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Now streaming–Mamet meets Collins in compelling crime play, The Outfit

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May 3, 2022

Review by C.J. Bunce

Hazards of the trade…

It may or may not help you to know that burling is the process of tying up loose ends. First time director Graham Moore (Oscar-winning writer of The Imitation Game) and Johnathan McClain (Mad Men, Medium, Without a Trace), co-screenplay writer with Moore, come out guns a-blazing in the limited theatrical release The Outfit, now streaming on Peacock. An exquisite, slow-burning crime drama of deception set in the 1950s, with the then-new FBI technology of planting bugs to trap the Mob, rises to become one of the year’s best films, sure to deliver a second Best Oscar nod come award season for the steady-hand and subtlety of star Mark Rylance.

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Now streaming–Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried star in the excellent suspense thriller, You Should Have Left

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January 16, 2022

Review by C.J. Bunce

Writer-director David Koepp knows how to make a good movie. He’s written the scripts for Spielberg’s original Jurassic Park, for Raimi’s original Spider-Man, for De Palma’s Mission: Impossible, and the list goes on, to include some horror work. In You Should Have Left, Koepp adapts German writer Daniel Kehlmann’s novel of the same name. The film is from Blumhouse, which lately has produced horror that is less slasher and more appealing to mainstream viewers. You Should Have Left is a pulse-pounding thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat, and barely earns its R rating. It also proves you don’t need a big cast and big budget to make a fantastic movie. You Should Have Left, a 2020 sleeper you probably overlooked, is streaming now on the free Peacock app.

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