Category Archives: Crime

Double Indemnity (1944)

Posted on August 16, 2010 by admin

Double Indemnity (1944): Film noirs are great and great film noirs are works of art. In 1944 Billy Wilder directed “Double Indemnity,” which is a great movie by all accounts. Shot in black and white and featuring shadows, cigarette smoke, … Continue reading →

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RoboCop 1987

Posted on August 4, 2010 by admin

RoboCop: In a dystopic & crime ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg with submerged memories haunting him.

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Romeo + Juliet (1996)

Posted on June 13, 2010 by admin

In modern times, in the city of Verona Beach, the Capulets and the Montagues are two rival business powers. The animosity of the older generation – Fulgencio (Paul Sorvino) and Gloria Capulet (Diane Venora) and Ted (Brian Dennehy) and Caroline … Continue reading →

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Paths of Glory (1957)

Posted on June 10, 2010 by admin

The film begins with a voiceover describing the trench warfare situation of World War I up to 1916; immediately following this is a scene in which General George Broulard (Adolphe Menjou) of the French General Staff asks his subordinate, General … Continue reading →

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Man on Wire (2008)

Posted on May 25, 2010 by admin

Man on Wire is a 2008 documentary film directed by James Marsh. The film chronicles Philippe Petit’s 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of New York’s World Trade Center. It is based on Philippe Petit’s book, To Reach the … Continue reading →

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