Death Wish (1974).
The early part of the decade that was the 1970s brought with it a new kind of cinematic anti-hero in the wake of the Vietnam War, tailored, whether intentionally or… Continue reading "Death Wish (1974)."
Tag: Crime Drama
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Dragged Across Concrete (2018).
Director S. Craig Zahler has become one of the must-see talents to watch amongst the newest crop of filmmakers. In 2015 he wrote and directed his first feature, the brutal… Continue reading "Dragged Across Concrete (2018)."
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Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019).
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile tells the true-life story of Ted Bundy who murdered at least thirty women in the most horrific of ways. The film focuses specifically on… Continue reading "Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)."
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Everybody Knows (2018).
Everybody Knows, the latest film from acclaimed Iranian writer/director Asghar Farhadi is set in Spain and stars the power couple of Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem. Cruz plays Laura, mother to… Continue reading "Everybody Knows (2018)."
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Netflix have bought distribution rights to Zac Efron’s forthcoming Ted Bundy movie.
We have good news for Netflix subscribers who have found themselves enthralled by the recent true crime docu-series, Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes. The Hollywood Reporter has… Continue reading "Netflix have bought distribution rights to Zac Efron’s forthcoming Ted Bundy movie."
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Widows (2018).
Steve McQueen’s latest picture plays like a response to the oft-criticised (and maybe sometimes not criticised enough) treatment of women in film as motives for change or trauma in the… Continue reading "Widows (2018)."
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New details on Warner Bros’ standalone Joker film, Joaquin Phoenix signs on.
Joaquin Phoenix has signed on the dotted line for Warner Bros’ Joker origin film, which will be a darker, standalone tale with a lower budget (reportedly at around $55 million) and… Continue reading "New details on Warner Bros’ standalone Joker film, Joaquin Phoenix signs on."
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L.A. Confidential (1997).
*** SPOILER WARNING *** The 1990’s was a decade littered with a glut of truly great crime films such as Heat, Se7en, The Usual Suspects and Pulp Fiction to name… Continue reading "L.A. Confidential (1997)."
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All The Money In The World (2017) – Review.
Seemingly dead in the water after allegations were made against one of its then star leads, Kevin Spacey, and fraught with controversy over disproportionate payments to its other two main… Continue reading "All The Money In The World (2017) – Review."
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Heat (1995).
The film by director Michael Mann that many of his fans would consider to be his Magnum Opus, brought together the two biggest actors of a generation as well as an… Continue reading "Heat (1995)."