Walls, Whispers and the Architecture of Isolation Phillip Koch's Brick isn't just a sci-fi thriller - it's a psychologicsl pressure chamber. Set within a Hamburg apartment block mysteriously sealed overnight by an impenetrable wall, the film traps its characters in a space that's both physical and emotional. With no exits, no signal, and no explanation,… Continue reading Exploring Isolation in Phillip Koch’s Brick
Director: Denis Villeneuve Crime - Drama - Mystery - Thriller It is Thanksgiving, and two young girls have been kidnapped. The police have arrested and released the prime suspect. One of the girls’ fathers takes matters into his own hands. Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal * Hugh Jackman * Terrence Howard * Viola Davis *Maria Bello * … Continue reading Prisoners (2013)
Director: Tate Taylor Crime - Drama - Mystery - Thriller Cast: Emily Blunt * Haley Bennett * Rebecca Ferguson * Justin Theroux * Luke Evans * Adapted from Paula Hawkins’ novel of the same name. We follow an unreliable narrator, Rachel Watson (Emily Blunt), due to her drinking and her delicate emotional state as a… Continue reading The Girl on the Train (2016)
Director: Robert Altman Comedy - Drama - Mystery Cast: Maggie Smith * Ryan Phillipe * Michael Gambon * Kristin Scott Thomas * My guilty pleasure is watching films that involve the rich, flawed people that live upstairs, and the staff that live below and serve them. Set in the 1930s, a group of rich, some… Continue reading Gosford Park (2001)
Director: Joe Carnahan Action - Mystery - Sci-Fi - Thriller Cast: Frank Grillo * Mel Gibson * Naomi Watts * Michelle Yeoh I found this quite entertaining. Frank Grillo is Roy Pulver, a retired special forces officer who becomes trapped in an infinite time-loop on the day of his murder. He has to solve the… Continue reading Boss Level (2020)
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