2017 brought along with it a resurgence of surprisingly good, gritty, 70’s-esque crime dramas. Like “Shot Caller” and “Brawl in Cell Block 99”, “Small Time Crime” fits nicely into this category, but exchanges some of the brutal violence in the former two with dry, awkward humor. Mike Kendall (John Hawkes) is an ex-cop and full-time [...]
The Oxford bibliography website defines an Exploitation Film as “a type of cinema that is designed to create a fast profit by referring to, or exploiting, contemporary cultural anxieties.… Exploitation films claim to warn viewers about the consequences of these problems, but in most cases, their style, narrative, and inferences exploit the problem as much [...]
The past twelve months have set a new record in reboots, remakes, and decade late sequels. Regardless of the money thrown at of these IPs, and occasionally in spite of it, virtually every one of these fresh reduxes has been disappointing at best. The common thread seems to be a reliance on nostalgic fans showing [...]
