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  Jagged Edge 1985

  

  laird 1

  Case Close'd

  With all due respect, the director of Return of the Jedi is attempting to make a respectable adult neo-noir here with an especially silly Joe Eszterhas screenplay. It…

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  Innocents with Dirty Hands 1975

  

  Elric Kane ★★★ 1

  An hour in and I would’ve called it by the numbers Chabrol but then there’s a 5 star cameo by Roachefort and the second half becomes a camp classic in…

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  Old 2021

  

  Elijah Drenner ★★★

  Makes a great double-bill with The Missouri Breaks.

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  Prey 2022

  

  FakeRobHunter ★★★½ 2

  It's a mixed bag getting there, but the third act is pretty stellar. Blame cg animals and numerous early reveals of the Predator before it even meets our characters for…

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  Prey 2022

  

  matt lynch ★★★½

  Good! I would've preferred a lot less handheld in the action but it's still suitably gnarly. Great movie dog!

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  Renegades 1989

  

  matt lynch ★★

  Disappointingly light on personality for a buddy movie starring Kiefer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Phillips, neither of whom do much in the way of meaningful renegading.

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  Stakeout on Dope Street 1958

  

  Paul Corupe ★★★½

  Despite a Dragnet-like narrator barking out plot developments throughout, this is hardly a “ripped-from-the headlines” slice of cinema verite—it’s almost literary in its construction and dialogue. Still, it’s impressively gritty,…

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  Breathless 1983

  

  Justin LaLiberty ★★★★½ 3

  this is The Thing (1982) of 80s French New Wave remakes and/or movies co-starring Richard Gere's penis

  absurd that this is somehow still not hailed as a masterpiece