Category: Drama

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

On By C.H. NewellIn 2000, Crime, Drama, Edward Bunker, Film, Seymour Cassel, Tom ArnoldLeave a comment

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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FELON: Justice v. Revenge Amongst the Horrors of the American Penal System

On By C.H. NewellIn Crime, Drama, Film, Harold Perrineau, Johnny Lewis, Prison, Prison Film, Ric Roman Waugh, Stephen Dorff, Val KilmerLeave a comment

What happens when a normal man accidentally kills someone trying to rob his home? FELON answers the terrifying question.

Alan Clarke’s The Firm Boils in the Blood of Hooliganism

On By C.H. NewellIn Al Ashton, Alan Clarke, BBC, Drama, Film, Football Hooligans, Gary Oldman, Screen TwoLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhRZfbt2XQQ The Firm (from BBC's Screen Two). 1989. Directed by Alan Carke. Written by Al Ashton (as Al Hunter). Starring Gary Oldman, Lesley Manville, Phil Davis, Andrew Wilde, Charles Lawson, William Vanderpuye, Jay Simpson, Patrick Murray, Robbie Gee, Terry Sue-Patt, Nick Dunning, Nicholas Hewetson, Steve McFadden, Steve Sweeney, & Hepburn Graham. British Broadcasting Corporation. Rated 13+. …

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Spike Lee’s Malcolm X: Has Anything Really Changed?

On By C.H. NewellIn 1992, Angela Bassett, Arnold Perl, Biography, Civil Rights, Delroy Lindo, Denzel Washington, Drama, Film, History, Malcolm X, Racism, Spike LeeLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx4sEvhYeVE Malcolm X. 1992. Directed by Spike Lee. Screenplay by Lee & Arnold Perl. Starring Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr., Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee, Theresa Randle, Kate Vernon, Lonette MCKee, Tommy Hollis, James McDaniel, Ernest Thomas, Jean-Claude La Marre, O.L. Duke, & Larry McCoy. 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks/Largo International …

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American History X and the Consequences of White Hot Hatred

On By C.H. NewellIn Crime, Drama, Edward Furlong, Film, neo-Nazism, Stacy Keach, Tony Kaye1 Comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsPW6Fj3BUI American History X. 1998. Directed by Tony Kaye. Screenplay by David McKenna. Starring Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, Jennifer Lien, Ethan Suplee, Fairuza Balk, Avery Brooks, Elliott Gould, Stacy Keach, William Russ, Guy Torry, Joe Cortese, Jason Bose Smith, Antonio David Lyons, & Alex Sol. New Line Cinema/Savoy Pictures/The Turman-Morrissey Company. Rated 18A. …

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Berberian Sound Studio Gets to the Raw Core of Our Relationship with Horror

On By C.H. NewellIn 2013, Drama, Film, Horror, Peter Strickland, Psychological horror, Thriller, Toby JonesLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX3abRX8XIg Berberian Sound Studio. 2013. Directed & Written by Peter Strickland. Starring Toby Jones, Antonio Mancino, Guido Adorni, Cosimo Fusco, Tonia Sotiropoulou, Eugenia Caruso, Susanna Cappellaro, Lara Parmiani, Chiara D'Anna, Jozef Cseres, & Pal Toth. UK Film Council/Film4/Warp X/ITV Yorkshire. Rated 14A. 92 minutes. Drama/Horror/Thriller ★★★★ Peter Strickland is a director and writer filled with …

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The Godfather: Part II Redefines the American Classic

On By C.H. NewellIn Al Pacino, Crime, Drama, Film, Francis Ford Coppola, John Cazale, Lee Strasberg, Mario Puzo, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Talia ShireLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA1ij0alE0w The Godfather: Part II. 1974. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Screenplay by Coppola & Mario Puzo. Starring Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, John Cazale, Talia Shire, Lee Strasberg, Michael V. Gazzo, G.D. Spradlin, Richard Bright, Gastone Moschin, Tom Rosqui, Bruno Kirby, Frank Sivero, Francesca De Sapio, Morgana King, Marianna Hill, …

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The Godfather: A Definitive American Classic

On By C.H. NewellIn 1972, Al Pacino, Crime, Diane Keaton, Drama, Film, Francis Ford Coppola, James Caan, John Cazale, Mario Puzo, Marlon Brandon, Novel, Robert Duvall, Sterling HaydenLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0VGcWHkNeA The Godfather. 1972. Directed & Written by Francis Ford Coppola; based on Mario Puzo's novel of the same name. Starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard S. Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte, Al Lettieri, Diane Keaton, Abe Vigoda, Talia Shire, Gianni Russo, John Cazale, & Rudy Bond. Paramount Pictures/Alfran …

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