If there's anything I miss in pop culture, it's the presence of ordinary movies. I don't mean blockbusters like Avatar or cultural events like Barbenheimer or Oscar contenders like One Battle After ...

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Amazon MGM Studios is making an admirably contrarian effort to reverse the tides of the multiplex and bring back human-centered movies that have at least a nodding acquaintance with reality, having ...

Chris Hemsworth delivering a literal crash course in his new crime thriller movie, Crime 101, which is coming to movie theaters this weekend. Written and directed by Bart Layton, Crime 101 is a film ...

Bart Layton’s “Crime 101” is a “Heat” pastiche that, even if it falls well shy of its Michael Mann blueprint, has some basic appeal going for it. Los Angeles crime movies are fun. Chris Hemsworth ...

‘Crime 101’ really wants to be Michael Mann’s ‘Heat’ (and maybe some of his ‘Thief’ as well). Not that there’s anything wrong with that; epic crime thrillers are few and far between these days, and ...

Despite a solid cast and pedigree of its own, a Los Angeles crime saga borrows all its best moves from Michael Mann. By Ben Kenigsberg When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...

Blatant Michael Mann imitations aside, Bart Layton's Los Angeles-set ensemble crime thriller is far from terrible — using the cinematic city setting and robust turns from Halle Berry and Mark Ruffalo ...

“The problem with walk-away money,” notes someone in Bart Layton’s rich, sprawling, character-driven neo-noir Crime 101, “is that you’ve got to be able to walk away with it.” The setting may be sunny ...

Jasper the Dalmatian with Montecito fire Capt. Lucas Grant, right, and firefighter Pat Ruiz at the firehouse at 595 San Ysidro Road. Credit: Braastad family photo I began writing a column about dogs ...