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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: We Own the Night, #96
June 11, 2024This is half of a good movie. The first half. The set up and premise are...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Yakuza, #97
June 10, 2024Two exciting trends enlivened Hollywood in the mid-1970s. First, Frances Ford Coppola’s The Godfather reinvigorated the...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Made, #98
June 8, 2024During the day, Bobby works construction. And at night, he’s the driver/bodyguard for his girlfriend Jesse...
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100 Greatest Gangster Films: Brother (Brat), #99
June 6, 2024Brother was directed by Aleksey Balabanov, who’s been called Russia’s David Lynch. The movie created a...
100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Freshman, #100
June 5, 2024The Freshman has one thing that The Godfather: Part III does not—Marlon Brando. While Brando reprises...
Movies
Movie Review: Drive
May 12, 2024Despite its holy-grail status in Hollywood, a clever script brimming with witty banter is not always...
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Movie Review: 30 Minutes or Less
May 7, 2024If 30 Minutes or Less weren’t so bogged down with gratuitous cursing, violence, and boobs, it...
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Movie Review: Green Lantern
April 22, 2024This sequence is the best in the entire film. There’s something very 1950s sci-fi serial about...
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Movie Review: Fast Five
April 12, 2024There are plenty of car chases, explosions, fistfights, and gunfights to hold the proceedings together, which...
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Movie Review: The Town
March 2, 2024The movie is a suspenseful heist-romance with complex characters, brilliant action, and masterful performances. Affleck plays...
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