Arrow, the WB action television series, starring Stephen Amell’s abs, based on the DC comic book series, Green Arrow, recently debuted and has now been picked up for a full season. Honestly, I haven’t seen the show...

I’m trying to figure out whether it is a sad statement about me, my reading habits, or the times in which I was raised, that the mention of Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer series only harkens me back...

You know how it goes with the collective consciousness in Tinseltown. An executive is sitting around the 6th Street Cafe on Montana, and gets an idea. Simultaneously, up PCH in the shower of a Malibu stilt-house, another...

Somewhere on the fringe of mainstream film, there’s a frenzied community of artists who illustrate an elemental aspect of crime. They don’t bother with the ticky-tack trivia of the procedural. They don’t focus on the grand fables...

British singer Adele has yet again proven herself to be a family friendly version of Amy Winehouse by recording a theme to a James Bond film, by (unlike the late Ms. Winehouse) actually getting the song recorded....

I first heard about David Ayer when my family insisted that I not see his film. This was back in ’01, and the film was a gangland grotesque that was drawing critical buzz like a carcass draws...

Well, Rian Johnson’s Looper came out most places in the last week, and if you haven’t seen it yet, expect a visit from your future self telling you to stop wasting your time by not seeing it,...

My friend’s dad took us to see Willow one sunny summer’s day in 1988.  It was a good movie and all, but honestly I was extremely distracted throughout the whole thing.  All I could think about was...

On the occasion of the Emmys’ passing, let’s take a step outside the spotlight. I want to lead you to the fringes for a moment. You need to meet an artist who has yet to hold a...

As I wrote last week, the Korean Film Festival in Australia (KOFFIA) managed to smuggle some excellent, if not harrowing, crime films into the country, and fill me with an existential angst that has begun manifesting itself...