Synopsis Fractured is a psychological thriller that is directed by Brad Anderson and has a screenplay by Alan B. McElroy. The plot is driven by Ray Monroe and the confusing predicaments he finds himself in after a visit to a hospital with his family. The film captures the essence of perception and the family’s emotional […]
Introduction The 2014 film, A Walk Among the Tombstones, is both atmospheric and thoughtful, featuring a blend of mystery and thriller elements. Scott Frank wrote and directed this film, which is a part of larger series following private investigator Matthew Scudder. It is set in the New York City of the late 1990s and set
Overview Greedy People—an audaciously comic crime flick—premiers in 2024 under the direction of Potsy Ponciroli, with a script by Michael Vukadinovich. Set against the façade of a postcard-perfect seaside enclave, the film unfolds a lunatic chain of events triggered when a hidden million-dollar stash vanishes overnight. Desperation, haplessness, and bare-fanged greed drive townspeople past sanity’s
Maria Synopsis She began “Maria” with a heart-pounding and chilling scene: a woman discreetly entering a sprawling mansion, only to eradicate/silence, a mother and boy and push the final nail, a gunshot, bringing forth blackout. This opening scene is potent, prologue sets the tone for what, on the surface seems to be a brutal and
Overview & Production Background Mark Greenstreet is the writer and director of the British psychological crime thriller Silent Hours. The film was first completed in 2015 and showed at the Raindance Film Festival, though it garnered limited attention. In 2021, Greenstreet re-edited it into a three-part miniseries, expanding its reach. The segments are titled The
Synopsis & Historical Context Don Siegel’s movie “Escape from Alcatraz,” with Clint Eastwood playing Frank Morris, was one of 1979’s notable releases. The film follows the story of Frank Morris, a known criminal that was captured with the Anglin brothers, and details the prison break from Alcatraz that happened in June of 1962. This federal
Synopsis Polar, released in 2019, is a neo-noir action thriller from Åkerlund that features Mads Mikkelsen in the lead role. It is part of Santos’s graphic novels, “Polar: Came From the Cold.” In the film, Mikkelsen plays Duncan Vizla, a legendary hitman known as the Black Kaiser. He is in the closing chapters of his
Introduction Believer 2 is a 2023 South Korean crime action film directed by Baek Jong-yeol. It not only follows the story of the 2018 original film, Believer, but serves as a midquel, covering the events right after the thrilling climax of the first movie. Starring Cho Jin-woong, Cha Seung-won, Han Hyo-joo, Oh Seung-hoon, Kim Dong-young,
Introduction Night in Paradise is a 2020 film from South Korean director Park Hoon-jung. Like a quiet flame hidden under ashes, the movie folds crime drama, aching beauty, and slow, hot revenge into a single, flickering glow. Though it first played at festivals, it soon reached screens around the world, inviting even casual viewers to
Introduction The Unforgivable is a hard-hitting drama that hit screens in 2021, directed by Nora Fingscheidt and featuring a deeply layered Sandra Bullock in a career-high turn. Built on the 2009 British miniseries Unforgiven by Sally Wainwright, the film relocates the original’s British backdrop to America, yet keeps the beating heart intact: a woman fights
