Category Archives: Crime
The Corrupted
Release 2019
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Director: Ron Scalpello
Writers: Nick Moorcroft
Stars: Sam Claflin, Timothy Spall, Hugh Bonneville
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5687270/
Set after the 2012 London Olympics, the film follows Liam (Sam Claflin), an ex-con trying to win back the love and trust of his family. He has lost everything at the hands of a local crime syndicate run by Clifford Cullen (Spall), who has high-level connections in politics, finance and the police force. Liam's drive for redemption sees him caught up in a web of conspiracy, crime, and corruption.
Into the Ashes
Release 2019
Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Aaron Harvey
Writer: Aaron Harvey
Stars: Luke Grimes, Frank Grillo, Marguerite Moreau
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3138122/
With an honest job and a loving wife, Nick Brenner believed he had safely escaped his violent, criminal history. But his old crew hasn't forgotten about him or the money he stole, and when they take what Nick now values the most - his wife - he has nothing left to lose. Confronted by the town sheriff, who is also his father-in-law, Nick must decide if he will stay on his new path or indulge in his need for revenge and force his enemies to pay for what they have done.
The Hustle
Release 2019
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Director: Chris Addison
Writers: Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning, Dale Launer, Jac Schaeffer
Stars: Anne Hathaway, Rebel Wilson, Alex Sharp
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1298644/
Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson star as female scam artists, one low rent and the other high class, who team up to take down the men who have wronged them.
No Surrender
Release 2018
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Director: Peter Mimi
Writers: Mohamed ElSobky, Peter Mimi
Stars: Amir Karara, Ghadah Abdulrazeq, Ahmed el-Sakka
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8351882/
An Egyptian police officer named General Yousef al-Masri lives in Karamouz neighborhood in Alexandria. The film dates back to the reign of King Farouk before the 1952 revolution in the English occupation of Egypt.
Madness in the Method
Release 2019
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Director: Jason Mewes
Writers: Chris Anastasi, Dominic Burns
Stars: Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Gina Carano
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6038042/
Jason Mewes, attempting method acting in order to gain more respect for himself in Hollywood, slowly descends into madness.
Awake
Release 2019
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Director: Aleksandr Chernyaev
Writer: Elana Zeltser
Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Francesca Eastwood, William Forsythe
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7584702/
A man wakes in a hospital bed with no recollection of who he is, and learns that he's wanted by the police for a committing a series of murders.
Skin
Release 2018
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Director: Guy Nattiv
Writer: Guy Nattiv
Stars: Jamie Bell, Danielle Macdonald, Daniel Henshall
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6043142/
A destitute young man, raised by racist skinheads and notorious among white supremacists, turns his back on hatred and violence to transform his life, with the help of a black activist and the woman he loves.
Saving Zoë
Release 2019
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Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt
Writers: Brian J. Adams, LeeAnne H. Adams, Alyson Noel
Stars: Laura Marano, Christopher Brophy, Nathaniel Buzolic
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7319822/
It's been a year since her older sister's murder, and Echo is still far from being completely all right. Echo has been trying her hardest to be the strong one, while her mother takes too many antidepressants and her father works too much. Now, at the start of her freshman year of high school, Echo receives an unlikely gift from Zoe's old boyfriend: her diary. Echo is hesitant to read it but can't put it down after she gets caught up in Zoe's secret life.
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Release 2019
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Director: Chad Stahelski
Writers: Derek Kolstad Shay Hatten
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Ian McShane,Laurence Fishburne
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6146586/
Super-assassin John Wick is on the run after killing a member of the international assassin's guild, and with a $14 million price tag on his head - he is the target of hit men and women everywhere.
Killers Anonymous
Release 2019
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Director: Martin Owen
Writers: Seth Johnson, Elizabeth Morris, Martin Owen
Stars: Gary Oldman, Jessica Alba, David Alexander
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8400758/
A support group of killers is held regularly, the participants sit in a circle of trust and share their transgressions.