Death Wish (1974)
Death Wish succeeds more as an anti-liberal backlash than as a movie, with an engaging premise of a conscientious objector who takes up arms in the streets of New York City when he finds that...
Category: Thriller
The Untouchables (1987)
If The Untouchables proves anything, it’s that if you put enough very talented people together, good results are bound to follow. This is the Hollywood equivalent of the All-Star Game, with a cast and crew...
2LDK (2002)
“2LDK” is the abbreviation in Japan for a 2 bedroom apartment, with a living room, dining room, and a kitchen. It’s also the title of this engaging, but an ultimately disappointing movie about two...
Marnie (1964)
A commercial and critical failure upon its release, Marnie is one of the Master’s failures that has gained a following over time, and some critics actually rank it among his very finest of films. I...
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Remaking a time-honored classic film seems like a useless task, as part of the reason why the original is considered classic is due to the ability to endure over time and speak to different...
The Village (2004)
A quick note to readers: To avoid possible spoilers, I’m just going to forego giving my usual plot summary in this review, except when necessary. M. Night Shyamalan has become the “gimmick director”. After...
Double Whammy (2001)
It’s hard to believe that a movie as poor as Double Whammy would ever be made by such a credible filmmaker like Tom DiCillo, yet here it is, a sloppy piece of head-scratching ineptitude for...
Taking Lives (2004)
Yes, it’s another farfetched serial killer flick, clutching desperately at a new twist to the genre, but the contortions the plot goes through to try to make this premise fly is downright embarrassing. It’s...
Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)
Cradle 2 the Grave marks the third hip hop kung fu gangsta flick from Polish cinematographer Bartkowiak (Romeo Must Die and Exit Wounds being the other two), and the result isn’t bad, it’s just more of the same. Cradle is...
Mute Witness (1995)
Although credited by many critics as a suspenser in the Hitchcock tradition, Mute Witness owes more to the works of Brian De Palma’s slash-and-gash homages to the Master than to Hitch himself. The film starts off...