The Tall Target (1951) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
One of Anthony Mann’s best films and a prototypical modern thriller, The Tall Target is a near-perfect exemplar of visual, …
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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor, 2009) MovieReview & Film summary, Cast
An adaptation of the late Stieg Larsson’s first ‘Millennium’ series entry, originally entitled, with an obviousness that better befits the …
The Cry of the Owl (2009) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Absorbing, well-acted, moody adaptation of a Patricia Highsmith novel, previously filmed by Claude Chabrol as one of his less well-received …
Confidential Agent (1945) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
I have a particular soft spot for the Graham Greene thriller on which this was based, being the first work …
Three Days of the Condor (1975) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Although not up to the standard of director Sydney Pollack’s immediate predecessor The Yakuza as a ripping genre yarn leant …
The Ghost Ship (1943) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Along with Mademoiselle Fifi and Youth Runs Wild (both 1944), The Ghost Ship is possibly the most neglected of Val Lewton’s …
Jennifer Eight (1992) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Withnail and I’s helmsman Bruce Robinson wrote and directed this neglected thriller bouyed by eerily employed wintry Pacific Northwest locations …
Jeopardy (1953) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
What would you do if your husband was trapped under a wharf stanchion with the tide coming in and your …
She-Wolf of London (1946) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
In spite of its title, this likeable yet very cheap and underdeveloped film is more a psychological thriller than a …
State of Play (2009) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Is it just me, or does many a thriller these days start off well, and yet fail to nail its …
