Looking forward to visiting Shutter Island
Just like he did with Robert De Niro for many years, Martin Scorsese is building up quite a powerful partnership with Leonardo Di Caprio.
The director teamed with De Niro for Mean Streets (1973), Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (Read more. . .)
Jul. 21, 2009 | Movies, Previews & Trailers, Thriller | No Comments
Midnight Meat Train takes no passengers
CLIVE Barker hasn’t enjoyed a hell of a lot of success in recent times when it comes to how his stories have been adapted for the screen.
The horror author’s works provided the basis for a string of feature film hits (Read more. . .)
Jul. 17, 2009 | Horror, Movie Reviews, Movies, Thriller | 3 Comments
11 Useful Corpses From The Movies
We’ve seen plenty of dead bodies in films throughout the years but most of them are really just for ornament value. The stiffs featured here know how to earn their keep in their respective movies, serving a genuine purpose in all manner (Read more. . .)
Jul. 6, 2009 | Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Lists, Movies, Science Fiction, Thriller | 6 Comments
Surrogates gives life to futuristic thriller
The Surrogates is the latest feature film about to be released that has been adapted from the pages of a comic. And allows its star, Bruce Willis, to wear hair again
Having recently seen the first trailer for this sci-fi/thriller that (Read more. . .)
Jul. 4, 2009 | Movies, Previews & Trailers, Science Fiction, Thriller | 4 Comments
No Vacancy allowed for pathetic Wilson
Luke Wilson, what the hell are you doing man!? You really need to have a serious talk to your agent.
It’s not enough that Owen’s little brother with the unusual jawline is being confined to the depths of hell that (Read more. . .)
Jul. 4, 2009 | Movie Reviews, Movies, Thriller | 2 Comments
Sick, twisted, Funny Games is enjoyable
Funny Games is a disturbing, and at times frustrating and infuriating, but overall entertaining thriller, which is probably just the result German writer-director Michael Haneke wanted.
A scene-for-scene remake of Haneke’s own original 1997 Austrian-made version, it stars two seasoned campaigners (Read more. . .)
Jun. 30, 2009 | Movie Reviews, Movies, Thriller | 5 Comments
11 Not-So Shakespearean Actors Doing Shakespeare in 11 Not-So Shakespearean Movies
Almost 400 years after his death, the work of The Bard, the great William Shakespeare, continues to be adapted for the big screen at an amazing rate – by all and sundry.
Rarely will a year go by without some Shakespearean (Read more. . .)
Jun. 26, 2009 | Action, Actors & Actresses, Comedy, Lists, Movies, Romance, Thriller | No Comments
Taken on a fast and furious rescue mission
Bryan Mills could not have asked for a better way to get his cold-hearted bitch of an ex-wife off his back and at the same time reconnect with his teenage daughter.
In Taken (2008), Mills (Liam Neeson) is a retired CIA (Read more. . .)
May. 23, 2009 | Action, Movie Reviews, Movies, Thriller | No Comments
11 Professional Killers Who Prove a Hit
Hitmen, assassins, call them what you will. They have made for some entertaining movie characters over the years. Some just plain funny, others downright scary.
Tom Cruise for instance in Collateral is a little of both. Big Tom’s never really been known (Read more. . .)
May. 4, 2009 | Action, Lists, Movies, Thriller | 1 Comment
In Bruges. Glad to have visited
Don’t be too fooled by the ice-cream. In Bruges is a quirky black comedy with an emphasis on the black. In fact, it is a film that possesses the darkest of undertones.
At the core of the movie is the accidental death (Read more. . .)
May. 4, 2009 | Comedy, Movie Reviews, Movies, Thriller | No Comments
9 Great Films Featuring Bank Robberies
I’ve only just seen the 2007 release The Lookout, a subtly powerful film that revolves around a bank heist. And it got me thinking ’so what are the best movies involving bank robberies?’.
So, here they are below – in this writer’s humble (Read more. . .)
Apr. 9, 2009 | Action, Comedy, Drama, Lists, Movies, Thriller | 5 Comments
Bank on The Lookout for a thrilling ride
FOR a young actor who made his name playing an alien in 133 episodes of the quirky television sit-com 3rd Rock from the Sun, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is coming of age by portraying some very human characters on the big screen.
While thankfully steering (Read more. . .)
