Hi, this is Barry and welcome to my site. While it is hard enough to produce a gripping movie shot in a variety of locations, a few films add a level of complexity to themselves by restricting the majority plot to precisely one spot. While this might drop the production budget, it really ups the … Read more
Blow The Man Down is a 2019 crime drama on Amazon set in a small town where two sisters, who have recently lost their mother, experience an unexpected turn of events when one of them has a run-in with a town thug. A series of murders expose the dark history of the town and the … Read more
A Day (or Ha-roo) is a 2017 Korean thriller directed by Cho Sun-ho that features time-looping. The film is centred on a doctor who is trapped in a time loop trying to save his daughter’s life. As the loops progress, he begins to understand the complexity and reason behind them and how it connects to … Read more
Rememory is a 2017 science-fiction crime mystery directed by Mark Palansky. The film is centred on the puzzling death of a scientist whose invention extracts any memory from a subject’s mind in its raw and unaltered form. A man with a dark secret helps uncover the person responsible for the scientist’s death. Rememory sees Peter Dinklage in … Read more
Burning, or Beoning, is a 2018 Korean Crime Drama directed by Lee Chang-dong. The film is centered on Jong-su, who wants to become an author. He runs into a girl who used to be a neighbour when they were kids. Just when you think this is going to be a love story, enters Ben, a … Read more
Se7en or Seven is a 1995 Psychological Thriller, Crime Drama directed by David Fincher. The film’s leading cast includes Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey and Gwyneth Paltrow. The plot is centered around an investigation of a series of murders symbolising the ‘Seven Deadly Sins’ as mentioned in the epics’ The Canterbury Tales’, ‘Paradise Lost’, … Read more
No Country For Old Men is a 2007 film directed by the Coen Brothers. The film is centered on a bag of cash that multiple groups are after. While the plot initially appears to be a classic hero-villain set up, it reveals to be nothing of the sort. The No Country For Old Men cast … Read more
Revolver is a 2005 film by Guy Ritchie, which is a one-time-only Psychological Thriller from the director. While you have to deal with a lot of non-linear storytelling in Ritchie’s films, this one is a mind-bender with plenty going on. The Revolver cast includes Jason Statham, Ray Liotta, Vincent Pastore, André Benjamin, and Mark Strong … Read more
Fractured is a 2019 film directed by Brad Anderson, who is known for The Machinist (for the 2007 film Fracture, go here). The film stars Sam Worthington in the lead role. The plot is centered on Ray, who, along with his wife, rushes his wounded child to the hospital. Soon after, the mother and child … Read more
Game Over (2019) is an Indian Psychological Thriller directed Ashwin Saravanan starring Taapsee Pannu in the lead role. She appears to be emerging as India’s leading thriller actress featuring in films like Pink and Badla (Contratiempo remake). She’s fantastic in Game Over as well, where she plays a person recovering from sexual abuse and becomes … Read more
