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I recommend "The Amateur." I'm a fan of Rami Malek. I watched " The Amateur " yesterday. On Rotten Tomatoes, all critics rated it at 61% (Tomatometer). However, Verified Audience rated it at 88% (Popcornmeter). I'm into spy thrillers, Rami Malek, and vigilantism -- so I second the Popcornmeter. Plus Rami Malek's character is a grieving widower so I easily related to Malek's character. Watch the trailer for #TheAmateur starring Oscar® winner Rami Malek (“Bohemian Rhapsody”) and Academy Award® nominee Laurence Fishburne (“What’s Love Got to Do with It”). The all-new espionage thriller opens in theaters nationwide April 11, 2025. Charlie Heller (Malek) is a brilliant, but deeply introverted decoder for the CIA working out of a basement office at headquarters in Langley whose life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack. When his supervisors refuse to take action, he takes matters into his own hands, embarking on a ...

Kyle Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two men and wounded another, was found not guilty of intentional homicide and four other felony charges in a deeply divisive case that fed a national debate over vigilantism, gun rights and the definition of self-defense. https://t.co/5MDh8OyguO pic.twitter.com/8kz9duMhyQ — The New York Times (@nytimes) November 19, 2021 The jury weighing Kyle Rittenhouse’s fate acquitted Rittenhouse on all counts after deliberating for nearly three and a half days. . @TheReidOut Blog: The jury’s decision in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial was a dangerous endorsement of a violent vision. https://t.co/1dnswp4Nll — MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 19, 2021 Judge Schroeder blocked lawyers using "victim" in front of the jury to describe the people Kyle Rittenhouse killed or wounded. He approved describing them as "looters" and "rioters" and said a defense lawyer could "demonize them if he wants," according to @chicagotribune . pic.twitt...