Slamdance 2019 (Narrative Competition): CAT STICKS

On 01/28/2019 By C.H. NewellIn 2019, Drama, Drugs, Film, Indian Film, Joyraj Bhattacharya, Ronny Sen, Tanmay DhananiaLeave a comment

CAT STICKS portrays the lives of junkies in Kolkata— some of whom wish to escape their addiction, some of whom are caught in a perpetual cycle.

Breaking Bad – Season 2, Episode 5: “Breakage”

On 05/18/201609/09/2018 By C.H. NewellIn Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston, Dean Norris, Drugs, Krysten Ritter, Season 2Leave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t_tGu-Os70 AMC's Breaking Bad Season 2, Episode 5: "Breakage" Directed by Johan Renck Written by Moira Walley-Beckett * For a review of the previous episode, "Down" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "Peekaboo" - click here We start on a couple men obviously crossing from Mexico over the U.S. border. …

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Dealer’s Refn-Inspired Parisian Crime

On 02/02/201604/18/2016 By C.H. NewellIn Action, Crime, Drugs, Film, French Film, Thriller, UnratedLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re5e914SnQ8 Dealer. 2014. Directed by Jean Luc Herbulot. Screenplay by Samy Baaroun & Herbulot. Starring Dan Bronchinson, Elsa Madeleine, Salem Kali, Bruno Henry, Hervé Babadi, Dimitri Storoge, Fatima Adoum, Didier Mérigou, Emmanuel Bonami and Franck Boss. Multipass Productions/Mad Films-Mi. Unrated. 75 minutes. Action/Crime/Thriller ★★★1/2 Ever since Nicolas Winding Refn brought the Copenhagen drugworld out in all …

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The Hypnotic Criminal Lure of Hyena

On 09/12/201510/19/2016 By C.H. NewellIn British Film, Crime, Crime Film, Drama, Drugs, Film4, Gerard Johnson, Peter Ferdinando, Police Corruption, ThrillerLeave a comment

Hyena. 2014. Directed & Written by Gerard Johnson. Starring Peter Ferdinando, Stephen Graham, Neil Maskell, Elisa Lasowski, MyAnna Buring, Richard Dormer, Gordon Brown, Tony Pitts, Orli Shuka, Gjevat Kelmendi, Thomas Craig, Lorenzo Camporese, Shaban Arifi, Alfred Doda, and Mem Ferda. Film4/Number 9 Films. Unrated. 112 minutes. Crime/Drama ★★★★★ With the endorsement of Nicolas Winding Refn …

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DIG: The Ego & The Id

On 12/14/201412/17/2017 By C.H. NewellIn 2004, Anton Newcombe, Blogs, Brent DeBoer, Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Dean Taylor, Dig!, Documentary, Drugs, DVD, Eric Hedford, Fame, Film, Filmmaking, Indie Rock, Joel Gion, Matt Hollywood, Movies, Music, Peter Holmstrom, Psychedelic Rock, Reviews, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Dandy Warhols, Zia McCabeLeave a comment

Ever watch a documentary that pissed you off? Well, here's another one.

Refn Looks Back on the Criminal Life in PUSHER III: I’M THE ANGEL OF DEATH

On 12/13/201412/16/2016 By C.H. NewellIn 2005, Blogs, Cinematography, Cooking, Copenhagen, Crime, Criminals, Directors, Drama, Drugs, DVD, Film, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Foreign Films, Independent Film, Indie Film, Kim Bodnia, Movies, Nicolas Winding Refn, Pusher, Pusher II: With Blood On My Hands, Pusher III: I Am the Angel of Death, Reviews, Sequel, Thriller, Zlatko BuricLeave a comment

The second sequel to Refn's groundbreaking PUSHER is a bleak look at the end of the road for one Copenhagen druglord, as he juggles recovery, family, and business on a very special day for his daughter.