Against the backdrop of an intricate plot set in a slick looking Copenhagen, the protagonists Maria Bonnevie and Nikolaj Lie Kaas spend the better part of the film smoking in a way so alluring it may convince the viewer that cigarettes are the real secret to eternal beauty. Sabine Wolf
Entries categorized as 'Thriller'
Reconstruction – 2003 – Christoffer Boe
May 13, 2008 · No Comments
Categories: Thriller · drama · romance
Tagged: Christoffer Boe, Copenhagen, entertainment, Maria Bonnevie, movie, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Reconstruction, review
Michael Clayton - 2007 - Tony Gilroy
May 12, 2008 · 1 Comment
Why on earth Tilda Swinton landed a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her barely-there roll in Michael Clayton baffles me. Still this post-Enron thriller starring George Clooney as a corporate fixer is decent, if muddled. Compared with a Grisham thriller it’s far more understated and subtle and the better for it. JJ
Categories: Crime · Hollywood · Thriller · drama
Tagged: entertainment, Michael Clayton, movie, review, Thriller, Tlda Swinton, Tony Gilroy
Race - 2008 - Abbas, Mastan
May 9, 2008 · No Comments
Race is one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. A flawless story unveils a litany of suspenseful moments. Saif-Ali Khan and Akshay Khanna are at their best - 10 out for 10 for the script. Neha Kumar.
Categories: Bollywood · Thriller · drama
Tagged: Akshay Khanna, Anil Kapoor, Bipasa Basu, Bollywood, entertainment, Katrina Kaif, review, Saif-Ali Khan, Suspense, Thriller
Iron Man - 2008 - Jon Favreau
May 6, 2008 · 2 Comments
Iron Man makes a semi-entertaining silver screen debut. From the get-go there is promise, the chutzpah and wit of Robert Downey Jr, some nefarious Middle Eastern gunmen (they’ve replaced the Soviets since 9-11) and a bodily transformation. However, IM fails to deliver and doesn’t rise above your standard superhero fare. Expect a sequel.JJ
Categories: Crime · Hollywood · Thriller · action · drama
Tagged: entertainment, Gwyneth Paltrow, Iron Man, Jeff Bridges, Jon Favreau, movie review, Robert Downey Jr.. superhero
Gone Baby Gone - 2007 - Ben Affleck
May 1, 2008 · No Comments
Second review in as many days about a Bah-stan movie. Ben Affleck makes a shaky directorial debut. At times the tension is finely tuned, other times it’s drawn-out. Still the dramatic plot, centering round a child abduction, and a commendable performance by Casey Affleck make it worth watching.JJ
Categories: Crime · Hollywood · Thriller · drama
Tagged: Ben Affleck, Boston, Casey Affleck, child abduction, Crime, Gone Baby Gone, Morgan Freeman, movie review
The Departed - 2006 - Martin Scorsese
April 30, 2008 · 1 Comment
Adapted from the original, set in Hong Kong, Scorsese finally bagged an Oscar for his tense portrayal of corruption set in Boston. He nails pretty much everything in this brilliantly written, and acted, thriller. Leonardo De Caprio comes of age and Nicholson proves he is the best actor in America. JJ
Categories: Crime · Hollywood · Thriller · drama
Tagged: Boston, Crime, Irish, Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, mafia, Martin Scorsese, Matt Damon, movie, review, The Departed, Thriller
Naked Blood - 1995 - Hisayasu Sato
April 17, 2008 · No Comments
A very bizarre, dated, Japanese movie about a high-school teenager’s quest to rid the world of sadness and pain, by replacing it with happiness and ecstasy. He spikes his mother’s experimental test subjects with his test serum, and videotapes their progression as well as orgies and the elation of eventual death. A weird film. Brian Murray
Categories: Horror · Japan · Thriller
Tagged: drugs, entertainment, Hisayasu Sato, Horror, Misa Aika, movie, movie review, Naked Blood, torture, Yumika Hayashi
Some Like It Hot - 1959 - Billy Wilder
April 16, 2008 · No Comments
Such delightful innocence and good fun too. From an era when you could disguise two men - on the run from the Mafia - with dresses and some breast padding. Add to the mischief the sweetness of Marilyn Monroe and you have a classic. JJ
Categories: Crime · Hollywood · Humour · Thriller · drama
Tagged: Billy Wilder, enetertainment, Jacl Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, movie review, Some Like It Hot, Tony Curtis
The Player -1992 - Robert Altman
April 15, 2008 · No Comments
Player is Altman’s attempt to satirize and mock Hollywood. He’s exorcised virtually all Hollywood and what it represents in this very funny and watchable movie. If there were ever one master of parody in American cinema, it was certainly Robert Altman. Omid Nikfarjam
Categories: Humour · Thriller · drama
Tagged: entertainment, Greta Scacchi, movie review, robert Altman, The Player, Tim Robbins, watch, Whoopi Goldberg
Boarding Gate - 2007 - Olivier Assayas
April 10, 2008 · No Comments
Michael Madsen stars in this average movie about the trials of excesses, and where it leads you. He is a failed financial speculator drawn into a scheme of murder, deceit, and drug-deals. Que event followed by escape to Beijing. Everyone is out to get everyone else,and has their own agenda, leaving only a very unsatisfying ending. Brian Murray
Categories: Crime · Thriller · action · drama
Tagged: Beijing, Boarding Gate, cinema, entertainment, Michael Madsen, movie, Olivier Assayas, review
