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After Bone Tomahawk and Brawl In Cell Block 99, writer-director S. Craig Zahler is back with a near-three-hour epic, Dragged Across Concrete. “I wanted to do a big-scale crime piece,” admits the pony-tailed director, who immediately references Sidney Lumet’s 1981 corrupt cop drama Prince Of The City as a major …
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The Xbox One Elite Controller (opens in new tab) is undoubtedly the finest game pad ever built, one of the best Xbox One accessories (opens in new tab) available. Hold Microsoft’s luxury peripheral in your hands for the briefest moment and you’d find it hard to argue against. The Elite …
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Alita: Battle Angel is an adaptation of an almost 30-year-old manga series and the culmination of a 20-year passion project from James Cameron, but you probably know it from the trailers as that movie with the absurdly big-eyed woman (opens in new tab). It’s an idiosyncratic decision – true to …
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