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Capsule Reviews: Get Out; Dunkirk; Good Time

Posted on 1 Jan 201814 Mar 2018 by Lackey
Capsule Reviews: December 2017, Part 4

Closing out December with Get Out, Dunkirk, and Good Time

Posted in Capsule ReviewsTagged Christopher Nolan, crime dramas, Dunkirk, Get Out, Good Time, horror comedies, horror movies, independent movies, Jordan Peele, Robert Pattinson, thrillersLeave a comment

Capsule Reviews: November 2017

Posted on 1 Dec 201710 Jan 2018 by Lackey
Capsule Reviews: November 2017

This month: Justice League, Baby Driver, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and more

Posted in Capsule ReviewsTagged action movies, Baby Driver, Bitch, crime dramas, horror movies, I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore, independent movies, Justice League, Swedish movies, The Square, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Zack SnyderLeave a comment

Chicago International Film Festival 2017: Offenders / Have a Nice Day

Posted on 27 Oct 201722 Nov 2017 by Lackey
Chicago International Film Festival 2017: Part Three

A sociological thriller and an animated neo-noir

Posted in Chicago International Film Festival, Film FestivalsTagged animation, Chicago International Film Festival 2017, Chinese movies, crime dramas, film noir, Have a Nice Day, independent movies, Izgrednici, Offenders, Serbian movies, thrillers2 Comments

Hell or High Water

Posted on 10 Jan 201722 Nov 2017 by Lackey
Hell or High Water

Jeff Bridges and Ben Foster shine in this American tragedy masquerading as a crime drama.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged Ben Foster, Chris Pine, crime dramas, David Mackenzie, Hell or High Water, independent movies, Jeff Bridges, Nick Cave, Westerns1 Comment

Chicago International Film Festival 2016: Part Two

Posted on 27 Oct 201622 Nov 2017 by Lackey
Chicago International Film Festival 2016: Part Two

A scathing horror-satire and a gritty eastern European crime drama

Posted in Chicago International Film Festival, Film FestivalsTagged Alice Lowe, Amok, black comedies, British movies, Chicago International Film Festival 2016, crime dramas, crime movies, horror comedies, horror movies, Macedonian movies, PrevengeLeave a comment

Mojave

Posted on 21 Jan 201612 Nov 2017 by Lackey
A scene from MOJAVE

Oscar Isaac's performance is the film's sole bright spot, but not enough to justify actually watching the stupid thing.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged crime dramas, independent movies, Mark Wahlberg, Mojave, Oscar Isaac, thrillers, William Monahan1 Comment

Legend

Posted on 7 Dec 201512 Nov 2017 by Lackey
A scene from LEGEND.

As a gangster film, it hits almost all of the gangster-film beats; it's not a great crime drama, but it is a good one.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged Brian Helgeland, British movies, Christopher Eccleston, crime dramas, Emily Browning, Legend, Tom Hardy1 Comment

Victoria

Posted on 3 Dec 201512 Nov 2017 by Lackey
A scene from VICTORIA.

Doing a heist movie as one long take seems like a fantastic idea. But the film lost me during the over-long and achingly dull lead-up to the actual heist.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged crime dramas, German movies, independent movies, Laia Costa, Sebastian Schipper, thrillers, Victoria5 Comments

Sicario

Posted on 1 Dec 201512 Nov 2017 by Lackey
A scene from SICARIO.

Sicario isn't just a crime drama. It's a meditation on how to preserve morality in an environment where morality doesn't exist.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged action movies, Benicio del Toro, crime dramas, Denis Villenueve, Emily Blunt, independent movies, Josh Brolin, Sicario, thrillers1 Comment

Fantastic Fest 2015: Wrap-up

Posted on 4 Oct 201510 Oct 2016 by Lackey
A scene from GREEN ROOM.

The internet demands lists! The best of Fantastic Fest 2015.

Posted in Fantastic Fest, Film FestivalsTagged animation, British movies, crime dramas, crime movies, Danish movies, dark comedies, documentaries, Fantastic Fest 2015, fantasy, film noir, German movies, horror movies, Japanese movies, science fictionLeave a comment

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