NewsCri-Fi
Red Notice: cri-fi/caper movie, film review by Mark Kermode.
The cri-fi movie, Red Notice, is reviewed by our man of many movies, Mark Kermode. There is an FBI agent, the world’s most…
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November 2021
September 2021
ReviewBooks
Policing The Monstrous edited by Ashley Szanter (book review).
With a title like ‘Policing The Monstrous’, pay attention to the sub-title, ‘Essays On The Supernatural Crime Procedural’. How do the police and…
NewsCri-Fi
The Many Saints of Newark (new cri-fi TV series: a review by Mark Kermode).
The Many Saints of Newark, The Sopranos prequel, is reviewed by Mark Kermode, who knows a few things about good (and bad) crime…
ReviewBooks
White Knight, Black Swan by David Gemmell (book review).
Writers who are starting to learn their trade are often told to write about what they know. It was always difficult to know…
TrailerCri-Fi
Red Notice (new Netflix cri-fi movie: trailer).
Here’s a new Netflix cri-fi movie, Red Notice, one of those light-hearted buddy movie thriller-cop-heist flicks where Interpol issue a Red Notice –…
July 2021
TrailerHorror
Army of Thieves (zombie cri-fi movie on Netflix) (trailer).
Here’s a trailer for the Netflix prequel to Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead movie, small-town bank teller Dieter gets drawn into bad…
ReviewFantasy
Occult Detective Magazine issue # 0 (emagazine review)
‘Occult Detective Magazine’ is a small British publication that builds on a tradition founded by William Hope Hodgson’s ace supernatural detective Carnacki that…
June 2021
TrailerCri-Fi
The Many Saints of Newark (cri-fi film: trailer).
Here’s the first trailer for New Line Cinema’s The Many Saints of Newark, a feature film prequel to the HBO drama series The…
ReviewFantasy
The Helm Of Midnight (The Five Penalties book 1) by Marina Lostetter (book review).
Decades ago, a killer stalked the streets, leaving behind the remains of his victims carved into hideously realistic flowers. Louis Chabon, famed surgeon…
April 2021
TrailerCri-Fi
The Ballad of Billy McCrae (cri-fi movie: trailer).
In the crime thriller, The Ballad of Billy McCrae, a neo-noir piece starring David Hayman, Ian Virgo, and Sianad Gregory, a chap called…
NewsCri-Fi
The Peculiar Abilities of Mr Mahler (short movie: horror-cri-fi).
Here’s a new short 30-minute film in full, The Peculiar Abilities of Mr Mahler, where in East Germany, a special investigator with paranormal…
March 2021
ReviewComics
The Simon And Kirby Library: Crime by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby (graphic novel review).
‘The Simon And Kirby Library: Crime’ is another fine volume in the Titan books series collecting old works by these stars of Golden…