Crime
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Strange Darling
“Strange Darling,” J.T. Mollner’s self-consciously edgy gotcha of a serial-killer thriller, is so high on its own cleverness that it…
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The Killer (2024)
John Woo’s “The Killer” was a true gamechanger, at least for this critic. The one-two punch of Woo’s 1989 action…
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Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
It’s hard to imagine that this summer will see a better crowd-pleaser than “Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In,” a…
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Duchess
In the wake of Quentin Tarantino’s ascendance to his pop culture throne in the ‘90s, dozens of imitators tried to mimic…
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Detained
Once you get over the fact that there won’t be much resembling logical human behavior in “Detained,” the film that…
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The Instigators
I didn’t think Doug Liman could deliver a worse film than “Road House,” the plastic, overwrought remake of the 1980s…
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Coup!
This movie opens with views of a manual typewriter, and indignant words being spelled out letter by letter. The time…
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Longlegs
Everything about Osgood Perkins’ “Longlegs” is designed to rattle you, unsettle you, and make you think about it hours or…
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MaXXXine
Mia Goth and Ti West took the world of arthouse horror by storm in 2022 with the one-two punch of…
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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Not that long ago, a legacy sequel like “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” would have made a fortune at the…
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