Tagged: crimewatch

Falling Down

CRIMEWATCH: Falling Down

Falling Down is proof that not all Joel Schumacher films suck (it’s mainly just his Batman movies). This is a great film that I...

Bad Lieutenant

CRIMEWATCH: Bad Lieutenant

From the opening moments of Abel Ferrara’s Bad Lieutenant (1992) when New York Police Officer “L.T.” (Harvey Keitel) drives his bratty kids to school...

Brotherhood of Death: Stone Cold

CRIMEWATCH: Stone Cold

What we now know as the “biker movie” genre began with Roger Corman’s The Wild Angels (1966) which starred Peter Fonda as a furious,...

The Outfit

CRIMEWATCH: The Outfit

Fresh off the success of the award winning masterpiece The Godfather (1972), Robert Duvall took a role in this film playing Earl Macklin, a...

Monument Ave.

CRIMEWATCH: Monument Ave.

Bobby O’Grady (Denis Leary) is an Irish-American hood from Boston. We are introduced to him as he and his buddy Mouse (Ian Hart) are...

Michael Mann's Thief

CRIMEWATCH: Michael Mann’s Thief

Frank (James Caan) is a master safe cracker who also owns an automobile dealership as a front to prove hes a legit businessman. His...

Thunderbolt & Lightfoot

CRIMEWATCH: Thunderbolt & Lightfoot

Michael Cimino made his big screen directing debut with this 1974 buddy-crime-road film starring a young Jeff Bridges and Clint Eastwood. Cimino had previously...

The Departed

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...

Hobo With A Shotgun

CRIMEWATCH: Hobo With A Shotgun

The history of Hobo With A Shotgun goes back to the release of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez‘s modern exploitation double feature Grindhouse which...

Going in Style

CRIMEWATCH: Going In Style

I’ve always been a fan of films that are special little treasures that get lost in the shuffle. The kinds that are buried in...