This is a thriller that we believe deserves to be seen by a wider audience. On this edition of JOE Film Club Classics, we’re recommending Sharper, the brilliantly twisty 2023 thriller with a great cast. Available to stream now on Apple TV+, the film begins by following Tom (Justice Smith, Dungeons and Dragons), a young […]
6 months ago
The film is a sequel to a modern cult classic. This week on JOE’s Film Club Classics, we’re recommending Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, the sequel to the 2018 heist action thriller Den of Thieves. This is because the follow-up was recently added to Prime Video. For those not aware of the Den of Thieves […]
9 months ago
With a 96% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the Oscar-winning film is a true crowd-pleaser. Every once in a while, a comedy-drama movie comes along that has such universal appeal that you can’t help but recommend it to everyone in your life. Some recent examples of films like this include the Oscar-winners and nominees Another Round, […]
10 months ago
The film should appeal to fans of 28 Days Later. Netflix has recently added to its service an excellent, Cillian Murphy-starring thriller that only received a sadly limited release in cinemas back in 2011. Titled Retreat, the movie was the feature directorial debut of Carl Tibbets – best known for helming two of Black Mirror’s […]
11 months ago
The film plays out like a smarter if less extreme version of Saltburn. There have been lots of great thriller movies made about strangers ingratiating themselves into the life of a wealthy person and/or their families as part of a social-climbing scheme. An early example is Joseph Losey and Harold Pinter’s ’60s drama The Servant, […]
1 year ago
Based on a true story, the film only got a brief and limited cinema release but is being discovered now via streaming. A common complaint you hear from people about movies is that all there is in cinemas is just blockbusters and sequels. While this isn’t quite true – the box office success of indies […]
1 year ago