“The Roundup”, which premiered in 2022, is Sang-yong Lee’s latest directorial effort and serves as a sequel to “The Outlaws” (2017). In this film Ma Dong-seok, also known as Don Lee, reprises his role as Detective Ma Seok-do. He continues to embody the no-nonsense, fist-swinging cop who is willing to shatter bones to dispense justice. […]
Killer Heat is a 2024 neo-noir mystery thriller from director Philippe Lacôte, adapted from Jo Nesbøs short story The Jealousy Man. The story unfolds on sun-soaked Crete and centres on Nick Bali, a weary American private eye, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He is summoned by Penelope Vardakis, portrayed by Shailene Woodley, who urgently fears that
Introduction Borderless Fog, originally released in Indonesia as Kabut Berduri, is a crime-thriller set for wide release on Netflix on August 1, 2024. The picture, directed and co-written by Edwin and shot by Gunnar Nimpuno, features a score composed by Abel Huray and Dave Lumenta. The narrative follows an unyielding detective who tracks a spate
🎬 Overview Directed by Kim Seong-je, Bogotá: City of the Lost is a South Korean crime drama set to release in 2024. The film features Song Joong-ki in a lead role and explores themes of immigration, survival, and the often thin line between ambition and morality. The vibrant and dangerous setting of the film is
🎬 Overview Brett Bentman is the writer and director for the emotionally grounded psychological drama, Texas Twister (2024). While the title suggests a storm-chasing action film, Texas Twister is more of an emotional meditation rather than a meteorological one. It employs the idea of a tornado as an impending metaphor for chaos within subsisting grief
🎬 Synopsis The Instigators is an action-comedy heist film set to release in 2024, with Doug Liman as the director. The screenplay was written collaboratively by Casey Affleck and Chuck MacLean. The plot takes place in Boston and centers on two unlikely partners: Rory, a financially and emotionally struggles ex-Marine and Cobby, a low-level thief.
Synopsis “Monster” (Japanese title: 怪物, Kaibutsu) is a 2023 Japanese psychological drama film directed by renowned filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda and interlaced by Yuji Sakamoto’s script. The story is presented in a captivating manner from three different viewpoints as they attempt to piece together the perplexing happenings of a schoolboy, his mother, and his teacher. With
In an effort to turn the dark literary layers of Martin Amis’s 1989 novel into a visual spectacle, Mathew Cullen directed London Fields in 2018. The film’s neo-noir undertones blend with metaphysical reflections and imagines London as a dystopia, integrating a murder mystery where protagonists grapple with their existence’s meaning. This seductive narrative was complemented
Synopsis How To Rob A Bank (2007) is an independent crime-comedy that blends satire, social commentary, and suspense. Directed and written by Andrews Jenkins, the film features Nick Stahl and Erika Christensen in a fast-paced, dialogue-driven narrative that lampoons the financial system, consumerism, and cliched cinematic heist films. The story follows Jason “Jinx” Taylor (Nick
Synopsis Freedom is an American drama released in 2014 and combines two stories over a century apart, both focusing on the ideals of freedom, self-reflection, and spiritual forgiveness. The film contrasts the slave family’s attempt to flee bondage in 1856 with a slave ship captain’s metamorphosis in 1748 and underscores the bond between slavery and
