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Writing a mystery isn’t easy. The author must not only tell a compelling story with risks and stakes beyond normal life but also develop characters who are recognizable as human beings and as [...]

Today, more often than not, it seems we live in a world of antiheroes. Or at least, the difference between hero and antihero seems blurrier with each passing year. In politics, the American [...]

  (Caution: there are a few mild spoilers ahead. You’ve been warned.) Is Jack Lowden the new James Bond? Of the six supposed finalists for the role, I hope so. But right now, the actor makes [...]

(NOTE: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS.) There is a moment 13 minutes into the season one finale of the new Hulu crime thriller FURIOUS when serial killer Catherine asks FBI agent Alice if she’s [...]

  Jason Statham has proven himself a superb action hero for almost three decades in films like THE TRANSPORTER series, CRANK, and THE MECHANIC. He’s also shown a sense of comedy in most of those [...]

The best biopics focus on a short and specific time period in a famous person’s life, setting up a lesson or incident that will help shape the personality or the work they are known for. Such is [...]

The essence of writer/director Michael Sarnoski’s new film, THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD, is obvious from its very first scene. A brutal winter is bearing down on the mountains of Ireland, and a [...]

Few actors can play both villain and hero as well as Javier Bardem. For every iconic baddie he plays, like in NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN and SKYFALL, he impresses on screen playing good men like in [...]

WARNING: SIGNIFICANT SPOILERS AHEAD. Thank God for Colman Domingo. He was so extraordinary in the series finale of EUPHORIA that he made the episode a lot more satisfying as the show’s end than [...]

I think if I could be a famous celebrity, it would be Stanley Tucci. I’ve been a fan of his since he played villainous guest star roles in shows like WISEGUY and THIRTYSOMETHING back in the 80s. [...]