Category: winning screenplays

Last year Disney entered the streaming game, like everyone else it seems, and immediately became one of its biggest players. Thanks to a vast array of content from the Walt Disney Company but their subsidiaries at: Marvel, Pixar, Lucasfilm, National Geographic, and Fox. All of this for a price so low you’ll think they’ve had […]… Continue reading Missing From Disney Plus — Funk’s House of Geekery

Nobody is immune to war. Except, maybe, the ones who are selling it. via Lord of War — Moments of Truth

Gonna be a spooky May. via All The Horror Movies Coming To Netflix, Hulu, And Prime In May 2020 — Thought Catalog

One of the most troubling problems with the true crime genre, if you ask the hosts of the megahit Last Podcast on the Left, can be summed up with the 2019 Netflix docuseries Conversations with a Killer, or, as co-host Marcus Parks calls it, “That fucking Ted Bundy series.” Parks and his Last Podcast co-creators… via… Continue reading ‘Last Book on the Left’ Cuts Serial Killers Down to Size — Networthy Newz

They got along, in their way. They didn’t fight, or hadn’t for a long time. A silent acceptance that they’d never be close, not the way other sons and fathers were. A few failed attempts at sports, a few “We ought to do that” moments over something seen on T.V. that never led to actually […]… Continue reading The Only Book His Dad Ever Borrowed from Him: A CENTURY OF NOIR Edited by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins — John Stephen Walsh

Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018) Released: November 2nd, 2018 Genre: Biography, Crime, Comedy Director: Marielle Heller Writer: Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty (Screenplay) Cast: Melissa McCarthy Opening Thoughts: I am always hesitant when it comes to biopics because you know certain aspects are sensationalized for drama. Given the subject is Lee Israel and what she […]… Continue reading No Apologies Needed for Can You Ever Forgive Me (2018) — The Movie Guy and Friends

A small-time hustler gets out of prison after serving a three-year sentence for robbery and he has a new plan to make a ton of money and leave South Korea for the sunny beaches of Taiwan. He ropes in two of his friends and another who owes him money to rob a local gambling house. […]… Continue reading Time to Hunt (2020) — Review — pop the culture pill

In today’s film news roundup, Romola Garai’s “Amulet” and crime drama ”Punching And Stealing” find homes and the Human Rights Watch Film Festival unveils a digital edition. ACQUISITIONS Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, has acquired North American rights to the horror movie “Amulet,” the feature directorial debut of actress-turned-filmmaker Romola Garai. The… Continue reading Film News Roundup: Sundance Horror Movie ‘Amulet’ Bought By Magnet for July Release — Flower Mound, Texas News

A lot of crime historians and criminals dispute Frank Sheeran’s version of the events surrounding the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa. They say he’s full of it…That he’s a wanna be gangster at best. Be that as it may, I think he tells the truth about a lot of it. Not that I’m an expert on […]… Continue reading The Irishman, a Movie directed by Martin Scorsese; Crime Drama, 2019; Edited by Thelma Schoonmaker — All Things Thriller

Here’s a few Noir/Crime flicks that I’ve listed. All worth a watch. Dated throw backs. But they all have something that makes them watchable. Cool characters, they look great, great lines, memorable performances. Character actor city. Some cornball dialogue and some forgettable stuff but that’s part of the charm. Lots of bad guys and gals. […]… Continue reading Noir/Crime Flicks 2 — Cincinnati Babyhead