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  • July 2008

    • Tell Everyone: Tell No One Is Great

      newser  |  Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jul 5, 08 12:51 PM CDT

      Tell Everyone: Tell No One Is Great

      French thriller Tell No One has the critics rushing to tell the world how much they liked it. The fast-paced and thickly plotted adaptation of a novel by American writer Harlan Coben is "hot-blooded, haunting and packed with the pleasures of the unexpected," writes Peter Travers in Rolling Stone . More »

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      movie  • film  • movie review  • thriller  • foreign film

  • June 2008

    • Happening Is No Big Event

      newser  |  Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jun 13, 08 1:00 PM CDT

      Happening Is No Big Event

      M. Night Shyamalan’s apocalyptic thriller The Happening is slow-paced and funny at times, leaving critics mixed in their reactions. It’s “too thoughtful for the summer action season, but I appreciate the quietly realistic way Shyamalan” tells his story, writes Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times . “It will be described as empty, uneventful, meandering. But for some, it will weave a spell.” In the movie, a father (Mark Wahlberg) tries to escape with his family. More »

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      movie review  • thriller  • Mark Wahlberg

  • May 2008

    • Salon 's Favorite Thrillers

      newser  |  Salon  |  May 26, 08 6:09 PM CDT

      Salon 's Favorite Thrillers

      Memorial Day means beaches, languid hours, and a page-turner within reach—so Salon has collared the season's best thrillers. This year's lineup includes: An art forger who gets in too deep; a Stalinist official who tries to do good; and a college prof who needs help solving an imaginary murder. Let's dive in! More »

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      list  • book  • book reviews  • novel  • thriller  • crime novel

  • April 2008

    • Few Surprises in Deception

      newser  |  Rotten Tomatoes  |  Apr 25, 08 1:04 PM CDT

      Few Surprises in Deception

      Deception is a twist-filled thriller, but critics say the cloak of deceit will be paper-thin to anybody familiar with the genre. Ewan McGregor stars as a dull accountant whose life gets spicier after an attorney, played by Hugh Jackman, introduces him to a secret sex club. Soon after, the thriller cliches roll out, and "it's genre time," writes Desson Thompson in the Washington Post. More »

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      movie  • movie review  • Michelle Williams  • thriller  • Ewan McGregor

  • February 2008

    • Jumper Lands With a Thud

      newser  |  Metacritic  |  Feb 15, 08 8:47 AM CST

      Jumper Lands With a Thud

      The concept for Jumper seems promising: An awkward teenage boy who discovers he has the power to instantly teleport himself to anywhere on the globe is targeted for elimination by religious fanatics. And in some respects the film delivers on that promise. "The jumping effect is faultlessly executed," writes Empire 's Olly Richards, adding that the movie "packs some cracking action" into its relatively short 88-minute running time. More »

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      movie  • movie review  • thriller  • science fiction  • fantasy  • Samuel L. Jackson  • Hayden Christensen

  • December 2007

    • More Jacko, Less Whacko

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Dec 1, 07 5:16 PM CST

      More Jacko, Less Whacko

      Jacko's comeback in this month’s Ebony doesn't make him “look like a creepy goofball,” marvels the Washington Post ’s Robin Givhan. And it’s not just a rebirth for Jackson, Givhan says, but for the venerable mag itself. Flamboyantly dolled up in classic Jacko garb, the star looks modern and timeless, the very vibe the decades-old zine is after. More »

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      African Americans  • magazine  • Michael Jackson  • blacks  • thriller

  • August 2007

    • Stephen King Spooks Bookshop Staff

      newser  |  BBC  |  Aug 16, 07 1:30 PM CDT

      Stephen King Spooks Bookshop Staff

      Stephen King recently dropped by an Australian bookstore and autographed a few copies of his own works—without telling anyone he was coming, or who he was. Nervous sale staff alerted management to a man vandalizing books, the BBC reports. It wasn't until King had wandered off, and someone checked out the damage, that they realized who the desecrater was. More »

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      Australia  • book  • horror  • thriller  • bookstore  • Stephen King

    • 'Bourne' Is a Bullet of a Movie

      newser  |  Rotten Tomatoes  |  Aug 3, 07 8:51 AM CDT

      'Bourne' Is a Bullet of a Movie

      America's favorite amnesiac CIA agent, Jason Bourne, is caught up again in fast-paced and far-flung action in the thinking-man's thriller threequel The Bourne Ultimatum , which critics gave high marks for both psychological acuity and adrenaline. The New York Post calls Ultimatum a "potent PowerBar of a movie—all protein and no fat." More »

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      movie  • film  • movie review  • Matt Damon  • thriller  • The Bourne Ultimatum

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