thriller
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A supernatural action thriller fueled by literal fairy-tale romance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
“You know how in the spy thriller or the heist movie, you’re introduced to the crew at the beginning,” Obama wrote.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
The low-budget action thriller was self-financed, heavily restricted in the director’s home country of Germany and eviscerated by the movie critics who wrote about it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Holding on to fifth place is the Stephen Spielberg-directed sci-fi thriller "Disclosure Day," which earned $6 million for a current total of $105 million.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
They were almost all books for grown-ups: a well-worn thriller, a book about snakes, another about Alexander the Great, the Odyssey.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
Two thrillers, unalike in style and attitude yet with much in common, arrive Wednesday to television.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
The club mainly focuses on different aspects of the romance genre – this month's pick is a cowboy romance, although she is open to other types of books such as thrillers.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
One often feels with Hitchcock that beneath the director of thrillers dwells a frustrated psychoanalyst, eager to penetrate the hidden depths of the human personality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Through half a century of creature features, epic disasters, sprawling adventures, quirky character studies and electrifying political thrillers, Spielberg has maintained his hope.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
When he was not socializing or sleeping, he lay on his cot smoking or chewing gum and reading sports magazines or paperback thrillers.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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