Category Archives: Crime
The Quarry
Release 2020
Genre Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Scott Teems
Writers: Scott Teems, Andrew Brotzman, Damon Galgut
Stars: Shea Whigham, Michael Shannon, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Bobby Soto, Bruno Bichir
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10151054/
A drifter (Shea Whigham) kills a traveling preacher and takes his place at a small-town church, but the police chief (Michael Shannon) suspects foul play.
Blue Story
Release 2019
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Director: Rapman
Writers: Rapman, Rapman
Stars: Stephen Odubola, Micheal Ward, Khali Best, Karla-Simone Spence, Eric Kofi-Abrefa
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9285882/
Feature adaptation of Rapman's YouTube series about two young friends who become rivals in a street war.
The Whistlers
Release 2019
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Director: Corneliu Porumboiu
Writer: Corneliu Porumboiu
Stars: Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon, Rodica Lazar, Agustí Villaronga, Sabin Tambrea
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7921248/
Not everything is as it seems for Cristi, a policeman who plays both sides of the law. Embarking with the beautiful Gilda on a high-stakes heist, both will have to navigate the twists and turns of corruption, treachery and deception.
The Gentlemen
Release 2019
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Director: Guy Ritchie
Writers: Guy Ritchie, Guy Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson
Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Lyne Renee
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8367814/
An American expat tries to sell off his highly profitable marijuana empire in London, triggering plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.
Human Capital
Release 2019
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Director: Marc Meyers
Writers: Stephen Amidon, Oren Moverman
Stars: Marisa Tomei, Peter Sarsgaard, Maya Hawke, Alex Wolff, Liev Schreiber
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9185066/
The lives of two different families collide when their children begin a relationship that leads to a tragic accident.
Above Suspicion
Release 2019
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Director: Phillip Noyce
Writers: Chris Gerolmo, Joe Sharkey
Stars: Thora Birch, Emilia Clarke, Karl Glusman, Jack Huston, Johnny Knoxville
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5688068/
The story that lead to the first conviction for murder of an FBI agent.
The Postcard Killings
Release 2020
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Director: Danis Tanovic
Writers: Liza Marklund, Liza Marklund, James Patterson
Stars: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Famke Janssen, Naomi Battrick, Ruairi O'Connor, Cush Jumbo
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4106514/
A New York detective investigates the death of his daughter who was murdered while on her honeymoon in London; he recruits the help of a Scandinavian journalist when other couples throughout Europe suffer a similar fate.
Abstruse
Release 2019
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Director: Harley Wallen
Writer: Harley Wallen
Stars: Tom Sizemore, Dennis Haskins, Harley Wallen, Calhoun Koenig, Kaiti Wallen
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6271432/
Two young women get themselves into a very compromising situation that proves life changing, the aftermath is almost worse as all trails of the event has been wiped out and all of a sudden the tables turn and Amanda goes from being the victim to the accused. Amanda's father decides to look into it only to realize it's much bigger than they first anticipated. The story heads to a Good Vs. Evil showdown to settle the score.
Spenser Confidential
Release 2020
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Director: Peter Berg
Writers: Sean O'Keefe, Brian Helgeland, Ace Atkins
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Colleen Camp, Iliza Shlesinger, Winston Duke, Alan Arkin
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8629748/
When two Boston police officers are murdered, ex-cop Spenser teams up with his no-nonsense roommate, Hawk, to take down criminals.
Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
Release 2020
Genre Action, Adventure, Crime
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Director: Cathy Yan
Writers: Christina Hodson, Paul Dini, Bruce Timm
Stars: Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Ewan McGregor
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7713068/
After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.