thriller
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Will Forte and D’Arcy Carden star in the black comedy/crime thriller set in Australia as co-dependent siblings willing to do anything to get their spray-tan business off the ground.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
Fourth place went to Hindi-language spy thriller "Dhurandhar: The Revenge" with $4.75 million.
From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026
Frame-filling titles identify the London neighborhoods where the action takes place — Wembley, Kentish Town, Brick Lane, Ladbroke Grove — as Paris, Moscow and Mexico City might appear in an international thriller.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
Having already published a memoir, she is now pursuing a "passion project" - writing a political thriller.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
A lot of commercials came on during that time of year that were kind of scary, but this one was for a new teen thriller I’d never heard about before.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
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