Category Archives: Crime
Fresh Kills
Release 2023
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Director: Jennifer Esposito
Writer: Jennifer Esposito
Stars: Emily Bader, Jennifer Esposito, Annabella Sciorra, Odessa A'zion, Callie Thorne
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15782954/
Follows the story of the loyal women of an organized crime family that dominated some of the boroughs of New York City in the late 20th century.
The Bikeriders
Release 2023
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Director: Jeff Nichols
Writers: Jeff Nichols, Danny Lyon
Stars: Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon, Mike Faist
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21454134/
After a chance encounter, headstrong Kathy is drawn to Benny, member of Midwestern motorcycle club the Vandals. As the club transforms into a dangerous underworld of violence, Benny must choose between Kathy and his loyalty to the club.
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Release 2024
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Director: Mark Molloy
Writers: Will Beall, Tom Gormican, Kevin Etten
Stars: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Kevin Bacon, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Ashton
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3083016/
Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills after his daughter's life's threatened. Includes old pals John Taggart and Billy Rosewood working to uncover a conspiracy.
Boneyard
Release 2024
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Director: Asif Akbar
Writers: Asif Akbar, Hank Byrd, Vincent E. McDaniel
Stars: Mel Gibson, Nora Zehetner, Gabrielle Haugh, 50 Cent, Brian Van Holt
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10993078/
Inspired by the true events of a serial killer that may still be out there today.
Hit Man
Release 2023
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Director: Richard Linklater
Writers: Richard Linklater, Glen Powell, Skip Hollandsworth
Stars: Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Retta, Austin Amelio, Molly Bernard
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20215968/
A professor moonlighting as a hit man of sorts for his city police department, descends into dangerous, dubious territory when he finds himself attracted to a woman who enlists his services.
Boy Kills World
Release 2023
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Director: Moritz Mohr
Writers: Tyler Burton Smith, Arend Remmers, Moritz Mohr
Stars: Bill Skarsgård, Jessica Rothe, Michelle Dockery, Brett Gelman, Isaiah Mustafa
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13923084/
A fever dream action film that follows Boy, a deaf person with a vibrant imagination. When his family is murdered, he is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.
End of the Rope
Release 2023
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Director: Charlie Griak
Writers: Daniel Bielinski, Dennis Johnson, Charlie Griak
Stars: Joseph Gray, Chris Bylsma, Nick Saxton, Joseph Bezenek, Tiffany Cornwell
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12909420/
When a family mysteriously disappears from the town of Schafer, North Dakota, suspicion lands on a sociopathic farmhand. Based on the true story of the infamous Charles Bannon case of 1931.
The Last Stop in Yuma County
Release 2023
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Director: Francis Galluppi
Writer: Francis Galluppi
Stars: Jim Cummings, Jocelin Donahue, Richard Brake, Nicholas Logan, Faizon Love
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11674730/
While stranded at a rural Arizona rest stop, a traveling salesman is thrust into a dire hostage situation by the arrival of two bank robbers with no qualms about using cruelty-or cold, hard steel-to protect their bloodstained fortune.
Love Lies Bleeding
Release 2024
Genre Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
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Director: Rose Glass
Writers: Rose Glass, Weronika Tofilska
Stars: Anna Baryshnikov, Kristen Stewart, Dave Franco, Katy O'Brian, Jena Malone
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19637052/
Gym manager Lou falls for Jackie, a bodybuilder who is passing through town en route to a competition in Las Vegas.
LaRoy, Texas
Release 2023
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Director: Shane Atkinson
Stars: Steve Zahn, John Magaro, Galadriel Stineman
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20102596/
A man named Ray discovers his wife is cheating on him and decides to kill himself. Before he can pull the trigger, he is mistaken for a low-rent hired killer. Desperate for a little respect, and with nothing else to live for, Ray decides to take the job — and soon begins to question whether he made the right choice.