True Crime Movies

[sdreid]

I am looking forward to seeing Frozen Ground - don't know if it will be at the theater or at home on a rental or a bought Blu-ray.

[sdreid]

True unsolved or unresolved crimes works for me as a sub-genre to true crime films.

Me too

[MayBea]

Anyone seen the new movie The Frozen Ground by first-time feature director, Scott Walker.

You obviously know the ending because it's a solved case. So it's pretty basic and straight-forward but it has interesting elements that remind me of the last Green River Killer TV movie I saw.

I would just watch it for the incredible scenery. You're sure to like it if you like "Nicholas Cage" movies.

[MayBea]

True unsolved or unresolved crimes works for me as a sub-genre to true crime films. I think they offer more possibilities for storylines.

The JtR films fit into that category. Zodiac and The Boston Strangler come to mind as standout examples of what can be done when there is still a mystery surrounding the crimes and the criminal.

[sdreid]

The jury was deadlocked in the penalty phase of the trial, so they have to empanel a new jury and start the process all over again. Not sure where they are in that process at the moment.

Yes, this case seems to drag on forever.

[Magpie]

Although Jodi Arias is eligible for the death penalty, I don't know that she has been sentenced yet.

The jury was deadlocked in the penalty phase of the trial, so they have to empanel a new jury and start the process all over again. Not sure where they are in that process at the moment.

[sdreid]

Although Jodi Arias is eligible for the death penalty, I don't know that she has been sentenced yet.

[I'veBeenToMitreSquare]

Re: Jodi Arias. I watched it on YouTube, I think. Not being familiar with the case beforehand, I enjoyed it, for what it's worth.

[sdreid]

It's hard to imagine a guy like that going to Heaven. I wonder what he thought about that.

[Magpie]

Picked up a copy of Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman this weekend.

Haven't seen it yet, but looking forward to it. Timothy Spall is usually a good watch, whatever he's in.

[sdreid]

I don't see anything about a new Gacy movie on IMDb yet.

[sdreid]

Yes, that is the best John Wayne Gacy movie so far. I didn't even remember that Margot Kidder was in it so I guess that's how much she impressed me. Loved her on Black Christmas, the original - a great film.

[RivkahChaya]

The one with Brian Dennehy was very good, save for the inclusion of Margot Kidder as a psychic. I like Margot Kidder, but as far as I know, there was no particular psychic prominent in the case (I'm sure a number of them came out of the woodwork, as do in any case that grabs headlines for a while), but there was an implication at the end that the psychic was actually correct on several points, albeit, not in a way that was helpful to the police, which is stupid, because aside from spoiling the general accuracy of the film, it was an unnecessary plug for psychics.

BTW, I saw a recent TV doc on a missing persons case, where the sister of the victim went to a psychic, who gave this information: the victims had left the area, she was with a man, and she was frightened.

The detective in charge took about four minutes of screen time to analyze why none of that information, even if true, was helpful. They already knew she had left the city; they needed to know where she had gone. Knowing she was with "a man" was unhelpful without some kind of description, and knowing her emotional state was not relevant to the investigation. As it turned out, in the end, only the information about her being out of the city was even true.

I wish there were more things like that on true crime documentaries.

[sdreid]

I see that there's a new high end John Wayne Gacy feature film in the works. We'll have to wait and see if it comes to fruition.

[Magpie]

I saw "Savage Grace" and "Wonderland" a couple of weeks ago. The former was good, but a little slow. Wonderland was pretty intense--they actually included some of the gruesome crime scene footage into the movie.