Category Archives: Crime
The Woman in the Window
Release 2021
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Director: Joe Wright
Writers: Tracy Letts, A.J. Finn
Stars: Amy Adams, Gary Oldman, Anthony Mackie
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6111574/
An agoraphobic woman living alone in New York begins spying on her new neighbors, only to witness a disturbing act of violence.
Initiation
Release 2020
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Director: John Berardo
Writers: John Berardo, Brian Frager, Lindsay LaVanchy
Stars: Froy Gutierrez, Lochlyn Munro, Yancy Butler, Jon Huertas, Gattlin Griffith
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7397098/
Whiton University unravels the night a star-athlete is murdered, kicking off a spree of social media slayings that force students to uncover the truth behind the school's hidden secrets and the horrifying meaning of an exclamation point.
Monster
Release 2018
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Director: Anthony Mandler
Writers: Walter Dean Myers, Janece Shaffer
Stars: John David Washington, Jennifer Ehle, Jeffrey Wright
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2850272/
A smart, likeable, 17-year-old film student from Harlem sees his world turned upside down when he's charged with a murder. We follow his dramatic journey through a complex legal battle.
Locked In(2021)
Release 2021
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Director: Carlos V. Gutierrez
Writer: Carlos V. Gutierrez
Stars: Mena Suvari, Jeff Fahey, Costas Mandylor
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6439792/
A single mother must protect her daughter and herself during a heist gone wrong at a high-tech storage facility.
The Virtuoso
Release 2021
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Director: Nick Stagliano
Writers: James C. Wolf
Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Abbie Cornish, Diora Baird, Anson Mount, Eddie Marsan
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4136456/
A lonesome stranger, secure, nerves of steel, must track down and kill a rogue Hitman to satisfy an outstanding debt. But the only information he's been given is a time and location where to find his quarry - 5pm at a rustic diner in the dying town. No name, no description, nothing. When the assassin arrives there are several possible targets, including the county sheriff. Endangering his life, the assassin embarks on a manhunt to find the Hitman and accomplish his mission. But the danger escalates when the erotic encounters with a local woman threaten to derail his task.
The Comeback Trail
Release 2020
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Director: George Gallo
Writers: George Gallo, Josh Posner, Harry Hurwitz
Stars: Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones, Morgan Freeman, Zach Braff, Emile Hirsch
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5420210/
Two movie producers who owe money to the mob set up their aging movie star for an insurance scam to try and save themselves. But they wind up getting more than they ever imagined.
Nobody
Release 2021
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Director: Ilya Naishuller
Writers: Derek Kolstad
Stars: Bob Odenkirk, Aleksey Serebryakov, Connie Nielsen, Christopher Lloyd, Michael Ironside
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7888964/
A bystander who intervenes to help a woman being harassed by a group of men becomes the target of a vengeful drug lord.
Vanquish
Release 2021
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Director: George Gallo
Writers: George Gallo, Samuel Bartlett, Samuel Bartlett
Stars: Ruby Rose, Morgan Freeman, Patrick Muldoon, Nick Vallelonga, Julie Lott
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5932368/
A mother, Victoria, is trying to put her dark past as a Russian drug courier behind her, but retired cop Damon forces Victoria to do his bidding by holding her daughter hostage.
Night in Paradise
Release 2020
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Director: Park Hoon-jung
Writer: Park Hoon-jung
Stars: Tae-goo Eom, Yeo-bin Jeon, Seung-Won Cha, Dong-in Cho, Park Ho-San
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12792418/
Hiding out in Jeju Island following a brutal tragedy, a wronged mobster with a target on his back connects with a woman who has her own demons.
Girl in the Basement
Release 2021
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Director: Elisabeth Röhm
Writers: Manu Boyer, Leslie Greif, Barbara Marshall
Stars: Judd Nelson, Stefanie Scott, Joely Fisher, Emma Myers, Braxton Bjerken
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13269536/
Sara is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in the basement of their home.