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 It's hard to take your eyes off Emily Blunt in the true-life Netflix caper Pain Hustlers, the actress in her brightest movie star prime, a rare lead role in a movie where she's not being chased by aliens. or, even worse. , being forced to joke with Dwayne Johnson. As one of our best and most versatile celebrities working today, it's frustrating that Blunt is also one of the least used, until this summer's Oppenheimer (where she struggles to make the most of her "wifey").  Her only “one of hers for her” option in recent years was 2020's absolutely baffling Wild Mountain Thyme, a film that not even she could save. Her magnetism is both a blessing and a curse here for director David Yates, because she gives his film a boost it doesn't deserve or always know what to do with, her performance rising far above anything he surrounds her. Director: David Yates Writers: Wells Tower, Evan Hughes Stars: Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Catherine O'Hara For a brief p...