![]() It all builds to one of the most satisfying and cathartic conclusions, making for one of the most thoroughly enjoyable cinematic rides you’ll find out there. Not only is Kravitz pitch-perfect in the role, but she also really embraces the kinetic energy of the film that keeps everything moving along smoothly. What follows is a thoroughly tense experience that sees her having to flee through the nooks and crannies of the city while avoiding a whole host of pursuers who would want nothing more than to make sure she stays silent. In the course of her work, Angela discovers that there is a coverup that she will have to leave the safety of her apartment in order to uncover. Run Time: 1 hr 29 min | Director: Steven SoderberghĬast: Zoë Kravitz, Byron Bowers, Rita WilsonĪnother film that proves Steven Soderbergh is one of the best to ever do it, Kimiis a masterful modern thriller set in Seattle that authentically captures the city as it follows Zoë Kravitz as a tech worker named Angela. The Dead Zone is one of the older, better Stephen King adaptations that shouldn't get swept away in a sea of other King concepts produced in the near 40 years since its release. The pairing of director David Cronenberg and cinematographer Mark Irwin strikes gold again after their work together on Scanners and Videodrome. Walken is tender and driven as a man bent on changing the future, while Martin Sheen excels as the focused and maniacal Greg Stilson, hellbent on seeing his vision of the future realized. Visions of tragedy compel him to intervene in the lives of his community. The 1983 adaptation of The Dead Zone is a colorful, tense, atmospheric film about a man named Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken) who wakes up from a coma as a kinesthetic psychic, someone who can receive psychic visions through physical contact with other people. Run Time: 1 hr 43 min | Director: David CronenbergĬast: Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Herbert Lom, Anthony Zerbeĭavid Cronenberg, Stephen King, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen-these names should be enough to deem this psychic mystery worthy of any film fan’s attention. It cuts deep, making for a film that is more than its meme presence. While there are some moments where it loses its nerve towards the end, the nightmarish journey is an undeniably unique one in how it occasionally becomes rather profound when you least expect it. It is all very grim and often gruesome, making for an unsettling experience that is finely tuned to create a maximum sense of suffocating fear. Children become teens then adults, and adults become elderly then die. When an unexpected cast of characters finds themselves on said beach, they initially can’t believe that this is happening before soon discovering that there is seemingly no way to stop their impending demise. It tells the terrifying tale of, you guessed it, a beach that makes you old. Night Shyamalanat his very best and most focused. ![]() ![]() The movie that spawned a million memes that is still quite good in its own right, Old is horror auteur M. Night ShyamalanĬast: Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell It is a remake of a classic of the same name that goes in its own direction, finding both striking visuals and devastating destruction in the excavation of its own depravity. No matter the cost, the story shows how he becomes an agent of self-destruction for himself and others who are unlikely enough to get caught up in his wake. It is a story of greed that sees Cooper doing his very best work, drawing us deeper and deeper into the mentality of a man who wants it all. He is able to turn this into a strong career, though when he gets an offer for more money than he could ever imagine, he will risk it all. It follows a manipulative Bradley Cooperas Stanton Carlisle, a broken man who discovers he has the ability to con people through mentalism he picked up as part of a traveling circus. Run Time: 2 hr 30 min | Director: Guillermo del ToroĬast: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni ColletteĪ film that deserved far more praise when it first came out for just how well-constructed it all is, Nightmare Alley sees Guillermo del Torocreate monsters that are not otherworldly but rather all too human. ![]()
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