Category Archives: Crime
Emily the Criminal
Release 2022
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Director: John Patton Ford
Writer: John Patton Ford
Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Theo Rossi, Bernardo Badillo
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15255876/
Down on her luck and saddled with debt, Emily gets involved in a credit card scam that pulls her into the criminal underworld of Los Angeles, ultimately leading to deadly consequences.
Breaking
Release 2022
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Director: Abi Damaris Corbin
Writers: Abi Damaris Corbin, Kwame Kwei-Armah
Stars: John Boyega, Nicole Beharie, Selenis Leyva, Michael Kenneth Williams, Connie Britton
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12311620/
A Marine war veteran faces mental and emotional challenges when he tries to reintegrate back into civilian life.
End of the Road
Release 2022
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Director: Millicent Shelton
Writers: Christopher J. Moore, David Loughery
Stars: Queen Latifah, Beau Bridges, Ludacris, Frances Lee McCain, Jesse Luken
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13655328/
In this high-octane action thriller, a cross-country road trip becomes a highway to hell for Brenda and her family. Alone in the New Mexico desert, they have to fight for their lives when they become the targets of a mysterious killer.
Orphan: First Kill
Release 2022
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Director: William Brent Bell
Writers: David Coggeshall, David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, Alex Mace
Stars: Isabelle Fuhrman, Julia Stiles, Rossif Sutherland, Hiro Kanagawa, Matthew Finlan
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11851548/
After orchestrating a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility, Esther travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family.
Resurrection
Release 2022
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Director: Andrew Semans
Writer: Andrew Semans
Stars: Rebecca Hall, Tim Roth, Grace Kaufman, Michael Esper, Angela Wong Carbone
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11540726/
Margaret's life is in order. She is capable, disciplined, and successful. Everything is under control. That is, until David returns, carrying with him the horrors of Margaret's past.
Wrong Place
Release 2022
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Director: Mike Burns
Writers: Bill Lawrence
Stars: Bruce Willis, Ashley Greene, Michael Sirow, Texas Battle, Stacey Danger
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15837458/
A methamphetamines cook hunts down the former Police chief of a small town in order to silence him before he can deliver eyewitness testimony against his family, but ultimately finds himself up against more than he had bargained for.
Spiderhead
Release 2022
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Director: Joseph Kosinski
Writers: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, George Saunders
Stars: Miles Teller, Chris Hemsworth, Charles Parnell, Jurnee Smollett, Tess Haubrich
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9783600/
In the near future, convicts are offered the chance to volunteer as medical subjects to shorten their sentence. One such subject for a new drug capable of generating feelings of love begins questioning the reality of his emotions.
Blowback
Release 2022
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Director: Tibor Takács
Writers: Matthew Eason , Robert Giardina , Robert Edward
Stars: Randy Couture, Cam Gigandet, Michele Plaia
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1551614/
After planning a perfect heist, Nick is ready to score. One problem, his girl and the crew, have other ideas. They take Nick down in a hail of bullets but Nick doesn't die and in a race for his life, seeks revenge one target at a time.
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Release 2022
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Director: Tom Gormican
Writers: Tom Gormican, Kevin Etten
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Tiffany Haddish, Sharon Horgan, Paco León
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11291274/
In this action-packed comedy, Nicolas Cage plays Nick Cage, channeling his iconic characters as he's caught between a superfan (Pedro Pascal) and a CIA agent (Tiffany Haddish).
There Are No Saints
Release 2022
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Director: Alfonso Pineda Ulloa
Writers: Paul Schrader
Stars: Tim Roth, Neal McDonough, Ron Perlman, Brian Cox, Tommy Flanagan
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655444/
A man nicknamed "the Jesuit," is imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. When his wife is murdered and his son kidnapped and taken to Mexico, he devises an elaborate and dangerous plan to rescue his son and avenge the murder.