Archive for the ‘Thriller’ Category
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
All Genres:
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: France | USA
Runtime: 89 min | 90 min (unrated version)
Languages: English | Russian | Serbo-Croatian
Director:
Tagline:
Cast: Timothy Olyphant … Agent 47
Dougray Scott … Mike Whittier
Olga Kurylenko … Nika Boronina
Robert Knepper … Yuri Marklov
Ulrich Thomsen … Mikhail Belicoff
Henry Ian Cusick … Udre Belicoff
Michael Offei … Jenkins
Christian Erickson … General Kormarov
Eriq Ebouaney … Bwana Ovie
Joe Sheridan … Captain Gudnayev
James Faulkner … Smith Jamison
Jean-Marc Bellu … Hitman #2
Nicky Naude … Hitman #3
Abdou Sagna … Hitman #4
Ilya Nikitenko … Hitman #5
Plot: A gun-for-hire known only as Agent 47 hired by a group known only as ‘The Organization’ is ensnared in a political conspiracy, which finds him pursued by both Interpol and the Russian military as he treks across Russia and Eastern Europe.
Awards: 1 win
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Friday, November 9th, 2007
All Genres:
Horror, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:98 min | Argentina:98 min
Languages: English | Portuguese | Spanish
Director:
Tagline: A new level of fear.
Writers: Alexandre Aja (story) & Grégory Levasseur (story) …
Cast: Wes Bentley … Thomas
Rachel Nichols … Angela
Simon Reynolds … Jim Harper
Philip Akin … Karl
Stephanie Moore … Lorraine (voice)
Miranda Edwards … Jody
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee … Man in Elevator
Grace Lynn Kung … Woman in Elevator
Bathsheba Garnett … Homeless Woman
Philip Williams … Cop #1
Arnold Pinnock … Cop #2
Franck Khalfoun … Newsman
Plot: A businesswoman is pursued by a psychopath after being locked in a parking garage on Christmas Eve.
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007
All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 88 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: The only way out… is in.
Writers: Ted Dekker (novel) Rob Green (screenplay)
Cast: Michael Madsen … Tin Man / Officer
Reynaldo Rosales … Jack Singleton
Heidi Dippold … Stephanie Singleton
Julie Ann Emery … Leslie Taylor
J.P. Davis … Randy Messsarue
Lew Temple … Pete
Leslie Easterbrook … Betty
Bill Moseley … Stewart
Pawel Delag … Officer Lawdale
Weronika Rosati … Mrs. Lawdale
Allana Bale … Susan (as Alana Bale)
Mark Fierer … Randy's Father
Florentyna Synowiecka … Melissa
Andrew Gorzen … Leslie's Uncle
Albert Pietrzak … Young Randy
Plot: In rural Alabama, two couples find themselves in a fight for survival. Running from a maniac (The Tin Man) bent on killing them…
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
All Genres:
Crime, Horror, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA | Canada
Runtime: 93 min | 96 min (unrated director's cut)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: It's a Trap
Writers: Patrick Melton (screenplay) & Marcus Dunstan (screenplay) …
Cast: Tobin Bell … Jigsaw / John
Costas Mandylor … Hoffman
Scott Patterson … Agent Strahm
Betsy Russell … Jill
Lyriq Bent … Rigg
Athena Karkanis … Agent Perez
Justin Louis … Art
Simon Reynolds … Lamanna
Donnie Wahlberg … Eric Matthews
Angus Macfadyen … Jeff
Shawnee Smith … Amanda (archive footage)
Bahar Soomekh … Lynn
Dina Meyer … Kerry
Mike Realba … Fisk
Marty Adams … Ivan
Plot: Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead. Now, upon the news of Detective Kerry’s murder, two seasoned FBI profilers…
Awards: 1 win & 5 nominations
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Saturday, October 20th, 2007
All Genres:
Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA | Romania | France | Italy | Germany
Runtime: 124 min
Languages: English | Sanskrit | German | French | Italian | Russian | Romanian | Mandarin | Latin | Armenian | Egyptian (Ancient)
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Mircea Eliade (novel) Francis Ford Coppola (written by)
Cast: Tim Roth … Dominic
Alexandra Maria Lara … Veronica / Laura
Bruno Ganz … Professor Stanciulescu
André Hennicke … Josef Rudolf
Marcel Iures … Prof. Giuseppe Tucci
Adrian Pintea … Pandit
Alexandra Pirici … Woman in Room 6
Florin Piersic Jr. … Dr. Gavrila
Zoltan Butuc … Dr. Chirila
Adriana Titieni … Anetta rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mircea Albulescu … Davidoglu
Dan Astileanu … Professor (as Dan Astilean)
Cristian Balint … Grenzschutz
Dragos Bucur … Bartender
Theodor Danetti … Dr. Neculache
Andrei Gheorghe … Taxi Driver
Roxana Guttman … Gertrude
Dorina Lazar … Cook
Rodica Lazar … Teller
Anamaria Marinca … Hotel Receptionist
Hodorog Anton Mihail … Doru, The Guard
Mihai Niculescu … Vaian
Gelu Nitu … Policeman
Mirela Oprisor … Craita
Alexandru Repan … Dr. Chavannes
Dan Sandulescu … Nicodim
Andi Vasluianu … Intern
Plot: A love story wrapped in a mystery. Set in Europe before WWII, a timid professor is changed by a cataclysmic event and explores the mysteries of life. add synopsis
Awards: 1 nomination
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Friday, October 19th, 2007
All Genres:
Family, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:81 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: What will happen between midnight and 1 AM?
