Charles Bronson in “The Mechanic” by Tony Stella!
Tony Stella creates some of the most amazing movie posters. His take on Charles Bronson in The Mechanic is a prime example. You can see more of Mr. Stella’s art on his Twitter.
Category: Crime
“We Own This City” Starring Jon Bernthal, Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green is Here!
The trailer for We Own This City starring Jon Bernthal, directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green is here! Deal me in.
Based on true events, #WeOwnThisCity premieres April 25 on HBO Max.
“Memory” Starring Liam Neeson and Guy Pearce – The Trailer is Here!
Liam Neeson and Guy Pearce in Memory, an action thriller with a cool concept. Deal me in.
MEMORY follows Alex Lewis (Liam Neeson), an expert assassin with a reputation for discreet precision. Caught in a moral quagmire, Alex refuses to complete a job that violates his code and must quickly hunt down and kill the people who hired him before they and FBI agent Vincent Serra (Guy Pearce) find him first. Alex is built for revenge but, with a memory that is beginning to falter, he is forced to question his every action, blurring the line between right and wrong.
“Watcher” – The Trailer is Here!
Watcher has a great look and vibe. Deal me in.
US Release Date: June 3, 2022
Starring: Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman, Burn Gorman
Directed By: Chloe Okuno
Synopsis: Julia uproots her life in America to accompany her husband to Bucharest, Romania. As she spends more time alone, she notices a shadowy figure staring from the opposite block. Her curiosity turns to fear when she hears of a murderer in the area.
“The Takedown” – The Poster and Trailer are Here!
I like the poster and trailer for The Takedown. I’m ready for a fun buddy-movie. Deal me in.
Ousmane Diakité (Omar Sy) and François Monge (Laurent Lafitte) are two cops with very different styles, backgrounds and careers. The unlikely pair are reunited once again for a new investigation that takes them across France. What seemed to be a simple drug deal turns out to be a high scale criminal case wrapped in danger and unexpected comedy.
Watch The Takedown, only on Netflix May 6
DEAD DOGS by Manny Torres!
I want to pass along a crime novel I just learned about (and ordered). Dead Dogs by Manny Torres sounds like a wild ride, I’d like to take.
Two Atlanta misfits in debt to notorious dog fighter and drug dealer Boots Tumbler are coerced into handling his dirty work. Phobos and Chuck, desperate to pay him back, go elbow deep in blood, dirt, and gristle, cleaning up dog fights, delivering drugs, and disposing of dead bodies. Regardless of the haul, they shovel it, bag it up, stuff it in the trunk of their 1982 Cadillac Deville and drive it off for disposal. The misfit pair fumble their way through dangerous circumstances and criminal adventures. Desperation eventually drives them out of the city, across lost highways, encountering a circus of outlaws and revolutionaries living on the margins of morality.
Dead Dogs currently has a near-perfect 4.9 star rating on Amazon from 22 reviewers! As I said, I’ve ordered my copy.
If you’re interested you can get an autographed copy from Mr. Torres!
Or if you prefer Amazon, here’s a link!
“Tokyo Vice” Starring Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe – The Poster and Trailer are Here!
Tokyo Vice – the poster and trailer for the new series starring Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe are here. Deal me in.
Based on Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat, starring Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe. The drama captures Adelstein’s daily descent into the neon-soaked underbelly of Tokyo, where nothing and no one is truly what or who they seem. Streaming April 7 on HBO Max.
“Below Zero” (2021) / Z-View
Below Zero (2021)
Director: Lluís Quílez
Writers: Fernando Navarro, Lluís Quílez
Starring: Javier Gutiérrez, Karra Elejalde and Luis Callejo.
Tagline: Escape is not the exit.
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
When a prison transport on a deserted road comes under attack, one police officer survives by getting in the armored truck with the prisoners. Outside the weather is freezing and a killer wants one of them dead. But which one? And why?
Below Zero has action, mystery and atmosphere. The fact that it lacks American stars adds to the suspense of who may die. The foggy night and frozen lake scenes are memorable. Below Zero rates 3 of 5 stars.
“Better Call Saul” – The Final Season Trailer is Here!
April 18th cannot get here fast enough.
Whatever happens next, it’s not gonna go down the way you think it is. Don’t miss the premiere of Better Call Saul‘s final season, Monday, April 18 on AMC and AMC+.
Rattlesnake Rodeo by Nick Kolakowski / Z-View
Rattlesnake Rodeo by Nick Kolakowski
Trade Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Down & Out Books (October 26, 2020)
First sentence…
After we blew up a few of the richest and most powerful men in Idaho, my sister Frankie wanted to stop for fries.
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
After surviving the horrors of the Boise Longpig Hunting Club, Jake Halligan, his fiancée and sister think they’re in the clear.
