Crime films

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Drive-Away Dolls review – Ethan Coen’s lesbian crime caper gets stuck in first gear
This gleefully trashy road movie from Coen, co-written with wife Tricia Cooke, veers too close to puerile for comfort

Wendy Ide

17, Mar, 2024 @12:00 PM

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Fast Charlie review – Pierce Brosnan in 90s-style thriller, complete with exploding doughnut
This brisk romp doesn’t outstay its welcome, with Brosnan as a hitman and Godfather star James Caan in his last screen appearance

Catherine Bray

14, Mar, 2024 @4:31 PM

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Wicked Little Letters review – a depressing, obvious, clunky waste of a stellar cast
Any wider comment on the strange, sad nature of the scandal this film is based on is sidestepped in favour of broad laughs and superficiality

Peter Bradshaw

22, Feb, 2024 @7:00 AM

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Drive-Away Dolls review – Ethan Coen sets off in a wild new direction
The writer-director splits from his brother and joins wife Tricia Cooke for a bawdy and brilliant road trip caper about two lesbian friends caught up in crime

Charles Bramesco

21, Feb, 2024 @6:00 PM

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American Star review – Ian McShane is a killer with time on his hands in the Canaries
The feline octogenarian brings brooding star power and presence to Fuerteventura-set thriller

Leslie Felperin

21, Feb, 2024 @7:00 AM

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The Moon Thieves review – absurd boyband heist movie is fiendishly watchable
Three members of Hong Kong Cantopop band Mirror feature in this fiendishly watchable crime caper which steals much from Ocean’s Eleven and, oddly, ASMR videos

Leslie Felperin

20, Feb, 2024 @9:00 AM

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Head Count review – Burghart brothers’ tricksy crime drama has certain flair
With tough guys pointing his own gun pointed at his head, Aaron Jakubenko’s arithmetically minded Kat counts back how many times it has gone off to work out if there are any bullets left

Leslie Felperin

12, Feb, 2024 @11:03 AM

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Tell Me About It review – British Asian Gen Z drama bounces between crime and kitchen sink
Two young women on a jaunt find themselves embroiled with drug gangsters in director Suman Hanif’s uneven feature

Catherine Bray

12, Feb, 2024 @7:00 AM

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Gassed Up review – generic moped crime drama goes nowhere fast
British director George Amponsah delivers action mayhem and a telegraphed plot in this ill-timed tale of thieves on two wheels

Wendy Ide

11, Feb, 2024 @12:00 PM

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Spike Lee and Denzel Washington reuniting for Akira Kurosawa remake
The pair, who last worked together on 2006’s Inside Man, will reimagine the 1963 crime drama High and Low for Apple and A24

Benjamin Lee

08, Feb, 2024 @8:56 PM

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Gassed Up review – phone-jack gang gets in over their heads in high-energy thriller
This London crime drama steers clear of the usual cliches thanks to a strong cast and some dynamic direction from George Amponsah

Peter Bradshaw

08, Feb, 2024 @7:00 AM

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Circle of Danger review – Jacques Tourneur’s Hitchcock-esque thriller is a gem
First released in 1951, this endlessly entertaining film is an absorbing tale of an American arriving in postwar Britain looking for answers about his slain younger brother

Peter Bradshaw

30, Jan, 2024 @11:00 AM

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