Posts Tagged ‘murder-investigation’

Tightrope (1984)

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Eastwood, Clint | Hedaya, Dan | St. John, Marco | Paul, Graham | Holliday, Bill | Wilmot, John | Houck Jr., Joy N. | Baker-Bergen, Stuart | Barber, Donald | Harvey, Robert | Gural, Ron | Martens, Layton | Boyle, Richard Charles | Sachar, Jonathan | Ferbos, Lionel
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A New Orleans detective is leading an investigation into a killer who is raping and murdering women. His enquiries lead him into the seedy side of town where he is no stranger off-duty. All this contrasts with his home life as a single parent with two young girls. Then on the case he meets rape counsellor Beryl Thibodeaux with whom a relationship possibly offering some normalcy starts to develop.

Badge, The (2002)

Monday, June 30th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Thornton, Billy Bob | Devane, William | Brown, Marcus Lyle | McKinnon, Ray | Bower, Tom | McConnell, John | Flagge, Ron | Alexander, Huey | Krasnoff, Mark | Leggio, Jerry | Dial, Rick | Arata, Michael | Dahlgren, David | Cahill, Michael | St. John, Marco
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A sheriff (Thornton) begins an investigation into the death of a local transsexual after hearing that high ranking politicians may have been involved. Although he is homophobic, his investigation causes him to be rejected by others, forcing him to seek help from the people he once despised.

Street Kings (2008)

Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Reeves, Keanu | Whitaker, Forest | Common | Cedric the Entertainer | Evans, Chris | Gugliemi, Noel | Choi, Kenneth | Laurie, Hugh | Sloan, Cle Shaheed | Nolasco, Amaury | Corbett, John | Crews, Terry | Game, The | Benton, Kevin | Gates, Daryl
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Tom Ludlow is a veteran LAPD cop who finds life difficult to navigate after the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he’s been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him.

Rancid (2004)

Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Thriller
Countries: Sweden
Actors: Settle, Matthew | Masterson, Fay | Graham, Currie | Ersgård, Patrik | Acovone, Jay | Wiseman, Michael | Jostyn, Jennifer | Goines, Siena | Satterfield, Paul | August, Pernilla | Choi, Yun | Zonn, Alex | Mäkinen, Jarmo | Rapace, Ola | Svensson, Daniela
Directors: Ersgard, Jack
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Once a promising writer, John Hayson now gets by on the odd writing job. A personal tragedy has left him dispassionate about the world and his work and he lives his life in limbo. In the midst of this existential crisis he attends a high school reunion and meets three old friends; acquaintances he’s tried to forget but who now emerge like ominous shadows from his past. Once again, face to face with the love of his life, Hayson tries to right old wrongs and get his life back on track. However, life has other plans, and he realizes that the past is best laid to rest or it might haunt you forever. He soon finds himself embroiled in a nightmarish brew of deceit, passion and murder. Wanted by the police for a heinous killing, he must choose between succumbing to his darkest desires or the light that will renew his faith in himself and his future.

G:MT Greenwich Mean Time (1999)

Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Music
Countries: UK
Actors: Shepherd, Steve John | Waters, Ben | Newman, Alec | Ejiofor, Chiwetel | Smith, Anjela Lauren | Melanie Gutteridge | Mackenzie, Georgia | Eyo, Alicia | Annobil-Dodoo, Freddie | Armstrong, Alun | Beevers, Geoffrey | Bentley, Annette | Blundell, John | Blythe, Debbi | Collins, Karl
Directors: Strickland, John
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Six London school-leavers attempt to make it in the world, balancing the challenge of trying to make a name for themselves in the music industry against the pressures and tragedies of everyday life.

