Shane Black’s The Nice Guys takes great pains to show it is set in the 1970s.
Russell Crowe
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Point Blank
As its title suggests, the “Fugitive”-esque “Point Blank” begins at rapid fire, with our protagonist, Samuel (Gilles Lellouche, “Mesrine: Killer Instinct”), literally running for his life, not to mention that of his wife. A quick flashback reveals the reason why: Witnessing a car crash, Samuel swoops in and puts his nursing skills to good use […]
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Robin of Sherwood: Set 1
No one — at least not in America — mentions Michael Praed, who starred in the title role of the British television series “Robin of Sherwood” in the mid-1980s. Perhaps Acorn Media’s release of its first 13 episodes on Blu-ray will help change that. It’s not that Praed’s acting makes him an iconic Robin — in fact, […]
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The Next Three Days
There’s no good reason for this slick thriller to crack the two-hour mark, but then again, it took Haggis decades to realize he was wasting his time and money in the Church of Scientology, so knowing when to quit is not among his skill set. Nonetheless, his film is a markedly better experience than the […]