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Max Perlich has 7 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2000s.
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The story of how George Jung, together with the Medellín Cartel led by Pablo Escobar, established the billion-dollar cocaine empire in the United States in the 1970s.
Dir. Ted Demme · With Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Franka Potente
Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine, who skillfully steal from drugstores and hospital medicine cabinets in order to appease their insatiable need for drugs. But neither fun nor luck last forever.
Dir. Gus Van Sant · With Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James Remar
Undercover cop Jim Raynor is a seasoned veteran. His partner, Kristen Cates, is lacking in experience, but he thinks she's tough enough to work his next case with him: a deep cover assignment to bring down the notoriously hard-to-capture drug lord Gaines. While their relationship turns romantic during the assignment, they also turn into junkies, and will have to battle their own addictions if they want to bring down Gaines once and for all.
Dir. Lili Fini Zanuck · With Jason Patric, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sam Elliott
An amusement park mogul offers a random group of diverse people $1 million to spend the night in a decrepit former mental institution.
Dir. William Malone · With Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Ali Larter
In 1950s New York City, a bad and bloody gang war is about to erupt on the dysfunctional streets of Brooklyn between the Deuces and the vicious Vipers.
Dir. Scott Kalvert · With Stephen Dorff, Brad Renfro, Fairuza Balk
A clairvoyant woman thinks that she's met her future husband because she's seen him in a dream. They marry and he takes her back to his butcher shop in New York city, where her powers tend to influence everyone she meets while working in the shop. Through her advice, she helps others and eventually finds the true man of her dreams.
Dir. Terry Hughes · With Demi Moore, Jeff Daniels, George Dzundza
A down-on-his-luck American Indian recently released from jail is offered the chance to "star" as the victim of a snuff film, the resulting pay of which could greatly help his poverty stricken family.
Dir. Johnny Depp · With Johnny Depp, Marshall Bell, Elpidia Carrillo
