by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 26, 2014 | Features
Directed by Michael R. Roskam Written by Dennis Lehane, based on his short story “Animal Rescue” Starring: Tom Hardy, James Gandolfini, Noomi Rapace, John Ortiz THE DROP is a terrific film. I can’t think of a better crime movie in recent months. The...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 19, 2014 | Films
Directed by Michael Winterbottom, based on a TV series and the 2010 film THE TRIP Starring: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon The success of the 2010 film THE TRIP pretty much assured another adventure for the duo. In the first film, they trudged through the North of...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 12, 2014 | Features
CALVARY Written and Directed by John Michael McDonagh Starring Brendan Gleeson, Kelly Reilly, Chris O’Dowd, M. Emmet Walsh, Aiden Gillen In the opening scene of CALVARY Father James is listening to the confession of a parishioner who tells him he was repeatedly...
by Crimespree Magazine | Sep 5, 2014 | Films
FRANK Directed by Lenny Abramson Written by Jon Ronson, Peter Straughan Starring: Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhall, Scott McNary It is wrong, wrong, wrong to put Michael Fassbender’s lovely face behind such a ludicrous blowup head, but if...
by Crimespree Magazine | Aug 29, 2014 | Films
Directed by Anton Corbijn Written by Andrew Bovell, based on the novel by John LeCarre Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Grigory Dobrygin, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, Robin Wright In many ways this is the perfect film to end a career on. It is a dour, depressing, but...
