John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
“I’m not that guy anymore.” My 2014 review of John Wick was wrong. In that piece, I complained about an unexplained world where questions piled up at the rapid rate of body […]
Category Archives: Thriller
xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)
“The things I do for my country.” Spy movies used to be rather sterile. Gunfire, conspiracies, mysteries to be solved. I’m mostly referring back to the older Bond films plus the likes […]
Sleepless (2017)
“You’ve gotta figure it out.” Before you even think about paying to see Sleepless – be it at regular ticket price or for a discounted matinée – I strongly urge you to first […]
Split (2017)
“The broken are the more evolved.” With the movie Split, writer/director M. Night Shyamalan’s ambition tends to exceed his grasp, but that doesn’t mean the blind grabs for thrills are altogether out […]
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. […]
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 […]
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