Category Archives: Crime
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
Release 2014
Genre Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Writers: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Earl E. Smith
Stars: Addison Timlin, Veronica Cartwright, Anthony Anderson, Travis Tope, Joshua Leonard
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2561546/
65 years after a masked serial killer terrorized the small town of Texarkana, the so-called 'moonlight murders' begin again. Is it a copycat or something even more sinister? A lonely high school girl, with dark secrets of her own, may be the key to catching him.
Deliver Us from Evil
Release 2014
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Director: Scott Derrickson
Writers: Scott Derrickson, Paul Harris Boardman, Ralph Sarchie, Lisa Collier Cool
Stars: Eric Bana, Édgar Ramírez, Olivia Munn, Chris Coy, Dorian Missick
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2377322/
New York police officer Ralph Sarchie investigates a series of crimes. He joins forces with an unconventional priest, schooled in the rites of exorcism, to combat the possessions that are terrorizing their city.
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Release 2014
Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Scott Frank
Writers: Scott Frank, Lawrence Block
Stars: Liam Neeson, Maurice Compte, Patrick McDade, Luciano Acuna Jr., Hans Marrero
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365907/
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
22 Jump Street
Release 2014
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Director: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Writers: Michael Bacall, Oren Uziel, Rodney Rothman, Jonah Hill, Patrick Hasburgh, Stephen J. Cannell
Stars: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Peter Stormare, Wyatt Russell, Amber Stevens
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2294449/
After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local college.
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Release 2014
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Director: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
Writers: Frank Miller
Stars: Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rosario Dawson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458481/
Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.
I Love You Phillip Morris
Release 2009
Genre Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
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Director: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Writers: John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, Steve McVicker
Stars: Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro, Antoni Corone
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045772/
A cop turns con man once he comes out of the closet. Once imprisoned, he meets the second love of his life, whom he'll stop at nothing to be with.
The November Man
Release 2014
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Director: Roger Donaldson
Writers: Michael Finch, Karl Gajdusek, Bill Granger
Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Luke Bracey, Olga Kurylenko, Bill Smitrovich, Amila Terzimehic
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2402157/
An ex-CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect.
A Single Shot
Release 2013
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Director: David M. Rosenthal
Writers: Matthew F. Jones
Stars: Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy, Ted Levine, Kelly Reilly, Jason Isaacs
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1540741/
The tragic death of a beautiful young girl starts a tense and atmospheric game of cat and mouse between hunter John Moon and the hardened backwater criminals out for his blood.
Date Night
Release 2010
Genre Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
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Director: Shawn Levy
Writers: Josh Klausner
Stars: Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Mark Wahlberg, Taraji P. Henson, Jimmi Simpson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1279935/
In New York City, a case of mistaken identity turns a bored married couple's attempt at a glamorous and romantic evening into something more thrilling and dangerous.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Release 1998
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Director: Guy Ritchie
Stars: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham, Steven Mackintosh
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120735/
A botched card game in London triggers four friends, thugs, weed-growers, hard gangsters, loan sharks and debt collectors to collide with each other in a series of unexpected events, all for the sake of weed, cash and two antique shotguns.