Archive for the ‘Crime’ Category

The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans

Friday, September 4th, 2009

All Genres:
Crime, Drama

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 122 min

Languages: English | Spanish

Director:

Tagline: The only criminal he can't catch is himself.

 

Cast: Nicolas Cage … Terence McDonagh
Val Kilmer … Stevie Pruit
Eva Mendes … Frankie Donnenfeld
Fairuza Balk … Heidi
Jennifer Coolidge … Genevieve
Michael Shannon … Mundt
Brad Dourif … Ned Schoenholtz
Shawn Hatosy … Armand Benoit
Shea Whigham … Justin
Denzel Whitaker … Daryl
Xzibit … Big Fate (as Alvin 'Xzibit' Joiner)
Irma P. Hall … Binnie Rogers
Tom Bower … Pat McDonough
Lance E. Nichols … Jerimiah Goodhusband
Vondie Curtis-Hall … James Brasser
Douglas M. Griffin … Sergeant
Katie Chonacas … Tina
Brandi Coleman … Yvonne
Kyle Russell Clements … Lawrence
Nick Gomez … Evaristo Chavez
Lauren Pennington … Young woman
Brandy Moon … Duffy's wife
Sean Boyd … Lt. Stoyer
J.D. Evermore … Rick Fitzsimon
Jillian Batherson … D.A's Assistant
Marco St. John … Eugene Gratz
Tony Bentley … Hurley
Michael Wozniak … Undercover Officer
Deneen Tyler … Pharmacist
Deena Beasley … Miamouna
David Joseph Martinez … Juan Michel
Lucius Baston … Deshaun 'Midget' Hackett
Sam Medina … Andy
J. Omar Castro … Narcotics Detective
Armando Leduc … Jeff
Topher Jones … Undercover Detective
Noel Arthur … Renaldo Hayes
Victor Hugo Palacios … Police Officer
Tim Bellow … Gary 'G' Jenkins
Joe Nemmers … Officer Larry Moy
Lyssa Prine … Nurse
Roger J. Timber … Security Guard (as Roger Timber)
Robert Pavlovich … Dr. Milburn
Jeremy Aaron Johnson … Detective Yasco
Jaime San Andres … Officer Lasseigne
Michael Arnona … Police Captain
C. Stuart Rome … CSI Agent
Trey Burvant … Dealer
Lorin Moore … Promotion Reporter
Joel Davis … TV Play-by-play announcer (voice)
Michael Zimbrich … Waiter
Matt Borel … Bernie
Joshua Gillum … Host

 

Plot: Terence McDonagh is a drug- and gambling-addled detective in post-Katrina New Orleans investigating the killing of five Senegalese immigrants. add synopsis

 

Awards: 2 wins & 2 nominations

El secreto de sus ojos

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller See  »

Release Year: 2009

Country: Argentina | Spain

Runtime: 127 min

Languages: Spanish

Director:

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Writers: Juan José Campanella (writer) Eduardo Sacheri (novel) See »

 

Cast: Ricardo Darín … Benjamín Esposito
Soledad Villamil … Irene Menéndez Hastings
Pablo Rago … Ricardo Morales
Javier Godino … Isidoro Gómez
Guillermo Francella … Pablo Sandoval
José Luis Gioia … Inspector Báez
Carla Quevedo … Liliana Coloto
Rudy Romano … Ordóñez
Mario Alarcón … Juez Fortuna Lacalle
Alejandro Abelenda … Pinche Mariano
Sebastián Blanco … Pinche Tino
Mariano Argento … Romano
Juan José Ortíz … Agente Cardozo
Kiko Cerone … Molinari
Fernando Pardo … Sicora

 

Plot: A man wants to solve a murder committed many years ago. Full synopsis »

 

Awards: Won Oscar. Another 34 wins & 19 nominations See »

The Collector

Friday, July 31st, 2009

All Genres:
Crime, Horror, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 88 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: He always takes one

 

Cast: Madeline Zima … Jill
Josh Stewart … Arkin
Andrea Roth … Victoria
Daniella Alonso … Lisa
Robert Wisdom … Roy
Diane Ayala Goldner … Gena Wharton
Gregory Alan Williams … Sheriff
Michael Reilly Burke … Michael
Juan Fernández … The Collector
Krystal Mayo … Dancer
Haley Pullos … Cindy (as Haley Alexis Pullos)
Karley Scott Collins … Hannah
Alex Feldman … Chad
Michael Showers … Deputy sheriff
Bill Stinchcomb … Bar Patron
Hiro Koda … Medic #2
Jabari Thomas … Medic
Brett Forbes … Office Hoss Wiggins
Eric Kelly McFarland … Firefighter
Colvin Roberson … Roy's Driver / Bodyguard
John Snell … Yard Worker

 

Plot: Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer’s country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.

