Why you should see 'Thoroughbreds' this weekend

Get the Full StoryIt's time to stop pouting over the Oscars and get hyped up for another excellent year in movies. Now that you've presumably seen Black Panther multiple times, start the spring off with Thoroughbreds, the most charming, arresting, and expertly fucked-up movie in quite some time.

Starring Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy, and the late Anton Yelchin, Thoroughbreds is the story of childhood best friends Amanda and Lily, who reconnect as teens and comfortably indulge each other's darkest impulses.

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As the trailer reveals, Amanda Olivia Cooke doesn't feel emotion. When she shares this with Lily, she notes that she does sometimes feel hungry or tired, but that she's never experienced sadness, guilt, or anything like that. Though played stoically by Taylor-Joy, Lily is bursting with suppressed emotions; failure, insecurity, and a sharp loathing for her stepfather Mark Paul Sparks , who the girls resolve to murder. Read more...More about Entertainment, Movies, Anton Yelchin, Screening, and Anya Taylor Joy

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