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A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE – Review by Valerie Kalfrin

October 28, 2025October 28, 2025 Valerie Kalfrin A House of Dynamite, Greta Lee, Idris Elba, jared harris, kathryn bigelow, netflix, Noah Oppenheim, political thriller, rebecca ferguson, tracy letts, Volker Bertelmann

The lunacy out of Washington, DC, on any given day can overshadow the men and women who watch the skies in remote bases and secure spaces, monitoring our nation’s defenses around the clock. A House of Dynamite is a potent reminder. Now streaming on Netflix, this political thriller races through what happens after a missile arcs toward the United States, leaving just precious minutes to determine how to respond. It’s an intense and draining watch—and a larger existential story about the senselessness of it all.

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I AM FEAR – Review by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

February 21, 2020 Alexandra Heller-Nicholas 0 Comments faran tahir, horror genre, i am fear, kevin shulman, kristina klebe, political thriller

Through its unapologetic visceral thrills, I Am Fear invites us to experience recent history “through the gut” in what is effectively a supernatural horror film combined with the political thriller subgenre of the terrorism movie. The film seeks to use genre as a tool to answer a very simple question, but one almost overwhelming in its scale: why is the world such a terrible place? It sure as hell gets points for trying to say something meaningful about the world at a time when so many others are pretending it’s business as usual.