The Conspiracy is a dizzying descent through a glass darkly. A world where black SUVs have taken the place of black helicopters, and the New World Order is risen and installed in every aspect of life. And this world is our own. Or at least that is what conspiracy nut Terrance (Alan C. Petersen)…
Tag: thriller
The Book of Stolen Tales – D.J. McIntosh
Penguin Books Canada was kind enough to once again send us pre-release copies of a novel, in this case the new thriller from Canadian author D.J. McIntosh an author that could give Dan Brown’s popularity a run for his money. This is the second in her Mesopotamian Trilogy, and I will admit right now, I…
A Delicate Truth – John Le Carre
Penguin Books Canada was kind enough to send me an advance copy of the latest work from John le Carre, and I simply devoured this one… With his latest novel A Delicate Truth, le Carre continues to prove he is a master wordsmith, carving out a tense thriller driven by complex characters and crackling dialogue, only…
Canadian FilmFest – Rouge Sang aka The Storm Within (2013) – Martin Doepner
The Canadian FilmFest launches this evening with Martin Doepner’s captivating thriller, Rouge Sang. Set on New Year’s Eve 1799 in a remote cabin in Quebec, Esperance (Isabelle Guerard) is looking after her two children, Mathurin (Andre Kaspar Kolstad), Madelon (the adorable Charlotte St-Cyr) and her baby, while awaiting the return of her husband, Pierre (Peter Miller). As darkness falls, and a…
Notorious (1946) – Alfred Hitchcock
Of all the Hitchcock films, and it is a pretty amazing body of work, my favorites are the ones starring Cary Grant. Suspicion, To Catch A Thief (featuring the gorgeous Grace Kelly), my favorite – North By Northwest and Notorious. I decided to revisit Notorious the other night. A taut spy thriller with a heart-wrenching…
Toronto After Dark: In Their Skin – Jeremy Power Regimbal
In most cases, home invasion movies have a way of getting under my skin more than other horror or thriller films, just because they are much more personal to me. Anyone who’s ever come home to find that someone else has been in their house – or is perhaps still there – knows that the…
Why Aren’t You Watching Guidestones?
You get out of life what you put into it, the same can be said of the Guidestones web-series. Now we’ve covered this awesome show already, however Sue and I just came off of a great interview with the series creator Jay Ferguson, and the two charismatic stars Supinder Wraich and Dan Fox, and…
The Snowman – Jo Nesbø
Last year I fell in love with Stieg Larsson’s Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and it’s two sequels. So much so that I bought all three of the original Swedish films when they were released, and enjoyed them immensely. Larsson died shortly after delivery of the third book, which meant no more in the series….
The Mind Reels 