Tag Archives: crime

There’s more to home than bricks and stones

There’s more to home than bricks and stones

If Brick Mansions seems very familiar, it is because it is a remake of Luc Besson’s (and Bibi Naceri’s) script Banlieue 13 and Besson has written the new script.   It is also reminiscent of a host of ...
A sentimental, moving prison drama

A sentimental, moving prison drama

Joyce Glasser reviews Starred Up (March 21, 2014) Cert. 18, 105 min. After the disappointing Stallone/Schwarzenegger prison thriller, Escape Plan, even the most avid fans of the prison genre might hav ...
Ciphers – a psychological spy thriller

Ciphers – a psychological spy thriller

Spies are easy to recognise. They look just like you. People disappear; people get killed; and, as you well know, some people even get into holdalls and zip up and padlock themselves in and suffocate. ...