Category: Mystery/Thriller
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Movie Review: “A Most Wanted Man” (Anton Corbijn, USA/UK/Germany 2014)
At the same time that the seeming in-the-bag winner of the Best Actor Oscar for this year comes out in Get on Up (Tate Taylor, USA 2014), we have what seems equally a shoo-in for at least a nomination for supporting actor in A Most Wanted Man. Chadwick Boseman has enormous goodwill around him and…
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Movie Review: “Out of the Furnace” (Scott Cooper, USA/UK 2013)
This film was one that somewhat interested me because of its stars. Christian Bale is one of the best actors in the world and somehow manages to be under-appreciated. Woody Harrelson is also an excellent actor who excels at playing antagonistic characters. And Willem Dafoe, who has one of the greatest faces in film history,…
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Where Have Paranoid Thrillers Gone?
I’m trying out writing some thoughts beyond reviews, because I just don’t have the time and money to watch enough movies to provide as much content as I would like. This particular feature is going to be just a little article about the genre of “paranoid thrillers.” The paranoid thriller is a genre defined by…
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