Archive for the ‘Thriller’ Category

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

All Genres:
Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 98 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline:

 

Writers: Henry Gilroy (written by) & Steven Melching (written by) …

 

Cast: Matt Lanter … Anakin Skywalker (voice)
Ashley Eckstein … Ahsoka Tano (voice)
James Arnold Taylor … Obi-Wan Kenobi / 4-A7 / Medical Droid (voice)
Dee Bradley Baker … Clone Troopers / Captain Rex / Cody (voice)
Tom Kane … Yoda / Narrator / Admiral Yularen (voice)
Nika Futterman … Asajj Ventress / Tee-C-Seventy (voice)
Ian Abercrombie … Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious (voice)
Corey Burton … General Loathsom / Ziro the Hutt / Kronos-327 (voice)
Catherine Taber … Padmé Amidala (voice)
Matthew Wood … Battle Droids (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson … Jabba the Hutt (voice)
David Acord … Rotta the Huttlet (voice)
Samuel L. Jackson … Mace Windu (voice)
Anthony Daniels … C-3PO (voice)
Christopher Lee … Count Dooku (voice)

 

Plot: As the Clone Wars sweep through the galaxy, the heroic Jedi Knights struggle to maintain order and restore peace…

 

Awards: 1 nomination

Pineapple Express

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

All Genres:
Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 111 min | USA:117 min (unrated version)

Languages: English | Cantonese | Korean

Director:

Tagline: Put this in your pipe and smoke it.

 

Cast: Seth Rogen … Dale Denton
James Franco … Saul Silver
Danny McBride … Red
Kevin Corrigan … Budlofsky
Craig Robinson … Matheson
Gary Cole … Ted Jones
Rosie Perez … Carol / Female Cop
Ed Begley Jr. … Robert
Nora Dunn … Shannon
Amber Heard … Angie Anderson
Joe Lo Truglio … Mr. Edwards
Arthur Napiontek … Clark
Cleo King … Police Liaison Officer
Bill Hader … Private Miller
James Remar … General Bratt

 

Plot: A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.

 

Awards: Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 5 nominations

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: Germany | USA

Runtime: 112 min

Languages: English | Mandarin

Director:

Tagline: A New Evil Awakens.

 

Cast: Brendan Fraser … Richard 'Rick' O'Connell
Jet Li … Emperor Han
Maria Bello … Evelyn O'Connell
John Hannah … Jonathan Carnahan
Michelle Yeoh … Zi Juan
Luke Ford … Alex O'Connell
Isabella Leong … Lin
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang … General Yang (as Chau Sang Anthony Wong)
Russell Wong … General Ming Guo
Liam Cunningham … Mad Dog Maguire
David Calder … Prof. Roger Wilson
Jessey Meng … Choi
Tian Liang … Li Zhou
Albert Kwan … Chu Wah
Jacky Wu … Assassin #1 (as Wu Jing)

 

Plot: In the Far East, Alex O’Connell, the son of famed mummy fighters Rick and Evy O’Connell, unearths the mummy of the first Emperor of Qin — a shape-shifting entity cursed by a witch centuries ago.

 

Awards: 1 win & 6 nominations

The X Files: I Want to Believe

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA | Canada

Runtime: 104 min | USA:108 min (director's cut)

Languages: English | Russian | Czech

Director:

Tagline: Believe Again

 

Cast: David Duchovny … Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson … Dana Scully
Amanda Peet … ASAC Dakota Whitney
Billy Connolly … Father Joseph Crissman
Xzibit … Agent Mosley Drummy (as Alvin 'Xzibit' Joiner)
Mitch Pileggi … Walter Skinner
Callum Keith Rennie … 2nd Abductor – Janke Dacyshyn
Adam Godley … Father Ybarra
Alex Diakun … Gaunt Man
Nicki Aycox … 2nd Victim – Cheryl Cunningham
Fagin Woodcock … 1st Abductor – Franz Tomczeszyn
Marco Niccoli … Christian Fearon
Carrie Ruscheinsky … Margaret Fearon
Spencer Maybee … Blair Fearon
Veronika Hadrava … Female Assistant

 

Plot: Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.

