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Dec 11, 2016

Miss Sloane

Miss Sloane would like you to know that lobbying is a blood sport, a winner-take-all affair in which tactics trump ideas and those who…

Simon Crowe in Mostly Movies

Nov 20, 2016

Moonlight

The word “normalize” has been much in play in our cultural conversation lately, whether in reference to gross personal behavior, extreme…

Simon Crowe in Mostly Movies

Nov 13, 2016

Arrival

Arrival is a splendidly restrained science fiction film, one that in fact may not become as successful as it deserves to be because of the…

Simon Crowe in Mostly Movies

Oct 16, 2016

The Girl on the Train

The Girl on the Train would seem to to have all the surface qualities we want in an adaptation of a bestselling…

Simon Crowe in Mostly Movies

Jun 12, 2016

The Nice Guys

Shane Black’s hugely entertaining and very funny The Nice Guys is a private eye picture with jokes. The distinction between that…

Simon Crowe in Mostly Movies

Jun 3, 2016

Love & Friendship/The Family Fang

Whit Stillman’s brisk adaptation of Jane Austen’s little-known novel Lady Susan finds the…

Simon Crowe in Mostly Movies

May 29, 2016

Captain America: Civil War

Captain America: Civil War is a film with multiple agendas. The latest chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe…

Simon Crowe in Mostly Movies

Mar 12, 2016

10 Cloverfield Lane

10 Cloverfield Lane is J.J. Abrams playing with us and doing it well. When the trailer appeared online a couple of months…

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Simon Crowe in Mostly Movies

Feb 27, 2016

Triple 9

The new cop film Triple 9 (the title refers to police radio code for the shooting of an officer) is an entertaining enough way to pass two…

Simon Crowe in Mostly Movies

Feb 6, 2016

Hail, Caesar!

If your favorite Coen Brothers’ films are the early ones, the ones that got knocked for choosing dark screwball humor over characters…