There’s a new Denzel Washington movie, debuting simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max. That’s Warner Bros. new COVID-19 strategy, a distribution plan that has turned the industry topsy-turvy.

Although titled “The Little Things,” this movie is no little thing in that it stars three Academy Award-winners: Washington (“Glory,” “Training Day”), Rami Malek (“Bohemian Rhapsody”) and Jared Leto (“Dallas Buyers Club”). That's a lot of Hollywood horsepower for what might seem to be a throwaway crime drama.

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