Writers: John Comrie (screenplay) John Comrie (story)
Cast: Kurt Braun … Hank
Triston Coleman … Young David
Brian Comrie … David Baker
Dan Comrie … Matt Baker
Rick Comrie … Johnny Woods
Alessandra Daniele … Young Sarah
Nicole Des Coteaux … Mary Ann Baker
Patricia Dimeo … Vera Waters
Sylvia Enrique … Frida
Joe Momma Ernst … Male House Shopper
Ronda Ernst … Female House Shopper
Michael A. Evans … Lee Baker
Geof Gibson … Phil
Kevin Guild … Mechanic
Rusty Hanes … Ben Woods
Jane Harris … Thelma Shaw
Butch Hillman … Chester Miles
Laura Hiltz … Mrs. Van Camp
Dakota Jade … Young Megan
Dave Lindley … Ron
Kendell Lindley … Justin Van Camp
Olivia Novrit … Yolanda Lopez
Wendy Perkins … Sarah's Mother
Jack Pine-Rusk … Young Matt
Michael Silva … Carlos
Rissa Walters … Sarah Landon
Plot: A 17-year-old girl has mysterious encounters with paranormal activity in the small town of Pine Valley.
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Sunday, October 14th, 2007
All Genres:
Horror, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 86 min | 99 min (extended version)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: What Happens When You Sleep?
Cast: Katie Featherston … Katie
Micah Sloat … Micah
Mark Fredrichs … The Psychic
Amber Armstrong … Amber
Ashley Palmer … Diane – Girl on Internet
Plot: After moving into a suburban home, a couple becomes increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence.
Awards: 2 wins & 2 nominations
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Thursday, October 4th, 2007
All Genres:
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 99 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Even the smallest of light… shines in the darkness
Cast: Alexander Ludwig … Will Stanton
Christopher Eccleston … The Rider
Ian McShane … Merriman Lyon
Frances Conroy … Miss Greythorne
James Cosmo … Dawson
Jim Piddock … Old George
Amelia Warner … Maggie Barnes
John Benjamin Hickey … John Stanton
Wendy Crewson … Mary Stanton
Emma Lockhart … Gwen Stanton
Drew Tyler Bell … James Stanton
Edmund Entin … Robin Stanton
Gary Entin … Paul Stanton
Gregory Smith … Max Stanton
Jordan J. Dale … Stephen Stanton
Plot: A boy’s life is turned upside down when he learns that he is the last of a group of immortal warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of the dark.
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Thursday, September 20th, 2007
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: Spain
Runtime: 92 min
Languages: Spanish
Director:
Tagline:
Cast: Karra Elejalde … Héctor
Candela Fernández … Clara
Bárbara Goenaga … La Chica en el Bosque
Nacho Vigalondo … El Joven
Juan Inciarte … Héctor Ocasional (as Ion Inciarte)
Miguel Ángel Poo … Locución Radiofónica (voice) rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Libby Brien … Clara (voice)
Philip Hersh … Radio Announcer (voice)
Plot: A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.
Awards: 7 wins & 4 nominations
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Thursday, September 13th, 2007
All Genres:
Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA | Germany
Runtime: 102 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: To find the truth, you have to find who's hiding it.
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix … Ethan Learner
Elle Fanning … Emma
Jennifer Connelly … Grace Learner
Sean Curley … Josh
Samuel Ryan Finn … Cello Player
Eddie Alderson … Lucas
Mark Ruffalo … Dwight Arno
Susan Powell … Elegant Parent
Cordell Clyde … Jimmy McBride (as Cordell Clyde Lochin)
Antoni Corone … Sergeant Burke
Kevin Herbst … Driving Trooper
Mira Sorvino … Ruth Wheldon
Gary Kohn … Norris Wheldon
John Slattery … Steve Cutter
Nora Ferrari … Nora Fannelli
Plot: On a warm September evening, college professor Ethan Learner, his wife Grace, and their daughter Emma are attending a recital…
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Thursday, September 13th, 2007
All Genres:
Drama, Romance, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: UK | Australia
Runtime: 97 min
Languages: English | Hungarian
Director:
Tagline: There is no escape.
