Cinema Therapy Review

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Topaz

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Hitchcock hadn’t made a spy thriller since the 1930s, so his 1969 adaptation of Leon Uris’s bestseller seemed like a curious choice for the director. But Hitchcock makes Uris’s story of the West’s investigation into the Soviet Union’s dealings with Cuba his own. Frederick Stafford plays a French intelligence agent who works with his American […]

Bone Collector

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Released in late 1999, The Bone Collector turns the pulpy indulgence of Jeffery Deaver’s novel into a slick potboiler that is grisly interesting. Director Phillip Noyce expertly builds palpable tension around a series of gruesome murders that lead us into the darkest nooks of New York City. Now a bedridden quadriplegic prone to life-threatening seizures […]

Suspenseful Movies in Cinema Therapy

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Here is my updated list of the 10 most suspenseful movies of all time. While the term “suspenseful movie” is somewhat subjective, I focused on three main criteria: Is the movie so suspenseful that it could change someone’s behavior? Does the movie produce pleasurable excitement and anticipation regarding an outcome? Does the movie produce the […]

Film and Suspense

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An important fact about films and stage plays is that the creation, and the creators, of the most successful of them are shrouded in mystery. This is true especially about Shakespeare, Hitchcock and other top filmmakers of Hollywood in general. This book unveils the secret of the success of the masters of drama. The general […]