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Tag: Crime
Ocean’s Twelve (2004) – Review
Back in 2001, Steven Soderbergh and a team of Hollywood elites performed a stunning act of grand theft remake when painfully stylish heist remake Ocean’s
Miami Vice – Season 1, Episode 2: Heart Of Darkness (1984) – Review
Miami Vice’s second episode proves the first was no fluke, taking the ground-breaking style established in the pilot and channelling it into a darker, more
The Godfather (1972) – Review
Once the iconic, haunting strains of Carlo Savina’s The Godfather Waltz kicks in, it soon becomes obvious that there isn’t much more left to say
The Bride! (2026) – Review
While resurgences of some of the other, classic monsters (Dracula, the Wolf Man) are to be expected, the current run of film based around Frankenstein’s
Blue Velvet (1986) – Review
It’s easy to imagine that David Lynch – cinema’s premier practitioner of surreal dream weaving – was always incredibly steadfast in his abilities when it
Gangster No.1 (2000) – Review
I’ve never been overly keen on British Gangster movies. Not the classic ones like The Long Good Friday and Get Carter, no I’m cool with
Crime 101 (2026) – Review
I’ve been down this particular avenue before, but when it comes to constructing a complex, crime epic, all attempts inevitably drop to their knees and
Ocean’s Eleven (2001) – Review
Usually when people offer up remakes that are better than the original, their first port of call is to pick either a slice of 80s
Ocean’s Eleven (1960) – Review
There are certain things that spring instantly to mind when you think of the glittery, neon soaked streets of old school Las Vegas – slot
Double Indemnity (1944) – Review
For as long as humans have been able to tell stories, we’ve regaled each other with tale of duplicitous acts and crimes of passion, where
Reindeer Games (2000) – Review
Just in case you were wondering, it isn’t just Die Hard and various Shane Black thrillers that are the only actioners to take place at
No Country For Old Men (2007) – Review
If there was any doubt about the ability of the Coen Brothers to conjure up flawless and varied crime epics that effortlessly straddled the divide
Gangs Of New York (2002) – Review
No one does sprawling crime epics quite like Martin Scorsese. Throughout the length and breath of his illustrious career, he’s cast his cinematic eye over
American Made (2017) – Review
Stories of spectacular rags to hideous riches are as American as apple pie – after all, what signifies the American dream more than someone making
Filth (2013) – Review
Just because Danny Boyle found the cheat code on how to adapt Irvine Welsh with Trainspotting (see also David Fincher cracking Chuck Palahniuk with Fight
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) – Review
Since he first wordlessly threw off members of the Thromby clan by simply hitting a single key on a piano, famed, verbose detective Benoit Blanc
Revolver (2005) – Review
It’s not easy to break out of a box you’ve put yourself in, but after Guy Ritchie’s third film – Madonna/Ritchie vanity project Swept Away
Now You See Me: Now You Don’t (2025) – Review
I have to be honest, while the Now You See Me movies may walk that perilous tightrope between flashy and obnoxiously smug, I’ve kind of
Now You See Me 2 (2016) – Review
When it came to glossy, enjoyable and utterly ludicrous nonsense that still, inexplicably made you want to punch the air with glee, the 2013 heist
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