Narvel Roth (Joel Edgerton) sits at a desk in a dimly-lit room, writing in a notebook. In another movie, this…
Author: Kevin Parks
Kevin Parks
Kevin is a freelance writer and film critic who lives in New York. His favorite director is Robert Altman and he dearly misses Netflix's delivery DVD service.
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