A fairly basic Jason Statham action flick, A Working Man stars Statham as a retired black ops commando living a simple life as a construction foreman who needs to dig into his old skill-set when the daughter (Arianna Rivas) of his friend (Michael Peña) is taken from a night club. While fighting his way through a cavalcade of indistinguishable bikers, drug dealers, and the Russian mobsters, eventually he’ll work himself back to the girl.
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Adapted from the novel of the same name, 2000’s American Psycho cast Christian Bale as investment banker (and serial killer) Patrick Bateman. Satirizing yuppie and corporate culture, perhaps never more pointedly than Bateman’s insecurity and jealousy of another banker’s business card, the dark comedy includes a number of familiar faces in supporting roles including Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Chloë Sevigny, Samantha Mathis, Justin Theroux, and Reese Witherspoon.
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Maddie Ziegler leads a group of bickering ballerinas (Iris Apatow, Lana Condor, Millicent Simmonds, and Avantika) overseas for a recital who become trapped in a house full of Hungarian mobsters where they witness the murder of their instructor (Lydia Leonard) and find themselves hunted. In order to survive, the dysfunctional group will have to put their petty squabbles aside and use their dance moves with quite literally lethal efficiency.
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You don’t watch Vampyros Lesbos for the plot, but that doesn’t mean the 1971 erotic horror doesn’t hold some surprises. Shot in Turkey (making great use of interesting locales, set dressing, and lighting), and filmed in German by Spaniard Jesús Franco Manera, the film has a vibe and feel far more memorable than one might expect.
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Writer/director BenDavid Grabinski‘s Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice is a crime comedy with a sci-fi twist. On the night of Sosa’s (Keith David) son Jimmy Boy (Jimmy Tatro) being released from prison, Quick Draw Mike (James Marsden) learns that he’s been set up as the snitch responsible for Jimmy Boy’s prison stint and now is marked for death. The person who framed him is Mike’s longtime partner in crime Nick (Vince Vaughn) whose wife Alice (Eiza González) Mike has been sleeping with. However, there is some good news as someone has arrived to help save Mike. The problem? It’s also Nick.
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