Showing posts with label THRILLER. Show all posts
Showing posts with label THRILLER. Show all posts

Thursday, August 25, 2022

WHEN WILL I BE LOVED (2004)

 


Written & Directed By: James Toback  Cinematography: Larry McConkey Editor: Suzy Elmiger 

Cast: Neve Campbell, Frederick Weller, Dominic Chianese, Joelle Carter, James Toback, Barry Primus, Karen Allen, Michael Mailer, Lori Singer, Mike Tyson, Damon Dash, 


Feeling undervalued by her boyfriend, a young woman begins to explore her sexuality with other people.

Saturday, July 30, 2022

BULL (2021)

 


Written & Directed By: Paul Andrew Williams  Cinematography: Ben Chads & Vanessa Whyte  Editor: James Taylor 


Cast: Neil Maskell, David Hayman, Laura McAlpine, Yassine Mkhichen, David Nellist, Tamzin Outhwaite, Kellie Shirley 

Bull mysteriously returns home after a 10-year absence to seek revenge on those who double-crossed him all those years ago.

Thursday, July 28, 2022

SURVIVING THE GAME (1994)

 


Directed By: Ernest R. Dickerson  Written By: Eric Bernt  Cinematography: Bojan Bazelli  Editor: Sam Pollard 


Cast: Ice-T, Rugter Hauer, Charles S. Dutton, F Murray Abraham, Gary Busey, John C. McGinley, William McNamara, Jeff Corey, Bob Minor 

A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who hunt humans for sport, and that he is their new prey.

Thursday, June 23, 2022

EL CAMINO: A BREAKING BAD MOVIE (2019)

 


Written & Directed By: Vince Gilligan Cinematography: Marshall Adams Editor: Skip MacDonald


Cast: Aaron Paul, Jonathan Banks, Jesse Plemmons, Matt Jones, Charles Baker, Robert Forester, Larry Hankin, Tom Bower, Marla Gibbs, Tess Harper,  Brendan Sexton III, Kevin Rankin, Krysten Ritter, Bryan Cranston 

Fugitive Jesse Pinkman runs from his captors, the law, and his past.

Saturday, May 21, 2022

KIMI (2022)

 


Directed By: Steven Soderbergh  Written By: David Koepp Cinematography: Peter Andrews Editor: Mary Ann Bernard 


Cast: Zoe Kravitz, Byron Bowers, Devin Ratray, Robin Givens, Rita Wilson, Derek Delgaudio, Erika Christensen, Charlie Halford, Jacob Vargas, David Wain, Andy Daly 


During the COVID-19 pandemic in Seattle, an agoraphobic tech worker discovers evidence of a violent crime while reviewing a data stream, and is met with resistance and bureaucracy when she tries reporting it to her company. To get involved, she realizes she must face her greatest fear by venturing out of her apartment and into the city streets, which are filled with protestors after the city council passes a law restricting the movements of the homeless population.

Friday, May 20, 2022

I CARE A LOT (2020)

 


Written & Directed By: J. Blakeson  Cinematography: Doug Emmett  Editor: Mark Eckersley 


Cast: Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Eiza Gonzalez, Dianne Wiest, Alicia Witt, Chris Messina, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Macon Blair, Damian Young, Nicholas Logan 

A crooked legal guardian who drains the savings of her elderly wards meets her match when a woman she tries to swindle turns out to be more than she first appears.

Thursday, May 19, 2022

THE COLUMNIST (2019)

 



Directed By: Ivo Van Aart  Written By: Daan Windhorst Cinematography: Martijn Cousijn  Editor: Irme Reutelingsperger & Yamal Stitiou 


Cast: Katja Herbers, Achraf Koutet, Genio De Groot, Rein Hoffman, Claire Porro, Bram Van Der Kelen, Medina Schuurman, Harry Van Ritjthourn 

A columnist must continuously deal with threats and negative comments on her social-media pages. One day, she has had enough and decides to hunt down her trolls.

Saturday, May 14, 2022

RITUALS (1977)

 


Directed By: Peter Carter  Written By: Ian Sutherland  Cinematography: Rene Verzier  Editor: George Appleby

Cast: Hal Holbrook, Lawrence Dane, Robin Gammell, Ken James, Gary Reineke, Michael Zevon, Jack Crelay, Murray Westgate 

Five doctors go on vacation deep in the Canadian wilderness. After all but one pair of the party's shoes disappear, the remaining shoe camper decides to hike out and go look for help. Soon after he leaves, however, his four companions realize that something is very wrong when someone leaves a decapitated deer head just outside their camp. Even though they still don't have their shoes, they decide to follow their friend's trail out of the woods, but their path is blocked by someone who doesn't want to see them leave the forest alive.

Thursday, May 5, 2022

IN THE CUT (2003)

 



Directed By: Jane Campion  Written By: Jane Campion, Susanna Moore & Starvos Kazantzids Based On The Novel By: Susanna Moore  Cinematography: Dion Beebe  Editor: Alexandre De Franceschi

Cast: Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kevin Bacon, Sharrief Pugh, Nick Damici, Heather Litteer, Arthur J. Nascarella, Patrice O’Neal 

A psychological thriller: a lonely New York woman discovers the darker side of passion after becoming involved with a tough homicide detective who is investigating a series of murders in her neighborhood.

Friday, February 18, 2022

DON'T LET GO (2019)

 


Written & Directed By: Jacob Estes  Story By: Drew Daywalt  Cinematography: Sharone Meir  Editor: Billy Fox & Scott D. Hanson

Cast: David Oyelowo, Storm Reid, Alfred Molina, Mykelti Williamson, Brian Tyree Henry, April Grace, Shinelle Azoroh

After a man's family dies in what appears to be a murder, he gets a phone call from one of the dead, his niece. He's not sure if she's a ghost or if he's going mad, but as it turns out, he's not.

