One Battle After Another: Paul T. Anderson's Least Cryptic Film is a Violent, Tense Carnival Ride
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekWriter-director Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another, Tense action, thriller, drama, comedy, Movies about politically motivated violence, Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Sean Penn, Chase Infiniti, Benicio Del Toro, Cinematographer Michael Bauman, Regina Hall, Music by Jonny Greenwood
Drop: Textbook Texting Thriller Drops Logic for Thrills
Plane: Patchwork-Quilt Thriller Nods to Many (Many) Films that Came Before
ReviewJim SlotekPlane, Jean-François Richet, Gerard Butler, Paul Ben-Victor, Yoson An, Claro de los Reyes, Mike Colter, Action, thriller, Derivitive
Navalny: Portrait of an Enemy of Tyranny, and the Unraveling of a Political Poisoning
Fever Dream: Moms, Kids, And Madness Under the Argentinian Sun
ReviewJim SlotekFever Dream, Claudia Llosa, Argentina, Argentinian films, Spanish language, thriller, drama, mystery, Supernatural thriller, María Valverde, Dolores Fonzi, Netflix
Oxygen: Director Alexandre Aja’s Latest Offers Shallow Suspenseful Breaths
Six Minutes to Midnight: Eddie Izzard-Guided WWII Drama Intriguing but Unfulfilling
Make Up: Feminist Art Film Gussied Up as Ghoulish Thriller Packs Unexpected Wallop
Unhinged: Russell Crowe Road-Rage Drama Brings the Horror if Not the Plausibility
Review, PreviewUnhinged, Derrick Borte, Russell Crowe, Caren Pistorious, Road rage, Road Warrior, Gabriel Bateman, thriller, suspense, horror, Carl Ellsworth
Serenity: Star-Laden Thriller Tanks Despite High-Minded Concept
Hunter Killer: Long, Hard and Full of Seamen (Yup, We Went There…)
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Searching: Ace Thriller Asks Timely Questions about Digital-Age Identity, Privacy
Searching: Ace Thriller Asks Timely Questions about Digital-Age Identity, Privacy
Breaking In: No Mother’s Day Flowers for Lame Home Invasion Thriller
The Scent of Rain and Lightning: Slow-burn Thriller Strikes All the Right Notes
The Commuter: Liam Neeson Thriller Galls with What Might Have Been
Oh my God, sharks! And nitrogen bubbles in my brain!
Disturbing Aussie "Bernardo tale" told with deft touch