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Thriller

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Host

Final Girls

November 1, 2017

Riley Sager is a season pass because of his command for mystery and tension. This clever deconstruction of the Final Girl trope is as entertaining…

Knox

Mindhunter

October 25, 2017

Serial killers and a brooding Jonathan Groff. You feel the tension even though everyone is in jail.

Jamie

Good Morning Midnight

September 20, 2017

The setting is the end of the world and the involved parties are a lonely scientist in the arctic and an astronaut trying to get…

Knox

Ozark

August 30, 2017

Jason Bateman goes against type as a money launderer forced to do increasingly worse things to protect his family. Laura Linney is an absolute majesty…

Knox

Dunkirk

August 2, 2017

Chris Nolan retells this historical miracle with dispassion but brutal attention to detail.

Mutual

The Force

July 19, 2017

If you like crime novels, Don Winslow is a demigod of a writer and The Force is no different. Everything he writes is compelling and…

Knox

Baby Driver

July 5, 2017

Also referred to as Baby D, this Edgar Wright masterpiece of sound and story is a messy delight of music and car chases.

Knox

The Lost Book of the Grail

May 31, 2017

Combining my love of secret codes, the Holy Grail, and libraries. This one will absorb you to the last page.

Jamie

The North Water

May 10, 2017

Stories about people on boats are always dope and this is no different. (Fun fact: I read this on while also on a boat. V…

Knox

Live by Night

March 21, 2017

An old school early 20th century organized crime epic. Better than the Ben Affleck movie and impossible to put down.

Knox