Posts tagged suspense
Review: Twister (1996)
Review: Twister (1996)

Twister illustrates much of what has changed, improved, and been lost in the evolution of Hollywood blockbusters since 1996.

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James Bond 007: From Russia with Love (1963)
James Bond 007: From Russia with Love (1963)

Sharp and bare, structurally and psychologically.

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