Suspense
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This train’s got the disappearin’ Western blues
James Mangold’s “3:10 to Yuma” restores the wounded heart of the Western and rescues it from the morass of pointless…
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Disappearing act at 37,000 feet
How can a little girl simply disappear from an airplane at 37,000 feet? By asking this question and not cheating…
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International intrigue rings true
Sydney Pollack’s “The Interpreter” is a taut and intelligent thriller, centering on Nicole Kidman as an interpreter at the United…
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Last act haunts ‘Hide and Seek’
A small girl is haunted by fears after her mother’s suicide. Her father, a psychiatrist, feels powerless to console her,…
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The Missing
New York magazine ran a cover story years ago calling John Ford’s “The Searchers” the most influential movie in American…
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Dirty Pretty Things
The hall porter is sent upstairs to repair a blocked toilet, and finds the source of the trouble: A human…
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The Dancer Upstairs
John Malkovich’s “The Dancer Upstairs” was filmed before 9/11, and is based on a novel published in 1997, but has…
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Identity
It is a dark and stormy night. A violent thunderstorm howls down on a lonely Nevada road. A family of…
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Phone Booth
“Phone Booth” is a religious fable, a show biz fable, or both. It involves a fast-talking, two-timing broadway press agent…
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The Recruit
‘The Recruit” reveals that the training process of the Central Intelligence Agency is like a fraternity initiation, but more dangerous.…
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