The Samaritan

“The Samaritan” is a con, the signature grift of career criminal Foley (Samuel L. Jackson) before the cruel personal and professional consequences of his partner’s debt and greed land Foley in jail for 25 years. When he gets out, his partner’s son Ethan (Luke Kirby) can’t let go of the past and uses Foley’s history against him to get him to go in on an $8 million scam. Add to the mix a suicidal junkie with a heart of gold named Iris (Ruth Negga, in the Thandie Newton role), and who knows who’s really conning whom....  read more

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

How wonderful it would be if a movie could get by on fleeting charm alone. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is pleasant to look at and pleasantly acted, but its filmmakers were content to coast on a stellar cast and an assortment of imminently photographable locations in urban India. Not even the combined forces of England’s best veteran actors can hoist it above its lethargic funk....  read more

Duplicity

Duplicity all but demands we evoke a dangerous cliché, so here goes...  read more

RockNRolla

A decade ago, Guy Ritchie became the new British icon of pop violence...  read more