thriller
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Based on Donald E. Westlake’s novel “The Hunter,” “Point Blank” has all the makings of a highly involving thriller, but Mr. Boorman consistently frustrates these expectations with more artistic aims.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
But she kept the two identities separate, telling the New York Times in 2024 that she worried her patients might feel weird about being treated by a best-selling thriller writer.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
During my first watch, I thought this would be a run-of-the-mill, substandard thriller: Establish the characters, ramp up the obsession, throw a little violence in.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
Will Forte and D’Arcy Carden star in the black comedy/crime thriller set in Australia as co-dependent siblings willing to do anything to get their spray-tan business off the ground.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
"You'll probably grow up to write those thriller movies where everyone's always screaming."
From "Miracle's Boys" by Jacqueline Woodson
Vocabulary lists containing thriller
Literary Genres - Introductory
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