Thrillers

BBC America’s series #Killing Eve made a killer impact with audiences on Sunday, following up a strong first installment with another action-packed episode. The psychological thriller chronicles two women, in adversarial roles, who become obsessed with each other. Jodie Comer plays female assassin Villanelle with gusto; while Sandra Oh’s (formerly of Grey’s Anatomy) depiction of MI5 operative Eve may garner the Canadian actress more Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards. At times, you…

singing. Michaels father wanted to make something out of this so They started out by making the group the Jackson 5 their first record being, Soon Michael made his first single called got to be there. His career escalated once that was released and thriller, bad, and…

case we have any newcomers, I am the chief editor for the online publishing magazine Story. What was I saying before? Right, ‘Silencing the Night’, a gripping (emphasis on gripping) story which is unlike the other “generic” (emphasis on generic) thriller stories. After talking with the author, who has requested to remain anonymous, we discovered how she initially intended to send us a restaurant review. But in a compelling story, she revealed how all her strengths seemed to pull her towards…

At the center of Denis Villeneuve’s crime thriller a black and twisted heart beats. Sicario is an unforgiving tale of war & violence, which masterfully uses a modern setting to paint a portrait of hell. When Sicario begins, it’s visually all arid suburban desert-scapes and harsh light. Yet as the film progresses and the world’s ambiguity is unveiled our protagonist becomes morally incompetent. Cinematographer Roger Deakins and director Denis Villeneuve shift to a color palette of dark blues,…

Michael Jackson should be included due to his fantastic albums, Thriller and Bad, both gaining worldwide acclaim. The Beatles, a four-man rock group, shaped the music of the ‘60s and ‘70s while influencing other genres. Elvis Presley combined country and rock and roll to create his distinct sound. While most people were…

I had a strong urge to do a Throwback because it seems like forever since I last did one. So this week we’re going back a way to take a look into one of the greatest masters of suspense Alfred Hitchcock and one of his most famed works Psycho. Marion Crane played by Janet Leigh (The Fog, Two is a Happy Number, Wives and Lovers) is desperate to get out of town and get her happily ever after with her lover Sam Loomis played by John Gavin (Jennifer, Back Street, Convoy *Series). The only thing…

Gabby Guadarrama Professor Yoo English 301 MW 2:30-3:45pm 16 April 2017 Memento Christopher Nolan’s mystery thriller "Memento" is a rare achievement in modern filmmaking. The film intrigues its audience with and ingenious twist. The audience sees the film through the lens of Leonard (Guy Pearce) and his rare mental state. The film is created in a way where the audience feels the confusion of Leonard and we see what it is like to be in the shoes of someone who suffers from the rare conditions…

produced by Emma and was released for the public to enjoy on July 18, 2008. There were many big name actors in this movie, such as Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, and Gary Oldman, but the list could go on. The film follows the basic flow of the action/thriller movie it is, however the effects that were used in the movie put it over the top. In the movie, Batman finds himself caught up in a battle with the Joker, within which the City of Gotham. Batman finds himself struggling to be the only one to…

the Final Watch is the debut novel by William Alan Webb, and is the first book in the Last Brigade series. It is best described as a speculative military techno-thriller (I’ll let you, the reader, fit that into whichever genre you deem appropriate). When I initially spoke with Mr. Webb, he described to me a futuristic Clancy-esque thriller with shades of Mark Greaney; I admit to being both interested and skeptical, as I am a huge fan of both of these authors. Little did Mr. Webb know that he…

looked back up, his right hand was at her throat. Any sound she might’ve made, any objection she might have raised, was stifled by his grip.” You get the point of what happened, but the writing is desensitized to the horror of the situation. This thriller is characterized by the moods it evokes, it gives readers large feelings of suspense, excitement, surprise, anticipation, and anxiety. The setting not only provides support to the plot of the story but also helps set the mood. In Ripper, the…