While dramatically impressive and well-acted, director Alex Ross Perry's "Queen of Earth" is somewhat disjointed in how it handles its obligations to the thriller genre.
'71 is one of the more honest examinations of the IRA conflicts, but it’s also a somewhat tedious and predictable action thriller with almost no character development.
"Ex Machina" is a refreshingly chilling and complex story with some faultless performances; the moments that make us gasp in horror are masterfully balanced with the thought-provoking and the humorous, thus keeping the darker elements from overshadowing the final intent.
Drained completely of the innovation that made [Rec] a quintessential part of the horror genre, [Rec] 4 disappoints, making the death of the series very welcome.
Mona Fastvold’s debut feature comes equipped with gorgeous cinematography and one of the year’s best scores, but its haunting moodiness isn’t enough to cover up the subpar script by Fastvold and co-star Brady Corbet.
“What if I could put him in front of you – the man that ruined your life? Would you kill him?” Rian Johnson and Spielberg may have a few things to say about Predestination, the first film from genre-nerds Michael and Peter Spierig since 2009’s Daybreakers, but this mega-cut of time travel conventions embraces cliché […]
Paul Schrader’s troubled mystery-thriller “Dying of the Light” is extinguished by an undisciplined Nicolas Cage performance and a lack of thematic clarity.
