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WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (1957)
A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.
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REVENGE (2017)
Never take your mistress on an annual guys’ getaway, especially one devoted to hunting. A violent lesson for three wealthy married men.
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BETTER CALL SAUL, 4.5 – ‘Quite a Ride’
Shredded future. We’re accustomed to the season-opening glimpses of Jimmy McGill’s (Bob Odenkirk) future, working under an alias at a Cinnabon, but “Quite a Ride” upended things with an unexpected look at future closer to Better Call Saul’s narrative. How long did it take you to notice that the teaser was taking place during Breaking…
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GHOST STORIES (2017)
A skeptical professor embarks on an investigation into three unexplained cases of apparitions…
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THE FLY (1958)
A genius scientist invents a teleportation device for the good of mankind, but his careless experimentation ends in tragedy.
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2018: Summer Blockbuster Appraisal
Thanos clicked with Marvel fans; The Rock eventually crumbled; big monsters ate rivals; superheroes flew higher; Star Wars’s box office was ‘so low’; the impossible Tom Cruise proved unmissable, and never underestimate an Abba sing-a-long…
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UPGRADE (2018)
Set in a near-future where technology controls nearly all aspects of life, a technophobe has his world turned upside-down, and his only hope for revenge is an experimental computer chip implant…
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BETTER CALL SAUL, 4.4 – ‘Talk’
My concerns about the imbalance of Better Call Saul was compounded by “Talk”, because Jimmy’s (Bob Odenkirk) storyline is by far the least interesting of the three in play, unless you count Kim’s (Rhea Seehorn) work ennui. I was worried this might happen without Jimmy’s brother around to keep things prickly, and after four episodes…
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THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS (2018)
When the puppet cast of a 1990s children’s TV show begin to get murdered one by one, a disgraced LAPD detective-turned-private eye puppet takes on the case.
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BLACKKKLANSMAN (2018)
An African-American police officer from Colorado successfully infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan, with the help of a white surrogate who eventually becomes head of the local branch…
