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The Departed (2006) Review: A Brilliant Thriller That Doesn't Survive Scrutiny

Here’s a piece of advice:

Don’t rewatch movies you absolutely loved.

Especially if it’s been ten years.

Especially if they left a huge impression on you the first time.

Some films belong to the person you were when you first saw them. Revisiting them years later can feel less like returning to an old friend and more like discovering that the magic was partly your own. …

Traffic (2000) Review: Drugs, Family, and a System That Never Changes

Steven Soderbergh’s Traffic, inspired by the 1989 British TV miniseries, takes a broad look at the drug trade by splitting its story into three mostly independent plotlines.

1. Javier Rodriguez — the honest cop in Mexico

This storyline focuses on corruption, the blurred line between cartels and government, and the impossible position of decent people trapped inside a broken system.

It also …