Patriots Day (2016)
“I don’t think there’s any way they could ever win.” There is no reasonable justification for Patriots Day to recreate the Boston Marathon Bombing a mere 3 years after the deadly terrorist attack. […]
Category Archives: Thriller
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
“Our world is a lot less painful than the real world.” The first images we see are of obese middle-aged women floating in slow motion with pride and dignity, wearing […]
The Girl on the Train (2016)
“We were the saddest people we knew.” The abundant stories in The Girl on the Train are the products of pretty people who get bored too easily. Their lives look well-manicured, but the […]
Deepwater Horizon (2016)
“Never hurts to run a test.” Deepwater Horizon starts with a bang. Not literally – plenty of those are saved for later. The screen is black as we listen to real […]
Blair Witch (2016)
“We faked it because it’s real.” If somebody was to ask me to describe Blair Witch, I’d say that it’s the type I normally liken to gridlock traffic. All stop […]
Don’t Breathe (2016)
“If we do this right, we never have to do it again.” We start at the end. Rocky (Jane Levy) is being dragged down a desolate Detroit street by her […]
Jason Bourne (2016)
“I remember…I remember everything.” We remember everything too, Jason Bourne. After all, this is the fourth time you’ve delivered the same movie with the same motives in the same manner. Whereas the first […]
The Neon Demon
“You can always tell when beauty is manufactured.” I’m not sure it’s possible to watch one of Nicolas Winding Refn’s recent films without being utterly absorbed by some sort of […]
The Shallows (2016)
“This is paradise.” The Shallows is an easy movie to dismiss. Blake Lively in a bikini plus a human hunting shark equals a simple sell. You don’t expect a lot, maybe rightfully […]
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
“After everything we’ve seen, there isn’t much that rattles either of us anymore.” Fairly early in the film, young Janet (Madison Wolfe) sits on the couch in her London flat […]
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