Crime

Harsh Times Trailer

From the creator of Training Day comes another violent ride through the streets of Los Angeles, called Harsh Times. In Harsh Times, Christian Bale plays an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. David Ayer, who wrote Training Day, Dark Blue and S.W.A.T., is handling writing and directing duties on Harsh Times, which ….

Trade Trailer

In Marco Kreuzpaintner’s (Summer Storm) Trade, Adriana (Paulina Gaitan) is a 13-year-old girl from Mexico City whose kidnapping by sex traffickers sets in motion a desperate mission by her 17-year-old brother, Jorge (Cesar Ramos), to save her. As he dodges immigration officers and incredible obstacles to track the girls’ abductors, he meets Ray (Kevin Kline), a Texas cop whose own family loss to ….

New Miami Vice Clips

Rope of Silicon has 10 new clips from Miami Vice. Many of the clips don’t have music, and go deeper in to the storyline of the movie. The film revolves around the intensity of an undercover investigation that pushes Crockett and Tubbs to the edge where identity and fabrication become blurred, where cop and player become one – ….

Deja Vu Trailer

Most of you probably watched this trailer this past weekend, attached to Pirates 2, but for the 2 or 3 of you out who didn’t see it, check it out. In Denzel Washington’s latest pairing with director Tony scott (Crimson Tide and Man on Fire), he plays an ATF agent who travels back in time to save a woman from becoming a murder ….

Leguizamo, Gibson, Good on The Take

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Rosie Perez, John Leguizamo, Tyrese Gibson, Bobby Cannavale, RZA and Meagan Good will star in the L.A. indie flickThe Take. Ithaka Films is producing The Take and music video director Brad Furman will make his feature directorial debut on the film, which was written byJosh and Jonas Pate. The film revolves around an armored-truck driver (played by Leguizamo) who is shot during ….

Shock to the System Trailer

Shock to the System is based on a novel by Richard Stevenson, about a gay detective named Donald Strachey (Allen), who goes under cover in a therapy group for former homosexuals to investigate the murder of one of its most well-known members. The film stars Chad Allen, Sebastian Spence, Morgan Fairchild, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Rikki Gagne, Levi James, Ryan Kennedy, ….

Hollywoodland Trailer

Hollywoodland is a true life exploration of fame and identity. Inspired by one of Hollywood’s most infamous real-life mysteries, the film follows a 1950’s private detective who, investigating the mysterious death of Superman star George Reeves (played by Ben Affleck), uncovers unexpected connections to his own life as the case turns ever more personal. The torrid affair Reeves had with the wife ….

Shadowboxer Trailer

Shadowboxer is an emotionally-charged, full-throttle noir, which delves deep into the harsh underworld of organized crime and uncovers the complex lives of trained assassins, Mikey (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and Rose (Helen Mirren). But when a brutal crime boss wants his wife dead, Rose has a change of heart when they find her pregnant. And so, the three begin a harrowing ….

Renaissance Trailer

Paris 2054. Ilona Tassueiv, a young and brilliant researcher is violently kidnapped. Avalon, a giant multinational corporation and her employer, wants her found at any cost. So goes the premise of the French anime-styled Renaissance. The film looks like cross between The Animatrix, Sin City and A Scanner Darkly.Not bad company, if you ask me. Christian Volckman (Maaz) takes duties at the ….

Snyder Gets Watchmen

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Zach Snyder, who is currently working hard on Frank Miller’s 300 and also developing Rainbow Six, based on the Tom Clancy best-selling book and video game series, has stepped up to the plate to develop and direct Watchmen, the seminal DC limited series created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. Alex Tse, who wrote the Spike Lee-directed Showtime gang drama Sucker Free City, is writing the script ….

Jay-Z Inspired Hip-Hop Musical to Premiere at Urbanworld

“I was inspired by Jay-Z to make this film,” says Daron Fordham, writer and director of Confessions of a Thug, a hip-hop musical premiering at this yearsUrbanworld Vibe Film Festival being held June 21-25 in New York City. Confessions of a Thug is a gritty, underground psychological exploration into the mind of a college educated street hustler named South Boy (Daron Fordham) who becomes unfulfilled ….

Dead Man’s Shoes Trailer

This indie film is apparently already in limited release, but I need to watch it. And I know many of you probably haven’t watched the trailer, so I am posting it. Brit Shane Meadows directed this thriller. Dead Man’s Shoes revolves around a young soldier named Richard (Considine), who always protected his simple-minded little brother Anthony (played by Toby ….