Public Enemies

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

All Genres:
Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 140 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: America's Most Wanted

 

Cast: James Russo … Walter Dietrich
David Wenham … Harry 'Pete' Pierpont
Christian Stolte … Charles Makley
Jason Clarke … John 'Red' Hamilton
Johnny Depp … John Dillinger
John Judd … Turnkey
Stephen Dorff … Homer Van Meter
Michael Vieau … Ed Shouse
John Kishline … Guard Dainard
Wesley Walker … Jim Leslie
John Scherp … Earl Adams
Elena Kenney … Viola Norris
William Nero Jr. … Farm Boy
Channing Tatum … Pretty Boy Floyd
Christian Bale … Melvin Purvis

 

Plot: The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.

 

Awards: 8 nominations

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Crime, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA | UK

Runtime: 106 min

Languages: English

Director:

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Cast: Denzel Washington … Walter Garber
John Travolta … Ryder
Luis Guzmán … Phil Ramos
Victor Gojcaj … Bashkim
John Turturro … Camonetti
Michael Rispoli … John Johnson
Ramon Rodriguez … Delgado
James Gandolfini … Mayor
John Benjamin Hickey … Deputy Mayor LaSalle
Alex Kaluzhsky … George
Gbenga Akinnagbe … Wallace
Katherine Sigismund … Mom
Jake Richard Siciliano … 8-Year-Old Boy (as Jake Siciliano)
Jason Butler Harner … Mr. Thomas
Gary Basaraba … Jerry Pollard (Motorman)

 

Plot: Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day’s work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.

 

Awards: 4 nominations

The Hangover

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

All Genres:
Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA | Germany

Runtime: 100 min | 108 min (unrated version)

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Feel it June 5

 

Cast: Bradley Cooper … Phil Wenneck
Ed Helms … Stu Price
Zach Galifianakis … Alan Garner
Justin Bartha … Doug Billings
Heather Graham … Jade
Sasha Barrese … Tracy Garner
Jeffrey Tambor … Sid Garner
Ken Jeong … Mr. Chow
Rachael Harris … Melissa
Mike Tyson … Himself
Mike Epps … Black Doug
Jernard Burks … Leonard
Rob Riggle … Officer Franklin
Cleo King … Officer Garden
Bryan Callen … Eddie Palermo

 

Plot: A Las Vegas-set comedy centered around three groomsmen who lose their about-to-be-wed buddy during their drunken misadventures, then must retrace their steps in order to find him.

 

Awards: Won Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 12 nominations

Das weisse Band – Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Mystery

Release Year: 2009

Country: Austria | Germany | France | Italy

Runtime: 144 min

Languages: German | Italian | Polish | Latin

Director:

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Cast: Christian Friedel … The School Teacher
Ernst Jacobi … The School Teacher (voice)
Leonie Benesch … Eva
Ulrich Tukur … The Baron
Ursina Lardi … The Baronin
Fion Mutert … Sigi
Michael Kranz … The Home Teacher
Burghart Klaußner … The Pastor
Steffi Kühnert … The Pastor's Wife
Maria-Victoria Dragus … Klara
Leonard Proxauf … Martin
Levin Henning … Adolf
Johanna Busse … Margarete
Thibault Sérié … Gustav
Josef Bierbichler … The Steward

 

Plot: Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years just before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. The abused and suppressed children of the villagers seem to be at the heart of this mystery.

