Tag: Crime

  • Hyena – Review

    The British gangster crime drama feels cursed. It’s been explored so often in cinema post-Guy Ritchie, and for the most part, so inefficiently, that anybody else who dares give it a shot feels as though they’re stepping over old ground, abiding by convention… Read More >

  • Face of an Angel – Review

    “The film fails to take off because of the confused messages being sent out, but is still a project that will instigate debate both on the controversial subject matter, as well as the wider issue of ethics in journalism in general.” Read More >

  • We Are Monster – Trailer

    On 8th February 2000 at Feltham Young Offenders Institute, Robert Stewart, a known violent racist was placed in a cell with Zahid Mubarek, eventually leading to Mubarek’s murder 6 weeks later. Read More >

  • Focus – Review

    “in Focus, we’re the victim – regular people going about our everyday life, only to have someone steal something valuable from us. It makes for a film that’s difficult to connect with”… Read More >

  • A Second Chance – Review

    “This is ultimately filmmaking of the highest order.” Read More >

  • Mr. Holmes – Teaser

    An aged, retired Sherlock Holmes looks back on his life, and grapples with an unsolved case involving a beautiful woman. Read More >

  • Jon Foo cast in Jackie Chan role for Rush Hour TV show

    Remember the news that CBS were making a TV series based on the massively popular movie franchise Rush Hour? Well, now we’ve got the first big casting news: Jon Foo, most known for his work on Tekken and Universal Soldier: Regeneration (not the most critically well-received films ever, we know), will step into Jackie Chan’s shoes and play… Read More >

  • Kill the Messenger – Review

    “There may never be a wrong time to release a film about ethics in journalism, which is a depressing reality in itself, but with the imminent arrival of yet another Avengers film, Kill the Messenger does offers us a chance to see Jeremy Renner at his best.” Read More >

  • Rosamund Pike to star with Christian Bale in The Deep Blue Good-by

    Following the smash success of last year’s Gone Girl, and the critical acclaim heaped on the actor, Rosamund Pike will be joining fellow A-lister Christian Bale in a new film called The Deep Blue Good-by. Variety reports that the British star will appear in the adaptation of John D. MacDonald’s series of books, which sees… Read More >

  • Focus – ‘The Plan’

    In the midst of veteran con man Nicky’s latest scheme, a woman from his past – now an accomplished femme fatale – shows up and throws his plans for a loop. Read More >