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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Fear (1996) in Movies

Jan 11, 2021  
Fear (1996)
Fear (1996)
1996 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
7
7.2 (10 Ratings)
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Mark Walhberg (0 more)
Obsession
Fear- is a good thriller, Mark Walhberg does a good job as the obsesser. He is a mix between Norman Bates, Patrick Batman, Jack Torrence and Max Cady. A psychopath that cant be stopped.

The plot: When 16-year-old Nicole Walker (Reese Witherspoon) meets 23-year-old David McCall (Mark Wahlberg) at a Seattle nightclub, she falls in love. David is exciting and charming, and despite the wide age gap, he wins over Nicole's family -- except for her workaholic father, Steven (William Petersen), who's suspicious of David from the start. His concerns are realized when David turns out to be a violent sociopath who sees Nicole as his possession, and her family home a fortress to be invaded.

Its a intense movie and it does a good job been a thriller
  
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David McK (3495 KP) rated In the Line of Fire (1993) in Movies

Jan 16, 2022  
In the Line of Fire (1993)
In the Line of Fire (1993)
1993 | Action, Mystery
7
7.5 (10 Ratings)
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Early 90s political thriller starring the ever-reliable Clint Eastwood (in, I feel, a rare non-Western role) as the lone still-in-service Secret Service Agent who was on duty when JFK got shot, and who gets pulled into a game of cat and mouse when the current President's life is threatened during his re-election campaign by a psychopath, brilliantly (and creepily) played by John Malkovich, despite and over the advice of that President's chief of staff (who doesn't believe there to be any danger).

This takes a while to get going, and there are more than a few cliches along the way - "I'm going to quit tomorrow' being the most egregious - with the film largely relying on the charisma of its leading actors. Thankfully, they are - mostly - up to the task.
  
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Suswatibasu (1702 KP) rated Engleby in Books

Aug 20, 2017  
Engleby
Engleby
Sebastian Faulks | 2008 | Fiction & Poetry
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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Disappointing new book from Sebastian Faulks
I usually admire author Sebastian Faulks, who is a literary hero, especially for his lyrical and beautiful prose so I was definitely disappointed with the plot of this story. No doubt, it is well written, but the protagonist is so odious that I wanted to stop reading this. He is a pretentious, arrogant snob, and as you'll read, he also has a fair few demons. And I understand why he has been written as such because you'll hate him even more in the end. But it's borderline between having to read to the end and just wanting it to stop. So I'm not completely convinced.

There is an element of exploring mental illness and what makes a psychopath, but it is covered up by the self-serving first person narrative. Very cringe-worthy indeed.
  
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Sarah (7799 KP) rated Killing Eve in TV

Oct 13, 2018  
Killing Eve
Killing Eve
2018 | Crime, Drama, Thriller
8
8.7 (95 Ratings)
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Smart, funny, stylish & just a little bit bonkers
I’m beyond surprised that a show like this has come out of the BBC. It’s darkly and laugh out loud funny, and so ridiculously smart and stylish. Jodie Comer is absolutely phenomenal as Villanelle, she’s wondrously funny and plays a psychopath worryingly well. Her accents are brilliant, and I was shocked to see of all places that she’s from Liverpool. And Sandra Oh is surprisingly charismatic too.

The series starts off very strongly and the first few episodes are fantastic, however I did think it got a little bit strange and maybe a little too serious as the episodes moved along. Whilst this isn’t a huge problem, I did think it lost some of the magic from earlier in the series. I’d be intrigued to see how the second series pans out.