Mark Asch

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Crime 101: all-star diamond heist thriller feels like a rewarmed version of Michael Mann’s Heat

Bart Layton’s throwback LA heist movie starring Chris Hemsworth, Halle Berry and Mark Ruffalo clearly models itself on Heat, and ends up more tepid.

By Mark Asch

Crime 101: all-star diamond heist thriller feels like a rewarmed version of Michael Mann’s Heat

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Is This Thing On?: Will Arnett delivers just the right amount of self-deprecation in a rom-com based on the life of comedian John Bishop

By Mark Asch

Is This Thing On?: Will Arnett delivers just the right amount of self-deprecation in a rom-com based on the life of comedian John Bishop

Festivals

Sirât: Oliver Laxe’s thrilling desert parable lets the music take control

By Mark Asch

Sirât: Oliver Laxe’s thrilling desert parable lets the music take control

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Black Bag: Steven Soderbergh’s scenes from a spy marriage

By Mark Asch

Black Bag: Steven Soderbergh’s scenes from a spy marriage

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Hundreds of Beavers: anarchic low-budget comedy updates silent slapstick for a video-game age

By Mark Asch

Hundreds of Beavers: anarchic low-budget comedy updates silent slapstick for a video-game age

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Tetris: falling blocks escape the Eastern Bloc

By Mark Asch

Tetris: falling blocks escape the Eastern Bloc

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Cocaine Bear: no paws for thought in this gruesomely gimmicky parable about human folly

By Mark Asch

Cocaine Bear: no paws for thought in this gruesomely gimmicky parable about human folly