It’s always a fascinating thing when a director with a more elusive style makes something that accessible enough to be embraced by the general audience.
Tag: Crime
Den Of Thieves 2: Pantera (2025) – Review
Not to come down too hard on Christian Gudegast’s gritty, 2018 crime flick, but possibly the most overwhelming twist that came out of that film
Casino (1995) – Review
During the 1990s, Martin Scorsese crafted a gangster movie that became embraced as one of – if not the – greatest mob movie ever made.
Triple 9 (2016) – Review
Heist films tend to mostly be either unfeasibly well oiled machines of slick, technical expertise or zippy quirk-fests that see an ensemble banter just as
Den Of Thieves (2018) – Review
I believe it was a wise man who once said “You come at the king, you best not miss” (it was Omar from The Wire
Heathers (1988) – Review
To accurately snag an entire generation into worshiping your teen movie, it helps to remember a few things: you probably shouldn’t attempt to talk down
The Penguin – Season 1, Episode 1: After Hours (2024) – Review
Matt Reeves’ The Batman was the latest attempt to try and see just how dingy and serious Hollywood could get the Dark Knight and even
Heavenly Creatures (1994) – Review
Have you ever taken a step back and fully appreciated how frickin’ insane Peter Jackson’s journey from Bad Taste to Lord Of The Rings truly
Edmond (2005) – Review
On paper, a union between splattery horror director Stuart Gordon and celebrated writer David Mamet seems like an odd combination. Had Gordon hit the mainstream
The Bikeriders (2023) – Review
No matter what, even the most scowling, masculine brute needs a sense of belonging to get them through this unfeasibly random shit show we call
Point Blank (1967) – Review
The American crime movie has always been cool as it usually features really bad people doing really bad things in a way that’s perversely endearing;
Strangers On A Train (1951) – Review
Give Alfred Hitchcock a decent plot and the man was untouchable – his intuitive use of the camera would certainly guarantee that – but give
The Wrong Man (1956) – Review
Alfred Hitchcock is, was, and ever will be revered as the Master of Suspense as his countless thrillers allowed him to play merry Hell with
Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows (2011) – Review
After Guy Richie, Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law delivered their predictably bombastic take on Athur Conan Doyle’s legendary sleuth, the notion of a sequel
King Of New York (1990) – Review
To describe Abel Ferrara as something of a cinematic enfant terrible would be something of a devastating understatement. Hell, the fact that he made Driller
Sherlock Holmes (2009) – Review
When you think of Sherlock Holmes you would most likely conjure up visions of gargantuan pipes, deerstalkers and the super detective striding around a musty
Layer Cake (2004) – Review
Once upon a time, long before irreverent Neil Gaiman adaptations, psychotic twelve year-old vigilantes and groovy X-Men movies set in the swinging sixties, Matthew Vaughn
Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2014) – Review
Back in 2005, Robert Rodriguez managed to do the impossible and bottle the impossibly gritty lightning of Frank Miller’s cult, hyper-noir comic, Sin City. He
Death Wish (1974) – Review
It’s strange how the progression of a franchise can colour your perception of the original movie. Take Michael Winner’s Death Wish for example; a 1970s
Sin City (2005) – Review
Even during a decade where comic book movies rose to prominence like never before, Sin City still felt like a lead pipe to the back
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