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Not exact matches

Co-producing Steven Spielberg's next film, a Cold War spy thriller due out in October 2015.

Star Wars offers tasty morsels of the western, monster movie, swashbuckler, historical epic and sci - fi thriller all in one package.

This dramatic spy thriller is inspired by real - life CIA agent Valerie Plame (Watts) who, in the lead - up to the Iraq war, is searching for evidence of nuclear weapons.

He decided to write a novel about them, as well, and in 2000, Bantam published Deep Sound Channel, a thriller about a war fought in the South Atlantic in 2011.

In Alfred Hitchcock's 1966 thriller Torn Curtain, Paul Newman plays physicist Michael Armstrong, who is working on Gamma 5, an antimissile project that «will produce a defensive weapon that will make all nuclear weapons obsolete and abolish the terror of anuclear war.»

Homeland is an American spy thriller television series developed by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa based on the Israeli series Prisoners of War (Original He's the matchmaker on If You Are The One, has noodle shops in Sydney and Melbourne and enough charm to be a star in his own right for a legion of fans

Samuel Fuller's revenge crime thriller is shot in the same brisk and violent manner he shoots his war films.

A complex espionage thriller that makes impeccable use of a careful pace to stretch the tension to its maximum and an appropriately dark cinematography to recreate the paranoia of the»70s and the Cold War maneuvers, while Gary Oldman underacts in a perfect performance.

So does The Jackal manage to pull off the duty of being a post-Cold War thriller with swatches of action thrown in?

For a nation at war with its own values, Fair Game is a compelling, pertinent and scrupulously true political thriller in the honorable tradition of «All the President's Men.»

A gripping thriller with themes and characters that most networks are uncomfortable portraying in their shows such as jihad, Islam and the War on Terror.

In Mr. Spielberg's hands, that decision becomes a ticktock thriller about the freedom of the press, the White House's war on that constitutional right and the middle - aged woman who defended freedom in a fabulous gold caftaIn Mr. Spielberg's hands, that decision becomes a ticktock thriller about the freedom of the press, the White House's war on that constitutional right and the middle - aged woman who defended freedom in a fabulous gold caftain a fabulous gold caftan.

A vengeful game of one - upmanship turns deadly in this urban thriller about a hotshot young attorney (Ben Affleck) and a recovering alcoholic (Samuel L. Jackson) whose minor fender - bender devastates both of their lives and quickly leads to an escalating war of dirty tricks and manipulation.

When Jason Matthews's best - selling spy thriller novel Red Sparrow debuted in 2013, the CIA gave it a glowing review in an official statement, toasting the former agent - turned - author's ability to convey accurately the stomach - churning tension a spy feels when covering tracks to protect sources and win the war of intelligence.

As a thriller its quite nerve wracking and as a metaphor for how innocent Mexican citizens are used as pawns in the drug war between the various gangs and the DEA its effective.

In 2003 Fanning could be spotted in The Cat in the Hat, and it wasn't long before she was gearing up to appear alongside Denzel Washington and Christopher Walken in the Tony Scott thriller Man on Fire.As the 2000's continued to unfold, Fanning appeared in a number of films, like Hide and Seek, War of the Worlds, and The Secret Life of BeeIn 2003 Fanning could be spotted in The Cat in the Hat, and it wasn't long before she was gearing up to appear alongside Denzel Washington and Christopher Walken in the Tony Scott thriller Man on Fire.As the 2000's continued to unfold, Fanning appeared in a number of films, like Hide and Seek, War of the Worlds, and The Secret Life of Beein The Cat in the Hat, and it wasn't long before she was gearing up to appear alongside Denzel Washington and Christopher Walken in the Tony Scott thriller Man on Fire.As the 2000's continued to unfold, Fanning appeared in a number of films, like Hide and Seek, War of the Worlds, and The Secret Life of Beein the Hat, and it wasn't long before she was gearing up to appear alongside Denzel Washington and Christopher Walken in the Tony Scott thriller Man on Fire.As the 2000's continued to unfold, Fanning appeared in a number of films, like Hide and Seek, War of the Worlds, and The Secret Life of Beein the Tony Scott thriller Man on Fire.As the 2000's continued to unfold, Fanning appeared in a number of films, like Hide and Seek, War of the Worlds, and The Secret Life of Beein a number of films, like Hide and Seek, War of the Worlds, and The Secret Life of Bees.

As one character in the thriller declares, «the Cold War never ended.»

The Troubles have rarely been more troubling onscreen than they are in «' 71,» a vivid, shivery survival thriller that turns the red - brick residential streets of Belfast into a war zone of unconscionable peril.

Written by Coogler and Joe Robert Cole (a veteran of Marvel Studios» bygone in - house writers program), Black Panther combines many of the best elements of MCU films past, including: the Shakespearean royal family drama of the Thor movies, the political thriller elements of Civil War and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and even the sci - fi tech aspects of the Iron Man films.

This year's biggest downer — which is not to take away from the qualities of the film — «Amour» represents a change for director Michael Haneke, whose «Funny Games» is a remarkable thriller about the takeover of a household by two psychopathic youths and whose «The White Ribbon» looks at mysterious goings - on in a feudal village in Germany prior to World War I.

Jessica Chastain's female spy thriller «355» sparked a heated bidding war, with Universal emerging as the victor in an eight - figure deal.

McConaughey plays Lt. Andrew Tyler in the World War II era submarine action thriller.

