Thursday, August 27, 2020

Should the mountain crumble to the sea

From hero to zero. Security guard Richard Jewell saves dozens of lives from an exploding bomb at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, but the incompetent fucks at the FBI incomprehensibly treat and profile him as the primary subject. Clint Eastwood's take on the case is excellent, without too much fuzz and nothing over the top, he keeps the story going forward, with unwavering intensity and top notch acting by Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell and Kathy Bates.

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No predecessors and no successors

Former cop and recovering alcoholic Matthew Scudder ( Jeff Bridges ) becomes involved in the affairs of a local drug ring.  An interesting 8...