Tag: Thriller

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Time for a Reel WOLF review

About the film (courtesy of Focus Features): Believing he is a wolf trapped in a human body, Jacob (George MacKay) eats, sleeps, and lives like a wolf – much to the shock of his family. When he’s sent to a clinic, Jacob and his animal-bound peers are forced to undergo increasingly extreme forms of ‘curative’ …

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Time for a Reel ENCOUNTER review

About the film (courtesy of Amazon Studios): A decorated Marine goes on a rescue mission to save his two young sons from a mysterious threat. As their journey takes them in increasingly dangerous directions, the boys will need to leave their childhoods behind. Encounter is a slow-burn sci-fi thriller that feels more like a psychological …

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Time for a Reel HOUSE OF GUCCI review

About the film (courtesy of United Artists Releasing): Inspired by the shocking true story of the family empire behind the Italian fashion house Gucci – Spanning three decades of love, betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately murder, we see what a name means, what it’s worth, and how far a family will go for control. What …

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Time for a Reel THE CARD COUNTER review

About the film (courtesy of Focus Features): Redemption is the long game in Paul Schrader’s The Card Counter. Told with Schrader’s trademark cinematic intensity, the revenge thriller tells the story of an ex-military interrogator turned gambler haunted by the ghosts of his past decisions, and features riveting performances from stars Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye …

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Time for a Reel CANDYMAN review

About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): For as long as residents can remember, the housing projects of Chicago’s Cabrini Green neighborhood were terrorized by a word-of-mouth ghost story about a supernatural killer with a hook for a hand, easily summoned by those daring to repeat his name five times into a mirror. In present …

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Time for a Reel THE PROTÉGÉ review

About the film (courtesy of Lionsgate): Rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody (Samuel L. Jackson) and trained in the family business, Anna (Maggie Q) is the world’s most skilled contract killer. But when Moody – the man who was like a father to her and taught her everything she needs to know …

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Time for a Reel STILLWATER review

About the film (courtesy of Focus Features): The dramatic killer follows an American oil-rig roughneck (Matt Damon) from Oklahoma who travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter (Abigail Breslin), in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. Director Tom McCarthy took home an Oscar for Best Writing/Original Screenplay on Spotlight (2015). …

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Time for a Reel OLD review

About the film (courtesy of Universal Pictures): A chilling, mysterious new thriller about a family on a tropical holiday who discover that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly … reducing their entire lives into a single day. M. Night Shyamalan always takes his …

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Time for a Reel THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT review

About the film (courtesy of Warner Bros.): The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It reveals a chilling story of terror, murder and unknown evil that shocked even experienced real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. One of the most sensational cases from their files, it starts with a fight for the soul of a …

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Time for a Reel WRATH OF MAN review

About the film (courtesy of MGM): This contemporary movie tells the story of the cold and mysterious ‘H’ as he goes to work at a cash truck company that moves hundreds of millions of dollars around Los Angeles every week. H’s objective is unique and unanticipated, but is only revealed incrementally, utilizing a suspenseful and …