Announced scripted projects in development include John Fusco's historical action - adventure epic Marco Polo and an adaptation of Daniel Stashower's bestselling Civil War - era spy thriller The Hour Of Peril.

In that psychological thriller, a platoon of American infantrymen was captured during the Korean War.

Next weekend sees the release of Zac Efron's EDM movie We Are Your Friends, the faith - based War Room, and the Owen Wilson starring action thriller No Escape, which leaves plenty of room for Compton to squeeze out its third victory in a row.

Rona and Heineman have the Liam Neeson thriller The Commuter in post and war thriller The Last Battle heading for a late summer start.

Denis Villeneuve's gleaming thriller is arguably one of the year's best - made movies, but it's so glib and superficial in its treatment of the war on drugs — and the collateral damage left in its wake — as to border on exploitation.

Disney has debuted the first trailer for Steven Spielberg's Bridge of Spies, formerly his «Untitled Cold War» thriller, starring Tom Hanks, an American lawyer recruited by the CIA during the Cold War to help rescue a pilot detained in the Soviet Union.

Steven Spielberg's Cold War thriller is largely in the vein of his Lincoln — that is, more concerned with the intimacies and intricacies of negotiation than with high - octane action.

Of half a handful of new release movies in China this weekend, only Chinese romantic fantasy «How Long Will I Love U» and American horror thriller «A Quiet Place» made any noise behind still dominant «Avengers: Infinity War.»

Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Jason Statham and Jet Li Square - Off in Martial Arts Misadventure You already have a good idea what to expect of War when you hear that Jason Statham and Jet Li are the co-stars of this gruesome revenge thriller.

Priest, a western - fused post-apocalyptic thriller, is set in an alternate world — one ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires.

In between making blockbusters for the Jurassic and Star Wars franchises, Trevorrow invests this unconventional drama - cum - thriller with plenty of heart, eliciting terrific performances from his central cast.

Christopher Nolan's war suspense thriller holds steady to the # 1 position in its fourth week.

Christopher Nolan's war suspense thriller holds steady to the # 1 position in its third week.

Whatever one might think of Allied, a glossy World War Two espionage thriller starring Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard as secret agents who try to forge a viable family life in the midst of a world on fire, it's worth celebrating that Robert Zemeckis is firmly dedicated to filming flesh - and - blood people again.

Ahead of its UK TV premiere tomorrow, a new trailer has arrived online for director Tom Harper's thriller War Book, which revolves around a group of civil servants take part in a regular role - playing game to practise their response to a nuclear explosion leading to all - out nuclear war and stars Sophie Okonedo, Phoebe Fox, Ben Chaplin, -LSB-.War Book, which revolves around a group of civil servants take part in a regular role - playing game to practise their response to a nuclear explosion leading to all - out nuclear war and stars Sophie Okonedo, Phoebe Fox, Ben Chaplin, -LSB-.war and stars Sophie Okonedo, Phoebe Fox, Ben Chaplin, -LSB-...]

Christopher Nolan's war suspense thriller holds steady to the # 1 position in its fifth week.

Despite no previous acting experience, Katie Jarvis is the heart and troubled soul of Fish Tank, the gripping coming - of - age drama from Andrea Arnold and the most exciting new release in a week also highlighted by the arrival of Storm, Hans - Christian Schmid's thriller about crimes against humanity committed during the Bosnian war of the early 1990s, and the on - screen return of Mel Gibson in Edge of Darkness.

Director Daniel Barber's second film — after «OAP on the rampage» thriller Harry Brown — is a home - invasion tale, only it's set during the American Civil War when a trio of women on a farm in the Deep South are forced to fend off a pair of mercenary Union soldiers.

Hadi Hajaig follows his low - budget, noir thriller Puritan with Cleanskin, a tense tale of terrorism set in London, which pits two individuals from either side of the terror war divide against each other.

Although Avengers: Infinity War is still going strong at the box office, you can also choose from the new thriller, Breaking In, starring Gabrielle Union, or the comedy Life of the Party with Melissa McCarthy.

After the relative whimsy of Looking for Eric, Loach is back in angry political mode for this gritty revenge thriller set around the war in Iraq.

While preparing for this interview I learned that the film, a cold - war era thriller set in the 1970's, has recently been banned from playing in Russia.

In fact, it's a major improvement upon the character's first solo adventure, trading in the period war setting for an old - school conspiracy thriller that addresses real - world issues like national securitIn fact, it's a major improvement upon the character's first solo adventure, trading in the period war setting for an old - school conspiracy thriller that addresses real - world issues like national securitin the period war setting for an old - school conspiracy thriller that addresses real - world issues like national security.

Goodman's performance in 10 Cloverfield Lane was Acadamy Award worthy and we're excited to see him go to war with extraterrestrials in this new thriller.

So, Guillermo del Toro's Cold War - era fantasy B - movie romance thriller The Shape of Water, starring Sally Hawkins as a woman who falls in love with a scaled creature kept in a water tank in the research facility she works at, has been named Best Picture at this year's Oscars.

PRIEST, a post-apocalyptic sci - fi thriller, is set in an alternate world — one ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires.

Opening on an air force squadron of Free French fighters hidden in the countryside, it segues into a sea drama, a prison escape thriller, a war film, and during a brief deck brawl something approaching a pirate film, all nestled into the storyline through flashbacks and plot twists.

While you could just pick up the latest blockbuster — «World War Z,» in this case — the stylish, though divisive, eco-terrorist thriller «The East» would be a more worthwhile purchase.