Ballerina, written and produced by Lee Chung-Hyun, is a slick South Korean revenge action thriller that…
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The Equalizer 3 (2023) review – A well-executed action thriller hampered by its formulaic structure and a weak third act
The Equalizer 3, the final film in the trilogy based on the 1980s TV series of…
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Dead Calm (1989) review – Despite a few anxiety-inducing moments, the film falls short of the promise shown at the beginning
Dead Calm, an Australian psychological thriller directed by Phillip Noyce, contains a few anxiety-inducing moments but…
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Freeway (1996) review – Reese Witherspoon delivers a career-defining performance in the 90s version of “Little Red Riding Hood.”
Freeway is Matthew Bright’s version of the 17th-century European fairy tale “Little Red Riding Hood.” Vanessa…
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To Catch a Killer (2023) review – A film that works solely within the confines of the police procedural but fails when it attempts to branch out
To Catch a Killer, directed by Argentinean filmmaker Damian Szifron (who also helmed the outstanding Wild…
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A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin (1971) review – Not the best of Fulci’s Giallo films, but contains some of the most visceral visuals of his career
While Lucio Fulci is able to unleash some of the most graphic, sensual, and visceral imagery…
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Psycho 2 (1983) review – A film that benefits significantly from its slasher approach
Despite my reservations about watching Psycho 2, a sequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s technical and visual masterpiece,…
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The Spanish Prisoner (1997) review – A film that reveals David Mamet’s strengths and weaknesses
The title of this movie would suggest that it is a prison drama with a Spanish-speaking…
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Iratta (2023) review – A solid whodunit set inside a police station, elevated by its gut-wrenching climactic twist
The police station in the Keralan village of Vagamon is getting ready to host a distinguished…
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Cairo Conspiracy (2022) review – A compelling political thriller in which religious and political power dynamics take center stage
In the same vein as director Tarik Saleh’s 2017 critically acclaimed film The Nile Hilton Incident,…
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