Taking stock

GARETH EVANS ON THE SHOOTOUTS AND STANDOUTS OF HIS ACTION THRILLER

JOHN BOORMAN AND LEE MARVIN’S HUGELY INFLUENTIAL NOIR THRILLER

Fiction and drama are filled with unhappy financiers, but the real world is very different

THE FIRST FILM CAME OUT OF NOWHERE, BOB ODENKIRK BLINDSIDING US WITH AN OBSCENE AMOUNT OF WHOOP-ASS. NOW, WITH NOBODY 2 , HE’S UP AGAINST A KNIFE-THROWING SHARON STONE. LET CARNAGE COMMENCE!

Each month ex-cop and psychic Nicky Alan teams up with her spirit guides to investigate an unsolved mystery. Here she delves into the brutal killing of Hollywood actress Christa Helm

IF IT BLEEDS, THEY CAN KILL IT (REPEATEDLY)