thriller
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There’s plenty of stuff blowing up in director Leslie Greif’s eight-part thriller, an adaptation of ex-CIA analyst John Nixon’s memoir, “Debriefing the President.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
“Bunker’s” issue isn’t its politics so much as how to present them: In unwieldily combining satire, family drama and finally thriller, it ill serves all three.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
In the drama categories, Vicky McClure won Best Drama Performance for her role in crime thriller Trigger Point, from the first all-female shortlist in the category's history.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
As a bibliophilic library thriller, “Chronovisor” is terrifying.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
If a novelist put some of this stuff into a fictional thriller, the reader would be justified in throwing the book aside and shouting, “Come on, that would never happen!”
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Working with cinematographer Ashley Connor, DeYoung drew from 1970s conspiracy thrillers like “The Parallax View” and “All the President’s Men.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
This isn't just limited to old-fashioned detective novels or psychological thrillers, but can be anything from true crime and spy stories to supernatural horrors like the works of Stephen King's books.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Two thrillers, unalike in style and attitude yet with much in common, arrive Wednesday to television.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Like many Hitchcock thrillers, it is much more than an astute exercise in suspense and, once seen, lurks forever in the memory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 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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