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Notorious as the movie that shot United Artists down in flames and sank the career of director Michael Cimino, 1980’s Heaven’s Gate ran spectacularly over-budget and opened to some of the harshest reviews ever. (“An unqualified disaster,” said The New York Times). A grandiose Western based on the Johnson County …

A knife-thrust of a film, Deadfall has the feel of Fargo with less laughs and more bloodshed. It intros its central players, brother and sister Addison (Eric Bana) and Liza (Olivia Wilde), in the aftermath of their botched casino heist. It’s clear from the outset that Addison is more serial …