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A new American crime classic from the legendary Martin Scorsese, whose talent shines here on its highest beams.

Gerard Butler and Pablo Schreiber face off in a film that apes Michael Mann's crime classic to surprising success

After all, Brian DePalma's 1983 crime classic is a remake of Howard Hawks» 1932 crime classic and, aside from the plot revolving around the rise and fall of a dangerous criminal, they couldn't be more different from one another.

Josh and Benny Safdie, NYC's most reliable filmmaking duo (also of 2014's Heaven Knows What), upped their game with this instant crime classic, starring a totally transformed Robert Pattinson as an outer - borough thief trying to spring his brother out of Rikers.

Jarrod Emerson's tribute to Richard Attenborough: PART 1: BRIGHTON ROCK - 1947 What do you get when the crime classic, Brighton Rock, (by acclaimed novelist Graham Greene) falls into the hands of pioneering British filmmaker John Boulting?

A remake of James Caan - led 1974 organised crime classic THE GAMBLER is currently in pre-production with Mark Wahlberg set for the lead role previously...

Maria Bello is in final negotiations to fill Dame Helen Mirren's metaphorically sizable shoes as Jane Tennison in the pilot for NBC's take on the English crime classic, Prime Suspect according to The Hollywood Reporter.

In my review from the Telluride Film Festival, I compared it to the likes of other crime classics such as David Fincher's Zodiac and Seven or even Silence of the Lambs, and wrote «the movie succeeds thanks to Villeneuve's excellent direction of Guzikowski's script, and a cast that really gives it their all.»

Appropriating the title of John Boorman's crime classic Point Blank may be a ballsy assertion of relevance, but given its generic thriller formula, Fred Cavayé's film doesn't deserve to be associated with its illustrious namesake.

There's buttons of Heat, The Departed, American Gangster and many other crime classics, with characters seemingly beamed in from Bad Lieutenant, Sicario and End of Watch, all come to rumble in Hillcoat's dirty little Atlanta playground.

Being a huge fan of the crime classics of the 1970s, any genre pic inspired or set in the period is certainly going to...

There's a scintillating car chase around Boston, all shotguns, tommy - guns and squealing tyres, like an update of any number of George Raft or Jimmy Cagney crime classics, and a climactic clash between rival gangs in a Florida mansion which has more than a hint of Al Pacino's Scarface about it.

For those few that caught his modern noir, THE WAY OF THE GUN (featuring a career - best Ryan Phillippe, as well as Benicio Del Toro, Juliette Lewis and James Caan), most will remember it as a brutal, brilliantly structured and cruelly overlooked crime classic.

August is generally a toxic wasteland for movie fans, although this year is proving to be a glorious exception with Kathryn Bigelow's harrowing Detroit, The Glass Castle, Wind River and the instant NYC crime classic Good Time all on local screens this week (and Steven Soderbergh's riotous NASCAR heist comedy, Logan Lucky, on deck).

Earlier last month, reports surfaced that director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, The Magnificent Seven) was in talks to direct a remake to the Brian De Palma crime classic, Scarface.

Adrenalising and grungy, Josh and Benny Safdie's latest indie already feels like a New York crime classic, in spitting distance of «Dog Day Afternoon».

Charles Brandt has written a page - turner that has become a true crime classic.

In the vein of crime classics like Mean Streets and Infernal Affairs, this film follows two immigrant friends, Sonny and Steven, who survive the hard streets of New York in the 1980s by joining Chinatown gang The Green Dragons.

A new NYC crime classic, a thriller about the Detroit riots and the return of Steven Soderbergh grace a glorious August

Kevin Spacey's immortal turn as the sin - obsessed John Doe took Seven and launched it into the stratosphere of crime classic.

Tom and I are running a different entry each day (we'll also reblog the other's post) and today it's the turn of the one and only Zoe from the one and only Sporadic Chronicles of a Beginner Blogger who, unlike director David Fincher only needs one take to nail the 2007 true crime classic Zodiac.

Four of the British Library Crime Classics titles are especially relevant for holiday gift book shoppers.

Put the clues together and you'll unlock two Noir Style Filters, which will give your Story Mode gameplay and Snapmatic photos the feel of a gritty old school crime classic.

Not exact matches

Channel your favorite superheroine and take what Cuddy calls «The Wonder Woman,» a classic crime - fighting pose.