Cherry Crush (2007)

Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Reed, Nikki | Tucker, Jonathan | Gonzalo, Julie | O'Keefe, Michael | Morris, Haviland | Boutsikaris, Dennis | Whaley, Frank | Neeck, Alessa | Martin, Christopher Jon | Browne, Patricia Lewis | Powell, Billy | Tripiciano, Thomas | Lang, Nick | Smith, Ferdinand Jay | Anderson, Sarah
Directors: DiBella, Nicholas
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Jordan Wells, a talented, seventeen-year-old photographer struggles between falling in line with his father’s plans for his future and following his desire to pursue photography. After he gets throw out of his upscale prep school for taking provocative pictures of some of the girls in his class, he transfers into a public school and becomes involved with Shay, a beautiful girl from the other side of the tracks. As the passion of their relationship heats up, Jordan soon finds himself an accessory to murder —twice.

Rise (2007)

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Horror | Thriller
Countries: New Zealand | USA
Actors: Forster, Robert | Richardson, Cameron | Liu, Lucy | Rich, Allan | Shelton, Samantha | Wheatley, Kevin | Harshman, Margo | Goodman, Cameron | McCallany, Holt | D'Arcy, James | Gugino, Carla | Chiklis, Michael | Cassell, Paul | Mako | Cooper, Sam
Directors: Gutierrez, Sebastian
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Supernatural thriller in which a female reporter wakes up in a morgue to find herself a member of the undead. She vows revenge against the sect that put her there and hunts them down.

Death of a President (2006)

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Ayoub, Hend | Boland, Brian | Baker, Becky Ann | Mangiardi, Robert | Patterson, Jay | Whittaker, Jay | Burke, Michael Reilly | Urbaniak, James | Parham, Neko | Jon, Seena | Stolte, Christian | Ravine, Chavez | Buckley, Patricia | Clear, Patrick | Bader, Malik
Directors: Range, Gabriel
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Years after the assassination of President George W. Bush in Chicago, an investigative documentary examines that as-yet-unsolved crime.

Jindabyne (2006)

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Australia
Actors: Linney, Laura | Byrne, Gabriel | Haywood, Chris | Furness, Deborra-Lee | Howard, John | Purcell, Leah | Yiakmis, Stelios | Lazzaro, Eva | Rees-Wemyss, Sean | Garner, Alice | Stone, Simon | Lucas, Betty | Barker, Stephen | Cullen, Max | Tingwell, Charles 'Bud'
Directors: Lawrence, Ray
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Stewart Kane, an Irishman living in the Australian town of Jindabyne, is on a fishing trip in isolated hill country with three other men when they discover the body of a murdered girl in the river. Rather than return to the town immediately, they continue fishing and report their gruesome find days later. Stewart’s wife Claire is the last to find out. Deeply disturbed by her husband’s action, her faith in her relationship with Stewart is shaken to the core. She wants to understand and tries to make things right. In her determination to help the victim’s family Claire sets herself not only against her own family and friends but also those of the dead girl. Her marriage is taken to the brink and her peaceful life with Stewart and their young son hangs in the balance. The story of a murder and a marriage. A powerful and original film about the things that haunt us.

Ghost Rider (2007)

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Fantasy | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Long, Matt | Alessi, Raquel | Cullen, Brett | Fonda, Peter | Cage, Nicolas | Logue, Donal | Ghosthawk, Tony | Sexton, Hugh | Jones, Marcus | Norman, Matt | Steele, Lawrence Cameron | Bentley, Wes | Baroo, Eddie | Napier, Jessica | Breuls, Laurence
Directors: Johnson, Mark Steven
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In order to save his dying father, young stunt cyclist Johnny Blaze sells his soul to Mephistopheles and sadly parts from the pure-hearted Roxanne Simpson, the love of his life. Years later, Johnny’s path crosses again with Roxanne, now a reporter, and also with Mephistopheles, who offers to release Johnny’s soul if Johnny becomes the fabled, fiery Ghost Rider, a supernatural agent of vengeance and justice. Mephistopheles charges Johnny with defeating the despicable Blackheart, Mephistopheles’s nemesis and son, who plans to displace his father and create a new hell even more terrible than the old one.