The Midnight Meat Train

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 98 min | USA:100 min | France:85 min | USA:103 min (unrated version)

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: The most terrifying ride you'll ever take

 

Cast: Bradley Cooper … Leon
Leslie Bibb … Maya
Brooke Shields … Susan Hoff
Vinnie Jones … Mahogany
Roger Bart … Jurgis
Tony Curran … Driver
Barbara Eve Harris … Detective Lynn Hadley
Peter Jacobson … Otto
Stephanie Mace … Leigh Cooper
Ted Raimi … Randle Cooper
Nora … Erika Sakaki (as NorA)
Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson … Guardian Angel
Dan Callahan … Troy Taleveski
Don Smith … Station Cop (as Donnie Smith)
Earl Carroll … Jack Franks

 

Plot: A New York photographer hunts down a serial killer.

 

Awards: 4 wins

Wanted

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

All Genres:
Action, Crime, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA | Germany

Runtime: 110 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Choose your destiny.

 

Cast: James McAvoy … Wesley Gibson
Morgan Freeman … Sloan
Angelina Jolie … Fox
Terence Stamp … Pekwarsky
Thomas Kretschmann … Cross
Common … Gunsmith
Kristen Hager … Cathy
Marc Warren … The Repairman
David O'Hara … Mr. X (as David Patrick O'Hara)
Konstantin Khabenskiy … The Exterminator (as Konstantin Khabensky)
Dato Bakhtadze … The Butcher
Chris Pratt … Barry
Lorna Scott … Janice
Sophiya Haque … Puja
Brian Caspe … The Pharmacist

 

Plot: A frustrated office worker learns that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his father’s superhuman killing abilities.

 

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 11 nominations

The Happening

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA | India

Runtime: 91 min

Languages: English | French

Director:

Tagline: We've Sensed It. We've Seen The Signs. Now… It's Happening.

 

Cast: Mark Wahlberg … Elliot Moore
Zooey Deschanel … Alma Moore
John Leguizamo … Julian
Ashlyn Sanchez … Jess
Betty Buckley … Mrs. Jones
Spencer Breslin … Josh
Robert Bailey Jr. … Jared
Frank Collison … Nursery Owner
Jeremy Strong … Pvt. Auster – MP
Alan Ruck … Principal
Victoria Clark … Nursery Owner's Wife
M. Night Shyamalan … Joey (voice)
Alison Folland … Claire – Woman Reading on Bench with Hair Pin
Kristen Connolly … Woman Reading on Bench
Cornell Womack … Construction Foreman

 

Plot: A strange, horrible and unprecedented crisis begins in Central Park. A high school science teacher, his wife and a young girl do what they can to survive it.

 

Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations

The Incredible Hulk

Friday, June 6th, 2008

All Genres:
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 112 min

Languages: English | Portuguese | Spanish

Director:

Tagline: On June 13, get ready to unleash the beast.

 

Cast: Edward Norton … Bruce Banner
Liv Tyler … Betty Ross
Tim Roth … Emil Blonsky
William Hurt … Gen. 'Thunderbolt' Ross
Tim Blake Nelson … Samuel Sterns
Ty Burrell … Leonard
Christina Cabot … Major Kathleen Sparr
Peter Mensah … General Joe Greller
Lou Ferrigno … The Incredible Hulk / Security Guard (voice)
Paul Soles … Stanley
Débora Nascimento … Martina
Greg Bryk … Commando #1
Chris Owens … Commando #2
Al Vrkljan … Commando #3
Adrian Hein … Commando #4

 

Plot: Dr. Bruce Banner, thanks to a gamma ray experiment gone wrong, transforms into a giant green-skinned hulk whenever his pulse rate gets too high. Meanwhile, a soldier uses the same technology to become an evil version of the original.

 

Awards: 4 nominations

Changeling

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

All Genres:
Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 141 min

Languages: Portuguese | English

Director:

Tagline: To find her son, she did what no one else dared.

