Crime
‘American Animals’ | Film Review
Writer-director Bart Layton’s American Animals is a funny, suspenseful heist film wrapped around a true crime documentary. And it’s just brilliant. Evan Peters, Barry Keoughan,...
Monkey Twins Season 1 Review
Another day, another international series added to the burgeoning library of overseas Netflix content. Today it’s Monkey Twins, a Thai martial arts drama created by...
Undercover Law Season 1 Review
You can have too much of a good thing, which you swiftly learn when your humble, home-grown media outlet develops a reputation for being the...
‘Deadwind’ (‘Karppi’) | Netflix TV Review
New on Netflix today is the 12-part Finnish crime drama Deadwind, or Karppi, co-written by director Rike Jokela with Jari Olavi Rantala and Kirsi Porkka....
‘Hidden’ | TV Review
You might think there have been more than enough films and TV shows about abduction or the murder of women, but BBC Wales’ Hidden demonstrates...
‘Ozark’ Season 2 | Netflix Original Series Review
Note: this review of Ozark Season 2 is based on the three episodes we were provided for review, and may be updated following the season’s official air date....
Hotel Artemis Review
This is a seriously frustrating film. It seems that Hotel Artemis just wants to have intriguing ideas, but doesn’t want to spend the time to flesh...
Marvel’s Luke Cage Season 2 Review
When the first season of Marvel’s Luke Cage was released, a bulletproof black American was the most potent political statement one might hope to find...
The Alienist Season 1 Review
In the 19th century, persons suffering from mental illness were thought to be alienated from their own true natures. Experts who studied them were therefore...
Terminal (2018) Review – An Inscrutable Journey That Leaves You Uncertain
Terminal runs for about 90 minutes, and I couldn’t for the life of me tell you what a single one of them was about. I...
‘Beirut’ Review: Jon Hamm, Rosamund Pike, and the Tragedy of a Fallen Paradise
There really are two characters in this Beirut: Jon Hamm’s Mason Skiles and the city of Beirut. Both were once on top, the envy of...
The 4th Company Review – A Gritty Blend of Sports and Prison Drama
When a young offender, Zambrano (Adrian Ladron), arrives at the Santa Martha prison, he hopes to be able to play for their football team –...
‘The Hurricane Heist’ Review – A Calamitous, Brain-Dead Thriller
In this exceptionally dumb thriller about bad weather and morons, thieves attempt a heist against the U.S. Treasury as a Category 5 hurricane approaches. Directed...
Review: Jared Leto in ‘The Outsider’ – A Controversial Yakuza Tale
The Outsider sees method actor Jared Leto (House Of Gucci) as an American soldier who joins the Yakuza in post-WWII Japan. Directed by Martin Zandvliet...
Review | Absentia (2017)
Absentia is an Amazon-original thriller series about Emily Byrne (played by Stana Katic), an FBI agent who has been declared dead, and is found to...
‘The Day I Met El Chapo: The Kate Del Castillo Story’ Review – A Gossip-Filled Experience
The world’s most wanted drug lord El Chapo Guzmán is awaiting trial in the USA after his timely extradition a day before President Trump’s inauguration....
Review – The Departed
Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) has practically run his part of Boston for years via dodgy dealings and violence despite any amount of police operations to...
Review – No Country for Old Men
Why can’t a guy just find $2million and live happily ever after in his trailer with his wife? I’ll tell you why. Because if he...
Review – The Accountant
Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) is a man with a better affinity for numbers than people. On the surface, it would seem that he is your...
‘No Offence’ Season 1 Review – A Seriously Addictive Series
The daily trials and tribulations of the officers of a Manchester constabulary working together to keep the streets safe, No Offence follows the lives of...