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100 Greatest Gangster Films: We Own the Night, #96
October 13, 2025This is half of a good movie. The first half. The set up and premise are...
100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Yakuza, #97
October 12, 2025Two 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
October 11, 2025During 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
October 8, 2025Brother 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
October 7, 2025The Freshman has one thing that The Godfather: Part III does not—Marlon Brando. While Brando reprises...
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Movie Review: Drive
September 8, 2025Despite 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
September 1, 2025If 30 Minutes or Less weren’t so bogged down with gratuitous cursing, violence, and boobs, it...
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Movie Review: Green Lantern
August 15, 2025This 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
August 4, 2025There are plenty of car chases, explosions, fistfights, and gunfights to hold the proceedings together, which...
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Movie Review: The Town
June 16, 2025The movie is a suspenseful heist-romance with complex characters, brilliant action, and masterful performances. Affleck plays...
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