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Night of the Assassin (2023)

An ailing assassin with a price on his head slices through innumerable badguys and a predictable plot

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Napoleon (2023)

Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby are adrift in a meandering narrative that leaves us as uninformed as we began

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Night in Paradise (2020)

Gangster gets sold out, with bloody results. But Jeon Yeo-been shines as a terminal case with a deadly aim

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Nyad (2023)

Annette Bening and Jodie Foster demonstrate it’s not about the destination but the journey

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1917 (2019)

Meticulous detail and (faux) one-shot cinematography makes ‘1917’ an immersive spectacle worth experiencing

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Next (2007)

Even Julianne Moore can't save Nicolas Cage from this disaster

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The New Daughter (2009)

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