The classic examples in corporate crime are the charges fired back at Eliot Spitzer during his time as Attorney General when he exposed a wide range of practices in the financial services industry.

Once Levy was a Madoff client, the relationship included classic, unchecked evidence of money laundering for years and years that should have resulted in legally - mandated Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) filed with the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).

«It's classic smoke and mirrors from the Home Office,» shadow crime and security minister Diana Johnson said.

Jon Murphy, head of the gun crime task force at the Home Office, described the scenario as a «classic no - win situation».

«The classic approach, where criminals merely need to be pursued and punished more strictly to curb crime, often does not work.»

Six months later, government agents arrested 10 members of the gang, many with suspected connections to organized crime, and returned the monument to its home in Cancuén, which thrived during the Mayan Classic Period.

Moffitt and Caspi thought that studying this group could shed light on the classic nature versus nurture question: Do experiences alone produce a life of crime, or are some individuals naturally prone to it?

Not sure what the crime rates are at the Arnold Classic, but there are pick - pockets everywhere.

A classic example of this shortcoming is the correlation between ice cream sales and violent crimes.

Don't ask me why... Anyway, the reason why I felt in love with those from Crime is because of their classic yet a little rock»n' chic design which appealed to me right away.

Black sandals or heels and a classic black bag (my Chanel Boy is the perfect partner in crime) for special events and parties, or for a lovely date night a simple pair of mules & my favourite Chloe bag are easy pairings.

Specifically, I am a self - proclaimed East Asian media junkie looking for a good fix: kung - fu classics, Hong Kong crime dramas,

Caesar was then hired by Warner Bros and it was during this time that he produced such Warners films as Her Majesty Love (1931, with W. C. Fields) and Fireman Save My Child (1932, with Joe E. Brown) In 1934, Caesar won a «Best Original Story» Academy Award for his now - classic crime yarn Manhattan Melodrama, a film that spawned several remakes, both official and otherwise.

A smart, sharp and outragiously weird crime - thriller that «s loaded with a great sense of classic film noir style, ideas and star - power.

Reservoir Dogs: Bloody Days by Big Star Games is a third - person top - down shooter with few connections to Quentin Tarantino's film other than it being about gangsters with color - coded names; and yet Bloody Days partially succeeds in its aspiration to revive a classic for crime and gangster films, while offering a time - rewind mechanics that helps the game distinct itself from the pool of titles in the top - down shooter category.

Bad Cop / Good Cop is a rotating head figure that using the classic crime drama shtick in an attempt to breakdown Emmett; but seeing as how Emmett barley knows what is going on, the routine fails to work.

Got ta love that classic film poster though huh, just like «The Rocketeer» they really capture the essence of the old style crime caper and dare devil hero aspect.

Every week, Sgt. Joe Friday (Jack Webb) follows the clues, the witnesses and uses a lot of crime jargon as he tries to catch one «perp» or another in this classic TV series from the 1950's, set in Los Angeles.

Experience Shakespeare's classic tale of love and tragedy in an entirely new setting as the tale of + Romeo and Juliet plays out against the backdrop of the Latin barrio in this moving crime drama from director Paul Wynne.

It's not Crime and Punishment — heck, it's not even on par with the Cliff Notes for Dostoyevsky's classic — but, as long as you don't think too much and allow the laughs to carry you along, Old School is an amusing slice of numbskulled cinematic fluff.

Wenders» icy introspection is tempered, while Coppola's proven knack for the classic crime drama thrives.

I love American cinema from the 70's and I'm a fan of Peter Yates» classic cop thriller Bulllitt, so it was a no - brainer for me to accept an offer to review Yates» 1973 crime drama The Friends of Eddie Coyle.

That it borrows heavily from classics like It's A Wonderful Life isn't actually such a crime — one suspects it unlikely the two will ever be confused — but the lack of a clear, unifying purpose leaves it wandering somewhat aimlessly.

Ensemble comedies are a mainstay of classic cinema — from crime capers to family drama - comedies, the sub-genre is a tricky one to get right — but nothing lights up the screen quite like a cast that just click.

This week, Harry Potter goes a-hunting for lady ghosts, the House of Miyazaki delivers another anime classic, and Sherlock Holmes lives to solve crimes another day.

Yet another bonkers thriller starring Nicolas Cage, this trashy crime comedy comes from director Paul Schrader, who wrote classics like Taxi Driver before turning director with American Gigolo.