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The Playlist Review: 'Gangster Squad'

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Manifest Destiny lies beside its essential hubris in the period actioner “Gangster Squad,” but beyond the swaggering idealism seen through eponymous hoodlum Mickey Cohen (played by Sean Penn), the film's saturated grab bag of glossy homage proves its final shortcoming. With his third feature, “Zombieland” director Ruben Fleischer frames 1940s Los Angeles -- morally compromised, glamorous, and a monument to protect and exploit on both sides of the law -- to adapt Paul Lieberman's true-crime articles into cinematic legend, but in lieu of any sharp insight into the period and its notorious figures, the film's brash, ultraviolent encounters instead build a showy exterior with nothing of import left standing.

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alycakes4120d ago

They gave this a really bad review but I'll wait until I see this before forming an opinion. I don't go by other reviews to decide if I should go see a movie or not.

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30 Years Later, Where Is ‘The Crow’ Cast Now?

With the new The Crow remake coming soon, we take a look back at the 30-year-old cult classic original–and where the stars are now.

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Kaam Chalu Hai Review | Leisurebyte

Kaam Chalu Hai Review: Based on true events, this movie is thought-provoking and inspiring

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Rebel Moon Part 2 Review: Forgettable Saga is, Well, Forgettable | Leisurebyte

Rebel Moon Part 2 Review: This movie doesn't feel anything new or worth remembering, which is a shame.

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