Tag Archives: L.A. Confidential

DVD review | Rampart – Woody Harrelson’s LAPD cop is mad, bad and dangerous to know

Posted on 9 July 2012 by Jason Best

Woody Harrelson is mesmerising as the anti-hero of gripping crime drama Rampart, set against a backdrop of police corruption in 1999 Los Angeles, but his pill-popping, booze-swigging, suspect-beating dirty cop, is so irredeemably unsympathetic that you almost wish he weren’t … Continue reading →

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Bad Lieutenants – Top 10 Most Corrupt Screen Cops of All Time

Posted on 14 October 2010 by Adele Craciun

Today is your last chance to enter our competition to win Bad Lieutenant on DVD so get going! Please note that this competition is not fixed and bribes will not be accepted (unless they’re, like, reeeally good). And just to … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | The Black Dahlia – why are people so fascinated by this crime?

Posted on 2 July 2010 by Beth Williams

Why is it that some real life crimes have captured the imagination of the public more than others? Back in 1947, in California, 22-year-old Elizabeth Short (aka the Black Dahlia) was gruesomely butchered. Her murder has never been solved. There … Continue reading →

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L.A. Confidential | Competition Winners

Posted on 20 March 2009 by Jason Best

Our competition to win a copy of the two-disc special edition of Curtis Hanson’s period crime thriller L.A. Confidential is now closed. Well done to all our entrants – everyone answered correctly that Kim Basinger was the member of the … Continue reading →

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Win a copy of L.A. Confidential on DVD

Posted on 2 March 2009 by Jason Best

This competition has now closed.  Curtis Hanson’s period crime thriller L.A. Confidential is over a decade old, but with its release on DVD and Blu-ray as a two-disc special edition the 1997 movie remains as gripping as ever. Based on … Continue reading →

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Burn After Reading | Competition winners

Posted on 27 February 2009 by Jason Best

Our competition to win copies of the Coen Brothers’ wickedly dark comedy Burn After Reading is now closed. Well done to all our entrants – everyone answered correctly that, er, yes, the Coen Brothers directed the movie. We were inundated … Continue reading →

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