After being canned for three years (allegedly due to pressure from the Los Angeles police department) Brad Furman’s “City of Lies” was rolled out last month.
Although it would have benefited from a longer running time and deeper examination into the facts (this story would shine as a three-hour street crime epic), Brad Furman’s procedural gets to the meat of the inquiry into
Stasis is ignorance and mobility is enlightenment in T.C. Johnstone's "Rising From Ashes," a documentary about the Rwandan Olympic cycling team which uses the wheel of the bicycle as a metaphor for the way we live, learn, grow and co-exist amidst individual and systemic horrors.
The team's coach, cycling legend Jonathan Boyer (referred to throughout as "Jock"), knows much about how to win a race before being called on to move to Rwanda
Every January Hollywood releases streams of dreck, mostly third-rate action vehicles that have long been sitting on the shelf. "Broken City" appears to be an excuse to get Mark Wahlberg fans flocking to the cinema, to net the studios some quick cash during a time when the Oscar-nominated indie pics are the main attraction. Surprisingly, though, it is a compelling thriller, packed with endless twists that eventually work themselves