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All tagged Crime

Ridley Scott Gives True Crime a Shot in American Gangster

Mar 24

Mar 24 Ridley Scott Gives True Crime a Shot in American Gangster

The Night Stalker on Netflix Epitomizes Everything Wrong with The True Crime Genre

Jan 24

Jan 24 The Night Stalker on Netflix Epitomizes Everything Wrong with The True Crime Genre

The Alienist, Period Pieces and the Challenge of Adaptation

Jun 9

Jun 9 The Alienist, Period Pieces and the Challenge of Adaptation

Was The Irishman a Boring Snoozefest or a Masterpiece?

Apr 10

Apr 10 Was The Irishman a Boring Snoozefest or a Masterpiece?

Snatch is Still the Best Guy Ritchie Film

Mar 20

Mar 20 Snatch is Still the Best Guy Ritchie Film

Aug 23
Aug 23 Review: Broadchurch Shows That a Genre Piece Done Well Can Still be Great Television

Aug 19
Aug 19 Review: Dexter (Season One) Was a Great Show That Tried Really Hard to be Bad

Review: A Most Violent Year. Does JC Chandor Stay True to Form?

Aug 15

Aug 15 Review: A Most Violent Year. Does JC Chandor Stay True to Form?

Director J.C. Chandor is has a history of making highly regarded but actively bad movies. Did 2014’s A Most Violent Year follow that pattern? This review will try and figure that out.

Aug 9
Aug 9 Review: The Sinner Is a Masterclass in Opening Acts

Aug 9
Aug 9 Review: Prisoners Was Great, But the Marketing Screwed It

Aug 5
Aug 5 Review: Sicario Proved That Denis Villeneuve Had Arrived

Jul 24
Jul 24 Movie Review: I Kind of Hated Loving Pablo