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Whiteout Leaves Critics Cold
 Whiteout Leaves Critics Cold 
MOVIE REVIEW
Sep 11, 2009 7:40 AM CDT

Whiteout Leaves Critics Cold

Antarctic murder mystery a snowy wipeout for Beckinsale

(Newser) - Antarctica's a great setting for a thriller, say critics, but the new Kate Beckinsale movie Whiteout is too mundane to bear much resemblance to a great thriller.
  • Joe Neumaier, Daily News: Whiteout, based on a graphic novel, has the makings of an enjoyable, cheesy thriller, but then "wimps out,
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Pelham 1 2 3 Remake: Stick With the Original
 Pelham 1 2 3 Remake: 
 Stick With the Original 
MOVIE REVIEW
Jun 12, 2009 7:21 AM CDT

Pelham 1 2 3 Remake: Stick With the Original

Slick remake of '70s thriller has its pluses, but fans of the original should stay away

(Newser) - The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 is a slick and solid thriller, though most critics say it pales in comparison to the '70s original—even with the energy of Denzel Washington and John Travolta.
  • Liam Lacey, Toronto Globe & Mail: The New York subway heist movie is an
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It's No Lie: Duplicity Scores
 It's No Lie: Duplicity Scores 
NEW RELEASE
Mar 20, 2009 2:18 PM CDT

It's No Lie: Duplicity Scores

Spy film gets wide, warm reception

(Newser) - Critics aren’t hiding their love for the twists and turns of Duplicity, a combination “caper movie,” “love story,” and “extra-dry corporate satire,” AO Scott notes in the New York Times. The buzz on the Julia Roberts-Clive Owen flick:
  • "Attempts—and to a
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Clive Owen+Stubble=Everyman
 Clive Owen+Stubble=Everyman 
PROFILE
Feb 16, 2009 4:53 PM CST

Clive Owen+Stubble=Everyman

(Newser) - Clive Owen may be good-looking, but his success in recent years depends squarely on his ability to inhabit scruffy Everyman characters that connect with audiences, New York reports. His new film, The International, heightens the illusion, as Owen’s everyday character is thrust into the middle of a shadowy financial...

Doubt Overcomes Misgivings
 Doubt Overcomes Misgivings 
MOVIE REVIEW
Dec 25, 2008 9:00 AM CST

Doubt Overcomes Misgivings

Top-notch performances make prize-winning play work as a movie

(Newser) - Doubt erases any qualms over whether the claustrophobic, Pulitzer Prize-winning play would work on the big screen, say critics. A "frighteningly good" Meryl Streep stars as the hardline principal of a Bronx Catholic school in 1964, Lou Lumenick writes in the New York Post. A game of cat-and-mouse begins...

No Glory , Plenty of Cliches
 No Glory, Plenty of Cliches 
MOVIE REVIEW
Oct 24, 2008 8:02 AM CDT

No Glory, Plenty of Cliches

Cop thriller a little too much like every other cop thriller to be a classic

(Newser) - Pride and Glory has all the ingredients of a great cop thriller, critics say, but they're ingredients that have been recycled a few too many times. Edward Norton, Colin Farrell, Noah Emmerich, and Jon Voight turn in fine performances as a family of New York cops, Bill Goodykoontz writes in...

Body of Lies Too Conventional
 Body of Lies Too Conventional 
movie review
Oct 10, 2008 1:26 PM CDT

Body of Lies Too Conventional

Film has atmosphere but 'flawed' story

(Newser) - The CIA thriller Body of Lies is “always crisp and watchable,” but “it ends up too unconvincing and conventional to consistently hold our attention,” writes Kenneth Turan in the LA Times. The story of an anti-terror mission played out on the ground but guided from the...

Lakeview Bullies Box Office
 Lakeview Bullies Box Office 
Sep 21, 2008 6:00 PM CDT

Lakeview Bullies Box Office

Samuel L. Jackson thriller beats Coen brothers for top spot

(Newser) - Samuel L. Jackson thriller Lakeview Terrace debuted at number one over a soft box office weekend, Variety reports. Banking $15.6 million, it ousted Burn After Reading ($11.3 million) and outpaced My Best Friend’s Girl ($8.3 million), Igor ($8 million), and Righteous Kill ($7.7 million). Ricky...

Righteous Kill is Dead Ordinary
 Righteous Kill is Dead Ordinary 
MOVIE REVIEW
Sep 12, 2008 2:47 PM CDT

Righteous Kill is Dead Ordinary

Generic cop flick falls flat despite De Niro, Pacino power

(Newser) - Not even the combined star power of Al Pacino and Robert De Niro can save the “tricked-up and often turgid” cop thriller Righteous Kill, critics conclude. The iconic duo finally share some serious screen time as a pair of veteran NYPD detectives tracking a vigilante killer in their midst,...

Tell Everyone: Tell No One Is Great
 Tell Everyone:
 Tell No One Is Great 
MOVIE REVIEW
Jul 5, 2008 12:51 PM CDT

Tell Everyone: Tell No One Is Great

France delivers excellent old-style Hollywood thriller

(Newser) - 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 ...

Happening Is No Big Event
 Happening Is No Big Event 
movie review
Jun 13, 2008 1:00 PM CDT

Happening Is No Big Event

But slow, silly film has its moments

(Newser) - 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...

Salon 's Favorite Thrillers
 Salon's Favorite Thrillers 
May 26, 2008 6:09 PM CDT

Salon's Favorite Thrillers

5 gripping novels for those long summer days

(Newser) - 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....

Few Surprises in Deception
 Few Surprises in Deception  
movie review
Apr 25, 2008 1:04 PM CDT

Few Surprises in Deception

Sex thriller a 'slow case of déjà vu'

(Newser) - 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...

Jumper Lands With a Thud
Jumper Lands With a Thud
NEW RELEASE
Feb 15, 2008 8:47 AM CST

Jumper Lands With a Thud

Dull plotting, acting undermine high-concept thriller

(Newser) - 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,"...

More Jacko, Less Whacko
More Jacko, Less Whacko
OPINION
Dec 1, 2007 5:16 PM CST

More Jacko, Less Whacko

Jackon doesn't look creepy in 'timeless' magazine shoot

(Newser) - 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...

Stephen King Spooks Bookshop Staff
Stephen King Spooks Bookshop Staff
Aug 16, 2007 1:30 PM CDT

Stephen King Spooks Bookshop Staff

'Shining' author does some unannounced book signing

(Newser) - 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...

'Bourne' Is a Bullet of a Movie
'Bourne' Is a Bullet of a Movie
Aug 3, 2007 8:51 AM CDT

'Bourne' Is a Bullet of a Movie

'Easily the best action thriller of the year,' raves USA Today

(Newser) - 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...

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