Thriller

Trespassers

By Lorry Kikta | July 2019

Mojave is a beautiful, if a relatively small, town in the deserts of Southern California. It is the setting of Orson Oblowitz’…

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Mojave is a beautiful, if a relatively small, town in the deserts of Southern California. It is the setting of Orson Oblowitz’ rattling home-invasion...

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Disjointed but watchable, The Dark within has a promising opening and set up reminiscent of other paranormal thrillers like the Fury or Scanners. Director...

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In the movies, during high-stress situations, the hero knows exactly what to do. If I’m caught in the middle of a gunfight, I’m standing right behind...

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Couple's vacations in films almost rarely occur without incident in films. If a couple is on a trip, particularly to a place in a small town, the film can...

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The thriller is very similar to a comedy. There’s a set-up, a build-up, and the punch line. One end in a laugh and other in a distant contemplative...

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Many times we come across stories that remind us of other stories we have heard, whether it’s coincidence, it’s influence, or a ripoff. I feel that...

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Lucky McKee has been around since the late ’90s, directing some of the most interesting genre cinema out there, usually with women in the leading roles....

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Near the end of Pixar’s masterpiece, Ratatouille, food critic Anton Ego gives a moving, elegant monologue on the nature of criticism. While the whole...

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Self-Storage starts with a glaring flaw pertaining to its protagonist, Conrad (Garrett Wagner). In the very beginning of the film, he runs into Olivia...

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A cynical counselor at a crisis hotline finds himself in a life or death situation when a young man calls and threatens to kill three people and then...

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