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Listology: Great Thrillers of Yesterday and Tomorrow

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Each decade seems to bring more and more films classified under the genre of thriller, especially as people now interpret them as erotic thrillers, psychological thrillers, and disaster thrillers. So there’s no way that I could peg every single one…

Masks, Hidden Footage, and Phone Calls: The Scariest Movie Moments

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

I’m a big horror movie fan; not to be confused with the awesome people who are devotees of the classics, what I mean is that I get crazy thrills out of the new generation of scary flicks. Considering my favorite…

Triumph of the Citizen

Monday, January 4th, 2010

Every time I read The Lovely Bones, the character with whom I best identify, whose anguish I most believe, is Susie’s father, Jack Salmon. In the aftermath of his daughter’s brutal murder, he reacts the way I think I would…

From Hobbits to Homicide

Monday, January 4th, 2010

While The Lord of the Rings trilogy made Peter Jackson a household name, the adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s pivotal fantasy series represents only one hat that the New Zealand filmmaker has worn in his varied career as director, producer, co-writer,…

Russell Crowe Teams Up With Paul Haggis

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

FSR reports that Russell Crowe has signed on for Paul Haggis’ new project:

According to those snoops at Variety, Russell Crowe has signed onto a new project with writer/director Paul Haggis called The Next Three Days. It is an adaptation…

Zac Efron to Star in “Sexy Thriller”

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

According to Cinematical, Zac Efron is in talks with Mandate Pictures to star (and exec produce? huh?) an untitled thriller to be written by Leslie Dixon, the scribe behind The Thomas Crown Affair. Bonus: she’s worked with Efron before, in…