Ridley Scott's dark thriller "Black Rain" is often getting the short shrift compared to his other, more prestigious movies. In many ways I think, undeservedly so. "Black Rain" is a solid thriller with a great cast and a cool [...]
In an era when homeland security is at its tightest and terrorism is a household word, an attempted attack on the President of the United States seems like more than just summer movie fodder. Political thrillers have had a noticeable upswing over the last [...]
When I first saw "The China Syndrome" a long time back I had no idea what the term actually meant. But ever since I saw this film, it has become indelibly part of my vocabulary as the film vividly describes the effects of such a nuclear [...]
Adrian Lyne’s jarring thriller "Fatal Attraction" has been one of the most stirring movie experiences of 1987, that seemed to come out of nowhere, really, and made an enormous impact on the movie-going audience. Quickly it became a cornerstone [...]
"Traffic, " Steven Soderbergh’s sprawling mosaic of a population under siege by a virulent enemy called drugs, arrives on DVD from USA Home Entertainment. The film won four Academy Awards, including Best Director (Soderbergh), Best Supporting [...]
"Greed is good!" is one of the maxims of Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone’s film "Wall Street, " and at times we are tempted to believe his reasoning. However, once greed is out of bounds and limitless, it poses a very serious problem, [...]
When I first saw "The China Syndrome" a long time back I had no idea what the term actually means. But ever since I saw this film, it has become indelibly part of my vocabulary as the film vividly describes the effects of such a nuclear [...]
Alfred Hitchcock created some of the most fascinating and gripping thrillers in cinematic history, films that still hold up astonishingly well today, some thirty of more years later. Some of his films have become such classics of movie history that a vast [...]
David Fincher has already proven his ability to handle dark themes – his thriller "Seven" a few years ago, helped define a new wave of film noir. With his latest outing, "The Game", starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn, Fincher [...]
