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Misadapting Terror in The Pale Blue Eye

January 11, 2023January 10, 2023 by M.C. Myers
The Pale Blue Eye Christian Bale

The Pale Blue Eye has the cast of a masterpiece and the script of a write-off. It’s inoffensive afternoon viewing, but Poe would have his name removed from it.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2020s, Based on a Book, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Christian Bale, Gillian Anderson, Lucy Boynton, Scott Cooper, Thriller, Timothy Spall Leave a comment

Exorcist II: The Heretic – Horror as Anti-Horror

January 21, 2023April 15, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Exorcist II Linda Blair

Despite its meandering awkwardness, one of the most hated horror films of all time features a compelling creative vision and the visuals of an epic.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 1970s, Horror, John Boorman, Linda Blair, Movie Series, Richard Burton, Sequel, Thriller Leave a comment

Zodiac: Memories of Murmur

August 28, 2022March 6, 2022 by M.C. Myers
Zodiac

The 15th anniversary of Zodiac is the perfect occasion to revisit David Fincher’s best film and see how the thriller epic holds up in 2022.

Categories Film Reviews, Great Films Tags 2000s, Based on a Book, David Fincher, Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Thriller Leave a comment

The Batman – Trailer Reaction

January 8, 2022December 27, 2021 by M.C. Myers
The Batman Robert Pattinson

Another trailer for The Batman encouraged me to write down my thoughts, both my anticipation and misgivings, about Matt Reeves’ latest take on the Dark Knight.

Categories Features Tags 2020s, Action, Batman, Comic Book Movie, DC Comics, Matt Reeves, Robert Pattinson, The Batman, Thriller, Trailer, Warner Bros., Zoe Kravitz Leave a comment

Vertigo: Decoding Hitchcock’s Desires

July 13, 2022December 9, 2021 by M.C. Myers
Vertigo Kim Novak Alfred Hitchcock

Vertigo is as much about its director’s view of sex as a masterclass thriller. It decodes not only Master Hitchcock but an entire cinematic point-of-view.

Categories Film Reviews, Great Films Tags 1950s, Alfred Hitchcock, Jimmy Stewart, Kim Novak, Romance, Thriller Leave a comment

Enemy: The Right Wrong Man

March 22, 2022November 25, 2021 by M.C. Myers
Enemy Jake Gyllenhaal

An analysis of Villeneuve’s dreamy thriller, Hitchcock accelerated to spiritual attack speed. Arachnophobes beware.

Categories Film Reviews, Great Films Tags 2010s, Based on a Book, Isabella Rossellini, Jake Gyllenhaal, Melanie Laurent, Thriller Leave a comment

The Happening: Hitchcockian Plodder

December 23, 2021November 3, 2021 by M.C. Myers
The Happening Mark Wahlberg

The Happening was supposed to be Shyamalan’s take on Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The only thing that got snatched was more of his own appeal.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 2000s, Horror, M. Night Shyamalan, Mark Wahlberg, Thriller Leave a comment

Primal Fear: Open-and-Open Case

December 23, 2021November 1, 2021 by M.C. Myers
Primal Fear Richard Gere

Primal Fear reuses courtroom thriller tropes without revising them. But the cast makes them live again, at least as the ultimate TNT cable drama.

Categories Film Reviews Tags 1990s, Based on a Book, Edward Norton, Laura Linney, Richard Gere, Thriller Leave a comment

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