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Still of Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor in ‘Disclosure Day’ (2026)

Disclosure Day (2026)

A little bit of this, a little bit of that. Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor keep a cluttered Disclosure Day together

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Still of Lee Byung-hun and Park Hee-soon in ‘No Other Choice’ (2025)

No Other Choice (2025)

Lee Byung-hun and Son Ye-jin are delicious in this dark comedy ... that drones on a few beats too long

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Still of Stephen Graham and Tom Hanks in ‘Greyhound’ (2020)

Greyhound (2020)

No grandiose speeches, no daredevil maneuvers – just an authentic, gripping portrayal of war in the North Atlantic

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Still of Randy Stuart and Grant Williams in ‘The Incredible Shrinking Man’ (1957)

The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

This potentially thought-provoking science-fiction adventure morphs into an entertaining creature feature

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Still of Mckenna Grace in ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ (2024)

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)

New York is freezing over. Who ya gonna call? Everybody. All ghostbusters unite to defrost the city

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Still of Rami Malek and Caitríona Balfe in ‘The Amateur’ (2025)

The Amateur (2025)

This Amateur doesn’t even try to outdo the 1981 original; it just gives us a passable, if implausible, spy thriller

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Still of Marthe Keller and John Savage in ‘The Amateur’ (1981)

The Amateur (1981)

If the intensity of the opening scenes could have been sustained, ‘The Amateur’ might have been a classic

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Still of Jon Bernthal and Ben Affleck in ‘The Accountant 2” (2025)

The Accountant 2 (2025)

Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal exchange brotherly banter as they blast through a horde of despicable bad guys

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Still of Anna Kendrick and Ben Affleck in ‘The Accountant’ (2016)

The Accountant (2016)

Ben Affleck may be the star, but it is snarky Anna Kendrick who makes this just-good-enough thriller worth it

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Still of Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci in ‘Conclave’ (2024)

Conclave (2024)

Superb performances by Ralph Fiennes and Isabella Rossellini are the inspired aspects of this religious semi-thriller

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Still of Cho Jin-woong and Lee Je-hoon in ‘An Ethics Lesson’ (2013)

An Ethics Lesson (2013)

You may feel guilty watching this whacky dark comedy, which is a tad bloody and perverse; but also oddly fun

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Still of Lee Byung-hun, Jung Woo-sung, and Song Kang-ho in ‘The Good, the Bad, the Weird’ (2008)

The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)

Director Kim Jee-won’s ‘Kimchi Western’ tour-de-force that you can follow even without subtitles

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