Amazon MGM Studios is making an admirably contrarian effort to reverse the tides of the multiplex and bring back human-centered movies that have at least a nodding acquaintance with reality, having ...

Theodore Persico Jr., once picked to lead one of New York’s five crime families, was supposed to stay away from his former associates. But he nonetheless attended a Christmas party in Brooklyn.

Why do we love crime movies? Better yet, why do we especially love the ones where the criminals are typically portrayed as the protagonists? We're all taught at a young age that "crime doesn't pay," ...

During a sentencing hearing Wednesday for alleged Colombo crime family boss Teddy Persico Jr., the judge was candid with the defendant. “We’re both adults here; we each have our own jobs and our own ...

Crime 101 opens in theaters on Feb. 13. A few minutes in to Crime 101, with the streets of Los Angeles whipping by, a tense, thudding soundtrack gnawing at you while carefully laid plans are set up ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Class is in session. The title Crime 101 clearly refers to the crimes our main character Mike Davis commits around the 101 freeway in Los Angeles, but at first glance, you might ...

Bart Layton's adaptation of a Don Winslow novel is an expansive look at one corner of the L.A. underworld. But then Davis meets up with his boss, Money, played by Nick Nolte with an old man’s jagged ...

In Crime 101, Hemsworth plays an elusive jewel thief who is being hunted by a relentless detective (Ruffalo), a distinction from their time together as Marvel heroes fighting on the same side (mostly) ...

Bart Layton’s “Crime 101” is a “Heat” pastiche that, even if it falls well shy of its Michael Mann blueprint, has some basic appeal going for it. Los Angeles crime movies are fun. Chris Hemsworth ...

Blatant Michael Mann imitations aside, Bart Layton's Los Angeles-set ensemble crime thriller is far from terrible — using the cinematic city setting and robust turns from Halle Berry and Mark Ruffalo ...