Crime

‘American Animals’ | Film Review

September 2 2018, by Tyler Howat

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

September 1 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

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

August 31 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

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

August 23 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

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

August 19 2018, by Alix Turner

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

August 15 2018, by Alix Turner

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

June 17 2018, by Tyler Howat

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

June 15 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

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

June 4 2018, by Alix Turner

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

May 11 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

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

April 23 2018, by Tyler Howat

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

April 6 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

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

March 12 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

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

March 8 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

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)

February 20 2018, by Alix Turner

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

October 25 2017, by Daniel Hart

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

October 4 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

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

October 3 2017, by Adam Lock

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

October 3 2017, by Jonathon Wilson

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

September 25 2017, by Adam Lock

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...