With a neo-noir tone, a sleek L.A. setting and a cop versus criminal plot, Layton’s Crime 101 takes a page from Michael Mann’s oeuvre but struggles to pull off a heist movie with any real style.

ReviewsAlix MamminaMarch 20, 2026Crime 101, Chris Hemsworth, Bart Layton, Nick Nolte, Barry Keoghan, Halle Berry, Mark RuffaloComment

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In adapting the novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton, director Bong Joon Ho makes the great decision to add 10 more lifetimes and change Mickey’s background from middle- to working-class, all in service of the often funny and always scathing critiques of modern capital that define his work.

ReviewsHarold UrteagaMarch 10, 2025Mickey 17, Bong Joon Ho, Robert Pattinson, Noami Ackie, Toni Collette, Mark Ruffalo Comment

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