by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
Benoit Blanc returns, and in the tradition of other sleuths like Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, is pitted against a whole new cast of characters in solving a murder.
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
by Rosalie Kicks!, Old Sport
Logan Lucky is your typical heist movie but with charisma.
As the story unfolded on screen, it was like I had seen it all before. Overall, I find heist flicks tend to be formulaic and typically go something like this: After being wronged in some way, Guy gets an idea for a heist. Guy assembles a crew of misfits. Guy reviews the plan with said crew with the help of dioramas and diagrams. Guy and team enact the plan. After the plan is completed, everything is then regurgitated back to us and thoroughly explained. Oh wait! Can’t forget about that monkey wrench though. There is always a trick up the guy’s sleeve that no one knew about or that unexpected surprise that could cause the entire scheme to go wrong. Miraculously the heist is completed and if there is a girl to be gotten, the guy gets her. The end.
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Francis Friel, The Projectionist
Hello again and welcome back to Mel Gibson, Hollywood Maverick, Continues To Divebomb Into Cinema Obscurity, A Free-Flowing Adventure of Eternal Recurrence.
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