American Assassin (2017)
“I am prepared to die a martyr.” At first introduction, Mitch Rapp (Dylan O’Brien) is a man in love. He smiles, proposes to his disarming girlfriend out in the Mediterranean […]
Category Archives: Thriller
Good Time (2017)
“This place where you are now can be a lot of fun if you let it. You’re going to have a good time.” Not since last year’s incredibly moving and […]
Annabelle: Creation (2017)
“Forgive me Father, for I’m about to sin.” There’s no question that director David F. Sandberg knows what the hell he is doing. With last year’s fantastic Lights Out and now with Annabelle: […]
Kidnap (2017)
“I’m gonna have to let them take you.” Filmed back in 2014 and shelved until its untimely recent release, Kidnap is so cheap, so thoroughly exploitative and dumb that I honestly can’t […]
Atomic Blonde (2017)
“Trust no one.” While not outright ditzy or dumb or as cool as it thinks itself to be, Atomic Blonde is a whole lot more boring of a film than its […]
Dunkirk (2017)
“If we go there we’ll die.” Christopher Nolan seems to be a director and a storyteller obsessed by the passage, the overall meaning, and the possibility of exploring different pieces […]
The Beguiled (2017)
“Are you frightened?” The Beguiled is not the sort of film where you should ever try to dwell upon any one thing it tries to be about. It’s too sprawling, […]
The Book of Henry (2017)
“One little miscalculation and the whole thing fails.” I’m happy that it took a long seven months, but I have now finally seen my least favorite film of 2017, and […]
The Circle (2017)
“Do you think you do better or worse when you are being watched?” Not all stories require or need happy endings. Memories of messages seem to linger longer when drenched […]
Alien: Covenant (2017)
“We need your faith.” To pull apart Ridley Scott’s latest – a frustratingly uneven piece of near science fiction genius – we must first dive into its messy nature whilst understanding the purpose […]
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