Category Archives: Crime
The Happytime Murders
Release 2018
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Director: Brian Henson
Writers: Todd Berger, Dee Austin Robertson
Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Elizabeth Banks, Maya Rudolph
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1308728/
When the puppet cast of a '90s children's TV show begin to get murdered one by one, a disgraced LAPD detective-turned-private eye puppet takes on the case.
Blindspotting
Release 2018
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Director: Carlos López Estrada
Writers: Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs
Stars: Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal, Janina Gavankar
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7242142/
While on probation, a man begins to re-evaluate his relationship with his volatile best friend.
The Equalizer 2
Release 2018
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Director: Antoine Fuqua
Writers: Richard Wenk, Michael Sloan, Richard Lindheim
Stars: Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Ashton Sanders
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3766354/
Robert McCall serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, but how far will he go when that is someone he loves?
Papillon
Release 2017
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Director: Michael Noer
Writers: Aaron Guzikowski, Henri Charrière, Dalton Trumbo, Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Stars: Rami Malek, Charlie Hunnam, Tommy Flanagan
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5093026/
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
BlacKkKlansman
Release 2018
Genre Biography, Comedy, Crime
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Director: Spike Lee
Writers: Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee, Ron Stallworth
Stars: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7349662/
Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, CO, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan branch with the help of a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.
Mile 22
Release 2018
Genre Action, Adventure, Crime
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Director: Peter Berg
Writers: Lea Carpenter, Graham Roland
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Lauren Cohan, Iko Uwais
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4560436/
An elite American intelligence officer, aided by a top-secret tactical command unit, tries to smuggle a mysterious police officer with sensitive information out of the country.
Galveston
Release 2018
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Director: Mélanie Laurent
Writers: Jim Hammett, Nic Pizzolatto
Stars: Lili Reinhart, Elle Fanning, Ben Foster
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2315596/
After escaping a set up, a dying hitman returns to his hometown of Galveston where he plans his revenge.
22 July
Release 2018
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Director: Paul Greengrass
Writers: Paul Greengrass, Åsne Seierstad
Stars: Jon Øigarden, Øystein Martinsen, Anders Danielsen Lie
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7280898/
A three-part story of Norway's worst terrorist attack in which over seventy people were killed. 22 July looks at the disaster itself, the survivors, Norway's political system and the lawyers who worked on this horrific case.
Hotel Artemis
Release 2018
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Director: Drew Pearce
Writer: Drew Pearce
Stars: Jodie Foster, Sterling K. Brown, Sofia Boutella
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5834262/
Set in riot-torn, near-future Los Angeles, 'Hotel Artemis' follows the Nurse, who runs a secret, members-only emergency room for criminals.