Archive for the ‘Thriller’ Category
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
All Genres:
Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: Germany | France
Runtime: USA:115 min | France:115 min | Argentina:115 min
Languages: French
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Claude Chabrol (writer) Cécile Maistre (writer)
Cast: Ludivine Sagnier … Gabrielle Aurore Deneige
Benoît Magimel … Paul André Claude Gaudens
François Berléand … Charles Denis dit Charles Saint-Denis
Mathilda May … Capucine Jamet
Caroline Sihol … Geneviève Gaudens (as Caroline Silhol)
Marie Bunel … Marie Deneige
Valeria Cavalli … Dona Saint-Denis
Etienne Chicot … Denis Deneige
Thomas Chabrol … Maître Stéphane Lorbach
Jean-Marie Winling … Gérard Briançon
Didier Bénureau … Philippe Le Riou
Edouard Baer … Edouard, l'acteur interviewé
Clémence Bretécher … Joséphine Gaudens
Charley Fouquet … Eléonore Gaudens
Hubert Saint-Macary … Bernard Violet
Plot: A black comedy centered around a TV weather girl and the two very different men who pursue her.
Awards: 2 wins
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Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA | Germany
Runtime: 115 min
Languages: English | French | Arabic | Russian | Spanish
Director:
Tagline: This Summer Jason Bourne Comes Home
Cast: Matt Damon … Jason Bourne (also archive footage)
Julia Stiles … Nicky Parsons
David Strathairn … Noah Vosen
Scott Glenn … Ezra Kramer
Paddy Considine … Simon Ross
Édgar Ramírez … Paz
Albert Finney … Dr. Albert Hirsch
Joan Allen … Pam Landy
Tom Gallop … Tom Cronin
Corey Johnson … Wills
Daniel Brühl … Martin Kreutz
Joey Ansah … Desh
Colin Stinton … Neal Daniels
Dan Fredenburgh … Jimmy
Lucy Liemann … Lucy
Plot: Jason Bourne dodges a ruthless CIA official and his agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer.
Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 25 nominations
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Saturday, July 21st, 2007
All Genres:
Action, Comedy, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA | Canada | Germany
Runtime: 100 min | Germany:114 min (Director's Cut DVD) | 127 min (long version) | 107 min (original cut) | 102 min (unrated DVD version)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Some comedies go too far… others start there.
Writers: Uwe Boll (written by) and Bryan C. Knight (written by)
Cast: Zack Ward … Dude
Dave Foley … Uncle Dave
Chris Coppola … Richard
Jackie Tohn … Faith
J.K. Simmons … Candidate Welles
Ralf Moeller … Officer John
Verne Troyer … Himself
Chris Spencer … Officer Greg
Larry Thomas … Osama Bin Laden
Michael Paré … Panhandler
Erick Avari … Habib
Lindsay Hollister … Recorder
Brent Mendenhall … George W. Bush
Rick Hoffman … Mr. Blither
Michael Benyaer … Mohammed
Plot: In the ironically named city of Paradise, a recently laid-off loser teams up with his cult-leading uncle to steal a peculiar bounty of riches from their local amusement park; somehow, the recently arrived Taliban have a similar focus, but a far sinister intent.
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations
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Sunday, July 1st, 2007
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: France | Switzerland
Runtime: 108 min
Languages: French | German
Director:
Tagline: What are your boundaries?
