Thriller

Here is a claustrophobic thriller that unfolds entirely inside a small telephone exchange on the island of Alderney in the early 1960s; it features just one actor visible throughout, with other characters only heard through the telephone lines. Writer-director-producer Oliver Pearn, making his feature debut here after working as an assistant director and the like, is laying down a crisp white calling card by showing off how economically he can tell a story. While this sometimes feels less like cinema and more like a stage…

Film: Role PlayCast: Kaley Cuoco, David Oyelowo. Bill Nighy, Connie NeilsenDirector: Thomas VincentRating: 2/5 This story about an assassin whose secret life is discovered by her family after the bounty on her head touches the stratosphere, is nothing but a rehash of countless TV shows and films with similar story arcs. The spouse living a double life will come as stale territory for those who watch movies even at irregular intervals. Emma ( Kaley Cuoco who played Penny of the long-running ‘The Big Bang…

In Wild Things, John McNaughton’s gloriously underrated 1998 thriller, Florida has never felt seedier. The idyllic, upscale Miami suburb of Blue Bay is rocked when high school guidance counsellor Sam Lombardo (Matt Dillon) is accused of rape by two of his students: the wealthy teen socialite Kelly Van Ryan (Denise Richards) and the poorer, more socially outcast Suzie Toller (Neve Campbell).On the stand at the much-publicised trial, however, the girls quickly break under cross-examination and reveal that the allegations…

Babygirl is another new A24 movie – and this is what we know about it. A24 has continued to surprise and delight with their movies over the last few years. From the 2023 Academy Award for Best Picture-winning Everything Everywhere All At Once to one of the scariest A24 horror movies, Talk to Me, to even the strange dramatic comedy stories of Dream Scenario, the production company has created some of the best films. Among the new movies coming to the screen for people to enjoy is the thriller, Babygirl. But who is going…

Writer-director Felix Chong, co-writer of the Hong Kong crime picture Infernal Affairs (remade by Martin Scorsese as The Departed), reunites with the stars of that picture, Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Andy Lau, for what is rumoured to be one of the most expensive Hong Kong films ever produced. The Goldfinger is a 70s and 80s-set gilt-framed mirror maze of a movie that delves into investigations of financial irregularities and criminal conspiracy on the part of super-smug moneybags Ching Yat-yin (a perma-smirking Leung) and…

Facing fourth-and-two on his own 33-yard line, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh could have been conservative trailing Alabama by a touchdown with 3:19 left on the clock and three timeouts. His offense had been shut down the entire second half, so nobody would have blamed him for trusting his dominant defense one more time.But Harbaugh has been saying all season that Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy has become the standard bearer at that position, surpassing even his head coach. Harbaugh backed up that belief by putting the…

Joy (Max Eigenmann), an undocumented Filipina immigrant, is striving to secure a better life for her daughter Grace (an impish Jaeden Paige Boadilla) through a series of demoralising cleaning gigs for wealthy Londoners. When she stumbles into a job as a carer for a comatose cancer patient, it initially seems to be the lucky break she was waiting for. But dark secrets lurk in the shadowy corners of the dying man’s mansion. And his niece, Katherine (Leanne Best), is perhaps not quite what she seems.The feature debut from…

Mangalavaaram OTT release date: If you are a die-hard Telugu cinema fan then we have great news for you. The Payal Rajput starring mystery thriller, Mangalavaaram is finally going to be released on an OTT platform. The Mangalavaaram OTT release date is out and people who missed the movie in theatres can now watch the film online on the OTT platform. It is a mystery and thriller drama that revolves around love, lust and revenge, which will keep you hooked to your screens throughout the film. Excited to know more about the…

This year seemed to be the one that marked a pivot away from superhero movies dominating the movie playing field. Of course, we still saw well-regarded Marvel movies such as James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 in theaters. But the tepid reaction to The Flash, The Marvels, and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom meant that the wave of superhero dominance was subsiding. In their absence, we saw a rise in intelligent, adult thrillers… the kind that once prevailed in the 1980s and 90s.Granted, some were found on streaming…

Film: Fear the Night (Lionsgate)Cast: Maggie Q, Highdee Kuan, Kat Foster, Ito Aghayere, Philip BurkeDirector: Neil LaButeRating: 2/5Runtime: 92 mins This home-invasion set-up is a lame excuse for a generic action-thriller. Action star Maggie Q ( from ‘Nikita’) has little to do here other than look aware, tense and serious. Iraq War veteran Tess (Maggie Q) has a contentious relationship with her sister Beth (Kat Foster) have to put aside their differences for their little sister Rose’s…