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Oscar Isaac in A Most Violent Year
Oscar Isaac in A Most Violent Year
Oscar Isaac in A Most Violent Year

DVD Review: A Most Violent Year

Self-made businessman Abel Morales (Oscar Isaac) is riding high. As a Puerto Rican success story in 1981, he’s got a thriving business, spiffy threads, and a wife (Jessica Chastain) that’d put Michelle Pfeiffer’s Elvira t...

 
 
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Crimson Peak
Crimson Peak
Crimson Peak

Movie Review: Crimson Peak

Sure, the story of Crimson Peak is familiar, but the way it’s presented and the places it goes are wholly original. The film is a gothic horror story, set in an imposing 19th-century British mansion plagued by ghosts. We’ve all...

 
 
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Tom Hanks in Bridge of Spies
Tom Hanks in Bridge of Spies
Tom Hanks in Bridge of Spies

Movie Review: Bridge of Spies

The Tom Hanks-starring period piece Bridge of Spies is Steven Spielberg’s best and most entertaining film since…well, his last Tom Hanks-starring period piece. In the decade-plus since the delightful Catch Me If You Can, Spielb...