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Tag Archives: crime
The Silent Partner (1978)
Director: Daryl Duke Writer: Curtis Hanson (Based on the novell “Think of a Number” by Anders Bodelsen) Had never heard of this before I came across it on Criterion Channel. Terrific crime thriller. Can’t go wrong with Gould and Plummer!
Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tagged 1978, adaptation, anders bodelsen, aquarium, bank, bank robber, bank robbery, billy williams, canada, canadian, christmas, christopher plummer, cop, crime, criminal, crook, curtis hanson, daryl duke, decapitation, drama, elliott gould, fish tank, george appleby, heist, holiday, investigation, joel b. michaels, john candy, mall, money, murder, oscar peterson, police, robbery, safety deposit box, santa claus, silent partner, stephen young, susannah york, the silent partner, thief, think of a number, thriller, toronto, vault
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Kajillionaire (2020)
Director: Miranda July Writer: Miranda July I loved this. Very odd.
Posted in Comedy, Crime, Drama
Tagged 2020, bubbles, comedy, crime, criminal, debra winger, dede gardner, drama, evan rachel wood, family, gay, gina rodriguez, grifter, heist, hot tub, jeremy kleiner, lesbian, megan ellison, miranda july, money, richard jenkins, youree henley
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Low Blow (1986)
Director: Frank Harris Writer: Leo Fong (Story by Leo Fong)
Posted in Action, Crime, Martial Arts
Tagged 1986, action, akosua busia, billy blanks, california, cameron mitchell, crime, cult, diane stevenett, farm, fight, frank harris, investigation, kidnapped, leo fong, low blow, martial artist, martial arts, private investigator, religion, san francisco, stack pierce, troy donahue
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Better Watch Out (2017)
Director: Chris Peckover Writers: Zack Kahn & Chris Peckover (Story by Zack Kahn)
Posted in Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Tagged 2017, aleks mikic, babysitter, better watch out, brion hambel, chris peckover, christmas, comedy, crime, dare montgomery, ed oxenbould, holiday, home alone, home invasion, horror, kidnapped, kidnapping, levi miller, murder, olivia dejonge, patrick warburton, paul jensen, sidonie abbene, suburbs, thriller, virginia madsen, zack kahn
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Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
Director: John Sturges Writer: Millard Kaufman (Based on the short story “Bad Time at Honda” by Howard Breslin) Came across it on Criterion Channel and had never heard of it before. Great movie!
Posted in Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Tagged 1955, adaptation, anne francis, bad day at black rock, bad time at honda, crime, dean jagger, don mcguire, dore schary, drama, ernest borgnine, howard breslin, japanese, john ericson, john sturges, lee marvin, millard kaufman, murder, mystery, one arm, robert ryan, russell collins, small town, spencer tracy, thriller, train, train station, violence, violent, walter brennan, Western, world war 2, world war ii
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A Bluebird in My Heart (2019)
Director: Jeremie Guez Writer: Jeremie Guez (Based on the novel “The Dishwasher” by Dannie M. Martin)
Posted in Crime, Drama, Foreign, Thriller
Tagged 2019, a bluebird in my heart, adaptation, aimee buidine, assault, convict, crime, dannie m. martin, dishwasher, drama, drugs, foreign, france, french, jeremie guez, julien leclercq, julien madon, lola le lann, lubna azabal, motel, murder, probation, rape, restaurant, revenge, roland moller, shudder, single mother, the dishwasher, thriller, verse baetens
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Butt Boy (2020)
Director: Tyler Cornack Writers: Tyler Cornack & Ryan Koch Props to the director and writers for turning such a dumb one joke premise into an actual feature.
Posted in Comedy, Crime
Tagged alcoholics anonymous, butt, butt boy, comedy, crime, detective, disappearance, engineer, investigation, kink, missing, police, prostate, ryan koch, sober, sponsor, suspect, tyler cornack, tyler rice
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Cobra (1986)
Director: George P. Cosmatos Writer: Sylvester Stallone (Based on the novel “Fair Game” by Paula Gosling) Kinda good in that cliche 80s action movie kind of way.
Posted in Action, Crime, Thriller
Tagged 1986, action, adaptation, andrew robinson, art lafleur, axe, brian thompson, brigitte nielsen, california, cobra, cop, crime, cult, detective, fair game, gang, george p. cosmatos, john herzfeld, knife, lapd, los angeles, marco rodriguez, match, men ahem golan, motorcycle, murder, pizza, police, slasher, sunglasses, sylvester stallone, thriller, Yoram Globus
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