Tag: Thriller

  • REVIEW: Jessica Jones Season 1

    REVIEW: Jessica Jones Season 1

    Jessica Jones, the second of Marvel’s Netflix series to explore the darker street-level corridors of the MCU, is a surprisingly adult-themed endeavor, using the gritty world established in Daredevil as a springboard to tell a story of victimization and how different people survive it in different ways. The first half is a very strong psychological…

  • Pulling Pistols and Whistling Dixie

    Pulling Pistols and Whistling Dixie

    Clint Eastwood is one of the great modern filmmakers, a man whose directing talents have landed him many Oscar nominations and widespread critical acclaim. Those accolades don’t usually extend to his work in front of the camera, however; it may be the parts he often played in his younger days, the cops and cowboys and…

  • Holiday 2014: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

    Holiday 2014: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

    This is the first installment in our Holiday 2014 Review Series, where we’ll take a look at some of our favorite Christmas movies, either traditional or off-kilter. Grab a glass of your favorite eggnog and enjoy! Upon its initial theatrical release – which lasted about a week – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang bombed financially, but…

  • Pulling Pistols and Whistling Dixie

    Clint Eastwood is one of the great modern filmmakers, a man whose directing talents have landed him many Oscar nominations and widespread critical acclaim. Those accolades don’t usually extend to his work in front of the camera, however; it may be the parts he often played in his younger days, the cops and cowboys and…

  • REVIEW: Jessica Jones Season 1

    Jessica Jones, the second of Marvel’s Netflix series to explore the darker street-level corridors of the MCU, is a surprisingly adult-themed endeavor, using the gritty world established in Daredevil as a springboard to tell a story of victimization and how different people survive it in different ways. The first half is a very strong psychological…

  • Holiday 2014: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

    This is the first installment in our Holiday 2014 Review Series, where we’ll take a look at some of our favorite Christmas movies, either traditional or off-kilter. Grab a glass of your favorite eggnog and enjoy! Upon its initial theatrical release – which lasted about a week – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang bombed financially, but…