John O'Mara (Josh Brolin), the officer eventually tasked with taking Cohen down, explains the criminal's menacing grip on 1940's-era Los Angeles as if the cop were narrating a trailer for the real deal. From the very start, the movie presents itself as a cheap, over-stylized imitation...
“To be a good human is to have a kind of openness to the world, an ability to trust uncertain things beyond your own control, that can lead you to be shattered in very extreme circumstances for which you were not to blame. That says something very important about the ethical life: tha...
“Because President Trump and the first lady touched down in Rome today. Last night, I showed you video in which Melania appeared to swat the president’s hand away as they got off the plane.” “Well, here’s what happened today in Italy,” he continued, before nar...