Crime
Film Review – Havoc
Gareth Evans, who wrote and directed two of the top action films of the new century in The Raid (2011) and The Raid 2 (2014), has returned with his unique style of pulse pounding mayhem in Havoc (2025). This time, he collaborates with Tom Hardy, one of the finest actors working today…
READ MOREFilm Review – Ad Vitam
The title of Ad Vitam (2025) is a Latin phrase meaning “For Life.” A not-so-subtle metaphor for a story in which characters fight to save the lives of others and themselves. On paper, this French action thriller has all the trappings we are familiar with: A highly…
READ MOREFilm Review – Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
Den of Thieves (2018) was a hard boiled, testosterone fueled, cops-and-robbers thriller that had just enough good stuff to make it better than it had any right to be. Sure, we’ve seen plenty of heist films where skilled criminals played a game of cat and mouse…
READ MOREFilm Review – Carry-On
In a season overstuffed with hard hitting dramas, big budget spectacles, socially conscious documentaries, and other productions geared for award contention, it’s refreshing to see a good old entertainer as well made as Carry-On (2024). This is the kind of film whose sole purpose is to provide…
READ MOREFilm Review – Emilia Pérez
Emilia Pérez (2024) is one of the most curious films of the year. Whether that is a good or bad thing will be up to the viewer. Certainly, it is an ambitious undertaking. Writer/director Jacques Audiard (in collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, and Nicolas Livecchi) has crafted a large…
READ MOREFilm Review – Anora
Writer/director Sean Baker has made a name for himself by focusing his stories on the margins of society. His characters are constantly trying to make ends meet in the hopes of achieving the “American Dream” – whether that is a home, someone to love, or simply finding…
READ MOREFilm Review – Woman of the Hour
Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut, Woman of the Hour (2023) is a tense and insightful thriller in which a struggling actor crosses paths with a serial killer on the television show The Dating Game in the 1970s. But Kendrick – along with screenwriter Ian McDonald – doesn’t just focus on this brief…
READ MOREFilm Review – Wolfs
The oddly titled Wolfs (2024) – shouldn’t it be “Wolves?” – is about as laid back as you can get when it comes to a crime comedy. There are a lot of shady characters getting into all kinds of hijinks, but it’s all done with an even keeled,…
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