Film, History, World War II
Film: The Secrets We Keep
The Secrets We Keep (2020) is one of those films with a trailer that gives the game away. This…
January 18, 2021
Film, Science Fiction, ThrillerFilm: What Happened to Monday
Netflix-original film What Happened to Monday (2017) scores more points for its deft deployment of Noomi Rapace in an…
October 9, 2017
Drama, Film, MysteryFilm: Child 44
Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace team up again in Child 44 (2014), a grim historical mystery that brings Soviet-era…
August 17, 2015
Film, Mystery, ThrillerFilm: The Drop
The latest Dennis Lehane adaptation to cross my path is The Drop (2014), a taut, compact mystery fueled by…
August 6, 2015
Film, Mystery, ThrillerFilm: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
Stieg Larsson’s trilogy concludes with The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (2009), and while it’s perhaps the least…
January 15, 2014
Film, Mystery, ThrillerFilm: The Girl Who Played with Fire
Stieg Larsson’s series continues in The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009). This one stumbles slightly as it contrives…
December 11, 2013
Film, Mystery, ThrillerFilm: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The first film adaptation from Stieg Larsson’s dark thriller series, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009), is taut…
November 25, 2013
Film, Science FictionFilm: Prometheus
I’m good at avoiding spoilers, so all I knew going into Prometheus (2012) was that it had garnered wildly…
November 19, 2012