The Ghost Writer Year: 2010 Genre: Drama/Thriller/Mystery Runtime: 128min Rating: PG-13 IMDB Score: 7.6/10 (19,570+ Votes) Director(s): Roman Polanski Writer(s): Roman Polanski (screenplay) and Robert Harris (novel and adaptation) Plot/Synopsis: A ghostwriter hired to complete the memoirs of a former British prime minister uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy Forethought(s): This movie [...]
Batman: Under the Red Hood Year: 2010 Genre: Action/Animation/Crime/Thriller Runtime: 75min Rating: PG-13 IMDB Score: 7.9/10 (2,500+ Votes) Director(s): Brandon Vietti Writer(s): Judd Winick Plot/Synopsis: Batman faces his ultimate challenge as the mysterious Red Hood takes Gotham City by firestorm. Forethought(s): As a comic book fan I also fear that comic book related movies are [...]
Kick-Ass Year: 2010 Genre: Action/Crime/Thriller Runtime: 117mins Rating: R IMDB Score: 8.2/10 (70,000+ Votes) Director(s): Matthew Vaughn Writer(s): Matthew Vaughn(screenplay), Jane Goldman (screenplay), Mark Millar (comic book) and John Romita Jr. (comic book) Plot/Synopsis: Dave Lizewski is a geeky teenager who wonders why nobody has ever decided to become a superhero like the ones in [...]
The Mist Year: 2007 Genre: Drama/Horror/Sci-Fi/Thriller Runtime: 126min Rating: R IMDB Score: 7.4/10 (74,990+ Votes) Director(s): Frank Darabont Writer(s): Frank Darabont (screenplay) & Stephen King (novel) Plot/Synopsis: A freak storm unleashes a species of blood-thirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole-up in a supermarket and fight for their lives. [...]
The Losers Year: 2010 Genre: Action/Adventure/Crime/Mystery/Thriller Runtime: 97mins Rating: PG-13 IMDB Score: 6.5/10 (10,100+ Votes) Director(s): Sylvain White Writer(s): Peter Berg (screenplay),James Vanderbilt (screenplay) & Andy Diggle (characters) Plot/Synopsis: After being betrayed and left for dead, members of a CIA black ops team root out those who targeted them for assassination Forethought(s): This movie is [...]
Brooklyn’s Finest Year: 2010 Genre: Action/Crime/Drama/Thriller Runtime: 132mins Rating: R IMDB Score: 7.1/10 (8,000+ Votes) Director(s): Antoine Fuqua Writer(s): Michael C. Martin Plot/Synopsis: Three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location after enduring vastly different career paths Forethought(s): Based on the trailers I have seen I’m thinking this may be a bit [...]
The Crazies Year: 2010 Genre: *Mystery/Sci-Fi/Thriller Runtime: 101mins Rating: R IMDB Score: 6.8/10 (14,000+ Votes) Director(s): Breck Eisner Writer(s): Scott Kosar & Ray Wright Plot/Synopsis: The inhabitants of a small Iowa town suddenly plagued by insanity and then death after a mysterious toxin contaminates their water supply Forethought(s): This is a remake of the zombie [...]
Persons Unknown: I wanted to watch this show from the start and I didn’t think the start was for until this week but wouldn’t you know it that the show actually started four weeks ago. I don’t know how I missed that but I did. So I am going to a special review/TV Talking Points [...]
State of Play Year: 2009 Genre: Drama/Thriller/Mystery Runtime: 127min Rating: PG-13 IMDB Score: 7.3/10 (31,800+ Votes) Director(s): Kevin Macdonald Writer(s): Matthew Michael Carnahan (screenplay),Tony Gilroy (screenplay),Billy Ray (screenplay), Paul Abbott (TV series) Plot/Synopsis: A team of investigative reporters work alongside a police detective to try to solve the murder of a congressman’s mistress. Forethought(s): Three [...]
Unthinkable Year: 2010 Genre: Drama/Thriller Runtime: 97mins Rating: R IMDB Score: 7.3/10 (7,000+ Votes) Director(s): Gregor Jordan Writer(s): Peter Woodward Plot/Synopsis: A psychological thriller centered around a black-ops interrogator and an FBI agent who press a suspect terrorist into divulging the location of three nuclear weapons sets to detonate in the U.S Forethought(s): Haven’t heard [...]