All posts tagged "movie drama"

100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Friends of Eddie Coyle, #38
January 30, 2026There is no glamour in the underworld of Eddie Coyle, nor is there any attempt by...

Movies
Movie Review: Side Effects
January 28, 2026Side Effects is the twisty story of Emily Taylor (Rooney Mara), a depressive young woman whose...

100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: A History of Violence, #37
January 27, 2026Joey Cusack was the nastiest guy in Philadelphia’s Irish mob. He killed dozens, sometimes without the...

Movies
Movie Review: Beautiful Creatures
January 26, 2026Scripted and paced with impressive skill and thoughtfulness, this movie manages to be witty, racy, and...

100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Pépé le Moko, #36
January 24, 2026Pépé le Moko is described as a foray into poetic realism and as the precursor to...

100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: In Bruges, #35
January 22, 2026Two Irish hit men, Ray (Colin Farrell) and Ken (Brendan Gleeson), are sent to Bruges, a...

Movies
Movie Review: Jack the Giant Slayer
January 21, 2026Magic beans are magic beans -- not some genetically altered strain developed by an evil alchemist....

Movies
100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Long Good Friday, #34
January 19, 2026There’s a fascinating blend of flag waver and felon in the English bulldog character created by...

African American
100 Greatest Gangster Films: American Gangster, #33
January 15, 2026Based loosely on the life and times of Harlem drug kingpin Frank Lucas, American Gangster was...

Movies
100 Greatest Gangster Films: City of God, #32
January 13, 2026The frantic pace and relentless violence drive home the promotional tagline that so accurately described the...














