Subgenre Sampler
Suspense: 2248 Films to Buy & Rent
Silent War, The (2012)
- Dir. Felix Chong, Alan Mak
Feat. Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Xun Zhou, Mavis Fan…
- Engaging espionage thriller with Tony Leung as a blind piano tuner for a spy mission because of his exceptional hearing.
Skyfall (2012)
- Dir. Sam Mendes
Feat. Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench…
- Bond’s 50th anniversary outing is his most spectacular and serious yet, with 007 drawn back to London, and eventually his Scottish homeland, in…
Stolen (2012)
- Dir. Simon West
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Josh Lucas, Danny Huston…
- Nicholas Cage cashes in yet another pay cheque, here playing a master thief who has 12 hours to rescue his kidnapped daughter from the clutches of a…
Taste of Money, The (2012)
- Dir. Sang-soo Im
Feat. Kang-woo Kim, Yoon-sik Baek, Yuh-jung Youn
- The dir. of THE HOUSEMAID buffs this heady class critique of Korea's impudent elite to a high sheen, with the lust and corruption of a wealthy family…
Underbelly - Season 6 (TV Mini-series) (Badness) (2012)
- Feat. Jonathan LaPaglia, Matthew Nable
- More tales from Australia's underworld, this time centred on the decade–long case built against one Anthony "Rooster" Perish, an elusive…
Young Montalbano (TV Series) (Il giovane Montalbano) (2012)
- Feat. Michele Riondino
- The popular Inspector Montalbano lives on in this prequel which employs Andrea Camilleri's earlier books to paint a picture of Montalbano in his…
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
- Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Feat. Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler…
- Kathryn Bigelow (THE HURT LOCKER) directs this formidable thriller based on the CIA's decade–long manhunt for Osama bin Laden.
Abduction (2011)
- Dir. John Singleton
Feat. Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Alfred Molina…
- Ropey star–vehicle for TWILIGHT man–bot Lautner who finds his baby photo on a missing persons website and sets out to discover the truth…
Aim High (TV Series) (2011)
- Feat. Jackson Rathbone
- A six episode web series centered around a dashing high school student who just so happens to be a top government agent.
Anonymous (2011)
- Dir. Roland Emmerich
Feat. Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, David Thewlis…
- Enjoyable hokum posits that the true writer of Shakespeare's plays was in fact the Earl of Oxford. Some of Britain's finest thesps – including…