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This article is presented by Quibi. Picture this: You're walking down a hallway. Something on the back of your neck doesn't feel right. You turn around, and a stranger with murder in his eyes stares back at you. What do you do? These types of heart rate-raising decisions are at the heart of The Stranger, Quibi's thriller series from Veena Sud (The Killing) starring Maika Monroe as our hero in peril, and Dane DeHaan as the stranger with murder in his eyes. The series is full of moments that grab the audience and force them to …

Quibi’s been around for a few weeks now, dropping brand new content every single day, and one of the latest “movie in chapters” to join the growing library comes from The Killing and Seven Seconds writer-producer, Veena Sud. The Stranger stars Maika Monroe as Clare, a young woman who moves to Los Angeles to become a writer. Days after arriving in Hollywood, Clare starts working as a ride share driver and that’s how she meets Carl E (Dane DeHaan). When he first hops in the car, he seems like a nice enough guy but it doesn’t …

From writer/directors Dan Berk and Robert Olsen, the warped horror dramedy Villains follows amateur criminals Mickey (Bill Skarsgård) and Jules (Maika Monroe), who find themselves at the house of George (Jeffrey Donovan) and Gloria (Kyra Sedgwick), after their car dies while fleeing a gas station robbery. Even though they stopped at a random house to look for a new set of wheels to take them on the road toward a fresh start, the pair of young lovers end up learning that these sadistic homeowners have a dark secret that they will do anything to keep from getting out. …

One of the most enjoyable films I caught at the North Bend Film Festival last weekend was Villains, the new crime comedy from writer/directors Dan Berk and Robert Olsen. Starring Bill Skarsgärd and Maika Monroe, the film follows Mickey (Skarsgärd) and Jules (Monroe), two lightweight criminals on the run looking to make just enough cash to start a new life in Florida. But when their car breaks down after their last score, they break into a seemingly picture-perfect house where a pair of Deep South hospitality psychopaths (Kyra Sedgwick and Jeffrey Donovan) will do whatever it …

Right off the bat Villains lets you know it's not the standard film fest fare. We're introduced to Mickey (Bill Skarsgard) and Jules (Maika Monroe), two young lovebirds who happen to be sticking up gas stations to scrounge enough money to keep chugging along on their road trip to the ocean. Yes, they may be criminals, but they're more in the gentleman/lady mold than the psychopathic type. Their hearts are in the right place and the chemistry between Skarsgard and Monroe is crackling from frame one. They're just quirky enough to be fun and just … The post ‘Villains’ Review: Bill Skarsgård and Maika Monroe Shine in Offbeat SXSW Midnighter appeared first on Collider.