Tagged: psychologist

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2010s / Horror / Thriller

Halloween (2018)

Esteemed but sometimes hit-and-miss director David Gordon Green (Joe, Prince Avalanche) takes a turn toward the horror genre with Halloween, a sequel to the 1978 classic slasher film from John Carpenter.  Low-budget horror outfit Blumhouse Productions...

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2010s / Mystery / Thriller

Shut In (2016)

Feeling like one of those cheap domestic thrillers that came and went in the early 1990s, especially the plethora of Stephen King adaptations (the Maine setting is but one of several homages), this is...

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1990s / Mystery / Science Fiction / Thriller

Dark City (1998)

As a young boy, Alex Proyas was deathly afraid of the dark, even more so when he began experiencing recurring nightmares involving strange-looking bald men who come out at night and chase him with...

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2010s / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

Side Effects (2013)

Reviewing a film like Side Effects poses a bit of a challenge, as revealing the aspect of it that will make or break it for most people will likely be the very thing that spoils that...

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1990s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero

Batman Forever (1995)

It’s not that the Batman series has run out of ideas by this point, it’s just that the makers of Batman Forever have no idea where to look for inspiration.  Tim Burton gives up the directorial reins to...

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2000s / Comedy / Thriller

Matchstick Men (2003)

I’ve always found great enjoyment in the con man thrillers, usually, because they are the smartest of the suspense genre, having to be totally believable while doing some things so subtle that it would...

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1990s / Comedy

Nine Months (1995)

Nine Months is a remake of a French farce from the year before, Patrick Brauode’s Neuf Mois, which probably explains why the film tries so desperately to play every joke so over the top, with every...

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2000s / Mystery / Science Fiction

Solaris (2002)

First off, I have to say that if you aren’t prepared to see a pure science fiction film, with all of the maturity and complexity that the term implies, you probably are better off...

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1990s / Horror / Mystery / Thriller

The Sixth Sense (1999)

It’s been so long since the horror genre has had a good movie that when one finally came down the pike it was bound to get too much praise. The supernatural thriller in question...

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1990s / Science Fiction / Thriller

Sphere (1998)

Michael Crichton began writing “Sphere” in 1969 as a conceptual follow-up idea after his best-selling novel, “The Andromeda Strain”. He liked sci-fi stories where aliens wouldn’t resemble humans in any way.  Whereas “The Andromeda...