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Like a great Hitchcock or Mamet thriller except with much denser plotting, Riz Ahmed delivers an incredibly controlled performance as an ex-alcoholic industrial spy helping a biochemist against her criminal company. A game of cat and mouse that reverses itself then reverses again, it provides a good role for Lily James who isn't seen that often, and for Sam Worthington who's barely seen at all these days. An intricate, well-made thriller.

If only I had been leased by a peaceful, quiet Japanese family instead of ending up in the community theater production of "The Shining" I was raised in, all the therapy bills I could have saved. Heck yeah I'll play a part - doting dad, zoo trips - whatever they want! I'll sit through a day's worth of Noh theater, just have the Yen on hand. Anyway I'm glad Brendan's making a comeback; just hit the gym a bit and you're all set for the next set of Mummy films (I'll always remember seeing the first one in Paris and the theater handing out complimentary "La Momie" t-shirts). Just expect Hamunaptra to get a percentage of the back-end. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Finally giving up on Christmas-time department store heists, starting fraud bars on Miami Beach and screaming orgasms with large women in fitting rooms, Willie changes his name to Tommy Norris, moves to West Texas and tries to meet his drilling quotas, while his what we politely call somewhat loose wife played by Ali Larter definitely meets hers. Sort of a low-rent version of "Dallas," "Landman" at least meets the Taylor Sheridan objective of starting a dramatic franchise in every conceivable geographic location in the U. S., save for that Eskimo stockbroker pitch he couldn't quite get past the Paramount execs. With Demi Moore feeling kind of bad she turned down that "St. Elmo's Fire" fortieth anniversary get-together at Judd Nelson's house, Jon Hamm double-checking his script to make sure he's not still on "Fargo," and Sam Elliot constantly on the phone with his agent to make sure no one AI's the coolest voice in the business, and you you know it, dude, "Landman" is sure to turn heads in its season finale when Tommy's old partner Marcus Skidmore shows up to tell him his soul is dog do-do, and that annoying woman and her kid better frigging leave him alone, he's on his break.