Tag: crime films

Poster for the crime thriller "Dragged Across Concrete", starring Vince Vaughn and Mel Gibson

“Dragged Across Concrete” Movie Review by Daniel Barnes

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Dragged Across Concrete (2019; S. Craig Zahler) GRADE: B By Daniel Barnes *Now playing at the Rialto Cinemas Elmwood in Berkeley. Here comes another muscular but lumbering hunk of wheezing masculinity from Bone Tomahawk and Brawl in Cell Block 99 auteur S. Craig Zahler.  This time, Vince Vaughn and Mel Gibson star […]

“Youth of the Beast” Movie Review by Daniel Barnes

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  Youth of the Beast (1963; Seijun Suzuki) GRADE: A- By Daniel Barnes “Irreverent Energy” Youth of the Beast is the first movie I have seen from Seijun Suzuki, the Japanese director best known for flashy crime films like Branded to Kill and Tokyo Drifter.  I am eager […]