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The Above-Average “The Honest Thief” (2020) Isn’t so Easy to Pull Off (Part II of II)

Tom Dolan (Nielson) is an ex-U.S. Marine who's successfully pulled off several bank robberies without getting caught. One day, he goes to a storage unit facility looking for a place to store the money he stole, and meets Annie Wilkins (Kate Walsh), a psychology graduate student who is an employee there.

(6/10)

It's not easy to make a good film. It's especially difficult to make a good, mindless film.

And no genre is more mindless than action.

The formula for an action flick is simple. There's a good guy (or guys or

“Silence” (2016) is a Deeply Reflective Journey of Contemplation into Faith

9/10

It is 17th century Japan, a bad time and place to be a Christian.  The feudal government is committed to eradicating Christianity through the torture and killing of believers, convinced that the religion is unfit for the Japanese people.

In the Portuguese colony of Macau, the Jesuits receive news that Father Cristóvão Ferreira (Liam Neeson), who is living in Nagasaki, Japan, renounced his faith after being tortured.
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