Crime

Be it the criminal underworld, or taking on those who rule over it, the crime tag focuses on crime fighters or those who reign over the underworld. If not stories that heavily feature people breaking the law.

Gazer (2024): Review and Summary

“Gazer,” thanks to its writing and lead, Ariella Mastroianni, keeps you engaged through its nearly two-hour mystery/investigation as a multitude of questions pop up.

Speak No Evil: Review & Summary

While James McAvoy tapping into his crazy brings on some level of entertainment, as a whole, “Speak No Evil” plays it safe for a film despite its violence.

Rebel Ridge: Movie Review

Aaron Pierre and AnnaSophia Robb star in a too long for its own good revenge tale that lacks what it needs to justify a 2+ hour runtime.

It Ends With Us (2024) – Movie Review (Written)

Blake Lively stars in the adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s hit novel, which focuses on a woman with a traumatic childhood who is trying to secure her purpose, reciprocate love, and break generational trauma.

The Match (2024) – Written Review

Starring Brittany S. Hall, in this AllBlk release, she finds a potential love in a beautiful man played by Lanre Idewu who, like her, holds secrets that someone wants to use to make one of them into a killer.

Trap (2024) – Written Review

Josh Hartnett delivers a notable performance under M. Night Shyamalan’s direction and writing, but while the premise is good, things go downhill once it has to be more than a singular idea.

Batman: Caped Crusader: Season 1 – Written Review

“Batman: Caped Crusader” puts modern twists on Batman’s rogue gallery through gender swapping amongst other changes to give this new animated series one of many ways to stand out from its countless peers.

Twin Lies (2024) – Written Review

Starring actual twins Nicole and Lauren Peters, the two perform in this quick-paced film where actor Shaun Benson plays an intense CEO falling for a lying escort.

Gift of Fear (2024) – Review

In this movie featuring Indigenous people and stories, a young woman played by Isa Antonetti, is trying to adjust to her new foster home as her girlfriend is kidnapped by people from her past.

The Chi: Season 6 – Written Review

As “The Chi” extends into its 6th season, it continues to be something worth applauding for how diverse it wants its depiction of Chicago to be. However, it still struggles to do the most at a high caliber.

Killer Beat (2024) – Written Review

Starring “Primo” actress Stakiah Lynn Washington, we watch as she plays an up-and-coming rapper who tries to navigate a cutthroat music industry.

MaXXXine (2024) – Written Review

Mia Goth returns as Maxine Minx, and with Pearl in her rear-view, so comes the question if Goth can find a way to justify the latest entry of this franchise as she did in “Pearl?”

Kill (2024)

“Kill” may seem like your straight forward beat em’ up, but it provides so much more than that, to the point of putting all action films released after it on notice.

The Sintern (2024)

A young woman investigates a church whose pastor may have killed her mom.

Incision (2024) Movie Review

“Incision” seems to forget to give you reasons to get invested, beyond familiar faces and the assumed empathy for people being victimized.

Love Kills (2024) Movie Review

“Love Kills” loses its luster as you figure out it is using sex and violence to compensate for a lackluster story.

RSVP (2024) Movie Review

Starring Natasha Marc and Robert Ri’Chard, in this BET+ release, a man decides to get revenge for his fallen wife, and you’re sadly left taking his word due to a lack of character development.

Hit Man (2024) Movie Review

Starring Glen Powell, known for the recent hit “Anyone But You”, in this Netflix release, he plays an everyday guy thrust to pretend to be a hitman for the New Orleans Police Department in a movie based on a real person.

The Equalizer: Season 4 Review

With a shortened season, season 4 of “The Equalizer” tries its best to keep the course for many of its characters, but some are clearly sacrificed to meet the reduced episode count.

Ninja Kamui: Season 1 – Review

“Ninja Kamui” is heavily reliant on flashy action sequences and inconsistently develops its characters or delivers a compelling story.

Fallout: Season 1 – Review

Season 1 of “Fallout” continues the trend of good video game adaptations we’ve seen recently, with this trying to balance the seriousness of a nuclear apocalypse with the comedy Obsidian Entertainment gave “Fallout: New Vegas.”

Femme (2024) Movie Review

In a complicated revenge tale, one assault leads to the desire to create revenge porn but when a romance blooms, so begins the question of whether to take things that far?

Kemba – Movie Review and Summary

“Kemba” presents an important case highlighting how the NAACP, specifically the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), didn’t stop being assets after the 1960s.