Crime

Mystery Date ?Directed by Jonathan Wacks??Written by Parker Bennett, Terry Runte? The review: The movie that provided the first starring roles for Ethan Hawke* and Teri Polo is not one for the [...]

The Lady from Shanghai ?Directed by Orson Welles??Written by Sherwood King, Orson Welles? The review: Orson Welles does an Irish accent and takes the noir film to a bunch of sunny locals for an [...]

Detour ?Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer??Written by Martin Goldsmith? The review: There are three reasons to watch this film and the least of the reasons is that it’s 68 minutes, so it won’t take much [...]

Promising Young Woman ?Directed by Emerald Fennell??Written by Emerald Fennell? The review: If I tell you this movie is a revenge thriller you’ll probably get a very specific picture in your [...]

This Gun for Hire ?Directed by Frank Tuttle??Written by Albert Maltz, W.R. Burnett? The review: Well this is a delightful mishmash of oddities.* Alan Ladd plays it tough as Raven, who has no room [...]

The Letter ?Directed by William Wyler??Written by Howard Koch? The review: From the first dramatic scene to the last, this movie is plenty of fun.* Bette Davis is both flip and overwhelmed as a [...]

Locked Down ★Directed by Doug Liman★★Written by Steven Knight★ The review: This is a light affair* that might be handy to have on tap in ten to fifteen years when kids who were very young or were [...]

The Last Thing He Wanted Directed by Dee ReesWritten by Marco Villalobos, Dee Rees The review: This was the kind of subpar movie where even analyzing what went wrong didn’t make it more fun. I [...]