 

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 11 nominations

Middle Men

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Crime, Drama

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 105 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Money. Sex. Murder. Greed. Corruption. See »

 

Cast: Kelsey Grammer … Frank Griffin
Terry Crews … James
Giovanni Ribisi … Wayne Beering
James Caan … Jerry Haggerty
Luke Wilson … Jack Harris
Laura Ramsey … Audrey Dawns
Rade Serbedzija … Nikita Sokoloff
Gabriel Macht … Buck Dolby
Jacinda Barrett … Diana Harris
Martin Kove … U.S. Senator
Christopher McDonald … George Harris
Kevin Pollak … Curt Allmans
Robert Forster … Louie La La
Jesse Jane … Herself
John Ashton … Morgan
Graham McTavish … Ivan
Claudia Jordan … Cynthia
Jason Antoon … Denny Z
Stacey Alysson … Alexandra Raynes
Hunter Gomez … Young Jack (Age 15)
Lauren Gallagher … Scared Hooker
Julie Lott … Jessie 'River Dancer'
Diane Sorrentino … Raven Swallows
Jose Rosete … NASA Security Guard
Daniel Ganea … Russian Thug / Bouncer (credit only)
Nick Sowell … Josh Posner
Aighleann McKiernan … Waitress
Lauren Owen … Adult Film Star in gold swimsuit
Jim Devoti … News Reporter
Maarsen Roney … Orgy Man
Thomas J. Post … Red Carpet Film Star
Daylon Wear … Pornstar
Bubba Ganter … Reggie (as Leon Ganter)
Vincent Conti … 1950s Kid
Byron Browne … Club Bouncer
Eric Naroyan … Movie Producer
Christian Michael Clark … Michael (Age 9)
Samuel Brodie … Drunk Porn Director
Robert Della Cerra … Bill Romero
Billy Sorrentino … Vito – Louie La La's Driver
Greg Vrotsos … Arresting Officer (as Gregory Nicholas Vrotsos)
Melissa Bustamante … Laura
Lane Simpson … Red Carpet Reporter
Wesley Claggett … Johnny Deep
Raj Suri … Pakistani Terrorist
Richard Wilk … Hard Rock Host
Pat Giglio … Office Manager
Justin Mack … Bartender
Jason Soule … Factory Office Worker
Dexter Jasper … Peanut
Brady Stanley … Teen Michael
Douglas L. Cook … Police Officer
Danelle Benton-Smith … Club Attendee
Krysten Jackson … Office Employee
Ron Cadwell … Towncar Driver
James Stickel … Picnic Goer
Shane Shields … Dean Loomis
Jack Barnes … Adam – 5 months old
Marc Lyncheski … Russion Bouncer
Derek laKeith Martin … Club bouncer
Jared Keesling … Russian Bouncer
Rick Cooper … Doctor

 

Plot: Chronicles Jack Harris, one of the pioneers of internet commerce, as he wrestles with his morals and struggles not to drown in a sea of conmen, mobsters, drug addicts, and pornstars. Full synopsis »

Un prophète

Saturday, May 16th, 2009

All Genres:
Crime, Drama

Release Year: 2009

Country: France | Italy

Runtime: 155 min | France:150 min

Languages: French | Arabic | Corsican

Director:

Tagline:

 

Writers: Thomas Bidegain (screenplay) and Jacques Audiard (screenplay) …

 

Cast: Tahar Rahim … Malik El Djebena
Niels Arestrup … César Luciani
Adel Bencherif … Ryad
Hichem Yacoubi … Reyeb
Reda Kateb … Jordi
Jean-Philippe Ricci … Vettori
Gilles Cohen … Prof
Antoine Basler … Pilicci
Leïla Bekhti … Djamila
Pierre Leccia … Sampierro
Foued Nassah … Antaro
Jean-Emmanuel Pagni … Santi
Frédéric Graziani … Chef de détention
Slimane Dazi … Lattrache
Rabah Loucif … L'avocat de Malik

 

Plot: A young Arab man is sent to a French prison where he becomes a mafia kingpin.

 

Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 8 wins & 13 nominations

Madeo

Saturday, May 16th, 2009

All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: South Korea

Runtime: 128 min

Languages: Korean

Director:

Tagline:

 

Writers: Eun-kyo Park (screenplay) and Joon-ho Bong (screenplay)

 

Cast: Bin Won … Yoon Do-joon
Hye-ja Kim
Ku Jin

 

Plot: A mother desperately searches for the killer that framed her son for their horrific murder. add synopsis

 

Awards: 5 wins & 2 nominations

The Limits of Control

Friday, May 1st, 2009

All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA | Japan

Runtime: 116 min

Languages: English | Spanish | Hebrew | French | Japanese

Director:

Tagline: For every way in, there is another way out.