Writers: Tony Grisoni (written by) & Brian Ward (written by)
Cast: Guy Pearce … Harry Houdini
Catherine Zeta-Jones … Mary McGarvie
Timothy Spall … Sugarman
Saoirse Ronan … Benji McGarvie
Malcolm Shields … Leith Romeo
Leni Harper … Leith Romeo's wife
Ralph Riach … Mr. Robertson
Olivia Darnley … Flower Stall Seller
Anthony O'Donnell … Oily Librarian
Billy McColl … McTavish
James Holmes … Ugly Mug
Melanie Harris … Rose (as Frankey Martyn)
Aileen O'Gorman … Effie – Elderly Seamstress
Raymond Griffiths … Music Hall Dwarf
Shaun Mason … Heckler
Plot: On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician.
Awards: 3 wins & 6 nominations
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Saturday, September 8th, 2007
All Genres:
Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:85 min | Canada:85 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: They are coming
Writers: Evan Spiliotopoulos (screenplay) Aristomenis Tsirbas (story)
Cast: Chad Allen … Terrian Scientist (voice)
Rosanna Arquette … Professor Lina (voice)
Bill Birch … Terrian 2 (voice)
Brooke Bloom … Technician Quinn (voice)
Tom Connolly … Technician Williams (voice)
Brian Cox … General Hemmer (voice)
David Cross … Giddy (voice)
Beverly D'Angelo … Interrogator Wright (voice)
Jim Devoti … Colonel Wheeler (voice)
Chris Evans … Stewart Stanton (voice)
James Garner … Doron (voice)
Danny Glover … President Chen (voice)
Mark Hamill … Elder Orin (voice)
Alec Holden … Tulo (voice)
Masam Holden … Tumi (voice)
Plot: A peaceful alien planet faces annihilation, as the homeless remainder of the human race sets its eyes on Terra. Mala, a rebellious Terrian teenager, will do everything she can to stop it.
Awards: 3 wins
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Saturday, September 8th, 2007
All Genres:
Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 90 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Diana's life is not what it seems.
Writers: Laura Kasischke (novel) Emil Stern (screenplay)
Cast: Uma Thurman … Diana McFee
Evan Rachel Wood … Young Diana
Eva Amurri … Maureen
Gabrielle Brennan … Emma McFee
Brett Cullen … Paul McFee
Oscar Isaac … Marcus
Jack Gilpin … Mr. McClood
Maggie Lacey … Amanda – adult
John Magaro … Michael Patrick
Lynn Cohen … Sister Beatrice
Nathalie Paulding … Amanda – teen
Molly Price … Diana's Mother
Oliver Solomon … Detective
Isabel Keating … Maureen's mother
Anna Moore … Blonde Student (as Anna Renee Moore)
Plot: A woman’s survivor’s guilt from a Columbine-like event twenty years ago causes her present-day idyllic life to fall apart. add synopsis
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Saturday, September 8th, 2007
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: UK | Canada | USA
Runtime: 100 min | Canada:96 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Languages: English | Russian | Turkish | Ukrainian | Urdu
Director:
Tagline: Every sin leaves a mark.
Cast: Josef Altin … Ekrem
Mina E. Mina … Azim
Aleksander Mikic … Soyka
Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse … Tatiana (as Sarah Jeanne Labrosse)
Lalita Ahmed … Customer
Badi Uzzaman … Chemist
Naomi Watts … Anna
Doña Croll … Nurse (as Dona Croll)
Raza Jaffrey … Doctor Aziz
Sinéad Cusack … Helen (as Sinead Cusack)
Jerzy Skolimowski … Stepan
Tatiana Maslany … Tatiana (voice)
Viggo Mortensen … Nikolai
Vincent Cassel … Kirill
Armin Mueller-Stahl … Semyon
Plot: A Russian teenager living in London who dies during childbirth leaves clues to a midwife in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 24 wins & 35 nominations
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Friday, September 7th, 2007
All Genres:
Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 122 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: What if someone you love…just disappeared?
