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another standard-issue thriller with a man on the run desperately trying to find the baddie who framed him for murder
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Devin Archer richly interprets Emile’s romantic ballads, French accent and all, while Cindy Chang brings some honest dignity to Bloody Mary and Anthony Maggio’s Cabel goes far beyond the standard-issue tenor.
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Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
By then, standard-issue electric typewriters and six-ply carbon paper had been replaced by far less visually interesting computers.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Then the Hays Code, along with standard-issue censorship, helped keep the lid tight.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
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Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
By then, standard-issue electric typewriters and six-ply carbon paper had been replaced by far less visually interesting computers.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Then the Hays Code, along with standard-issue censorship, helped keep the lid tight.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
On paper, The Entity sounds like a standard-issue megalomaniacal AI gone wrong.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Standard-issue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/standard-issue. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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