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Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Ewan McGregor
Director: Roman Polanski
Category: Thrillers
Rated: PG-13

When a gifted ghostwriter (Ewan McGregor) is hired to write the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan), he quickly finds himself trapped in a web of political and sexual intrigue. Lang is implicated in a scandal over his administration’s harsh tactics, and as the ghostwriter digs into the politician’s past, he discovers secrets that threaten to jeopardize international relations forever. Co-starring Olivia Williams and Kim Cattrall, it’s a taut and shocking thriller from acclaimed director Roman Polanski (“The Pianist”).  (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: ***1/2 (out of four)
New York Post: ** (out of four)
USA Today: *** (out of four)

Overall: *** (out of four)

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo
Director: Martin Scorsese
Category: Thrillers
Rated: R

Academy Award winning director Martin Scorsese once again teams up with Leonardo DiCaprio in this spine-chilling thriller that critics say “sizzles with so much suspense that it’s hot to the touch.” (Peter Travers, “Rolling Stone”) When U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio) arrives at the asylum for the criminally insane on Shutter Island, what starts as a routine investigation quickly takes a sinister turn. As the investigation unfolds and Teddy uncovers more shocking and terrifying truths about the island, he learns there are some places that never let you go. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: ** (out of four)
New York Post: *** (out of four)
USA Today: **1/2 (out of four)

Overall: **1/2 (out of four)

Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee
Director: John Hillcoat
Category: Thrillers
Rated: R

From Cormac McCarthy, author of “No Country For Old Men”, comes the highly anticipated big screen adaptation of the beloved, best-selling and Pulitzer Prize winning novel, “The Road”. An all-star cast are featured in this epic post-apocalyptic tale of the survival of a father and his young son as they journey across a barren America that was destroyed by a mysterious cataclysm. A masterpiece adventure, “The Road” boldly imagines a future in which men are pushed to the worst and the best that they are capable of – a future in which a father and his son are sustained by love. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: **1/2 (out of four)
New York Post: ** (out of four)
Rolling Stone: ***1/2 (out of four)

Overall: **1/2 (out of four)

Starring: Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone
Director: Martin Campbell
Category: Thrillers
Rated: R

The bullet that killed his daughter was meant for Boston cop Thomas Craven. That’s what police brass and Craven himself think, but that’s not what the investigation finds. Clue after clue and witness after witness, the search leads him into a shadowy realm where money and political intrigue intersect. If Craven wasn’t a target before, he – and anyone linked to his inquiry – now is. Mel Gibson stars in his first screen lead in eight years, making Craven’s grief palpable and his quest for payback stone-cold and relentless. Martin Campbell (“Casino Royale”) directs from a screenplay co-written by “The Departed’s” William Monahan. Gibson is back, taking us to the edge… and into the sinister darkness. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: *** (out of four)
New York Post: *** (out of four)

Overall: *** (out of four)

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes
Director: Werner Herzog
Category: Thrillers
Rated: R

In Werner Herzog’s new film “The Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans”, Nicolas Cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs – while playing fast and loose with the law. He wields his badge as often as he wields his gun in order to get his way. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina he becomes a high-functioning addict who is a deeply intuitive, fearless detective reigning over the beautiful ruins of New Orleans with authority and abandon. Complicating his tumultuous life is the prostitute he loves (played by Eva Mendes). Together they descend into their own world marked by desire, compulsion, and conscience. The result is a singular masterpiece of filmmaking: equally sad and manically humorous. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: ***1/2 (out of four)
New York Post: **1/2 (out of four)
Rolling Stone: **1/2 (out of four)

Overall: *** (out of four)