Cast: Omar Metwally … Anwar El-Ibrahimi
Reese Witherspoon … Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi
Aramis Knight … Jeremy El-Ibrahimi
Rosie Malek-Yonan … Nuru El-Ibrahimi
Jake Gyllenhaal … Douglas Freeman
Hadar Ratzon … Safiya
Moa Khouas … Khalid El-Emin
Zineb Oukach … Fatima Fawal
Yigal Naor … Abasi Fawal (as Igal Naor)
Laila Mrabti … Lina Fawal
David Fabrizio … William Dixon
Mounir Margoum … Rani
Driss Roukhe … Bahi
J.K. Simmons … Lee Mayer
Meryl Streep … Corrine Whitman
Plot: A CIA analyst questions his assignment after witnessing an unorthodox interrogation at a secret detention facility outside the US.
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations
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Friday, September 7th, 2007
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Release Year: 2007
Country: Russia
Runtime: 159 min
Languages: Russian | Chechen
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Nikita Mikhalkov (writer) & Aleksandr Novototsky (writer) …
Cast: Sergei Makovetsky … Juror #1
Nikita Mikhalkov … Juror #2
Sergey Garmash … Juror #3
Valentin Gaft … Juror #4
Aleksei Petrenko … Juror #5
Yuriy Stoyanov … Juror #6
Sergey Gazarov … Juror #7
Mikhail Efremov … Juror #8
Aleksey Gorbunov … Juror #9
Sergei Artsybashev … Juror #10
Viktor Verzhbitskiy … Juror #11
Roman Madyanov … Juror #12
Aleksandr Adabashyan … Bailiff
Apti Magamaev … The Boy
Abdi Magamayev … Little Chechen
Plot: 12 jurors must decide the fate of a Chechen teenager charged with murdering his stepfather.
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination
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Thursday, September 6th, 2007
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA | Australia
Runtime: 122 min | Canada:119 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: How many wrongs to make it right?
Cast: Jodie Foster … Erica Bain
Terrence Howard … Detective Mercer
Nicky Katt … Detective Vitale
Naveen Andrews … David Kirmani
Mary Steenburgen … Carol
Ene Oloja … Josai
Luis Da Silva Jr. … Lee
Blaze Foster … Cash
Rafael Sardina … Reed
Jane Adams … Nicole
Gordon MacDonald … Murrow
Zoë Kravitz … Chloe
John Magaro … Ethan
Victor Colicchio … Cutler
Jermel Howard … Thug on Subway
Plot: A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.
Awards: Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 nominations
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Saturday, September 1st, 2007
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 121 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Sometimes finding the truth is easier than facing it.
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones … Hank Deerfield
Charlize Theron … Det. Emily Sanders
Jason Patric … Lt. Kirklander
Susan Sarandon … Joan Deerfield
James Franco … Sgt. Dan Carnelli
Barry Corbin … Arnold Bickman
Josh Brolin … Chief Buchwald
Frances Fisher … Evie
Wes Chatham … Cpl. Steve Penning
Jake McLaughlin … Spc. Gordon Bonner
Mehcad Brooks … Spc. Ennis Long
Jonathan Tucker … Spc. Mike Deerfield
Wayne Duvall … Detective Nugent
Victor Wolf … Pvt. Robert Ortiez
Brent Briscoe … Detective Hodge
Plot: A retired military investigator works with a police detective to uncover the truth behind his son’s disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 5 nominations
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:108 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Always protect the family.
Cast: Michael Philip Del Rio … Lugo
Samuel Molina … Older Man
Rick Sepulveda … Joey
Manny Perez … Wilson DeLeon Sr.
D.C. Benny … Ceasar
Mercedes Mercado … Latina Killer #1
Carmen Perez … Latina Killer #2
Zulay Henao … Mora
Jessica Pimentel … Young Millie
Angelic Zambrana … Young Jessenia
Julie Carmen … Nilsa
Ronald Escobar … Javier's Man #1
Gary Perez … Javier Cordero
Rick Gonzalez … Wilson Jr.
Dania Ramirez … Ana
Plot: When the thugs who killed his father come looking for him, a young Latino man and his mother flee from their home. add synopsis
Awards: 3 nominations
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
All Genres:
Action, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA | Germany
Runtime: 110 min
Languages: English | Arabic
Director:
Tagline: Trust No One
Cast: Jamie Foxx … Ronald Fleury
Chris Cooper … Grant Sykes
Jennifer Garner … Janet Mayes
Jason Bateman … Adam Leavitt
Ashraf Barhom … Colonel Faris Al Ghazi
Ali Suliman … Sergeant Haytham
Jeremy Piven … Damon Schmidt
Richard Jenkins … Robert Grace
Tim McGraw … Aaron Jackson
Kyle Chandler … Francis Manner
Frances Fisher … Elaine Flowers
Danny Huston … Gideon Young
Kelly AuCoin … Ellis Leach
Anna Deavere Smith … Maricella Canavesio
Minka Kelly … Miss Ross
Plot: A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
Awards: 2 nominations
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