Cast: Karina Testa … Yasmine
Samuel Le Bihan … Goetz
Estelle Lefébure … Gilberte
Aurélien Wiik … Alex
David Saracino … Tom
Chems Dahmani … Farid
Maud Forget … Eva
Amélie Daure … Klaudia
Rosine Favey … La mere
Adel Bencherif … Sami
Joël Lefrançois … Hans
Patrick Ligardes … Karl
Jean-Pierre Jorris … Von Geisler
Stéphane Jacquot … Policeman
Christine Culerier … Nurse
Plot: A gang of young thieves flee Paris during the violent aftermath of a political election, only to hole up at an Inn run by neo-Nazis. add synopsis
Awards: 1 nomination
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Sunday, May 20th, 2007
All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: Mexico | Spain
Runtime: 105 min
Languages: Spanish
Director:
Tagline: Un cuento de amor. Una historia de terror (A tale of love. A story of horror)
Cast: Belén Rueda … Laura
Fernando Cayo … Carlos
Roger Príncep … Simón
Mabel Rivera … Pilar
Montserrat Carulla … Benigna
Andrés Gertrúdix … Enrique
Edgar Vivar … Prof. Leo Bálaban
Óscar Casas … Tomás
Mireia Renau … Laura niña
Georgina Avellaneda … Rita
Carla Gordillo … Martín
Alejandro Camps … Víctor
Carmen López … Alicia
Óscar Lara … Guillermo
Geraldine Chaplin … Aurora
Plot: A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, where she opens an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.
Awards: 31 wins & 34 nominations
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Saturday, April 28th, 2007
All Genres:
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 110 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Keep your eyes on the prize.
Cast: Alan Rickman … Eli Michaelson
Bryan Greenberg … Barkley Michaelson
Shawn Hatosy … Thaddeus James
Mary Steenburgen … Sarah Michaelson
Bill Pullman … Det. Max Mariner
Eliza Dushku … City Hall
Danny DeVito … George Gastner
Lindy Booth … Beth Chapman
Tracey Walter … Simon Ahrens
Ted Danson … Harvey Parrish
Ernie Hudson … Sgt. Bill Canega
Hal B. Klein … Tully's Guy
Kevin West … Jaundice rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kirk Baily … Wil Cavalere
Dawn Balkin … Stewardess
Marina Black … Female Student
Mark Charran … Party Goer
Greg Collins … Foreman
Reid Collums … Delivery Guy
Lucy DeVito
Tiffany Downey … Model
Bennett Dunn … Bartender
Mark Famiglietti … Officer Relyea
Mary Pat Gleason … Ruby
Brendon Graham … Soldier
Joyce Guy … Eileen Moses
Larry Hankin … Dr. Polaczek
Juliette Jeffers … Claire
Matthew Kimbrough … Deacon
Joe Koons … Poet
Valerie Long … Excrement Woman
Wayne Lopez … Cabbie
Danika Quinn … Opera Singer (as Danika Osterman)
Dean Rader-Duval … Ernie
Johanna Torell … Analea
Matt Winston … Clifford
Avis Wrentmore … Model
Plot: Barkley Michaelson is in a deep life rut. He’s struggling to finish his PhD thesis when his father, the learned Eli Michaelson… add synopsis
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Monday, April 16th, 2007
All Genres:
Action, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 139 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Next summer, the greatest battle lies… within.
Cast: Tobey Maguire … Spider-Man / Peter Parker
Kirsten Dunst … Mary Jane Watson
James Franco … New Goblin / Harry Osborn
Thomas Haden Church … Sandman / Flint Marko
Topher Grace … Venom / Eddie Brock
Bryce Dallas Howard … Gwen Stacy
Rosemary Harris … May Parker
J.K. Simmons … J. Jonah Jameson
James Cromwell … Captain Stacy
Theresa Russell … Emma Marko
Dylan Baker … Dr. Curt Connors
Bill Nunn … Joseph 'Robbie' Robertson
Bruce Campbell … Maître d’
Elizabeth Banks … Miss Brant
Ted Raimi … Hoffman
Plot: A strange black entity from another world bonds with Peter Parker and causes inner turmoil as he contends with new villains, temptations, and revenge.
Awards: Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 26 nominations
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Friday, March 16th, 2007
All Genres:
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 89 min | 92 min (unrated version)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: You scream. You die.
