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"crime drama" is a type of TV show or movie that focuses on criminal activities and investigations. It usually involves suspenseful and thrilling elements as detectives or investigators try to solve crimes and bring criminals to justice.
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Our Take: In our Drive Review we describe the film as a brilliant work of bloody, thrilling, high - art
crime drama with some award - worthy performances.
A moderately entertaining
crime drama from people who know their way around a bloody knife or suspicious evidence.
Crime drama featuring a cop's dysfunctional family that features a strong cast but needs more conviction.
This action - packed blockbuster combines intense signature multiplayer moments of Battlefield with an emotionally charged story and setting reminiscent of a modern
television crime drama.
The words «
Japanese crime drama» are, at least in my experience, seldom accompanied by the words «with zombies».
Primal Fear is a tense film that brings together a lot of the elements that make for a
great crime drama.
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favorite crime drama.
No story details have been given, except that it's an
ensemble crime drama, which is described as the filmmaker's most ambitious project to date.
The film tries to play as a
realistic crime drama, but blows it with larger than life characters and situations.
It's not the coming - of -
age crime drama you remember it to be, but it's still one really fun movie.
This is a great adventure, it's a teen road movie and
crime drama sort of movie.
It's reportedly a period piece set in the»80s, and it will feel more like «a
gritty crime drama» than a traditional superhero film.
For Warner Bros., it continues their sudden interest
in crime dramas following the smash success of «The Town» with «Gangster Squad» ready to roll in front of cameras later this summer.
In one of the later season's of Foyle's War, (a British
crime drama set in the 1940's, which I highly recommend, by the way, if you enjoy murder mysteries and period wartime dramas) there was an episode where the character of Sam is seen discussing shoes with a coworker.
Thursday, June 16 «Aquarius» (NBC) at 9 p.m. / 8c David Duchovny returns for Season 2 of period
crime drama about a detective who goes undercover with infamous the Manson Family.
Warner Bros. has released eight clips from «Black Mass,» the upcoming
crime drama starring Johnny Depp as gangster James «Whitey» Bulger.
I'm a sucker
for crime dramas so I watched The Bridge with high expectations.Overall I was pleased.The main characters compliment each other well and Diane Krugers character became more interesting after I learned she had aspergers, a form of autism, from a critic review.Demian Bichir was great as well and I look forward to the next few episodes.I like the Mexican / American themes crossing
Sharon Osbourne has landed a guest role on
crime drama series Csi: Crime Scene Investigation.
The Irishman, the
upcoming crime drama from director Martin Scorsese, follows a mob hitman as he recalls his possible involvement in the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa (Pacino).
Viggo Mortensen and Kirsten Dunst play an American couple on holiday in Greece in this 1960s - set
crime drama based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith.
Two weeks in the life of a family in Brighton turns into the most original
British crime drama in years.
For better
crime dramas directed by Allen you may want to view Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), Match Point (2005) or Cassandra's Dream (2007).
While there's no a shortage
of crime dramas starring tortured protagonists on the small screen these days, I'm curious to see what Homes, who wrote one of my favorite books of 2012, might bring to this iteration of that somewhat tired TV trope.
Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, and Amy Adams star in director David O. Russell's fictional
period crime drama about a reckless FBI agent who recruits a con man and his alluring partner into a scheme to ensnare corrupt politicians and gangsters.
MIra Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite) will have a recurring role in the CBS
crime drama as an FBI agent who once ran the very unit central to the show.
Never underestimate the power of a
good crime drama when it comes to Oscar talk.
Warner Bros has debuted the second trailer for Ben Affleck's
new crime drama Live by Night, set during the Prohibition times in the 1920s in Boston.
Son of a Gun Rated R for violence, language throughout, some sexuality, nudity and drug use Available on DVD and Blu - ray This Australian
crime drama follows a young man in prison for a small crime who befriends a notorious criminal played by Ewan McGregor in order to gain protection.
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) is negotiating to join the cast of «Gangster Squad», the real -
life crime drama from director Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland).
This ongoing project — the sequel to Hermiotos Children, which was presented at Altermodern, the fourth Tate Triennial — takes the form of an experimental television
crime drama which follows female detective Joan Shipman as she uncovers and solves sex - crimes.
George V Higgins birthed a new breed of
American crime drama beginning with 1973's The Friends of Eddie Coyle.
Animal Kingdom Rated R for violence, drug content and pervasive language Available on DVD and Blu - ray What I consider to be the most underrated film of the year is this
Australian crime drama filled with powerhouse performances and a breathtaking script from writer / director David Michod.
Set upon Los Angeles» notoriously sleazy Sunset Strip, this low - budget, violent
crime drama centers on a photographer who embarks upon a desperate search for those who killed his friend.
The development of the television
crime drama genre in recent years means the difference between big and small screen offerings has reduced, and in many ways this will work against The Girl by the Lake.
It's too bad «Cold Case» is off the air, because if ever there was a case made for the
CBS crime drama about detectives digging up — literally, in many cases — decades - old homicides -LSB-...]
The upcoming
crime drama also stars Joel Edgerton, Kevin Bacon, Jesse Plemons, and Dakota Johnson.
When «In Bruges» was released in 2008 it marked the emergence of Martin McDonagh, a filmmaker that was able to combine a
dark crime drama with a real sense for the off - beat and provide unabashed politically incorrect humour.
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