie à Deux Images
Todd Phillips left a Christmas present for movie fans on his Instagram account yesterday. With the caption “Wishing everyone a happy holiday and a beautiful new year,” the filmmaker posted a pair of pictures from the upcoming sequel to his smash 2019 hit Joker, titled Joker: Folie à Deux. The f...
Read MoreMore Christmas Leftovers: Another Five Christmas-Adjacent Movies
Last year, I wrote about what I called Christmas-adjacent movies, five films that took place at Christmas but didn’t quite qualify as full-fledged Christmas Movies. As it happens, there are quite a few films like this, many of which are great. So, here are another five flicks, in chronological ord...
Read MoreREVIEW: Reacher – Season 2, Episode 4, “A Night at the Symphony”
“A Night at the Symphony” is a legwork episode, with Reacher and his team connecting the dots and slowly forming the picture of the conspiracy that killed their friends. But it stops from feeling dull or slow with a propulsive pace and plenty of character work, adding layers to Reacher without b...
Read MoreREVIEW: Reacher – Season 2, Episode 3, “Picture Says a Thousand Words”
Reacher’s second season took a bit of a detour with “What Happens in Atlantic City,” but “Picture Says a Thousand Words” revs the show into overdrive. The already quick pace picks up even more speed as Reacher and his team focus their investigation, the connections between the villains ap...
Read MoreREVIEW: Reacher – Season 2, Episode 2, “What Happens in Atlantic City”
“What Happens in Atlantic City” is a busywork episode, bringing Reacher and his team to a new location to chase a lead in their investigation while little of the story develops. These can feel like video game sidequests if handled poorly; fortunately, Reacher roots this episode in character, an...
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