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50 FURIOUS CRIME FILMS
The crime genre film has been one of the most popular forms of cinema since the early days of Hollywood. These kinds of heightened, dramatic, violent stories about outsiders in society who live on...
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CRIMEWATCH: The Departed
“When you decide to be something, you can be it. That’s what they don’t tell you in the church. When I was your age they would say we can become cops, or criminals. Today, what I’m saying to you is...
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REEL FURY: Gangster Squad is gonna shoot up the silver screen
The crime film is one of the greatest genres to provide audiences with a mainline to adrenaline charged action drama and emotion. If you don’t go for all the fantasy CGI and 3D cinema, Ruben...
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REEL FURY: Brad Pitt is an Original F.U. G in Killing Them Softly
One of the picks on our Mad As Hell Movies of 2012 list from earlier this year was Andrew Dominik’s Cogan’s Trade. That title was later changed to the more flashy Killing Them Softly. Based on a 1974...
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SCENES OF THE CRIME BLOG-A-THON Rendezvous
Greetings Gangsters and Gun Molls! Welcome to the SCENES OF THE CRIME BLOG-A-THON Rendezvous! This is the home page of our celebratory online festival of crime cinema. The event will be running from...
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Fernando DiLeo: Maestro of Italian Crime Cinema
Fernando DiLeo wrote and directed some of the best works in the poliziotteschi (Italian crime) genre. Films like Milano Calibro 9, La Mala Ordina, Mr. Scarface and Il Boss gave viewers a very clear...
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CRIMEWATCH: State of Grace
Terry Noonan (Sean Penn) has been absent from his old neighborhood of Hell’s Kitchen, NYC for many years. While he was away a few things changed…such as him becoming a police officer in Boston. When...
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CRIMEWATCH: Hoodlum
There’s been a lot of great films made about criminals of the Prohibition era from Scarface (1932) to The St Valentines Day Massacre (1967) to Once Upon a Time in America (1984). One of my favorites of...
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CRIMEWATCH: Little Caesar
At a small greasy spoon, Caesar Enrico “Rico” Bandello (Edward G. Robinson) and his best friend Joe Massara (Douglas Fairbanks Jr) eat spaghetti, drink coffee and chit chat. While reading a newspaper...
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CRIMEWATCH: White Heat
“Made it, Ma! Top of the World!” In my previous post for our ongoing CRIMEWATCH series I looked at the film that catapulted Edward G. Robinson into the limelight Little Caesar (1931). While I love that...
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CRIMEWATCH: China Girl
Tony (Richard Panebianco) is a good hearted kid from Little Italy who attends a dance club one night. He seems to move through the bustling crowd magnetized by something we can’t see. He soon...
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BLU RELEASES: Ultimate Gangsters Classic & Contemporary
BURBANK, Calif., March 11, 2013 – As part of the studio’s 90th Anniversary celebration, eight of Warner Bros. Pictures’ greatest gangster films – from Edward G. Robinson’s 1931 classic Little Caesar to...
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CRIMEWATCH: City of Industry
Recently I discovered a film called City of Industry (1997) directed by John Irvin whose credits include Dogs of War (1981), Raw Deal (1986) and Hamburger Hill (1987). At first I wasn’t sure sure what...
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INSTANT FURY: Miller’s Crossing and The Avengers
For our new column we’ve decided to highlight some of our favorite furious films that can be found on Instant Netflix as well as other streaming media channels. Please check back for weekly updates on...
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CRIMEWATCH: Stand Up Guys
Stand Up Guys (2012) was one of those movies that I was really excited to see when I first heard about it, but then I kind of forgot about it. So did most people I guess, because it didn’t do too well....
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CRIMEWATCH: The Iceman
Based on a true story, Michael Shannon stars as Richard “The Iceman” Kuklinski an infamous contract killer for the New York mob during the 70s and 80s. We are introduced to “Richie” in the early 60s...
View ArticleFURIOUS SCENES: GoodFellas Copacabana Tracking Shot
For this new series on FC we’ll be looking at different scenes and action based sequences from movies and comment on them. The famous tracking shot from GoodFellas may seem like a cliche choice to...
View ArticleFURIOUS SCENES: The Untouchables Train Station Shot By Shot
For this new series on FC we’ll be looking at different scenes and action based sequences from movies and commenting on them. One of Director Brian DePalma’s seminal works is the 1987 gangster classic...
View ArticleCRIMEWATCH: Across 110th Street
During a mob meeting, two men disguised as police officers bust in and hold the gangsters at gunpoint. When one of the crooks moves,... The post CRIMEWATCH: Across 110th Street appeared first on...
View ArticleBLU RELEASES: Once Upon A Time in America Extended Director’s Cut
After decades of waiting for a definitive version of the late great director Sergio Leone’s final masterpiece ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA, we’re... The post BLU RELEASES: Once Upon A Time in America...
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