Tag: Thriller
REVIEW: Reacher – Season 2, Episode 1, “ATM”
As Christmas approaches and 2023 winds down, Amazon gave us a stocking stuffer to end a mostly disappointing entertainment year on a high note: season 2 of Reacher, or at least the beginning of it. Based on Lee Child’s series of mystery novels, Reacher follows the exploits of Jack Reacher, a form...
Read MoreREVIEW: Silent Night (2023)
Silent Night, the newest entry in the Christmas action subgenre, is director John Woo’s first American film since 2003’s Paycheck, and I can understand his disillusionment after that one. Fortunately, Silent Night is a lot better than that, and while it’s not a classic or as good as some of W...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Killer (2023)
The Killer is what thrillers aspire to be, a suspenseful story about a professional death dealer and his world that sheds light on our own mundane lives. We’re made to feel a kinship with an assassin while learning very little about his personality, both comforted and unsettled by the notion that...
Read MoreSicario 3 is Happening at Some Point
The war on drugs may be dragging on even further. In an exclusive chat with producers Molly Smith and Trent Luckinbill, Collider reports that a third Sicario film is in development, with the script almost completed (though they don’t say who wrote it) and several possible directors mentioned, inc...
Read MoreTrue Detective: Night Country Trailer Struggles Against Lowered Expectations
Another criminal investigation will bring two mismatched detectives together in ways they never imagined as HBO has released a trailer for True Detective: Night Country, the fourth season of the police anthology series, and the first to carry a subtitle. This time, a pair of female detectives invest...
Read MoreTrailer for The Royal Hotel Promises a Scary Walkabout
The dangers of the Land Down Under are coming to theaters as NEON has released a trailer for the upcoming thriller The Royal Hotel. Based on actual events, the film finds American best friends Hanna and Liv taking jobs as live-in bartenders in a desolate Australian town where the boorish locals’ h...
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