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Blue Ruin
Why this pick
A lean, gritty revenge thriller with an ordinary, overwhelmed man pulled into escalating violence; it shares Cold in July’s bruised Americana, abrupt danger, and morally messy suspense.
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MOVIE2014 1h 49m USA
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Its wintry small-town setting and tightly wound chain of bad decisions echo Cold in July’s shift from domestic normality into paranoia, criminality, and increasingly desperate choices.
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The Guest
Why this pick
A retro-tinged, sharply paced thriller that turns a seemingly contained family encounter into something stranger and more dangerous, with similarly pulpy tension and controlled violence.
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Why this pick
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Killer Joe
Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Ann Dane, startled by the sound of a door window breaking, wakes her husband, Richard. He accidentally shoots the intruder, identified as Freddy Russell, a wanted felon. Richard is shaken by the experience. Richard visits the cemetery on the day of Freddy's burial where Freddy's father, Ben—a paroled convict—accosts Richard in his car, making a veiled reference to Richard's son, Jordan. Alarmed, Richard picks up Jordan from school and arranges for Ann to meet them at the police station. Though Ben follows him to his son's school, the police decline Richard's request for help. However, when the Danes arrive home to find their front door broken in, the family is put under police protection.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Sam Shepard
Russell
Don Johnson
Jim Bob
Michael C. Hall
Richard Dane
Vinessa Shaw
Ann Dane
Wyatt Russell
Freddy
Nick Damici
Ray Price
Soraya Butler
Female Detective
Kristin Griffith
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