Tagline: Every sin leaves a mark. The thriller reteaming acclaimed director David Cronenberg with his A History of Violence leading man Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises is written by Steve Knight (Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of Dirty Pretty Things). As in the earlier film, director and star together explore the psyche, physicality, and fortunes of a man…
Category: Crime – Mystery Movies
Even Money (2007)
Tagline: Life is a gamble. How much are you willing to risk? Even Money is a ferociously compelling drama that follows the lives of nine individuals as their fates become increasingly entwined in a web of addiction and gambling, culminating at one critical moment where their lives will be lost or reclaimed. In Even Money…
Fay Grim (2007)
Hal Hartley continues the story he began in “Henry Fool” ten years after, as Fay Grim (Parker Posey) is coerced by a CIA agent (Jeff Goldblum) to try and locate notebooks that belonged to her fugitive ex-husband (Thomas Jay Ryan). Published in them is information that could compromise the security of the U.S., causing Fay…
Feel the Noise (2007)
“Feel the Noise” concerns a talented 21-year-old from the South Bronx whose dreams of hip-hop stardom are dashed when a run-in with local thugs forces him to hide in Puerto Rico with the father he never knew. After a run-in with local thugs, aspiring Harlem rapper Rob (Omarion Grandberry) flees to a place and father…
Fracture (2007)
Tagline: If you look close enough, you’ll find everyone has a weak spot. When Ted Crawford (Anthony Hopkins) discovers that his beautiful younger wife, Jennifer (Embeth Davidtz), is having an affair, he plans her murder…the perfect murder. Among the cops arriving at the crime scene is hostage negotiator Detective Rob Nunally (Billy Burke), the only…
Freedom Writers (2007)
Tagline: Their story, their words. Fresh-faced, idealistic twenty-three-year-old Erin Gruwell (Hilary Swank) is ready to take on the world as she steps inside Wilson High School for her first day of teaching. Her class, a diverse group of racially charged teenagers from different walks of life – African Americans, Latinos, Asians, juvenile delinquents, gang members,…