movie review
Felony-focused film reviews; fictional movies and true crime documentaries depicting real-life stories or inspired by them.
Lifetime Movie: "Girl in the Basement"
Sometimes you watch a sad story on television or in the movies and you hope it is entirely fictional. When the story is so horrific, you hope it is not based on a real-life story. Girl in the Basement on Lifetime is inspired by actual events that make viewers cringe. It is being aired as part of Lifetime's Ripped from the Headlines feature films.
By Margaret Minnicks5 years ago in Criminal
The Adventures Of Leather. My Favorite Thing In The World Took A Walk Around The Globe Without Me.
With the anticipated release of Tom Cruise's new Top Gun, Maverick, I the original movie fondly. The times were much simpler and the movie really made Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise into household names. The music from the movie became popular and Take My Breathe Away was on every mixed tape a teenage boy made a girl.
By Jason Ray Morton 5 years ago in Criminal
Jagged Edge - A Movie Review
We’re going to go over this case again and again until we find the suspect. Jagged Edge was released to theaters in 1985. Framed for the murder of his wife, Jack Forrester is put on a murder trial. Finding someone to represent him in court is not easy. When Teddy Barnes steps in, a love story forms instead of inspecting the case.
By Marielle Sabbag5 years ago in Criminal
Ugly Intricacy
Gangsters and thugs wearing state-issued khakis or brand-name clothes. How about organized crime families, not with a Godfather calling shots but a Beast at the top of the food chain. Prison shankings on the cell block to gun battles in the city streets. Plots and schemes, blood and death, a life- or death-sentence of drama. If you like that, you probably have a twisted mentality hidden beneath the surface of a civilized person. Well, maybe not so much if you’re just living vicariously through the screen of your television. Then again, perhaps you’re a little bit bent in the psyche. As are us all!
By Jason Witmer5 years ago in Criminal
The Devil All The Way Review
What’s so unique about The Devil All The Way is how unapologetically filthy it is. I don’t mean it’s written in poor taste, it looks ugly, or it relishes in gratuitous violence or sex, I mean the morals of its characters, all its characters, are completely skewed…and that’s what makes it so genius.
By Michaela Calabrese5 years ago in Criminal
Crime Movie Catch Up
The crime genre has been an evergreen favorite since the film noire days of Edward G. Robinson (Little Caesar) and Humphrey Bogart (High Sierra). Modern classics like the Godfather trilogy, Scarface, Goodfellas, and the Soprano series depict people who might live next door, but who have chosen to be immersed “in the life”. So, if you like hard-hitting crime thrillers with lots of grit blended with occasional humor, it’s time to catch up on twenty great ones released since 2000 you may have missed. You can find these movies circulating with ads on the free channels or can view uninterrupted on premium channels and pay-per-view.
By Banning Lary5 years ago in Criminal