 

Cast: Angelina Jolie … Christine Collins
Gattlin Griffith … Walter Collins
Michelle Gunn … Sandy
Michael Kelly … Detective Lester Ybarra
Jan Devereaux … Operator
Erica Grant … Operator
Antonia Bennett … Operator
Kerri Randles … Operator
Frank Wood … Ben Harris
Morgan Eastwood … Girl on Tricycle
Madison Hodges … Neighborhood Girl
John Malkovich … Rev. Gustav Briegleb
Colm Feore … Chief James E. Davis
Devon Conti … Arthur Hutchins
Ric Sarabia … Man at Diner

 

Plot: A grief-stricken mother takes on the LAPD to her own detriment when it stubbornly tries to pass off an obvious impostor as her missing child, while also refusing to give up hope that she will find him one day. add synopsis

 

Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 31 nominations

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 122 min

Languages: English | German | Russian

Director:

Tagline: In May, the adventure continues.

 

Cast: Harrison Ford … Indiana Jones
Cate Blanchett … Irina Spalko
Karen Allen … Marion Ravenwood
Shia LaBeouf … Mutt Williams
Ray Winstone … 'Mac' George Michale
John Hurt … Professor Oxley
Jim Broadbent … Dean Charles Stanforth
Igor Jijikine … Dovchenko
Dimitri Diatchenko … Russian Suit
Ilia Volok … Russian Suit
Emmanuel Todorov … Russian Soldier
Pasha D. Lychnikoff … Russian Soldier
Andrew Divoff … Russian Soldier
Venya Manzyuk … Russian Soldier (as Veniamin Manzyuk)
Alan Dale … General Ross

 

Plot: Famed archaeologist/adventurer Dr. Henry “Indiana” Jones is called back into action when he becomes entangled in a Soviet plot to uncover the secret behind mysterious artifacts known as the Crystal Skulls.

 

Awards: Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 5 wins & 24 nominations

Blindness

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

All Genres:
Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: Canada | Brazil | Japan

Runtime: 121 min

Languages: English | Japanese

Director:

Tagline: Lust is blind.

 

Writers: José Saramago (novel) Don McKellar (screenplay)

 

Cast: Yusuke Iseya … First Blind Man
Jason Bermingham … Driver #1
Eduardo Semerjian … Concerned Pedestrian #1
Don McKellar … Thief
Ciça Meirelles … Driver #2
Antônio Fragoso … Concerned Pedestrian #2
Lilian Blanc … Concerned Pedestrian #3
Douglas Silva … Onlooker #1
Daniel Zettel … Onlooker #2
Yoshino Kimura … First Blind Man's Wife
Joe Pingue … Taxi Driver
Susan Coyne … Receptionist
Fabiana Guglielmetti … Mother of the Boy (as Fabiana Gugli)
Mitchell Nye … Boy
Danny Glover … Man with Black Eye Patch

 

Plot: A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant “white blindness”. Those first afflicted are quarantined…

 

Awards: 12 wins & 14 nominations

War, Inc.

Monday, April 28th, 2008

All Genres:
Action, Comedy, Thriller, War

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 107 min

Languages: English | Hungarian

Director:

Tagline: When it comes to war…America means business

 

Cast: John Cusack … Brand Hauser
Hilary Duff … Yonica Babyyeah
Marisa Tomei … Natalie Hegalhuzen
Joan Cusack … Marsha Dillon
Dan Aykroyd … Mr. Vice President
Sergej Trifunovic … Ooq-Mi-Fay Taqnufmini
Ned Bellamy … Ooq-Yu-Fay Taqnufmini / Zubleh
John McLaughlin … Himself
Montel Williams … GuideStar Voice (voice)
Ben Kingsley … Walken / The Viceroy
Lyubomir Neikov … Omar Sharif (as Lubomir Neikov)
Nikolay Stanoev … Bhodi Bhundhang (as Nikolai Stanoev)
George Zlatarev … Director
Bashar Rahal … Video Guy #1
Velislav Pavlov … Video Guy #2 (as Vesilav Pavlov)

 

Plot: A political satire set in Turaqistan, a country occupied by an American private corporation run by a former US Vice-President…

 

Awards: 1 nomination

Deception

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 107 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: When you're in this world, no one is who they seem, and everyone is playing the game.

