Tag Archives: Thriller

Countless brilliant spy thrillers have dominated our screens over the years, from the classic James Bond series to the death-defying Mission: Impossible movies. Audiences love getting wrapped up in these exciting worlds of espionage and action, with new Netflix film Heart of Stone hoping to continue this long tradition. This …

Gal Gadot is no stranger to the action genre. Best known for playing Wonder Woman in two DC movies (and maybe an upcoming threequel, depending on which conflicting report you read), she’s also starred in multiple entries in the Fast and Furious franchise and portrayed a career criminal alongside Dwayne …

Heart of Stone is the latest Netflix blockbuster to explode onto the streamer, starring Gal Gadot as Rachel Stone. By day, Rachel works in tech for MI6, hacking systems but staying out of the field. Also by day, she’s an agent for the Charter, a mysterious organization committed to “keeping …

Meg 2: The Trench might be getting bad reviews, but that doesn’t seem to be scaring cinemagoers from going back in the water. Quite the opposite, in fact, as it’s super low Rotten Tomatoes score has made people all the more excited to watch the sci-fi action sequel. The day …

Maintenance engineer Jack Leary is working the graveyard shift at Prospect One, a remote mining outpost on Mars, when he receives a red alert from the nearby station of Fort Solis. Suspicious that it was manually activated rather than automated, he calls in to request a response; when that isn’t …

Yellowjackets season 3 is coming to our screens – at some point. We’re not sure when, exactly, as pre-production on the new season ground to a halt in May 2023 when the newly-opened writers’ room went on strike for better pay and working conditions as part of the WGA’s industrial …

The best true crime podcasts provide listeners with a minutely researched window into the darker side of society, telling us stories of crimes perpetrated by the bad guys against the innocent. And some, like number one in our list below, give the audience an insight into the injustices that can …

The best Netflix thrillers will plonk you in the not-so-near future, take you on a high-speed car chase, or see you fight for your life in the wilderness. The streaming service is so full of white-knuckle watches, though, there are almost too many to get through. Fortunately for you, that’s …

A black screen. Sounds from a sitcom: peppy line readings, canned laughter. Then… crashing objects, thumps and grunts. Screams rise sharply and stop abruptly. An image comes into focus: a blood-smeared chimp. It sits on a set amid human corpses. The APPLAUSE sign is lit but the banks of chairs …

Back in 2014, when brothers Anthony and Joe Russo directed their first MCU movie Captain America: The Winter Soldier, much was made of how it channeled the conspiracy thrillers of the 1970s. Not only had Steve Rogers awoken from ice to a more cynical, nefarious age, he now found himself …