Tag: thriller
Jan. 26, 2018
Netflix misses the mark with thriller ‘The Open House’
Netflix pumps out so much original content that it’s literally impossible to keep up. But try we must, right? Jan. 19, the video streaming platform…
Nov. 3, 2017
Sugar Pine 7 releases short film ‘The Woods’ on YouTube
Just in time for Halloween came the debut horror short film “The Woods” from up-and-coming YouTube channel Sugar Pine 7. Just seven months ago former…
Oct. 13, 2017
Netflix puts pedal to the metal in new film ‘Wheelman’
Action star Frank Grillo is no stranger to taking the role of a badass. You may recognize him from “The Purge” series, the critically acclaimed…
Mar. 10, 2017
Peele projects race relations onto big screen in ‘Get Out’
Unless you have been living under a rock for the last few weeks, you have heard about the movie “Get Out.” From director Jordan Peele…
Apr. 4, 2014
‘Blood Ties’ features Owen in a failed homage to 1970s
“Blood Ties” is a faint echo of a bygone era of filmmaking that defined an entire decade. That decade, of course, was the 1970s, an…
Apr. 4, 2014
Reading Terminal
The beginning of spring term means a fresh start, a clean slate, which is exactly what Mickey Steinberg in “Mickey Outside” is looking for. The…
Oct. 18, 2013
Cuaron’s ‘Gravity’ out of this world
It is unimaginable how difficult, disorienting and downright tedious it must have been to shoot “Gravity,” a new thriller starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney.…
Dec. 7, 2012
You Should Be Celebrating
If you’ve been reading my column this year, you may know that I tend to jump between genres. One week I’m talking about The Doors,…
May. 11, 2012
Espionage reporter and author infiltrates CoAS event
Washington Post journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Joby Warrick spoke to Drexel University students May 9 about the CIA’s misplaced trust in a rogue Jordanian…
Oct. 28, 2011
Elizabeth Olsen shines in psychological thriller
On the morning of Aug. 23, actress Elizabeth Olsen and writer/director of the new film “Martha Marcy May Marlene,” Sean Durkin, awoke in Philadelphia, not…