Tag Archives: Thrillers

Two Films by Alfred Hitchcock

Posted on February 26, 2013 by TBM

In 2012 I read two novels (The Thirty-Nine Steps and Jamaica Inn) that Alfred Hitchcock made into films during the 1930s. The 39 Steps movie, based on the novel by John Buchan, was released in 1935. Three other film versions … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, British Films, Daphne du Maurier, Films, Jamaica Inn, John Buchan, Lucie Mannheim, Madeleine Carroll, Movies, Robert Donat, Spy Thrillers, The 39 Steps, The Thirty-Nine Steps, Thrillers, World Cinema Series | 18 Comments

The Silence of the Lambs

Posted on February 13, 2013 by TBM

I remember the first time I saw The Silence of the Lambs in the theater. I was seventeen and I was visiting my best friend in California. Four years earlier I had moved from California to Colorado. Each year I … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged 50 Year Project, Academy Awards, AFI, American Film Institute, Anthony Hopkins, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Picture, Best Writing, Blog, Blogging, Hannibal Lecter, Horror Films, Jodie Foster, Jonathan Demme, Movies, Scott Glenn, Serial Killers, Ted Levine, Ted Tally, The Silence of the Lambs, Thomas Harris, Thrillers | 50 Comments

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Posted on January 3, 2013 by TBM

After I read Tipping the Velvet, the debut novel by Sarah Waters, I was hooked on her writing. Fingersmith, her third novel, is also on my 1001 books you must read list. I should admit that I finished this book … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged 1001 Books you Must Read Before you Die, 50 Year Project, Affinity, Blog, Blogging, Book Reviews, Books, Crime Novels, CWA Ellis Peters Dagger, England, Man Booker Prize, Mysteries, Orange Prize, Photography, Sarah Waters, The Little Stranger, The Night Watch, Thrillers, Tipping the Velvet, Victorian England, Welsh Authors | 29 Comments

Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier

Posted on November 6, 2012 by TBM

After reading Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca I wanted to delve more into her works. Jamaica Inn is an eerie tale about murder and deception in Cornwall in 1820. After her mother’s death, Mary Yellan moves in with her mother’s sister, … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged 50 Year Project, Blog, Blogging, Book Reviews, Books, Cornwall, Daphne du Maurier, Jamaica Inn, Literature, Mysteries, R.I.P., Rebecca, Suspense, Thrillers | 32 Comments

All the President’s Men

Posted on November 1, 2012 by TBM

All the President’s Men, released in 1976, is a political thriller. The movie won Academy Awards for Best Art Direction, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound, and Best Supporting Actor (Jason Robards). Alan J. Pakula directed the film, William Goldman wrote … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged 50 Year Project, Alan J. Pakula, All the President's Men, American Politics, Blog, Blogging, Bob Woodward, Boston Terriers, Carl Bernstein, CIA, Democratic National Committee headquarters, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards, Life, Movie Reviews, Movies, Political Thrillers, Robert Redford, The Washington Post, Thrillers, Walter Coblenz, White House, William Goldman | 39 Comments

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Posted on October 10, 2012 by TBM

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, published in 1938, is a Gothic Mystery Romance novel. Dame Daphne de Maurier, an English playwright and author, grew up in London and her father, Sir Gerald du Maurier, was a famous actor and manager. … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged 1001 Books you Must Read Before you Die, Alfred Hitchcock, Award Winning Books, Dame Daphne de Maurier, Daphne du Maurier, George du Maurier, Gothic, J. M. Barrie, Jamaica Inn, Llewelyn Davies family, Manderley, Maxim de Winter, Mrs. Danvers, Mrs. de Winter, Mystery, Peter Pan, Reading Challenges, Rebecca, RIP, Romance, Sir Gerald du Maurier, The Birds, Thrillers | 51 Comments

The Graveyard Book Discussion, Part 1

Posted on October 8, 2012 by TBM

There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife. This opening line from The Graveyard Book hooked me right away. I had a feeling after participating in Carl’s group read of Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere that I would … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged 50 Year Project, Blog, Books, Neil Gaiman, R.I.P., Reading Challenges, The Graveyard Book, Thrillers, Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult Literature | 28 Comments

The Sixth Sense

Posted on January 4, 2012 by TBM

In 1999 people started to pay attention to M. Night Shyamalan, a writer and director. So did the Academy Awards. His film, The Sixth Sense was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Also, Haley Joel Osment, the actor … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Academy Awards, AFI, American Film Institute, American Movies, Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, M. Night Shyamalan, Movie Review, Olivia Williams, The Sixth Sense, Thrillers | 28 Comments

R.I.P. VI Challenge

Posted on September 1, 2011 by TBM

Welcome to September. As a new follower of Carl’s Stainless Steel Droppings I am excited for this fall. For months I have been hearing from other followers that R.I.P. is a ton of fun. And according to Carl, fall is … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged 50 Year Project, Ann Radcliffe, Dark Fantasies, Fall, Gothic, Group Reads, Horror, Mysteries, Novels, R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril Challenge, R.I.P., Reading Challenges, Short Stories, Stainless Steel Droppings, Supernatural Novels, Suspense, The Mysteries of Udolpho, Thrillers | 18 Comments