All Quiet on the Western Front is handsome and harrowing

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All Quiet on the Western Front is handsome and harrowing

Germany's Oscar submission is still a grueling wonder even if it doesn't adapt the source material's stirring introspection.

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P.S.H. I Love You: Hoffman is the best part of “A Most Wanted Man”

Philip Seymour Hoffman classes up an otherwise dull and contrived spy drama.

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“The Alienist: Angel of Darkness” puts the women front & center

By: Beau North

Season 2 of TNT's Victorian era crime thriller turns the spotlight on Dakota Fanning & an eerie plot about kidnapped infants.

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Is “Captain America: Civil War” More Political Thriller or Comic Book?

Building off the political intrigue of their first MCU entry, the Russo brothers further blended reality and fantasy in their second smash hit.

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“Inglourious Basterds” Lets Tarantino Turn the Propaganda Back on his Audience

Quentin Tarantino's blood-soaked WWII film lets him turn the camera around on the audience and interrogate his own violent oeuvre.

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