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The Lincoln Lawyer Quietly Became One of the Most Consistent Shows on Television

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The Lincoln Lawyer Seasons 1-4 Review Spoiler Warning: This article contains spoilers for Seasons 1 through 4 of The Lincoln Lawyer. In an era where television series either collapse under their own ambition or disappear after one good season, The Lincoln Lawyer has quietly done something impressive. It stayed consistently engaging across multiple seasons while maintaining the spirit of the original novels better than most modern adaptations. The series never tries to reinvent itself into prestige television. Instead, it understands exactly what it is supposed to be: intelligent legal drama with strong character chemistry, layered cases, and season long tension that keeps moving forward naturally. Across four seasons, that formula has worked remarkably well. One of the Better Book Adaptations in Recent Television One of the strongest aspects of The Lincoln Lawyer is its fidelity to the books by Michael Connelly....
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21 :: Rounders meets Good Will Hunting

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Kevin Spacey, Jim Sturgess and Kate Bosworth star in 21, where students of MIT alongside professor join in an extraordinary and daring adventure to beat Las Vegas casinos at Black Jack. Rounders had poker and here we have Black Jack. Matt Damon of Rounders and Good Will Hunting combined make the persona of Ben in 21. Even though the story of 21 is based on real life, but if one has seen both the movies one cant stop making the comparison. The movie is worse off in terms of creating the kind of aura Matt Damon did in both the Rounders and Good Will Hunting. This can be attributed to the role played by Jim Sturgess. Kevin Spacey however is at his usual best in fitting into the role. Kate also did a nice job. The movie is worth watching just till interval. Rest is all predictable. Even though a surprise twist is made at the end but that is not worth the time spent. Another thing that keeps in the head till the end is why would a student with brilliant Maths skills would end up doing...
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Shutter Island :: A good movie along the lines of Usual suspects

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Probably its been a long time since Usual Suspects or the movie is amazing. I believe the later is true. Shutter Island's story line is extremely complicated and the viewer is confused most of the time. Even if the movie is making sense it turns out later that the movie WAS not making sense. The actors fit into the roles assigned specially Dr.Cawley by Ben Kingsley is outclass. He fits into the role just like Patrick Stewart fit into Jean Luc Picard's role. I am not saying this because of the physical appearances but because of amazing acting. Rain scenes make the movie scary and the use of lightning and thunder storm adds to the mystery. Overall the movie is worth watching twice (once to get over with the story and second to understand the story).
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