Mar 4th, 2010 · Stolen is a small-time mystery-thriller about two men who struggle to find out the truth about their kidnapped sons. First-time director Anders Anderson tells a heartfelt tale, but critic Mark Jenkins says it feels inauthentic.
Feb 24th, 2010 · Actor Jeremy Renner has been nominated for an Academy Award for his portrayal of a solider disarming explosive devices in the Iraq war thriller The Hurt Locker. Renner describes what it was like to spend hours a day in a Kevlar suit — as well as how it felt to portray a serial killer in the movie Dahmer.
Feb 18th, 2010 · A film adaptation of Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones has launched the thriller back onto the bestseller list. The narrator is a 14-year-old girl looking down from heaven after her own rape and murder. She clings to her earthly life while trying to accept her death, and watches her family struggle with grief as her murderer evades detection.
Feb 18th, 2010 · In Martin Scorsese's latest mystery-thriller, Leonardo DiCaprio investigates the disappearance of a patient from an insane asylum. Critic Jeannette Catsoulis says that, for all its savvy camera work, stellar cast and seductive visual imagery, Shutter Island fails to connect.
Feb 11th, 2010 · Roger Smith's South African thriller is horrific to read, yet impossible to put down, says reviewer Martha Woodroof. Smith is also a screenwriter, and it shows in his pacing and construction; his short, fast-moving scenes tumble one on top of another in this haunting narrative of violence and survival.
Feb 4th, 2010 · A three-for-one deal, the gorgeously bleak trilogy follows the blood trail of the Yorkshire Ripper as the serial killer tears through a small community, destroying lives and baffling detectives. Jeannette Catsoulis says that this elliptical, oddly poetic thriller offers closure to nobody except the dead.
Feb 2nd, 2010 · The science-fiction sensation Avatar and the war-on-terror thriller The Hurt Locker lead the Academy Awards nominations with nine each, including best picture and director for James Cameron and ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow.
Dec 29th, 2009 · Author Aravind Adiga was not interested in stuffy classics or long, drawn-out historical accounts. But Edmund Wilson's history of socialism, To the Finland Station, proved to be anything but dull — it's electrifying.