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Posted on March 20, 2020March 29, 2020

The Banker (2020)

Two black men hire & train a white to be their front so they can buy real estate & eventually a bank from racist businessmen in the 1960s.

Posted on September 15, 2018September 18, 2018

The Old Man and the Gun (2018)

An old man with two accomplices, robs banks, falls in love with a widow, but can’t stay from crime, while a determined cop stays on his trail.

Posted on July 16, 2016September 7, 2016

Hell or High Water (2016)

This is a 5-star movie with the return of Jeff Bridges as a tough Texas Ranger. Click the image to read my entire review.

Posted on January 10, 2016January 12, 2016

The Big Short (2015)

The inside story of how three groups of Wall Street predators, seeing the bubble of the housing industry, triggered the 2008 recession by their schemes.

Posted on October 25, 2015October 25, 2015

99 Homes (2014)

An evicted man goes to work for the man who took his home, growing prosperous while evicting others, so that he is in danger of losing his family & his soul.

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