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‘The Night Manager’: An Explosive Combination of Style and Substance
The Night Manager, the latest Disney  Plus Hotstar series- a remake of the British series of the same name- feels a tad bit off-putting, considering how they split the story into two parts. The four-episode series will have its part…
The Good Nurse is an Engaging Thriller that Falls Just Short of Being a Great Classic
Trust is the most essential aspect of any relationship. Trust can make a relationship beautiful and pure. However, when we trust someone, be it our friends, coworkers, or relatives, we also give them the power to hurt us. Sometimes people…
Severance is a Cerebral, Tense Sci-Fi Show with a Sinister Corporate Setting
Severance, created by Dan Erickson, is one of the most disturbing and inventive new tv shows of the year so far. Featuring fantastic performances, chilling cinematography, and stellar direction, it’s part of Apple TV+’s salvo of recent quality content as…
Tokyo Vice is a Promising Crime Show about an American Journalist Investigating the Yakuza in the Nineties
Tokyo Vice is hardly the first western story to tackle the Yakuza, but it does boast a fantastic first episode directed by executive producer Michael Mann, who directed classics such as Heat and Collateral. Adapted from a memoir of Jake…
The Batman is a Gritty, Grounded Take on the Dark Knight (that is also One of the Best Superhero Movies in Years)
The Batman is third reboot featuring the caped crusader since his first cinematic outing in 1989. On paper, that might make you think this might be unnecessary and a retread of previous films. Thankfully, the Batman is, perhaps, the best…
A Thursday is a Pulse-Pounding Hostage Thriller that Doesn’t Quite Stick its Landing
A Thursday is clearly meant to be a spiritual successor to the cult hit Naseeruddin Shah-starrer A Wednesday. Both are about a vigilante protagonist going up against the police, driven by societal injustice. This movie, however, is a lot more…
Kimi is a Taut, Modern Thriller centered around Technology and set in the Pandemic Era
Kimi dips into a familiar well that the likes of Rear Window and Panic Room took inspiration from: thrillers that feature stalkers stumbling into disturbing information. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, a seasoned director who has directed the likes of the…
Reacher is a Solid Adaptation that Makes a Standard Murder Mystery (and Conspiracy) Bearable Thanks to Strong Character Dynamics
Reacher is the latest adaptation of author Lee Child’s Jack Reacher novels, which star a hulking ex-army loner who lives off the grid and habitually finds himself in dangerous situations that require both his fists and brain. Although Tom Cruise…
No Time to Die Pulls the Curtain on Daniel Craig’s James Bond in Satisfying Fashion, Featuring Beautiful Cinematography and Kinetic Action Scenes
No Time to Die, after being delayed for one and a half years, has finally arrived in theaters. Did it live up to the anticipation of closing out Craig’s Bond journey in a satisfactory way? Mostly, yes. It’s not a…
The Guilty is a Tense, One Location Thriller That is Powered by Jake Gyllenhaal’s Intense Performance
The Guilty was made during the pandemic, and it tries to make full use of those circumstances, setting the story in a 9–11 dispatch center where a cop races against time to save a mother and her children. Remade from…