 

Cast: Isaach De Bankolé … Lone Man
Alex Descas … Creole
Jean-François Stévenin … French
Óscar Jaenada … Waiter
Luis Tosar … Violin
Paz de la Huerta … Nude
Tilda Swinton … Blonde
Youki Kudoh … Molecules
John Hurt … Guitar
Gael García Bernal … Mexican
Hiam Abbass … Driver
Bill Murray … American
Héctor Colomé … Second American
María Isasi … Flamenco Club Waitress
Norma Yessenia Paladines … Flight Attendant

 

Plot: The story of a mysterious loner, a stranger in the process of completing a criminal job.

Serious Moonlight

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Crime, Romance

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: USA:84 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: a love/hate comedy.

 

Cast: Meg Ryan … Louise
Timothy Hutton … Ian
Justin Long … Todd
Kristen Bell … Sara
Derek Carter … Man #1
Bill Parks … Man #2
Kimberlee Peterson … Trashy Girl
Nathan Dean … Detective
Andy Ostroy … Police Officer

 

Plot: A high-powered attorney duct tapes her adulterous husband to the toilet … right before their home is invaded by burglars. add synopsis

Crank: High Voltage

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 96 min

Languages: English

Director: Mark Neveldine

Brian Taylor

Tagline: He was dead…But he got better

 

Cast: Jason Statham … Chev Chelios
Amy Smart … Eve Lydon
Dwight Yoakam … Doc Miles
Efren Ramirez … Venus
Julanne Chidi Hill … Dark Chocolate
Reno Wilson … Orlando
Keone Young … Don Kim
Art Hsu … Johnny Vang
Joseph Julian Soria … Chico
Ling Bai … Ria
Clifton Collins Jr. … El Huron
David Carradine … Poon Dong
Corey Haim … Randy
Geri Halliwell … Karen Chelios
Billy Unger … Young Chev

 

Plot: Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.

 

Awards: 2 nominations

12 Rounds

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Crime, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 108 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline:

 

Cast: John Cena … Danny Fisher
Aidan Gillen … Miles Jackson
Ashley Scott … Molly Porter
Steve Harris … George Aiken
Brian J. White … Hank Carver (as Brian White)
Gonzalo Menendez … Ray Santiago
Taylor Cole … Erica Kessen
Kyle Russell Clements … Dave Fisher (as Kyle Clements)
Peter Navy Tuiasosopo … Willie Dumaine
Travis Davis … Anthony Deluso
Nick Gomez … Samuel
Brian Stanton … FBI Agent Gator (as Brian Decaro)
Rosalind Rubin … FBI Agent Sheila
Billy Slaughter … Technician
Kim Collins … Phil the Plumber

 

Plot: Detective Danny Fisher discovers his girlfriend has been kidnapped by a ex-con tied to Fisher’s past, and he’ll have to successfully complete 12 challenges in order to secure her safe release.

Observe and Report

Monday, March 16th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Crime, Drama

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 86 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Right now, the world needs a hero.

 

Cast: Seth Rogen … Ronnie Barnhardt
Ray Liotta … Detective Harrison
Michael Peña … Dennis
Anna Faris … Brandi
Dan Bakkedahl … Mark
Jesse Plemons … Charles
John Yuan … John Yuen
Matt Yuan … Matt Yuen
Celia Weston … Mom
Collette Wolfe … Nell
Randy Gambill … Pervert
Alston Brown … Bruce
Cody Midthunder … D-Rock
Deborah Brown … Female Reporter (as Debra-Jayne Brown)
Aziz Ansari … Saddamn

 

Plot: Bi-polar mall security guard Ronnie Barnhardt is called into action to stop a flasher from turning shopper’s paradise into his personal peep show. But when Barnhardt can’t bring the culprit to justice, a surly police detective, is recruited to close the case.

 

Awards: 1 nomination

The Last House on the Left

Friday, March 13th, 2009

All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 110 min | 114 min (unrated version)

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: If bad people hurt someone you love, how far would you go to hurt them back?

