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L’ennemi naturel [The Natural Enemy] ***½ (2004, Jalil Lespert, Aurélien Recoing, Patrick Rocca) – Classic Movie Review 12,648

The 2004 French psychological crime thriller film L’ennemi naturel [The Natural Enemy] is bleak, dark and disturbing. Jalil Lespert stars as a young French police inspector sent to a seaside small town to investigate the […]

Sep, 20

Abandon ** (2002, Katie Holmes, Charlie Hunnam, Benjamin Bratt, Zooey Deschanel, Gabrielle Union) – Classic Movie Review 11,442

The 2002 psychological thriller Abandon stars Katie Holmes, Charlie Hunnam, Benjamin Bratt, Zooey Deschanel and Gabrielle Union, and is written and directed by Stephen Gaghan in his directorial debut, loosely based on the novel Adams […]

Aug, 03

Diagnosis: Murder ** (1974, Jon Finch, Judy Geeson, Christopher Lee) – Classic Movie Review 11,041

Director Sidney Hayers’s 1974 crime mystery Diagnosis: Murder is a rather weary and drab production-line Seventies British thriller that seems older even than its years, about psychiatrist Dr Stephen Hayward (Christopher Lee) accused in anonymous […]

Mar, 24

The Snowman ** (2017, Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Val Kilmer, J K Simmons) – Movie Review

The Snowman is a disappointment, not a disaster. It’s okay, it passes the time, but much more is needed. The problems are the story lacks credibility and there’s no chemistry between Michael Fassbender and his […]

Oct, 20

The Long Arm [The Third Key] **** (1956, Jack Hawkins, John Stratton, Dorothy Alison) – Classic Movie Review 5,151

Ealing Studios’ engrossing 1956 British crime thriller film The Long Arm stars Jack Hawkins in one of his quintessential roles as a Scotland Yard detective investigating a series of safe-breaking jobs. Director Charles Frend’s 1956 […]

Mar, 13

The Girl on the Train *** (2016, Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Theroux, Luke Evans, Allison Janney, Édgar Ramírez, Laura Prepon) – Movie Review

Emily Blunt lands a stonking great star role as the depressed, alcoholic Rachel, divorced a year earlier and fired from her New York PR job, in director Tate Taylor’s murder mystery thriller, based on the novel […]

Oct, 04

Dead Man’s Eyes *** (1944, Lon Chaney Jr, Jean Parker, Paul Kelly, Thomas Gomez, Jonathan Hale, Acquanetta) – Classic Movie Review 3,756

Reginald Le Borg’s nice and twisty 1944 thriller film Dead Man’s Eyes is the third Inner Sanctum series entry starring Lon Chaney Jr.  Director Reginald Le Borg’s nice and twisty 1944 thriller film Dead Man’s […]

May, 24

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