Writers: Leigh Whannell (screenplay) James Wan (story) …
Cast: Ryan Kwanten … Jamie Ashen
Amber Valletta … Ella Ashen
Donnie Wahlberg … Det. Lipton
Michael Fairman … Henry Walker
Joan Heney … Marion Walker
Bob Gunton … Edward Ashen
Laura Regan … Lisa Ashen
Dmitry Chepovetsky … Richard Walker
Judith Roberts … Mary Shaw
Keir Gilchrist … Young Henry
Steven Taylor … Michael Ashen
David Talbot … Priest
Steve Adams … 1941 Detective
Shelley Peterson … Lisa’s Mom
Enn Reitel … Billy (voice)
Plot: A widower returns to his hometown to search for answers to his wife’s murder, which may be linked to the ghost of a murdered ventriloquist.
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Friday, March 9th, 2007
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 99 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Whoever has the money has the power
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt … Chris Pratt
Jeff Daniels … Lewis
Matthew Goode … Gary Spargo
Isla Fisher … Luvlee
Carla Gugino … Janet
Bruce McGill … Robert Pratt
Alberta Watson … Barbara Pratt
Alex Borstein … Mrs. Lange
Sergio Di Zio … Deputy Ted
David Huband … Mr. Tuttle
Laura Vandervoort … Kelly
Greg Dunham … Bone
Morgan Kelly … Marty
Aaron Berg … Cork
Tinsel Korey … Maura
Plot: Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist.
Awards: 1 win & 8 nominations
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Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
All Genres:
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: Germany | USA | Canada
Runtime: 108 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: He has 88 minutes to solve a murder. His own.
Cast: Al Pacino … Jack Gramm
Alicia Witt … Kim Cummings
Leelee Sobieski … Lauren Douglas
Amy Brenneman … Shelly Barnes
William Forsythe … Frank Parks
Deborah Kara Unger … Carol Lynn Johnson
Ben McKenzie … Mike Stempt (as Benjamin McKenzie)
Neal McDonough … Jon Forster
Leah Cairns … Sara Pollard
Stephen Moyer … Guy LaForge
Christopher Redman … Jeremy Guber
Brendan Fletcher … Johnny D'Franco
Michael Eklund … J.T. Rycker
Kristina Copeland … Dale Morris
Tammy Hui … Janie Cates
Plot: In Seattle, the successful forensic psychiatrist and college professor Jack Gramm is in evidence since…
Awards: 2 nominations
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Sunday, February 11th, 2007
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: UK | Luxembourg
Runtime: 108 min | Germany:100 min (European Film Market)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: He had a scheme. She had a motive.
Cast: Demi Moore … Laura Quinn
Michael Caine … Mr. Hobbs
Lambert Wilson … Finch
Nathaniel Parker … Oliver 'Ollie' Ashtoncroft
Shaughan Seymour … Eaton
Nicholas Jones … Jameson
David Barras … Fenton
Joss Ackland … Sir Milton Kendrick Ashtoncroft
Silas Carson … Reece
Derren Nesbitt … Sir Clifton Sinclair
Rosalind March … Penelope
Kevan Willis … Lewis
Stanley Townsend … Henry
Jonathan Aris … J.M. Boyle
Ben Righton … Bryan
Plot: A crime/drama set in 1960 London, where a soon to retire janitor convinces a glass-ceiling constrained American executive to help him steal a handful of diamonds from their employer, the London Diamond Corporation.
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Monday, January 22nd, 2007
All Genres:
Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 103 min
Languages: English
Director: David Bruckner
Dan Bush
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Tagline: Do you have the crazy?
Writers: David Bruckner (screenplay) & Jacob Gentry (screenplay) …
Cast: Anessa Ramsey … Mya Denton
Sahr Ngaujah … Rod (as Sahr)
AJ Bowen … Lewis Denton
Matthew Stanton … Jerry (as Matt Stanton)
Suehyla El-Attar … Janice
Justin Welborn … Ben Capstone
Cheri Christian … Anna
Scott Poythress … Clark
Christopher Thomas … Ken
Lindsey Garrett … Laura
Chad McKnight … Jim Parsons (as Chadrian McKnight)
Claire Bronson … Sightless Woman
David Bruckner … Screaming Man (as Dave Bruckner)
Dan Bush … Screaming Man
John Clifton … Maintenance Man
Plot: A horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.
