Crime

Graphic novel crime noir Coward getting big screen adaptation

Variety reports that comic respected book writer Ed Brubaker is adapting his graphic novel Coward for Jamie Patricof’s Hunting Lane Films, which has nabbed the rights to the modern crime noir and attached Twilight: Eclipse director David Slade to helm. Brubaker and illustrator Sean Phillips’ Criminal series, of which Coward is the first story arc, ….

Prime Suspect’s Maria Bello gets Carjacked by Stephen Dorff

Maria Bello, who is currently kicking ass in NBC’s Prime Suspect, and Stephen Dorff, who’s about to go to war with the gods when Immortals hits theaters on November 11th, headline the Anchor Bay Films thriller Carjacked, premiering November 22nd on Blu-ray and DVD. Co-starring Joanna Cassidy (Blade Runner, Six Feet Under), Catherine Dent (The ….

Gritty crime thriller Elite Squad: The Enemy Within coming to U.S. plus preview images

New Video’s Flatiron Film Company and Variance Films recently announced that they’ve partnered for the theatrical release of José Padilha’s record-breaking Brazilian crime thriller, Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (Tropa De Elite 2). The film will open in New York City on November 11th, 2011 at the AMC Empire 25 in Times Square, and at ….

Win one of 3 copies of the entire Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer series 12-DVD set

Mickey Spillane’s long sought-after, hard-boiled television series Mike Hammer, starring Darren McGavin and Bart Burns, made its debut on any format in September. To celebrate the release of the cult classic TV series, FilmFetish is giving away 3 copies of the entire Mike Hammer 12-Disc DVD set to readers. In order to be entered the ….

Steve McQueen’s original cult crime classic Thomas Crown Affair to play Loew’s

I just received word that Norman Jewison’s cult classic 1968 crime film The Thomas Crown Affair, will screen as part of a weekend of classic “caper” movies at The Landmark Loew’s Jersey. It’s a rare chance to see Steve McQueen’s swagger as Thomas Crown on the big screen, as well as the beautiful Faye Dunaway, ….

Cast of the cult classic Scarface come together to celebrate new release

Scarface stars Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Robert Loggia, F. Murray Abraham and producer Martin Bregman celebrated the upcoming worldwide Blu-ray release of Scarface on August 23, 2011 at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles with a cast reunion, Q&A and party. The evening also included a special performance by Ludacris, cuisine by Border Grill chefs ….

Scarface returning to movie theaters for special screening event

Blasting onto the silver screen with the intensity of its original release nearly 30 years ago, the pop culture phenomenon Scarface, starring Al Pacino and directed by Brian De Palma, returns to movie theaters in a one-night event on Wednesday, August 31, 2011. Presented by NCM Fathom and Universal Studios Home Entertainment, audiences nationwide will ….

MGM Limited Edition Collection’s The Gun Runners, The Happy Thieves, and The Destructors review

The Destructors (1974) The Destructors – originally titled The Marseille Contract – stars Anthony Quinn as a tough U.S. intelligence agent in Paris who’s assigned to break a narcotics ring, but after several of his agents are killed during an operation, he hires a contract killer played by Michael Caine, for help in bringing down ….