Category: Prison

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

On By C.H. NewellIn 2008, Biography, Brock Norman Brock, Crime, Drama, Film, Matt King, Nicolas Winding Refn, Prison, Prison Film, Tom HardyLeave a comment

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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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.

Down the Social Rabbit Hole with The Stanford Prison Experiment

On By C.H. NewellIn Billy Crudup, Biography, Drama, Ezra Miller, Film, History, Michael Angarano, PrisonLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XN2X72jrFk The Stanford Prison Experiment. 2015. Directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez. Screenplay by Tim Talbott. Starring Billy Crudup, Michael Angarano, Moises Arias, Nicholas Braun, Gaius Charles, Keir Gilchrist, Ki Hong Lee, Thomas Mann, Ezra Miller, Logan Miller, Tye Sheridan, Johnny Simmons, James Wolk, Nelsan Ellis, and Olivia Thirlby. Coup d'Etat Films/Sandbar Pictures/Abandon Pictures. Rated 14A. …

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Jack O’Connell Gets STARRED UP

On By C.H. NewellIn 2014, Blogs, Cinematography, Crime, David Mackenzie, Directors, Drama, Film, Movies, Prison, Reviews, Starred UpLeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4iseCjFnWk Starred Up. 2014. Dir. David Mackenzie. Starring Jack O'Connell, Ben Mendelsohn, Raphael Sowole, Anthony Welsh, David Ajala, Rupert Friend, and Sam Spruell. 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. Not Rated. 106 minutes. Drama ★★★★★ Starred Up (the slang prison term for a criminal who is transferred early from an institution for young offenders to an adult …

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Pusher II: With Blood On My Hands – One Criminal & a Baby

On By C.H. NewellIn Action, Blogs, Cinematography, Copenhagen, Crime, Criminals, Directors, Drama, Drugs, DVD, Film, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Foreign Films, Independent Film, Indie Film, Mads Mikkelsen, Movies, Nicolas Winding Refn, Prison, Pusher, Pusher II: With Blood On My Hands, Reviews, Sequel, ThrillerLeave a comment

Refn's sequel to his 1st PUSHER film is another bleak trip to Copenhagen's underworld.