CIFF Review: A F*ckload of Scotch Tape
[Flixist will be attending the 48th Chicago International Film Festival over the next few weeks. Be sure to follow along as we bring ...
Tag: Crime
Trailers
Trailer: Gangster Squad
Now that I’ve got a better look a Sean Penn’s nose thing, I’m thinking I’m going to love Gangster Squad. It’s got attractive ...
Chan-wook Park to direct a crime drama from Bond scribes
There is no shortage of love around Flixist for the brilliant Chan-wook Park. A master of his craft, he has directed several amazing ...
Reviews
Review: End of Watch
There are a lot of movies that make you want to be a cop. They glamourize police work the same way many war ...
Reviews
Review: Lawless
There’s something about John Hillcoat and Nick Cave collaborations that click when they’re working. I think about that harsh Aussie western The Proposition, ...
Trailer: Lawless (Red Band)
As the release date for John Hillcoat’s Lawless approaches, a red band trailer has popped up for the Prohibition-era crime drama. It’s much ...
Reviews
Review: Ajami
Given the number of foreign films I see for review (and otherwise), I knew the day would come when the cultural barrier would ...
Trailers
Trailer: Seven Psychopaths
In Bruges was one of my absolute favorite movies from 2008. Hilarious, dark, poignant, and hilarious, the movie not only put Martin McDonagh in ...
Gangster Squad schedules reshoots later this month
After the tragic shooting in Aurora last month, a rumor began to circulate that a key moment in Gangster Squad would be reshot. ...
Soundtrack to John Hillcoat’s Lawless may cause ear boner
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis (of Dirty Three, not comics) have done some great work over the years through the Bad Seeds and ...
Trailer: Killing Them Softly
The trailer for Andrew Dominik’s (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) latest film, Killing Them Softly, has come out. ...
Trailers
Trailer: The Paperboy
While I’m a little disappointed this isn’t an adaptation of the videogame Paperboy, it still looks pretty cool. Zac Efron plays a young ...