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Superfakes is about a small-time Chinatown luxury counterfeit dealer who enters a dangerous black-market underworld in order to fund a life of suburban respectability for her family.
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2026
The proceeds paid off the loss of the second smuggle and, crucially, fulfilled the original trio’s obligations to the small-time dealer who had fronted them the cash to buy The Escape in return for a commitment to two successful smuggles.
—Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
What Jack doesn’t bet on is the re-emergence of Wendy’s toxic ex-boyfriend Chuck (Cory Michael Smith), a small-time pilot who isn’t made any less attractive for the fact that his life is in shambles.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2026
Last year, a jury sentenced Ragan to a lifetime behind bars for the execution-style murder of Luis Miguel Perez, a small-time drug dealer, at a Miami motel.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2026
The proceeds paid off the loss of the second smuggle and, crucially, fulfilled the original trio’s obligations to the small-time dealer who had fronted them the cash to buy The Escape in return for a commitment to two successful smuggles.
—Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
What Jack doesn’t bet on is the re-emergence of Wendy’s toxic ex-boyfriend Chuck (Cory Michael Smith), a small-time pilot who isn’t made any less attractive for the fact that his life is in shambles.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2026
Last year, a jury sentenced Ragan to a lifetime behind bars for the execution-style murder of Luis Miguel Perez, a small-time drug dealer, at a Miami motel.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
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“Small-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/small-time. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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