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Den of Thieves 2018
The line between the police on one side of the law and the hardened criminals on the other is often razor-thin separated by just different tattoos and a badge.
Den of Thieves is the rare movie that you can really feel in a quasi-physical sense, with every scene drenched in sweat, caked with grime, baking under the Southern California sun. Every moment has you going “man, you know it smells crazy in there.” In both theatrical viewing and at home,…Translated from by -
Juror #2 2024
It's a sad state of affairs that so many adults in the United States don't grasp basic concepts of the justice system here, like the accused being innocent until proven guilty and the burden of proof being on the prosecution rather than the defense. Minds of the jury are made up not by damning evidence or lack thereof but the demeanor of the defendant, unfortunate circumstance, and the defendant's checkered past. On paper, the American justice system is quite well-designed…
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Gladiator II 2024
Gladiator was a movie about the Empire in the year 2000: at the zenith of its power with no more worlds left to conquer. Gladiator II is about the Empire in the year 2024. Far past the point of justifying new imperial conquests with language of securing the border or defending itself, the Empire and its satellites now steal land because it can—and to justify the continued existence of a military machine that it can neither afford to sustain nor afford to…
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Oppenheimer 2023
Reviews of Batman Begins are pouring in, and Christopher Nolan gathers his crew to congratulate them on a job well done. He has a hard time focusing on his speech over the roar of the audience. A snap is heard. The audience begins disintegrating as three computer-generated Spider-Men swing past him. He wraps up by saying that he only wishes he could’ve put the Joker in this one. He quickly makes his way off stage. As he nears the exit, he…
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