Tag Archives: Crime

Under the Banner of Heaven stars Andrew Garfield as a Mormon detective tasked with solving the gruesome murder of 24-year-old Brenda Wright Lafferty (played by Daisy Edgar-Jones) and her infant daughter. While Garfield and Gil Birmingham’s characters aren’t necessarily based on real people, the rest of the characters are. The …

Ozark season 4 part 2 is here, which means we finally know how Netflix’s crime series ends.  Part 1 saw the Byrdes in a tight spot after Javi Elizondro (Alfonso Herrerra) killed Wyatt Langmore (Charlie Tahan) and Darlene Snell (Lisa Emery) – and Ruth Langmore (Julia Garner), cousin of Wyatt, …

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – heroes on the half-shell! Turtle power! If you’re a fan of a certain age, you read those words with a very specific cadence and rhythm in your mind, from the iconic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon theme song of the late ’80s and early ’90s. …

The death of legendary creator Neal Adams means the comic book community has lost one of the defining eyes and voices of its modern era.  Adams’ influence touched many publishers and characters, but no character evolved through Adam’s pen more than DC’s Caped Crusader, Batman.  Adams, along with the legendary …

Wilson Fisk’s son Richard Fisk, AKA the Rose, is back. But instead of trying to fill the vacuum of power in the New York City underworld in the pages of Daredevil or Amazing Spider-Man, he’ll appear in June’s Strange #3 to menace Clea Strange, Earth’s new Sorcerer Supreme. Strange #3 …

David O. Russell’s newest film has a title – and a star-studded cast. Disney unveiled the first trailer for Amsterdam, previously known as Canterbury Glass, during the studio’s new release showcase at CinemaCon. As per IndieWire, (opens in new tab) the crime drama centers on Margot Robbie, Christian Bale, and …

What did Spider-Man do? That’s the question posed by April 27’s Amazing Spider-Man #1, which relaunches the ongoing title with a mystery surrounding some kind of terrible disaster, the responsibility for which apparently lies at Peter Parker’s feet.  But what Spidey did (or seems to be taking the blame for, …

Getting out is hard. That applies to finding a clean exit from a drug cartel and bringing a very successful Netflix series to an end. After an excellent part 1 that ratcheted up the tension and the stakes, Ozark season 4 part 2 has the difficult and delicate task of …

Are some things unforgivable? That’s the question the Barry season 3 premiere wrestles with, and it’s one without an easy answer. From the very beginning, there’s been a sense that Barry – Bill Hader’s hitman-turned-actor-turned-hitman-again – could leave violence behind, if only the world would stop throwing obstacles in his …

DC’s longest-running series Detective Comics is getting its latest new creative team this July (opens in new tab), but current writer Mariko Tamaki still has some unfinished business and it involves the classic Batman villain the Riddler, just off his big-screen star turn in The Batman portrayed by Paul Dano.  …