Thursday, February 17, 2022

2 GUNS (2013)



Directed By: Baltasar Kormakur Written By: Blake Masters  Based on the boom! studios graphic novels By: Steven Grant  Cinematography: Oliver Wood  Editor: Michael Tronick


Two hardened criminals get into trouble with the US border patrol after meeting with a Mexican drug lord, and then revelations start to unfold.

Cast: Denzel Washington,Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton,Edward James Olmos, Bill Paxton, James Marsden, Robert John Burke, Fred Ward, Patrick Fischler

Friday, February 11, 2022

FATAL AFFAIR (2020)

 


Directed By: Peter Sullivan  Written By: Peter Sullivan & Rasheeda Garner Story By: Peter Sullivan & Jeffrey Schneck Cinematography: Eitan Almagor Editor: Randy Carter 


Cast: Nia Long, Omar Epps, Stephen Bishop, Aubrey Cleland, Maya Stojan, KJ Smith, Estelle Swaray 

Ellie tries to mend her marriage with her husband Marcus after a brief encounter with an old friend, David, only to find that David is more dangerous and unstable than she'd realized.

Friday, January 7, 2022

THE TRIP (2021)

 



Directed By: Tommy Wirkola Written By: Tommy Wirkola, Nick Ball & John Niven Cinematography: Matthew Weston Editor: Patrick Larsgaard


Cast: Noomi Rapace, Aksel Hennie, Atle Antonsen, Christian Rubeck, Andre Eriksen, Nils Ole Oftebro, Stig Frode Henriksen

A dysfunctional couple head to a remote cabin to reconnect, but each has intentions to kill the other. Before they can carry out their plans, unexpected visitors arrive and they face a greater danger.

Saturday, November 13, 2021

ARMY OF THIEVES (2021)

 



Directed By: Matthias Schweighofer Written By: Shay Hatten  Story By: Zack Snyder & Shay Hatten Based On Characters created by: Zack Snyder  Cinematography: Bernhard Jasper  Editor: Alexander Berner 

Cast: Matthias Schweighofer, Nathalie Emmanuel, Ruby O. Fee, Stuart Martin, Guz Khan, Jonathan Cohen, Noemie Nakai, Christian Steyer 

A prequel, set before the events of Army of the Dead, focuses on German safecracker Ludwig Dieter leading a group of aspiring thieves on a top-secret heist during the early stages of the zombie apocalypse.

Friday, November 12, 2021

WITHOUT REMORSE (2021)

 



Directed By: Stefano Sellima Written By: Taylor Sheridan & Will Staples  Based On The Novel By: Tom Clancy  Cinematography: Philippe Rousselot Editor: Matthew Newman 

Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Guy Pearce, Lauren London, Cam Gigandet, Brett Gelman, Colman Domingo, Jacob Scipio, Todd Lasance 

An elite Navy SEAL, goes on a path to avenge his wife's murder only to find himself inside of a larger conspiracy.

Thursday, November 11, 2021

LET HIM GO (2020)

 


Written & Directed By: Thomas Bezucha Based On The Novel By: Larry Watson Cinematography: Guy Godfree Editor: Jeffrey Ford & Meg Reticker


Cast: Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Lesley Manville, Jeffrey Donovan, Kayli Carter, Booboo Stewart, Will Brittain, Greg Lawson, Ryan Bruce, Adam Stafford, Connor Mackay 

A retired sheriff and his wife, grieving over the death of their son, set out to find their only grandson.

Friday, October 8, 2021

CENSOR (2021)




Directed By: Prano Bailey-Bond  Written By: Prano Bailey-Bond & Anthony Fletcher  Cinematography: Annika Summerson  Editor: Mark Towns 


Cast: Niamh Alger, Michael Smiley, Nicholas Burns, Vincent Franklin, Sophia La Porta, Adrian Schiller

After viewing a strangely familiar video nasty, Enid, a film censor, sets out to solve the past mystery of her sister's disappearance, embarking on a quest that dissolves the line between fiction and reality.

Thursday, October 7, 2021

NOCTURNE (2020)




Written & Directed By: Zu Quirke Cinematography: Carmen Cabana  Editor: Andrew Drazek 

Cast: Sydney Sweeney, Madison Iseman, Julie Benz, Rodney To, Jacques Colimon, Ivan Shaw

An incredibly gifted pianist makes a Faustian bargain to overtake her older sister at a prestigious institution for classical musicians.

Thursday, September 30, 2021

SPECIES (1995)

 



Directed By: Roger Donaldson Written By Dennis Feldman  Cinematography: Andrzej Bartkowiak Editor: Conrad Buff


Cast: Natasha Henstridge, Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Forest Whitaker, Alfred Molina, Marg Helgenberger, Michelle Williams 

In 1993, during a search for extraterrestrial life, a transmission was received, detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil, a sensual but deadly creature who can change from a beautiful woman to an armor-plated killing machine in the blink of an eye. Government agent Xavier Fitch assembles a team of scientists and mercenaries to locate and destroy Sil before she manages to find a mate and breed.

Thursday, September 23, 2021

UNHINGED (2020)

 



Directed By: Derrick Borte  Written By: Carl Ellsworth Cinematography: Brendan Galvin  Editor: Michael McCusker, Steve Mirkovich & Tim Mirkovich 

Cast: Russell Crowe, Caren Pistorius, Jimmi Simpson, Gabriel Bateman, Austin P. McKenzie, Juliene Joyner, Stephen Louis Grush, Anne Leighton

A divorced mother honks impatiently at a deranged middle-aged stranger at a red light while running late on her way to work. His road rage escalates to horrifyingly psychotic proportions as he becomes single-mindedly determined to teach her a deadly lesson for provoking him.