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Brian Howe has 7 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 2 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Catch Me If You Can.
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A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
Dir. Steven Spielberg · With Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken

Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.
Dir. Clint Eastwood · With Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley, Bee Vang

A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
Dir. Gabriele Muccino · With Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Thandiwe Newton

This mystery-drama revolves around a newspaper reporter named Dan Vasser who suddenly begins to travel through time to change the lives of those around him. When his travels reunite him with his long-lost fiancée Livia, life with his present-day wife gets very interesting.
Dir. Kevin Falls · With Kevin McKidd, Reed Diamond, Moon Bloodgood

A couple begins to experience terrifying supernatural occurrences involving a vintage doll shortly after their home is invaded by satanic cultists.
Dir. John R. Leonetti · With Annabelle Wallis, Ward Horton, Tony Amendola

Explore the secret life of a woman we all grew up watching: the sitcom wife. The series looks to break television convention and ask what the world looks like through her eyes. Alternating between single-camera realism and multi-camera zaniness, the formats will inform one another as we imagine what happens when the sitcom wife escapes her confines, and takes the lead in her own life.
Dir. Valerie Armstrong · With Annie Murphy, Eric Petersen, Mary Hollis Inboden
A troubled young woman takes up residence in a gothic apartment building where she must confront a terrifying evil.
Dir. Andrew C. Erin · With Julie Benz, Fionnula Flanagan, Belle Shouse