HONEY TRAP
What should we make of the “Deep State” politics in the new B-movie action thriller? Furthermore, what do we make of discussing the politics of a Jaston Statham movie at all?
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WAR AND PEACE
The actor’s entire filmography has been preparing him to play a lovesick, awkward narcissist in Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon.” In fact, it just may be perfect casting.
BOMBSHELLS
Have you seen what these people looked like in real life?
THE FANGS COME OUT
Three decades after his turn in “Vampire’s Kiss,” Nicolas Cage is back doing the bonkers vampire thing—in a film that reveals that Hollywood has lost the bloodsucking plot.
MAIDEN VOYAGE
For most of his life, one pop-culture enthusiast has managed to evade watching the most popular movie of all-time. Now, after catching an anniversary screening, he’s a changed man.