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I wouldn't call The Killer—which began streaming on Netflix on Friday—David Fincher's best ever, but it's still a very good movie. Though it's a thriller about a trained assassin, it's almost a quiet film. If not quiet, at least subtle. Most of the film's "dialogue" is not conversations between characters, but an internal monologue shared via...
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Halloween is a great time to acquaint yourself with all of the classic films that paved the way for decades of cinema. Despite its schlocky, B-movie name, 1942's Cat People is one such film. Is it scary by today's standards? No. Is it an essential piece of horror history? Not really. Does it feature more than one cat person? I don't even know if I ...
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If you're searching for a new suspenseful series now that Silo Season 1 is over, Apple TV+ has you covered. Hijack, a real-time thriller starring one of the smoothest guys in Hollywood, dropped two of seven episodes on June 28. And believe me when I say the series will take you on an unpredictably wild ride. When a seven-hour flight from Dubai to...
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Prime Video's new thriller Dead Ringers is a brilliantly twisted new take on David Cronenberg's infamous 1980s film of the same name. The limited series stars Oscar-winner Rachel Weisz as twins Elliott and Beverly Mantle, two outrageously talented obstetricians with the shared dream of opening up a birthing center/research lab that could change...
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Yellowjackets Season 2 takes the Showtime hit into even darker, campier territory than the first season did, embracing every single idiosyncratic beat that made the thriller a cult hit. The show follows a girls' high school soccer team that gets stranded in a frigid hellscape after a plane crash and the twisted lives of the survivors in the...
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In the mood to lose yourself in a gripping political conspiracy thriller? Netflix's The Night Agent is here to introduce you to your favorite new fictional FBI agent: Peter Sutherland. Played by Gabriel Basso, Sutherland works the night shift in the White House basement, where his sole responsibility is to answer a phone that never rings. After...
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Cocaine Bear opens with an epigraph that cites Wikipedia, the one website most of us were taught never to cite for academic purposes — that's when I knew I was likely in for a good time. And I was right! Cocaine Bear may not reinvent the wheel, but if you're just looking for a good time, this movie is it. The movie, which was directed by actress ...
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