“Ekaj†deals with hard material and stark revelations. One of its most powerful scenes comes towards the movie’s close, as…
Browsing: Crime
The heist picture scene is littered with so many bank jobs, one often forgets the elegance of cat burglary unless…
Denzel Washington and Clive Owen star in “Inside Man†– a quite literal title of a heist movie that tries…
Big names like Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, and Kevin Bacon lead the cast, and with Clint Eastwood at the helm,…
Though set in Boston, “Gone Baby Gone” doesn’t take place amidst the recognizable skyscrapers that line the financial district, or…
Dan Gilroy, the director who brought us the powerful “Nightcrawler†in 2014, releases another introspective drama here with “Roman J.…
Guy Ritchie’s 1998 film making debut “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” sits at the very top of my all…
“No Country For Old Men,†like “Fargo,†“Reservoir Dogs,†and like dramas, paints a crime, the opportunists seeking to take…
“Dog Day Afternoon†deconstructs the idea of the heist picture. In fact, it may not be a heist movie at…
Midway through “Ocean’s 8,” the spin-off of the “Ocean’s†trilogy, Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock) tells Lou (Cate Blanchett) that there’s no…