They’re not.
A powerful judge knows what Jake and his crew did to survive. The judge offers them a deal: If they murder a child that has information the judge doesn’t want to get out, she’ll destroy all incriminating evidence linking Jake, his fiancée and sister to the crimes that they committed.
The clock is ticking as Jake, Janine and Frankie try to figure out a way to save the child and themselves.
Kolakowski picks up the action right where the Boise Longpig Hunting Club leaves off. If you like action with heart and humor, then this one is for you. Rattlesnake Rodeo rates 4 of 5 stars!
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“Alice” – Revenge is Long Overdue! – The Poster and Trailer are Here!
I love the throwback 70s feel to the poster for Alice. The trailer sets up an interesting mash-up of M. Night Shyamalan’s The Village and most any Pam Grier movie from back in the day.
I love it. Can you dig it?
Deal me in!
Alice (Keke Palmer) yearns for freedom as an enslaved person on a rural Georgia plantation under its brutal and disturbed owner Paul (Jonny Lee Miller). After a violent clash with Paul, she flees through the neighboring woods and stumbles onto the unfamiliar sight of a highway, soon discovering the year is actually 1973. Rescued on the roadside by a disillusioned political activist named Frank (Common), Alice quickly comprehends the lies that have kept her in bondage and the promise of Black liberation. Inspired by true accounts, Alice is a modern empowerment fable tracing Alice’s journey through the post-Civil Rights Era American South.
“21 Bridges” (2019) / Z-View
21 Bridges (2019)
Director: Brian Kirk
Screenplay: Adam Mervis, Matthew Michael Carnahan
Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Sienna Miller, J.K. Simmons, Taylor Kitsch and Keith David.
Tagline: The Only Way Out is Through Him
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
A couple of small time thieves get a tip on a cocaine stash of 30 kilos. When they go to rip it off, they discover 300 kilos! Cops show up and the thieves kill them all. Detective Andre Davis (Boseman) is assigned to bring in the cop killers. As the bodies pile up, Davis begins to realize that there is more at play than a simple robbery gone wrong. The conspiracy runs deep and Davis doesn’t know who he can trust.
21 Bridges is a fast paced action thriller that is well cast and directed. Sienna Miller is believable as a tough female detective. Boseman and J.K. Simmons are always good. Keith David doesn’t have a lot to do, but is also a welcome addition to the cast. 21 Bridges rates 4 of 5 stars.
New “Sin City” Alt Posters by Florey, Raj Khatri and Others!
My love for Frank Miller’s Sin City (especially that big lug, Marv) is legendary. Popcultartco recently posted four new alt Sin City posters. The one above is by Florey. Below we have Raj Khatri. You can see the other two here!
“All the Old Knives” Starring Chris Pine & Thandiwe Newton – The Trailer is Here!
All the Old Knives starring Chris Pine and Thandiwe Newton looks interesting. Since it is on Prime, it’s an easy choice to check it out.
A modern-day espionage thriller that follows Henry (Chris Pine) as he investigates Celia (Thandiwe Newton), a past flame from their days as CIA intelligence officers in Vienna, who is now under suspicion of having been a double agent. Using flashbacks to weave together multiple timelines, All the Old Knives peels back the layers of their past romance and exposes the truth behind a devastating terrorist attack they were unable to stop.
“A Calculated Man” – New Crime Series from Paul Tobin & Alberto Alburquerque is Coming!
A Calculated Man is a new crime series coming this June from Aftershock Comics and creaters Paul Tobin (writer), Alberto Alburquerque (artist), Mark Englert (colorist) and Taylor Esposito (letterer). Here’s how Aftershock Comics describes the series…
A verifiable math genius, Jack Beans used to run the numbers for the Pinafore crime family, until one day he ran them too well and concluded that the only way out of this life was in a casket or Witness Protection. So, he turned state’s evidence and ran.
Now, the Pinafores are out to end their favorite accountant. Little do they know that Jack’s skills with math and his perfect memory have made him a better killer than they ever could have realized. What follows is a journey full of murder, mayhem and mathematics.
Here’s writer Paul Tobin’s synopsis…
“It’s John Wick mixed with A Beautiful Mind when ex-mobster / math genius Jack Beans decides three years in the witness protection program is more than enough, and that all he needs to do to safely return to his old life is…kill every last member of the Pinafore crime family. It’s a tall order, but Jack Beans is no ordinary man. First, he’s GOOD at math. Not just “What’s the square root of nine?” good, but “prove the existence of three differently-sized infinites by use of the Continuum Hypothesis” good. He literally sees the world as a math problem, and was born with synesthesia: he sees numbers as colors, and his memory is absolute. It’s these skills Jack will have to use to make his hopes of staying alive add up to anything other than zero!”
Deal me in.
