A good heist can’t save John Hillcoat’s noir-tinged crime story.
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Atlanta Vice: Crooked Cops in Triple 9
A Good Heist Can’t Save John Hillcoat’s Noir-Tinged Crime Story
Woody Harrelson
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Sucker Punch
I Never Want to Read Ugly Girls Again, But You Should
Ugly Girls is one of the best books of the year, but you won’t want to read it again.
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Hicksploitation
The Slow Burn of Out of the Furnace
The slow burn of Out of the Furnace.
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Welcome to the Jungle
Katniss Has Fun ‘n’ Games!
Catching Fire: Katniss has fun ‘n’ games!
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Heists Are Cool, Right?
This Is How Now You See Me Got Made
This is how Now You See Me got made.
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Psychotherapy
Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths Might Have Some Issues. Also, It’s Great!
Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths might have some issues. Also, it’s great!
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A New Heroine
No, The Hunger Games Is Not the Next Twilight
The Hunger Games is far better than it needs to be.
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Talk and a Badge
Rampart‘s Game of Bad Cop, Bad Cop
Rampart‘s game of good cop, bad cop.
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When Your Bros Are Hos
Friends with Benefits: Just a Romantic-Comedy
Friends with Benefits doth protest too much: It’s just a romantic-comedy.
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Knock Knock Knockin’
The Messenger‘s Bad News Comes in Threes
The Messenger is three plots for the price of one, which is
actually kind of a bum deal.
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Creepy Losers in Love
Management: A Film in Which Jennifer Aniston Lets a Creepy Loser Touch Her Butt
Management: A film in which Jennifer Aniston lets a creepy loser
touch her butt.
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Bad Ideas
Seven Pounds of Altruism, Flying off the Rails
Weighty matters get treated carelessly in Seven Pounds.