Emma Thompson's "engrossing" and "smart" survival thriller is now available to watch at home

Dead of Winter, the "engrossing" survival thriller starring Emma Thompson, is now available to watch at home. With a wintery ...
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‘Dead of Winter’ review: Harsh environment helps elevate kidnapping drama

Like a virus, desperation thrives in the unforgiving cold of Northern Minnesota in “Dead of Winter.” The environment heightens the largely engrossing kidnapping thriller, which is in theaters this ...
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'Dead of Winter' Review: Emma Thompson and Judy Greer Fight to the Death in This Exhilarating Wilderness Thriller

Luna Guthrie is a Movie Features Editor for Collider, writer and film critic. She began as a writer for Collider in 2021 and joined the editorial team in 2024. She has a bachelor's degree in ...
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Film Review: THE DEAD OF WINTER: Emma Thompson is Excellent in an Icy Thriller with Crackling Tension [Locarno 2025]

The Dead of Winter (2025) Film Review from the 78th Annual Locarno Film Festival, a movie directed by Brian Kirk, written by Nicholas Jacobson-Larson and Dalton Leeb and starring Emma Thompson, Judy ...
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There's Blood on the Snow in the First Poster for Emma Thompson's 'Dead of Winter' [Exclusive]

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...
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THE DEAD OF WINTER (2025): Emma Thompson’s Latest Gets Picked Up By Vertical Entertainment

Thompson plays a fisherwoman who discovers she may be a kidnapped young girl’s only hope. Set in Minnesota, Fargo comparisons may be unavoidable. This new picture will be set primarily during a ...
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‘Dead of Winter' Review: Emma Thompson Goes ‘Fargo' Mode in a Fun and Frigid Minnesotan Thriller

A 66-year-old two-time Oscar winner who's still near the height of her powers and has presumably made enough money for her grandkids to retire at birth, Emma Thompson could spend the rest of her life ...
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‘Dead of Winter’ Review: Emma Thompson Kicks Butt So Hard It Explodes

Emma Thompson doesn’t kick enough butt. Actually, let me clarify that: Emma Thompson kicks a lot of butt, but it would be nice if she got to do it literally, and more often. Brian Kirk’s nail-biting ...
Variety

As Emma Thompson’s ‘Dead of Winter’ Debuts, Producers Augenschein Discuss Star-Led Slate, Including Films With Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe, Ethan Hawke (EXCLUSIVE)

At Locarno Film Festival on Friday, Emma Thompson will be honored and her latest film, Brian Kirk’s thriller “Dead of Winter,” will have its world premiere. Variety spoke to the co-chiefs of ...
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Emma Thompson battles Judy Greer on the frozen tundra of Dead Of Winter, and that's all that needs to be said

Hollywood has always clung dearly to its unofficial pension pipeline for fit, male actors of a certain age with the grizzled geezer action genre. For any game aging actor, if you’ve got a head of grey ...
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Vertical Acquires Emma Thompson Action Thriller ‘The Dead of Winter’

Vertical has acquired North American rights to Brian Kirk’s action thriller “The Dead of Winter,” the company announced on Friday. Starring and executive produced by Emma Thompson (“Love Actually,” ...