New year, old classics! Netflix is starting off 2018 with some great classic crime films. What's a more perfect New Year's resolution than revisiting/exploring the greats in the genre like the Godfather or Lethal Weapon series? That's an offer I can't refuse! See what other crime/mystery/thriller entertainment is coming to (and leaving) Netflix in January!
Among police and detective stories, we've come to expect certain tropes: the Amateur Detective, the Genius Detective, the Good Cop Who Breaks All the Rules, The Supernatural Cop, and dare I say, the Vampire Detective. While Graveyard Shift's characters share many traits with the last, the one that stands out for me is the Buddy…
Crime-fighting teams have been around as long as there have been crimes to fight. Though a maverick like James Bond can certainly be intriguing, a duo of crime fighters working together provides great fodder for an engaging storyline since there’s more room for conflict, chaos, and camaraderie when two join together. Partnerships can take a…
When Mel Gibson slaps his dislocated shoulder back into place in any of the Lethal Weapon films ad nauseum, I always cringe. I don’t cringe because it’s painful, which I assure you it would be. But because, reducing a dislocation that way, a real person would inevitably fracture the humerus, the long bone of the…
