What do you need to do to become astronomically wealthy, a billionaire? For that matter, what do you need to do to reach almost any pinnacle? In The Usual Suspects, “Verbal” Kint, the movie’s narrator ...

The Usual Suspects is one of those films that you feel everyone is almost obligated to see at least once. The classic heist film stars an ensemble of the younger versions of a lot of today’s famous ...

Unfortunately, it’s difficult to talk about The Usual Suspects today without acknowledging the baggage it now carries. Spacey’s Roger “Verbal” Kint is a small-time con artist with cerebral palsy, a ...

Kevin Pollak has been acting in movies for decades. But perhaps his most famous role was Todd Hockney, a member of a criminal gang hired by a mysterious mobster known as Keyser Söze to pull off a ...

In The Usual Suspects (1995), there’s a scene in which the true extent of ur-villain Keyser Söze’s evil is clarified for the viewer. A gang of Hungarians has burst into Söze’s home and taken his wife ...

Spend enough time in upscale bars, and someone will eventually mention Beau Theriot’s name. Just about every time you hear it, it will be said with a certain amount of reverence. It’s a little weird, ...

Once again I caught only the last half of The Usual Suspects, so maybe there's something the the first half of the movie that makes this nonsensical. Anyway, I am aware of the standard interpretation ...

Maybe Donald Trump isn’t just some two-bit con artist who lucked his way into the White House thanks to an overconfident opponent. Or a second-rate demagogue with a rat-like instinct for arousing his ...

One warm night in mid-June, the freedom-of-information activist Emma Best said they and their spouse were on their bed not really watching TV when Best's computer dinged. Best said they walked over to ...

The McRib is the Keyser Söze of mass-produced pork sandwiches. When McDonald’s releases the come-and-go menu item, the company’s marketing team puts it in front of you as often as possible. Posters ...

Maybe the president brilliantly played the media. Or maybe we just played ourselves. By Bret Stephens Opinion Columnist Maybe we’ve had this all wrong. Maybe Donald Trump isn’t just some two-bit con ...