Animal Kingdom – Season 1, Episode 6: “Child Care”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFHQPSq7IIE TNT's Animal Kingdom Season 1, Episode 6: "Child Care" Directed by Regina King Written by Etan Frankel * For a review of the previous episode, "Flesh is Weak" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "Goddamn Animals" - click here We've got SO MUCH going down on Animal Kingdom, from Deran …

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Bad Day at Black Rock: An Open, American, Hardboiled Wound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWpvrb6i9bI Bad Day at Black Rock. 1955. Directed by John Sturges. Screenplay by Millard Kaufman; adapted by Don McGuire & based on a story from Howard Breslin. Starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, John Ericson, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, Russell Collins, & Walter Sande. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Not Rated. 81 minutes. Crime/Drama/Mystery …

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Aquarius – Season 2, Episode 6: “Revolution 9”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDbaykPx9Tk NBC's Aquarius Season 2, Episode 6: "Revolution 9" Directed by Jonas Pate Written by Rafael Yglesias * For a review of the previous episode, "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me & My Monkey" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "Piggies" - click here At 10050 Cielo Drive on …

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Animal Kingdom – Season 1, Episode 5: “Flesh is Weak”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRP7_JeP4T4 TNT's Animal Kingdom Season 1, Episode 5: "Flesh is Weak" Directed by Christopher Chulack Written by Megan Martin * For a review of the previous episode, "Dead to Me" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "Child Care" - click here With Grandma Smurf (Ellen Barkin) now on his back, …

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Animal Kingdom – Season 1, Episode 2: “We Don’t Hurt People”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJdywN-g-YM TNT's Animal Kingdom Season 1, Episode 2: "We Don't Hurt People" Directed by John Wells Written by Jonathan Lisco * For a review of the pilot episode, click here. * For a review of the next episode, "Stay Close, Stick Together" - click here After a wild pilot, things continue on for the Cody Gang. …

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Refn’s Bronson is a Surreal Character Study of Lonely Violence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMJ1c3qxOWc Bronson. 2008. Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Screenplay by Brock Norman Brock & Refn. Starring Tom Hardy, Matt King, James Lance, Amanda Burton, Kelly Adams, Juliet Oldfield, Jonathan Phillips, Mark Powley, Hugh Ross, Joe Tucker, Gordon Brown, & Charlie Whyman. Str8jacket Creations/Vertigo Films/Aramid Entertainment Fund. Rated 14A. 92 minutes. Biography/Crime/Drama ★★★★1/2 Time and again …

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Animal Factory Reveals the Machinery Within the Beast of a Flawed Prison System

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qQushdQ0Qc Animal Factory. 2000. Directed by Steve Buscemi. Screenplay by Edward Bunker & John Steppling; based on the novel by Bunker. Starring Edward Furlong, Willem Dafoe, Danny Trejo, Mark Boone Junior, Seymour Cassel, Mickey Rourke, Tom Arnold, John Heard, Chris Bauer, Rockets Redglare, Jake La Botz, Mark Engelhardt, Edward Bunker, Victor Pagan, Ernest Harden Jr., …

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Carnage Park: A Scary Slice of 1970s Americana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uasqLAdxkJs Carnage Park. 2016. Directed & Written by Mickey Keating. Starring Ashley Bell, Pat Healy, James Landry Hébert, Michael Villar, Bob Bancroft, Larry Fessenden, Andy Greene, Alan Ruck, Graham Skipper, & Darby Stanchfield. Diablo Entertainment. Unrated. 90 minutes. Action/Crime/Horror/Thriller ★★★★ Ever since seeing Ritual, I've been hooked on Mickey Keating. His directing and writing are a sight …

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