After Dark, My Sweet (1990)
After Dark My Sweet is a hidden gem of a film that most people probably overlooked 1,000 times in the video store, next time you’re there and have gone over the new releases shelves for...
Category: Thriller
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
Based on the novel by Walter Mosley. In the year 1948, Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins (Washington) is having trouble paying his mortgage. This leads to his not being able to turn down an offer to play...
Crimson Tide (1995)
While I’ve never been a huge fan of director Tony Scott’s (True Romance, Days of Thunder) dark and claustrophobic style, where else would this be a natural fit than on a submarine? Hell, even shot...
Air Force One (1997)
The US President (Ford) delivers a speech to citizens of Russia dictating the “zero-tolerance” policy the United States will be taking against terrorists. On board Air Force One on the flight home, some terrorists take...
Goldfinger (1964)
Auric Goldfinger (Frobe) has built himself a small fortune by stockpiling international gold bullion by buying and reselling in world markets for higher prices. Agent 007 (Connery) is sent to investigate and discovers Goldfinger is planning...
Bad Boys (1995)
Bad Boys is a movie at odds with itself. The part of it that tries to be a comedy is a smashing success, with Martin Lawrence at his best, delivering line after funny line amid a...
The Babysitter (1995)
Ladies, if you were ever unfortunate enough to be able to read into the thoughts of your typical sex-starved male, you’d might be appalled at what you’d find. Lurking in the forefront of his...
Body Double (1984)
The idea for Body Double came when Brian De Palma replaced Angie Dickinson with a body double for a shower scene in Dressed to Kill. He examined many models who’d appeared naked in Playboy, Penthouse,...
Taxi Driver (1976)
A discharged Vietnam vet (De Niro, The Godfather Part II) works as a cab driver in the tough streets of New York City. He’s antisocial and not very savvy about the way the world works, but...
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Clarice Starling (Foster, Foxes) is an FBI agent-in-training who is sent for the near impossible task of gaining the aid of a dangerous psychopath, Hannibal Lecter (Hopkins, The Bounty), in catching a serial killer nicknamed Buffalo Bill...