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‘Conversations With A Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes’ Review: A Superficial Look at the Infamous Serial Killer

April 26, 2022 3:33 pm

Continuing his efforts to chronicle every American serial killer in brutal, fetishistic, detail, Joe Berlinger’s new Netflix series “Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes” operates on the same...

‘Conversations With A Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes’ Trailer: Joe Berlinger Returns With Another Netflix Serial Killer Doc Series

Edward Davis

April 8, 2022 10:38 am

News, Television, Trailers

The true-crime genre, either podcasts or documentaries or documentary series, is proving to be quite the boon for streamers and anyone who places a premium on churn and time spent. Adjacent to that genre is th...

‘Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich’ Trailer: Netflix’s True Crime Series Tackles One Of The Biggest Stories Of The Last Year

Charles Barfield

May 13, 2020 12:28 pm

News, Television, Trailers

If it wasn’t for the shitshow that 2020 has become with the global pandemic, Australian wildfires, the political mess in the US, and everything else that proves this year might be the end times, we’d probably ...

Joe Berlinger Signed To Direct Both A Narrative Film & Documentary About MLK Assassination

Charles Barfield

April 3, 2019 12:39 pm

News

Do you know what’s better than just one true crime film about a subject? Two true crime films about a subject! And if you need to make a feature-length narrative and a feature-length doc about a crime, the man ...

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‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile’ Trailer: Netflix Is Set To Release The Ted Bundy Biopic Starring Zac Efron In May

Charles Barfield

April 2, 2019 1:41 pm

News, Trailers

Netflix has made a name for itself as the go-to spot for anything true crime. Whether you want to watch a docu-series about a man (maybe) wrongfully accused in “Making a Murderer” or the true story of one seria...

Julianne Moore, Charlie Hunnam & More Chime In About Netflix Versus Theatrical Experience Debate

Charles Barfield

March 6, 2019 12:12 pm

News

After Steven Spielberg, once again, ignited a massive debate over what constitutes a real “film” versus a “TV movie,” everyone seems to have an opinion. The filmmaker’s most recent issues with the definition of...

‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil & Vile’: Zac Efron Does Ted Bundy In A Phony, Glamorizing Serial Killer Drama [Sundance Review]

Rodrigo Perez

January 27, 2019 1:30 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

Our cultural fascination and glamorization of killers, often male, over victims and survivors, always female, is nothing new especially when it comes to serial killers and our obsession with their merciless ind...

‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile’ Trailer: Zac Efron Becomes Ted Bundy

Jake Naturman

January 25, 2019 12:40 pm

News, Trailers

Biopics are rarely made about people who had a negative impact on society, but serial killers seem to be the exception to that rule; between Michael Rooker’s portrayal of Henry Lee Lucas in “Henry: Portrait of ...

‘Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes’ Trailer: ‘Paradise Lost’ Director Returns With New True Crime Series

Charles Barfield

January 14, 2019 1:00 pm

News, Television, Trailers

Way before the modern craze of the true crime documentary, filmmaker Joe Berlinger had already released three of the best entries in the genre with his “Paradise Lost” trilogy of HBO films. Back when Steven Ave...

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‘Intent To Destroy’ Clip: The Horrors Of The Death March [Exclusive]

Edward Davis

November 9, 2017 10:16 am

News

When Terry George embarked on the filming of his Armenian genocide drama "The Promise" starring Christian Bale and Oscar Isaac, following nearby with his own crew was director Joe Berlinger. READ MORE: 'The ...

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