Thriller Rated PG-13
“Salt is a spy movie on the wrong side of ridiculousness…
Thriller Rated R
Shutter Island begins as a fun and crazily creepy popcorn thriller, but the movie eventually turns into something far more disturbing. By the end, it’s not fun at all – the preview audience I saw it with was stunned into silence. So does this mean the film makes a serious misstep or that it’s a
The Ghost Writer knows how to set the mood – and it’s anything but romantic. Set in a bunker-like beach house on an island off the East Coast, The Ghost Writer follows an author (Ewan McGregor) who has been assigned to spruce up the autobiography of former English prime minister Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan). Lang
“…a case of half-hearted ambition, if there is such a thing. Kelly fails, but the problem is he doesn’t fail big enough.
“…feels like one of those movies that never progressed much beyond the concept stage – yet ended up getting released anyway.
There are twists upon twists upon twists in this French thriller – perhaps one or two twists too many. Hitchcock and (more country appropriate) Henri Georges-Clouzot are both evoked in this tale of a pediatrician (Francois Cluzet) who is struggling to recover from his wife’s murder years earlier. When new evidence is found, he is
“Imagine going to a library to research arcane religious history while listening to a medieval church choir too loudly on your iPod…
“…a quintessential 1970s New York picture, full of prickly characters and urban tension.
“In terms of tension – pure, cinematic suspense – the picture is a knockout.
Thriller Rated NR
Hitchcock’s thriller – perhaps his most perverse – plays at the Gene Siskel Film Center Sept. 10 and 14.
