Crime
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Thriller
The Killer (2024)
Reviews The Killer (2024) John Woo’s “The Killer” was a true gamechanger, at least for this critic. The one-two punch…
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Thriller
Strange Darling
Reviews Strange Darling “Strange Darling,” J.T. Mollner’s self-consciously edgy gotcha of a serial-killer thriller, is so high on its own…
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Thriller
Duchess
Reviews Duchess In the wake of Quentin Tarantino’s ascendance to his pop culture throne in the ‘90s, dozens of imitators tried…
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Thriller
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
Reviews Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In It’s hard to imagine that this summer will see a better crowd-pleaser than…
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Mystery
Detained
Reviews Detained Once you get over the fact that there won’t be much resembling logical human behavior in “Detained,” the…
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Mystery
Coup!
Reviews Coup! This movie opens with views of a manual typewriter, and indignant words being spelled out letter by letter.…
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Mystery
The Instigators
Reviews The Instigators I didn’t think Doug Liman could deliver a worse film than “Road House,” the plastic, overwrought remake…
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Suspense
Murder by Numbers
Reviews Murder by Numbers Richard and Justin, the high school killers in “Murder by Numbers,” may not have heard of…
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Suspense
Insomnia
Reviews Insomnia Robin Williams and Al Pacino in “Insomnia.” He looks exhausted when he gets off the plane. Troubles are…
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Suspense
Blood Work
Reviews Blood Work Clint Eastwood’s “Blood Work” opens with an FBI agent of retirement age chasing a killer and collapsing…
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