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'Den of Thieves: Panthera' (2025) Film Review
R. 2025. 2h24m. Heist. Action. Crime. Drama. Thriller. Den of Thieves: Panthera is the latest thrilling installment in the Den of Thieves franchise, and it takes everything fans loved about the 2018 film and cranks it up several notches. Directed by Christian Gudegast, this sequel plunges into the dangerous, gritty world of heists, power struggles, and moral ambiguities, all while introducing a fresh wave of suspense and action that will keep you on the edge of your seat from
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Jan 13, 20255 min read


'No Country for Old Men' (2007) Film Review
Set against the stark landscapes of West Texas, the film explores themes of fate, morality, and the inevitability of violence in a changing
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Nov 9, 20225 min read


'American Me' (1992) Film Review
"American Me" is a crime drama directed by Edward James Olmos. Released in 1992, the film delves deep into the world of Chicano gang culture
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Sep 15, 20224 min read


'Shot Caller' (2017) Film Review
R | 2017 . Crime.Drama.Thriller | 2h 01m. 'Shot Caller' is an intense crime thriller that dives deep into the transformation of a man from a successful businessman to a ruthless criminal mastermind within the confines of prison. Directed and written by Ric Roman Waugh, the film not only takes us through the harsh realities of incarceration but explores the psychological toll prison life can exact, altering the moral compass of its characters.
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Aug 18, 20223 min read


'The Untouchables' (1987) Film Review
"The Untouchables," directed by Brian De Palma and released in 1987, stands as a classic in the crime genre.
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Jun 3, 20224 min read


'Reservoir Dogs' (1992) Film Review
"Reservoir Dogs" stands as a testament to Tarantino's unique vision and storytelling prowess.
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Jan 21, 20223 min read


Best Gangster Films: 2021
A year in review of the best Gangster films made in 2021. Some conventional biographical gangster films, and others are dynamic driven by...
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Jan 3, 20229 min read


Best Docu-Crime Series: 2021
For our true crime fanatics, here are 18 disturbing documentary-crime tv mini series must watch list of 2021 as we recap the year in...
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Dec 31, 20213 min read


'American Hustle' (2013) Film Review
Directed by David O. Russell and written by Russell and Eric Warren Singer, "American Hustle" is a crime comedy-drama film that hit theaters
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Dec 8, 20216 min read


'The Drop' (2014) Film Review
"The Drop" is a crime drama film produced by Chernin Entertainment and distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures.
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Sep 12, 20216 min read


Crime Cinema™ /Vol.3. 1990-2020
Crime Cinema Vol 3., is a stylized illustration book, with compiles made over the past 30 years, with 300+ movies from 1990-2020.
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Jan 31, 20212 min read


'Heat' (1995) Film Review
'Heat' (1995) celebrating 20 years today of an iconic classic crime genre film starring; Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, & Val Kilmer.
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Dec 15, 20205 min read


Best Thriller Films: 2020
A thrilling wave of crime, thrillers came in this year in a world so uncertain. Here are some of our top 20 favorite Thrillers of 2020.
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Dec 7, 20201 min read


Godfather of Cinema™
Martin Scorsese turns 78, and we are here to celebrate his genius. He truly is the Godfather of Cinema.
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Nov 17, 20203 min read


'The American' (2010) Film Review
The American is a film that defies the conventions of typical assassin thrillers.
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Nov 11, 20207 min read


'King of New York' (1990) Film Review
Directed by Abel Ferrara, the crime thriller explores themes of power, morality, and the dark underbelly of New York during the late 1980s.
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Sep 23, 20205 min read


Best WiseGuy Quotes
Here is a list of some of my favorite wiseguy quotes and quotes from real people who have shaped crime entertainment over the past 100 years. I sat back one day and put a list of all my favorite movies together on paper, and then went through my massive box of DVD's, about 500 of them only to decide to categorize and go OCD on organizing it by genre, for hosting reasons of course, but no honestly what I learned about myself through that was that I'm obsessed with gangster cri
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Mar 1, 20201 min read


John ‘Sonny’ Franzese dies at 103
“They wanted me to roll all the time,” Franzese told Newsday in 2019. “I couldn’t do that.
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Feb 24, 20202 min read


'Sexy Beast' (2000) Film Review
"Sexy Beast" is a British crime drama that emerged in the year 2000, directed by Jonathan Glazer.
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Jan 19, 20203 min read


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Dec 31, 20190 min read
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