Angelina Jolie delivers a solid, action-packed performance in her film about an uber-violent double-agent.
Book Review: Justin Cronin’s The Passage
By Mishka Rao on August 31, 2010 in New Book Releases, Paranormal Thriller Books, Thriller Book Reviews, Thriller Reviews
Earlier in the year, we called Justin Cronin the ultimate literary outlier. Cronin, the winner of the Pen/Faulkner award for a book that his Iowa Writer’s Workshop cronies must have admired, went off and wrote himself a gory-ass vampire novel. For those of you unfamiliar with the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, it ‘s far more prestigious […]
Natalie Portman Sizzles in Trailer for New Psychological Thriller, The Black Swan
By Bella Wright on August 26, 2010 in New Book Releases, Psychological Thriller Books, Thriller Movie Trailers, Thriller Movies
Check out the hot new trailer for the new Natalie Portman-Mila Kunis joint, The Black Swan, a pscyhological thriller centered around the New York City Ballet Scene.
Film Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Swedish Version)
By Bella Wright on August 23, 2010 in Crime Thriller Books, New Book Releases, Thriller Movies, Thriller Reviews
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is finally available for your home theatre. We offer plenty of reasons to see the Swedish film and NOT to wait for the Americanized movie.
New Trailer for Naomi Watt’s New CIA Political Thriller, Fair Game
By Bella Wright on August 21, 2010 in New Book Releases, Political Thriller Books, Thriller Movie Trailers, Thriller Movies, True Espionage Books
The life of outed CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson, author of Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, gets the Hollywood thriller treatment in the theatrical release starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn.
Watch the Trailer for NBC’s New Thriller Series, The Event
By Bella Wright on August 11, 2010 in New Book Releases, Spy Thriller Books, Suspense Thriller Books, Thriller TV Series
The preview for NBC’s new CIA series The Event may look familiar to watchers of Flash Forward, Lost and 24. Will it be a quality thriller, or just a formula knockoff? Check it out and tell us what you think.
Best Books: Top 5 Apocalypse Thrillers
By Bella Wright on August 5, 2010 in Apocalypse Thriller Books, Best Thriller Book Lists, Paranormal Thriller Books, Thriller Book Reviews
With apocalypse thrillers all the rage at the box office over the past few years (2012, anyone?), it’s easy to forget how many great books are devoted to a modern-day Revelations. Check out our top picks and weigh in with your own.
The Chicago Tribune Weighs in on One-Word Titles
By Bella Wright on August 4, 2010 in Crime Thriller Books, Military Thriller Books, Mystery Books, Spy Thriller Books, Suspense Thriller Books, Thriller Book Reviews, Thriller Writers
The Chicago Tribute reacts to Inception and SALT by offering a list of all-time best one-word titles as well as a handful that left her cold.
Five Best Books From ThrillerFest
By Bella Wright on July 30, 2010 in Action Thriller Books, Crime Thriller Books, Mystery Books, New Book Releases, Psychological Thriller Books, Thriller Book Reviews, Thriller Writers
Had we not had a big family gathering to attend, we certainly would’ve been at ThrillerFest in New York this year. Put on by the International Thriller Writers, the festival is part Emmys and part Comic-Con, giving fans a chance to chat with each other as well as meet the writers they adore. Fortunately Contra […]
Watch the Preview Trailer for the New Hellen Mirren Thriller, The Debt
By Bella Wright on July 28, 2010 in New Book Releases, Spy Thriller Books, Thriller Movie Trailers, Thriller Movies
Fans of Nazi hunters can look forward to The Debt, a film starring Helen Mirren as an Israeli Mossad agent with something to hide.