Directed by Sam Mendes, written by John Logan and Neal Purvis, and starring Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, and Christoph Waltz. Shortly after the events of Skyfall, M battles political forces to keep the double-0 program alive. Meanwhile, Bond, after receiving a cryptic message from his past, peels back layer after layer of deceit to reveal the truth behind the sinister organization known as SPECTRE. One of the most anticipated movies of the year has just hit the big screen, and it features everyone’s favourite suit-wearing, Aston Martin-driving super-spy, this time on the trail of an organization responsible for multiple acts…
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Directed by Denis Villeneuve, written by Taylor Sheridan, and starring Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, and Josh Brolin. In Sicario, Emily Blunt plays an FBI agent recruited by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the U.S.-Mexico border. I did not have a good time watching this film. This isn’t to say that Sicario isn’t any good, however. In fact, this most recent production from French-Canadian director Denis Villeneuve is a narrative and technical tour de force, not unlike his previous outings Prisoners and Enemy—but more on that later. Blunt’s character, FBI SWAT officer…