 

Cast: Tony Goldwyn … John Collingwood
Monica Potter … Emma Collingwood
Garret Dillahunt … Krug
Aaron Paul … Francis
Spencer Treat Clark … Justin
Riki Lindhome … Sadie
Martha MacIsaac … Paige
Sara Paxton … Mari Collingwood
Michael Bowen … Morton
Joshua Cox … Giles (as Josh Cox)
Usha Khan … Maid

 

Plot: After kidnapping and brutally assaulting two young women, a gang led by a prison escapee unknowingly finds refuge at a vacation home belonging the parents of one of the victims — a mother and father who devise an increasingly gruesome series of revenge tactics.

 

Awards: 1 win

Fast & Furious

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

All Genres:
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 107 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: New Model. Original Parts.

 

Cast: Vin Diesel … Dominic Toretto
Paul Walker … Brian O'Conner
Jordana Brewster … Mia Toretto
Michelle Rodriguez … Letty
John Ortiz … Campos
Laz Alonso … Fenix Rise
Gal Gadot … Gisele Harabo
Jack Conley … Penning
Shea Whigham … Agent Ben Stasiak
Liza Lapira … Agent Sophie Trinh
Sung Kang … Han Lue
Wilmer Calderon … Tash
Don Omar … Himself
Mirtha Michelle … Cara
Greg Cipes … Dwight

 

Plot: Brian O’Conner, now working for the FBI in LA, teams up with Dominic Toretto to bring down a heroin importer by infiltrating his operation.

 

Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations

Duplicity

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

All Genres:
Crime, Romance, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA | Germany

Runtime: 125 min | Turkey:118 min

Languages: English | Spanish | Russian | German

Director:

Tagline: Outwit. Outspy. Outsmart. Outplay. Then get out.

 

Cast: Clive Owen … Ray Koval
Julia Roberts … Claire Stenwick
Tom Wilkinson … Howard Tully
Paul Giamatti … Richard Garsik
Dan Daily … Garsik's Aide
Lisa Roberts Gillan … Tully's Assistant (as Lisa Roberts Gillan)
David Shumbris … Turtleneck
Rick Worthy … Dale Raimes
Oleg Shtefanko … Boris Fetyov (as Oleg Stefan)
Denis O'Hare … Duke Monahan
Kathleen Chalfant … Pam Frailes
Khan Baykal … Dinesh Patel
Thomas McCarthy … Jeff Bauer
Wayne Duvall … Ned Guston
Fabrizio Brienza … Hotel Manager

 

Plot: A pair of corporate spies who share a steamy past hook up to pull off the ultimate con job on their respective bosses.

 

Awards: Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination

Män som hatar kvinnor

Friday, February 27th, 2009

All Genres:
Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Release Year: 2009

Country: Sweden | Denmark | Germany

Runtime: 152 min

Languages: Swedish

Director:

Tagline:

 

Writers: Nikolaj Arcel (screenplay) Rasmus Heisterberg (screenplay)

 

Cast: Michael Nyqvist … Mikael Blomkvist
Noomi Rapace … Lisbeth Salander
Lena Endre … Erika Berger
Peter Haber … Martin Vanger
Sven-Bertil Taube … Henrik Vanger
Peter Andersson … The Lawyer Nils Bjurman
Ingvar Hirdwall … Dirch Frode
Marika Lagercrantz … Cecilia Vanger
Björn Granath … Gustav Morell
Ewa Fröling … Harriet Vanger
Michalis Koutsogiannakis … Dragan Armanskij
Annika Hallin … Annika Giannini
Sofia Ledarp … Malin Erikson
Tomas Köhler … 'Plague'
David Dencik … Janne Dahlman

 

Plot: Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson’s novel about a journalist and a young female hacker.

 

Awards: 4 nominations

Madea Goes to Jail

Monday, February 16th, 2009

All Genres:
Comedy, Crime, Drama

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 103 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline:

 

Cast: Tyler Perry … Madea / Joe / Brian
Derek Luke … Joshua Hardaway
Keshia Knight Pulliam … Candace Washington
David Mann … Brown
Tamela J. Mann … Cora
RonReaco Lee … Chuck
Ion Overman … Linda
Vanessa Ferlito … Donna
Viola Davis … Ellen
Sofía Vergara … T.T.
Robin Coleman … Big Sal
Bobbi Baker … Tanya
Aisha Hinds … D.A. Fran Walker
Benjamín Benítez … Arthur
Karan Kendrick … Guard Watson

 

Plot: Mischievous grandma Madea lands in jail, where she meets a variety of mixed-up characters.

 

Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations