Displaying items by tag: Crime
Tuesday, 28 January 2020 12:20
Just Mercy Reviewed
Based on a true story, Walter McMillian (Jamie Foxx), an Alabaman logger was sent to prison for a murder he did not commit in 1987.
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Film
Sunday, 09 June 2019 15:46
Joyride - Classic Road Movie about Troublesome Teenagers from 1977
Three teenagers leave Los Angeles and drive north to Alaska, wind up robbing a pipeline and taking one of the employees' hostage. Starring Desi Arnaz Jr, Robert Carradine, Melanie Griffith and Anne Lockhart, directed by Joseph Ruben
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Video of the Week
Tuesday, 10 April 2018 10:40
GF Newman’s Law & Order 40th Anniversary -BBC 4 Airing 12th April 2018 on ZANI
Screenwriter and novelist GF Newman (22nd May 1948) best known for the creation of TV character Judge John Deed (2001-2007) starring the talented and versatile Martin Shaw, a maverick judge who forgoes the usual pomp and circumstance associated with our legal system, in particular the courtroom, and New Street Law (2006-2007), a drama about two rival law firms of barristers based in Manchester,
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Film
Thursday, 07 December 2017 17:13
Seven Day Fool – Jason Disley Reviewed
Seven Day Fool is the debut novel by Torquay based, Manchester born, writer and poet Jason Disley. I met Disley a few years back via FaceBook when I stumbled upon a ‘friend’ posting several poems. I was instantly engaged, as his words were soulful and moved like jazz music, a real modern day Beat poet as legend Allen Ginsberg.
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Culture
Sunday, 08 January 2017 15:35
The Brummagem Boys
In post-First World War England (1914-1918), crime was rife and threatening to spiral out of control.
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Culture
Tuesday, 13 December 2016 11:22
Queen of Crime Martina Cole Talks to ZANI
She puffs on a cigarette before bed. The taste of nicotine helps the blonde bombshell to be reflective, knowing that something has got to give, something has got to change.
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Culture
Monday, 25 April 2016 14:50
The People vs OJ Simpson – Some Thoughts on the Final Episode
So, the crime case that shocked the world and invented Reality Show Culture got made into a series.
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Film
Monday, 23 November 2015 20:51
Streets of New York Documentary | Rise and Fall of Crime in New York City
With new mayor DeBlasio in and stop and frisk under review, is New York's crime poised to rise again? The South Bronx burned, Harlem overdosed, and Brooklyn was ruled by the knives and bicycle chains of feral gangs. Then it got worse. The Mafia poured tons of China White onto the street and 13 year old warlords peddled vials of cocaine to passing cars.
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Video of the Week
Monday, 26 October 2015 18:52
The Great Sex Swap Robbery Part Two of Two - The True Story of Bank Robber John Wojtowicz
Coming clean, he told the world why he was robbing the bank that day. Citing that through his wife’s suicide attempt over not having a woman body he had resorted to robbing a bank to provide for it.
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Culture
Monday, 19 October 2015 15:15
The Great Sex Swap Robbery Part One of Two - The True Story of Bank Robber John Wojtowicz
“Nobody would ever rob a bank to give a guy a sex-change operation, that’s why they made a movie about it”
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