Awards: 2 nominations
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Friday, December 1st, 2006
All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2006
Country: Poland | USA
Runtime: USA:101 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline:
Cast: Marc Blucas … Kevin Parson
Justine Waddell … Jennifer Peters
Laura Jordan … Samantha
Max Ryan … Milton
Bill Moseley … Slater
Sherman Augustus … Detective Bill
Priscilla Barnes … Balinda Parson
Tom Bower … Uncle Eugene Parson
Philip Dunbar … Doctor Francis
Jeffrey Lee Hollis … Bobby Parson
Kevin Downes … Henry
Jack Ryan … Slater – young
Kai Schoenhals … Hot Dog Vendor
Bruno Jasienski … Young Kevin Parson
Allana Bale … Young Samantha
Plot: Innocent lives hang on the whim of an elusive psychopathic murderer whose strange riddles and impossible timelines force three people into a mission to end the game before one or all of them die.
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Monday, September 11th, 2006
All Genres:
Horror, Thriller
Release Year: 2006
Country: USA | Iceland
Runtime: 101 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: What if mankind only had one season left on Earth?
Writers: Larry Fessenden (writer) Robert Leaver (writer)
Cast: Ron Perlman … Ed Pollack
James LeGros … James Hoffman
Connie Britton … Abby Sellers
Zach Gilford … Maxwell McKinder
Kevin Corrigan … Motor
Jamie Harrold … Elliot Jenkins
Pato Hoffmann … Lee Means
Joanne Shenandoah … Dawn Russell
Larry Fessenden … Charles Foster
Oscar Miller … Simon Marshowitz
Hálfdán Theodórsson … Gary
Eggert Ketilsson … Frozen Trucker
Jack Fessenden … Young Hoffman
John Speredakos … Weatherman
Halfdan Pedersen … Doctor Pedersen (as Hálfdan Lárus Pedersen)
Plot: The American oil company KIC Corporation is building an ice road to explore the remote Northern Arctic… add synopsis
Awards: 1 nomination
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Thursday, July 20th, 2006
All Genres:
Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2006
Country: USA
Runtime: 110 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Time is running out for a happy ending.
Cast: Paul Giamatti … Cleveland Heep
Bryce Dallas Howard … Story
Jeffrey Wright … Mr. Dury
Bob Balaban … Harry Farber
Sarita Choudhury … Anna Ran
Cindy Cheung … Young-Soon Choi
M. Night Shyamalan … Vick Ran
Freddy Rodríguez … Reggie
Bill Irwin … Mr. Leeds
Mary Beth Hurt … Mrs. Bell
Noah Gray-Cabey … Joey Dury
Joseph D. Reitman … Long Haired Smoker
Jared Harris … Goatee Smoker
Grant Monohon … Emaciated Smoker
John Boyd … One-Eyebrow Smoker
Plot: Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to her home, he works with his tenants to protect his new friend from the creatures that are determined to keep her in our world.
Awards: 2 wins & 3 nominations
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Friday, May 19th, 2006
All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Release Year: 2006
Country: USA
Runtime: 102 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: First they send in their drone… then they find their queen.
Cast: Ashley Judd … Agnes White
Michael Shannon … Peter Evans
Harry Connick Jr. … Jerry Goss
Lynn Collins … R.C.
Brian F. O'Byrne … Dr. Sweet
Neil Bergeron … Man in Grocery Store
Bob Neill … Pizza Harris (voice)
Plot: An unhinged war veteran holes up with a lonely woman in a spooky Oklahoma motel room. The line between reality and delusion is blurred as they discover a bug infestation.