 

Cast: Ewan McGregor … Jonathan McQuarry
Hugh Jackman … Wyatt Bose
Michelle Williams … S
Bruce Altman … Lawyer #1
Andrew Ginsburg … Lawyer #2
Stephanie Roth Haberle … Assistant Controller
Christine Kan … Tennis Player #1
Dante Spinotti … Herr Kleiner / Mr. Moretti
Karolina Muller … Waitress (as Karolina Müller)
Agnete Oernsholt … Woman at Waldorf Astoria
Melissa Rae Mahon … Velvet Rope Dancer #1
Rachel Montez Collins … Velvet Rope Dancer #2
Holly Cruikshank … Velvet Rope Dancer #3
Deborah Yates … Tango Dancer
Bill Camp … Clancey Controller

 

Plot: An accountant is introduced to a mysterious sex club known as The List by his lawyer friend. But in this new world, he soon becomes the prime suspect in a woman’s disappearance and a multi-million dollar heist.

Iron Man

Monday, April 14th, 2008

All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 126 min

Languages: English | Persian | Urdu | Hindi

Director:

Tagline: This Summer: Heroes Aren't Born, They're Built.

 

Cast: Robert Downey Jr. … Tony Stark
Terrence Howard … Rhodey
Jeff Bridges … Obadiah Stane
Gwyneth Paltrow … Pepper Potts
Leslie Bibb … Christine Everhart
Shaun Toub … Yinsen
Faran Tahir … Raza
Clark Gregg … Agent Phil Coulson
Bill Smitrovich … General Gabriel
Sayed Badreya … Abu Bakaar
Paul Bettany … Jarvis (voice)
Jon Favreau … Hogan
Peter Billingsley … William Ginter Riva
Tim Guinee … Major Allen
Will Lyman … Award Ceremony Narrator (voice)

 

Plot: When wealthy industrialist Tony Stark is forced to build an armored suit after a life-threatening incident, he ultimately decides to use its technology to fight against evil.

 

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 42 nominations

Prom Night

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

All Genres:
Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA | Canada

Runtime: 88 min | 89 min (unrated version)

Languages: English | Italian

Director:

Tagline: It's Midnight Everyone's Ready To Go Home…But Someone Has Other Plans.

 

Cast: Brittany Snow … Donna Keppel
Scott Porter … Bobby
Jessica Stroup … Claire
Dana Davis … Lisa Hines
Collins Pennie … Ronnie Heflin
Kelly Blatz … Michael
James Ransone … Detective Nash
Brianne Davis … Crissy Lynn
Kellan Lutz … Rick Leland
Mary Mara … Ms. Waters
Ming-Na … Dr. Elisha Crowe (as Ming Wen)
Johnathon Schaech … Richard Fenton
Idris Elba … Detective Winn
Jessalyn Gilsig … Aunt Karen Turner
Linden Ashby … Uncle Jack Turner

 

Plot: Donna’s senior prom is supposed to be the best night of her life, though a sadistic killer from her past has different plans for her and her friends.

 

Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations

Street Kings

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

All Genres:
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 109 min

Languages: English | Turkish

Director:

Tagline: Their City. Their Rules. No Prisoners.

 

Cast: Keanu Reeves … Detective Tom Ludlow
Forest Whitaker … Captain Jack Wander
Hugh Laurie … Captain James Biggs
Chris Evans … Detective Paul Diskant
Cedric the Entertainer … Scribble (as Cedric 'The Entertainer' Kyles)
Jay Mohr … Sgt. Mike Clady
Terry Crews … Detective Terrence Washington
Naomie Harris … Linda Washington
Common … Coates
Martha Higareda … Grace Garcia
John Corbett … Detective Dante Demille
Amaury Nolasco … Detective Cosmo Santos
Noel Gugliemi … Quicks (as Noel G.)
Michael Monks … Pathologist
Daryl Gates … The Chief (as Daryl F. Gates)

 

Plot: Tom Ludlow is a veteran LAPD cop who finds life difficult to navigate after the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he’s been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him.

