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Tag: Thriller

Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, The (2009)

Thriller Rated R

“Travolta barks and giggles and screams, as if creating a memorable nemesis was simply a matter of calling more attention to yourself than anyone else.

Eagle Eye (2008)

Thriller Rated PG-13

"This time, Big Brother doesn’t only want to listen to us – he wants to kill us."

Lakeview Terrace (2008)

Thriller Rated PG-13

Samuel L. Jackson is asked to put on his fire-and-brimstone, dog-and-pony show in this initially unsettling, eventually ludicrous thriller from director Neil LaBute. Jackson plays a veteran Los Angeles police officer who takes a dislike to the interracial couple (Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington) next door. As soon as Jackson’s eyes begin to widen, you

Mirrors (2008)

Thriller Rated R

"At the goofiest point, a pane of glass actually bites Kiefer Sutherland. He yells at it, but the mirror doesn’t listen."

Traitor (2008)

Thriller Rated PG-13

"A fair number of recent, post-9/11 dramas have suffered from the same malady: research paperitis."

X-Files: I Want to Believe, The (2008)

Thriller Rated PG-13

“I Want to Believe had the right strategy; too bad Carter and company couldn’t commit to it.

Happening, The (2008)

Thriller Rated R

“Shyamalan’s latest film is the first in a long time that I can’t defend.

Three Days of the Condor (1976)

Thriller Rated R

Based on James Grady’s novel, Condor is an efficient exercise in Watergate-era paranoia. Robert Redford plays Joseph Turner, a low-level CIA researcher who returns to the office with lunch one day to find every one of his colleagues murdered. His panic only grows after the CIA agents ordered to bring him in instead try to

Touch of Evil (1958)

Drama, Thriller Rated NR

“It isn’t long into Touch of Evil when you realize that anything goes.”

88 Minutes (2008)

Thriller Rated R

“Pacino never looks very frazzled, even as his lethal deadline approaches. He only gets louder.

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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (2025)

Drama Rated R

“Byrne’s tiny touches that reverberate with recognizability.”

Jay Kelly (2025)

Drama Rated R

“… like watching the problems of a pillow.”

Hamnet (2025)

Drama Rated PG-13

“… lures us in with a swooning romance, then lowers the hammer.”


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