MANILA, Philippines — Chris Hemsworth keeps his cool behind the wheel in Bart Layton's "Crime 101," a crime thriller that features an antagonist who vows not to harm anyone. Based on Don Winslow's ...

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 ...

This film arrives wearing the tailored suit of a heist thriller but insists on checking the audience’s pulse rather than their adrenaline levels. It pretends to be about a robbery, yet spends most of ...

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This image released by Amazon MGM Studios shows Chris Hemsworth in a scene from "Crime 101." (Amazon MGM Studios via AP) Bart Layton’s “Crime 101” is a “Heat” pastiche that, even if it falls well shy ...

Crime 101 sees director Bart Layton step into polished neo-noir terrain with a crime thriller that is less about spectacle and more about psychology. Adapted from Don Winslow’s novella, the film ...

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 ...

Going into the new cops-and-crooks thriller “Crime 101,” you may be expecting a drama about a mentor offering a protege an introductory college-level course of sorts from one side of the law or the ...

It’s nearly impossible to resist Michael Mann’s 1995 epic crime saga “Heat” — especially for many filmmakers, who often can’t ignore the siren call to make their own Los Angeles-based crime movie ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter It takes a moment for writer-director Bart Layton – a documentarian working here for the first time in pure fiction by adapting a Don ...