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations
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Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
All Genres:
Action, Crime, Thriller
Release Year: 2006
Country: USA
Runtime: 108 min | Philippines:107 min (cut)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Let's do this
Cast: Michael Douglas … Pete Garrison
Kiefer Sutherland … David Breckinridge
Eva Longoria Parker … Jill Marin (as Eva Longoria)
Martin Donovan … William Montrose
Ritchie Coster … The Handler
Kim Basinger … 1st Lady Sarah Ballentine
Blair Brown … National Security Advisor
David Rasche … President Ballentine
Kristin Lehman … Cindy Breckinridge
Raynor Scheine … Walter Xavier
Chuck Shamata … Director Overbrook
Paul Calderon … Deputy Director Cortes
Clark Johnson … Charlie Merriweather (as Clarque Johnson)
Raoul Bhaneja … Aziz Hassad
Yanna McIntosh … Teddy Vargas
Plot: A secret service agent is framed as the mole in an assassination attempt on the president. He must clear his name and foil another assassination attempt while on the run from a relentless FBI agent.
Awards: 2 nominations
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Friday, October 28th, 2005
All Genres:
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2005
Country: USA | Canada
Runtime: 93 min | 95 min (unrated version)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: We Dare You Again…
Writers: Leigh Whannell (written by) and Darren Lynn Bousman (written by)
Cast: Tobin Bell … Jigsaw / John
Shawnee Smith … Amanda
Donnie Wahlberg … Eric Matthews
Erik Knudsen … Daniel Matthews
Franky G … Xavier
Glenn Plummer … Jonas
Emmanuelle Vaugier … Addison
Beverley Mitchell … Laura
Tim Burd … Obi (as Timothy Burd)
Dina Meyer … Kerry
Lyriq Bent … Rigg
Noam Jenkins … Michael
Tony Nappo … Gus
Kelly Jones … SWAT Member Pete
Vincent Rother … SWAT Member Joe
Plot: Jigsaw locks a few unlucky people in a booby trapped shelter and they must find a way out before they inhale too much of a lethal nerve gas and die. But they must watch out, for the traps Jigsaw has set in the shelter lead to death also.
Awards: 1 win & 6 nominations
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Sunday, September 11th, 2005
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2005
Country: France | UK
Runtime: 115 min
Languages: English | Cantonese
Director:
Tagline: Your mind will not accept a game this big
Writers: Luc Besson (adaptation) Guy Ritchie (written by)
Cast: Jason Statham … Jake Green
Ray Liotta … Dorothy Macha
Vincent Pastore … Zach
André Benjamin … Avi
Terence Maynard … French Paul
Andrew Howard … Billy
Mark Strong … Sorter
Francesca Annis … Lily Walker
Anjela Lauren Smith … Doreen
Elana Binysh … Rachel
Mem Ferda … Macha's Goon
Shend … Teddy (Billy's Bodyguard)
Bill Moody … Al
Stephen Walters … Joe
Vincent Riotta … Benny
Plot: Gambler Jake Green enters into a game with potentially deadly consequences.
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Wednesday, August 31st, 2005
All Genres:
Drama, Romance, Thriller
Release Year: 2005
Country: UK | Germany
Runtime: 129 min
Languages: English | Italian | Swahili | German
Director:
Tagline: Love. At any cost.
Writers: John le Carré (novel) Jeffrey Caine (screenplay)
Cast: Ralph Fiennes … Justin Quayle
Rachel Weisz … Tessa Quayle
Hubert Koundé … Dr. Arnold Bluhm
Danny Huston … Sandy Woodrow
Daniele Harford … Miriam
Packson Ngugi … Officer in Morgue
Damaris Itenyo Agweyu … Jomo's Wife
Bernard Otieno Oduor … Jomo
Gerard McSorley … Sir Kenneth 'Kenny' Curtiss
Bill Nighy … Sir Bernard Pellegrin
Keith Pearson … Porter Coleridge
John Sibi-Okumu … Dr. Joshua Ngaba
Donald Sumpter … Tim Donohue
Archie Panjabi … Ghita Pearson
Nick Reding … Crick
Plot: A widower is determined to get to the bottom of a potentially explosive secret involving his wife’s murder, big business, and corporate corruption.
Awards: Won Oscar. Another 20 wins & 42 nominations
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