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Category Archives: Thriller
The Insider (1999)
Director: Michael Mann Writers: Eric Roth & Michael Mann (Based on the Vanity Fair article “The Man Who Knew Too Much” by Marie Brenner) Great!
Posted in Drama, Thriller
Tagged 1999, 60 minutes, adaptation, al pacino, biography, bracken meyer, brown & williamson, bruce mcgill, cancer, cbs, christopher plummer, cigarettes, colm feore, corporation, court, dante spinotti, david rosenbloom, debi mazar, diane venora, eric roth, gina gershon, interview, jeffrey wigand, journalism, journalist, kentucky, lawyer, lindsay crouse, lisa gerrard, lowell bergman, marie brenner, michael gambon, michael mann, mike wallace, nda, news, paul rubell, philip baker hall, pieter bourke, pieter jan brugge, producer, rip torn, russell crowe, school, science, scientist, smoking, stephen tobolowsky, teacher, television, the insider, the man who knew too much, tobacco, true story, tv, vanity fair, whistleblower, william goldenberg
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Heat (1995)
Director: Michael Mann Writer: Michael Mann One of the greats! Love it!
Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tagged 1995, action, affair, al pacino, amy brenneman, armored car, art linson, ashley judd, bank, bank robbers, bank robbery, bud cort, california, cop, crime, criminal, danny trejo, dante spinotti, dennis haysbert, diane venora, diner, dov hoenig, drama, elliot goldenthal, gang, hank azaria, henry rollins, hesit, investigation, jeremy piven, jon voight, kevin gage, los angeles, martin ferrero, mask, michael mann, murder, mykelti williamson, natalie portman, pasquale buba, police, robbery, robert de niro, shootout, suicide attempt, ted levine, thief, thriller, tom noonan, tom rolf, tom sizemore, tone loc, val kilmer, wes studi, william fichtner, william goldenberg
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L.A. Takedown (1989)
Director: Michael Mann Writer: Michael Mann Not great but interesting to see how Mann took his own 90 minute TV movie and then remade it into the epic crime classic Heat.
Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tagged 1989, action, alex mcarthur, bank, bank robber, bank robbers, bank robbery, california, cop, crime, daniel baldwin, detective, dov noenig, drama, gang, heist, hockey mask, l.a. takedown, los angeles, michael mann, michael rooker, patrick markey, police, robbery, ron garcia, ronal victor garcia, scott plank, shootout, thriller, tim truman, tv movie, vincent gustaferro
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Manhunter (1986)
Director: Michael Mann Writer: Michael Mann (Based on the book “Red Dragon” by Thomas Harris)
Posted in Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Tagged 1986, adaptation, agent, benjamin hendrickson, blind, brian cox, chris elliott, crime, dante spinotti, dennis farina, doctor, dov hoenig, fbi, florida, frankie faison, hannibal, hannibal lecktor, hannibal lecter, horror, investigation, joan allen, journalist, kim greist, manhunter, michael mann, michel rubini, mirror, murder, murderer, mystery, neo noir, profiler, red dragon, serial killer, stephen lang, the reds, thomas harris, thriller, tom noonan, tooth fairy, william petersen
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I Care a Lot (2021)
Director: J Blakeson Writer: J Blakeson Don’t think it quite nails the satire in the end but Pike kills it. Really fun lead performance.
Posted in Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Tagged 2021, alicia witt, assisted living, ben stillman, business, chris messina, comedy, conservator, conservatorship, crime, damian young, diamonds, dianne wiest, doctor, doug emmett, eiza gonzalez, gay, guadrian, hospital, i care a lot, isiah whitlock jr., j blakeson, judge, law, lawyer, legal guardian, lesbian, macon blair, marc canham, mark eckersley, michael heimler, mob, murder, peter dinklage, rosamund pike, russian, teddy schwarzman, thriller
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Thief (1981)
Director: Michael Mann Writer: Michael Mann (Story by Michael Mann) (Based on the novel “The Home Invaders” by Frank Hohimer) Mann’s first theatrical film. Incredible. One of my favorite crime movies.
Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tagged 1981, adopt, adoption, car dealership, child, crime, del close, dennis farina, diamond, diamonds, donald e. thorin, dov hoenig, drama, frank hohimer, gang, heist, james belushi, james caan, jerry bruckheimer, jewel thief, jewels, jim belushi, kid, michael mann, mob, robert prosky, ronnie caan, safe, safe cracker, safecracker, tangerine dream, thief, thriller, tom signorelli, tuesday weld, vault, william petersen, willie nelson
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Cohen & Tate (1988)
Director: Eric Red Writer: Eric Red
Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tagged 1988, action, adam baldwin, antony rufus-isaacs, assassin, bill conti, cohen & tate, cohen and tate, cop, drama, edward m. abroms, fbi, Hitman, hostage, jeff young, kidnap, kidnapped, kidnapping, killer, mafia, mob, oil, police, road trip, roy scheider, texas, thriller, victor j. kemper, witness, witness protection
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Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
Director: David Leitch Writers: Chris Morgan and Drew Pearch (Story by Chris Morgan) (Based on characters created by Gary Scott Thompson) No thank you.
Posted in Action, Adventure, Thriller
Tagged 2019, car chase, chris morgan, christopher rouse, david leitch, drew pearce, dwayne johnson, eddie marsan, eiza gonzalez, england, fast & furious, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, fast and furious, Gary Scott Thompson, helen mirren, hiram garcia, hobbs & shaw, idris elba, Jason Statham, jonathan sela, kevin hart, london, moscow, rob delaney, russia, ryan reybolds, samoa, sequel, spin off, terrorism, terrorist, the rock, tyler bates, vanessa kirby, virus
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Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)
Director: Christopher McQuarrie Writer: Christopher McQuarrie (Based on the television series created by Bruce Geller) Great! Best of the series and one of the best action movies of recent years.
Posted in Action, Adventure, Thriller
Tagged 2018, action, adaptation, adventure, agent, alex baldwin, angela bassett, berlin, bomb, bruce geller, christopher mcquarrie, cia, eddie hamilton, fallout, france, frederick schmidt, germany, helicopter, henry cavill, IMF, j.j. abrams, lorne balfe, mask, michelle monaghan, mission, mission: impossible, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, motorcycle, norway, nuclear bomb, nuclear weapon, nuke, paris, plutonium, rebecca ferguson, rob hardy, sean harris, sequel, simon pegg, skydive, spy, television, thriller, tom cruise, tv, vanessa kirby, ving rhames, wes bentley, wolf blitzer
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