Sentences with phrase «from classic crime»
Self - published novel One Cold Night by Katia Lief is the bestselling crime novel of the past five years on Kobo's UK platform, while Sherlock Holmes is the favourite character from classic crime novels, the e-reading company has revealed.
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«It's classic smoke and mirrors from the Home Office,» shadow crime and security minister Diana Johnson said.
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.
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.
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.
A new American crime classic from the legendary Martin Scorsese, whose talent shines here on its highest beams.
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.
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.
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.
The 1966 classic British crime - caper GAMBIT has recently been given a 21st century overhaul, with Michael Hoffman adapting a script from the Coen brothers...
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.
As well as the murkier corners of classic film noir, Boorman drew inspiration from art photography and the French New Wave, including Jean - Luc Godard's Breathless, which was itself «speaking back» to American crime movies.
There are a refreshing number of Newly Featured titles this week, from Golden Age musicals to classic noir to Kurosawa masterpieces to modern crime thrillers.
He draws thematic inspiration from classic Western director John Ford (specifically 1956's «The Searchers») and from his beloved»30s and»40s crime movies as well as the visual aesthetic of French New Wave auteurs.
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.»
A few weeks ago the impressive first teaser trailer arrived for the much - anticapted small screen remake of the cult classic crime thriller - come - horror hit FROM...
The debut feature from Zachary Sluser, The Driftless Area's moods and machinations fall curiously between a Coen Brothers crime caper, the existential mysteries of a Krysztof Kieslowski film, and the hypnotic bewilderment of Herk Harvey's cult classic Carnival of Souls.
A few weeks ago the impressive first teaser trailer arrived for the much - anticapted small screen remake of the cult classic crime thriller - come - horror hit FROM DUSK TILL DAWN.
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.
But in classic Western tradition, the tale is largely a journey from point A to point B, from crime to punishment.
This classic crime storyline gets a big humor boost from the cheerleaders, played with quirky perfection by Marley Shelton, Marla Sokoloff and Mena Suvari.
Here are some shocking facts on the prequel of John Carpenter's cult classic Escape From New York, which will be written by «Luther» crime series creator...
From the classic comedy of Rowan Atkinson to long - running crime procedurals like Silent Witness, there's no shortage of bingeable content for your streaming pleasure.
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.
The popular genre was a direct reflection of the pessimism, uncertainty and disillusionment sweeping the country in the wake of gangster - driven crime, political scandal and economic crisis, and marked a decidedly American departure from the classic whodunit formula.
Gothic, dense, brutal, touching, and always compelling, Jolie Blon's Bounce is classic storytelling from a writer who has been dubbed «the Faulkner of crime fiction.»
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Winner of the Danish Crime Novel of the Decade, S.J. Gazan's debut novel The Dinosaur Feather is a classic of Scandinavian noir, from its richly imagined and deeply flawed characters to its scintillating exploration of one of the most fascinating aspects of contemporary dinosaur and avian research.
The collection kicks off with essays on books that were foundational to the genre (such as The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes), then moves on to the the heyday of hardboiled crime fiction with contributions from David Peace, Michael Connelly and Laura Lippman on classics like Raymond Chandler's The Little Sister.
For beyond - a-reasonable-doubt evidence, see the Library of America's two - volume Women Crime Writers (2015), which collects eight terrific thrillers from the»40s and»50s, including the novels that inspired the classic film noirs Laura, The Reckless Moment, and In a Lonely Place.
Hanson, creator of the TV series Bones, delivers all the punch of a classic crime show from the 1970s (think The Rockford Files) in this remarkable debut.
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Selections include classic movie themes from Touch of Evil, Laura, Chinatown, Vertigo, Taxi Driver, Blues In The Night, Twin Peaks, Toute Une Vie, High Wall, The Long Goodbye and Stormy Weather, modern standards Estate, Caravan, Here's Looking At You and Golden Lady, and two originals: Film Noir (from a poem by Dana Gioia) and Crime Scenes, a San Francisco - inspired jazz suite with voiceover narration in the hardboiled style of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler.
A mysterious system called Crime Net sets up multiple contracts that can be chosen from a variety of heist types including classic styled robberies, escaping from the cops and stealth based levels that are run over a few days.
For example, you can solve gritty crimes in Rockstar's L.A. Noire, shoot zombies in Resident Evil Revelations, destroy demons from hell in Doom, and counter the Switch's surprisingly large adult - focused offering with classic, family - friendly Nintendo staples, like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey.
Ornament is Crime is also interspersed with classic song lyrics, literary excerpts and insightful quotes from some of the leading figures of modernist architecture, adding depth and context to the featured images.
A state has jurisdiction over a crime under constitutional due process limits on the scope of a state's criminal jurisdiction if the crime is either committed within the state (regardless of where the harm occurs) or is directed at or impacts the state (the classic example is a gunshot fired from the Ohio side of the state line killing someone located in Indiana, which could be prosecuted in either state, or in both states as it doesn't violate double jeopardy to be prosecuted for the same offense by more than one sovereign).
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