The Ruins

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

All Genres:
Horror, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: Australia | USA

Runtime: 90 min | 93 min (unrated version)

Languages: English | Maya | Spanish | German | Greek

Director:

Tagline: Terror has evolved.

 

Cast: Jonathan Tucker … Jeff
Jena Malone … Amy
Laura Ramsey … Stacy
Shawn Ashmore … Eric
Joe Anderson … Mathias
Sergio Calderón … Lead Mayan
Jesse Ramirez … Mayan Bowman
Balder Moreno … Mayan Horseman
Dimitri Baveas … Dimitri
Patricio Almeida Rodriguez … Taxi Driver
Mario Jurado … Mayan Archer
Luis Antonio Ramos … Mayan Rifleman (as Luis Ramos)
Walter Quispe … Mayan Rifleman
Pauline Whyman … Wailing Woman
Nathan Vega … Mayan Boy

 

Plot: A group of friends whose leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when they, along with a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.

 

Awards: 1 nomination

Shutter

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

All Genres:
Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: USA

Runtime: 85 min | USA:90 min (unrated version)

Languages: English | Japanese

Director:

Tagline: The most terrifying images are the ones that are real.

 

Cast: Joshua Jackson … Benjamin Shaw
Rachael Taylor … Jane Shaw
Megumi Okina … Megumi Tanaka
David Denman … Bruno
John Hensley … Adam
Maya Hazen … Seiko Nakamura
James Kyson-Lee … Ritsuo
Yoshiko Miyazaki … Akiko
Kei Yamamoto … Murase
Daisy Betts … Natasha
Adrienne Pickering … Megan
Pascal Morineau … Wedding Photographer
Masaki Ota … Police Officer #1
Heideru Tatsuo … Police Officer #2
Eri Otoguro … Yoko

 

Plot: A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved.

Doomsday

Friday, March 14th, 2008

All Genres:
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: UK | USA | South Africa | Germany

Runtime: USA:105 min | USA:113 min (uncut version) | UK:108 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: The End Is Nigh.

 

Cast: Caryn Peterson … Vagrant Girl
Adeola Ariyo … Nurse
Emma Cleasby … Katherine Sinclair
Christine Tomlinson … Young Eden Sinclair
Vernon Willemse … David / Gimp
Paul Hyett … Hot Dog Victim
Daniel Read … Sergeant #1
Karl Thaning … Pilot
Stephen Hughes … Soldier #1 / Johnson
Jason Cope … Wall Guard
Ryan Kruger … Soldier
Nathan Wheatley … Patient "X"
Cecil Carter … DDS Assault Trooper
Jeremy Crutchley … Richter
Rhona Mitra … Maj. Eden Sinclair

 

Plot: A futuristic action thriller where a team of people work to prevent a disaster threatening the future of the human race.

Taken

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

All Genres:
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Release Year: 2008

Country: France

Runtime: 93 min

Languages: English | French | Albanian | Arabic

Director:

Tagline: They took his daughter. He'll take their lives.

 

Cast: Liam Neeson … Bryan Mills
Maggie Grace … Kim
Leland Orser … Sam
Jon Gries … Casey
David Warshofsky … Bernie
Holly Valance … Sheerah
Katie Cassidy … Amanda
Xander Berkeley … Stuart
Olivier Rabourdin … Jean-Claude
Gérard Watkins … St-Clair
Famke Janssen … Lenore
Marc Amyot … Pharmacist
Arben Bajraktaraj … Marko
Radivoje Bukvic … Anton (as Rasha Bukvic)
Mathieu Busson … Undercover agent

 

Plot: A former spy relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been forced into the slave trade.

 

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination