Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) Director: Wes BallScreenwriters: Josh FriedmanStarring: Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, Peter Macon, William H. Macy, Lydia Peckham, Travis Jeffery, Sara Wiseman, Neil Sandilands, Eka Darville 56 years ago, the ridiculously successful sci-fi franchise Planet of the Apes began, and with the arrival of its tenth instalment, Kingdom […]
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Abigail (2024)Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler GillettScreenwriters: Stephen Shields, Guy BusickStarring: Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Alisha Weir, Kathryn Newton, Angus Cloud, Giancarlo Esposito Universal Monster movies are a thing of the past. Even new movies that are inspired by them are hard to come by, with mainstream horror trends moving towards the exploitation of everyday life
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Challengers (2024)Director: Luca GuadagninoScreenwriter: Justin KuritzkesStarring: Zendaya, Mike Faist, Josh O’Connor When 18-year-old rising tennis star Tashi Duncan (Zendaya) first meets best friends and fellow tennis players Patrick Zweig (Josh O’Connor) and Art Donaldson (Mike Faist), she tells them that tennis is more than just hitting a ball with a racket – it’s a relationship.
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Seven Samurai (1954)Director: Akira KurosawaScreenwriters: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo OguniStarring: Toshiro Mifune, Seiji Miyaguchi, Isao Kimura, Daisuke Katō, Yoshio Inaba, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Kamatari Fujiwara It is true that sometimes there are more things to a film than meets the eye. We try to loop our fingers through it, we swallow its visuals
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The Book of Clarence (2023)Director: Jeymes SamuelScreenwriter: Jeymes SamuelStarring: LaKeith Stanfield, RJ Cyler, Omar Sy, Anna Diop, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Micheal Ward, Caleb McLaughlin, Alfre Woodard, James McAvoy At the height of the Hollywood golden age, one of the staples of cinema was the Biblical Epic. From The Ten Commandments and The Greatest Story Ever Told
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Charade (1963)Director: Stanley DonenScreenwriter: Peter StoneStarring: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy, Dominique Minot, Ned Glass, Jacques Marin, Paul Bonifas, Thomas Chelimsky Less than a month before Stanley Donen’s Charade was set to premiere, American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. His death was one of the defining moments of the
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Monkey Man (2024)Director: Dev PatelScreenwriters: Paul Angunawela, John ColleeStarring: Dev Patel, Sikander Kher, Vipin Sharma, Pitobash, Sharlto Copley From the moment a bloodstained, monkey mask wearing Dev Patel steps into the sweltering spotlight of a boxing ring, we know there’s going to be carnage. After a single tender moment between Kid (Patel) and his mother
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Psycho (1960)Director: Alfred HitchcockScreenwrites: Joseph StefanoStarring: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Janet Leigh, Martin Balsam, John McIntire Some films enter cultural consciousness almost by accident. They might not be the greatest of cinematic spectacles, but something about them triggers a nerve. A snatch of dialogue, a specific shot, a particular character. Some films manage
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Hellboy (2004)Director: Guillermo del ToroScreenwriter: Guillermo del ToroStarring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, John Hurt, Rupert Evans, Karel Roden, Jeffrey Tambor, Brian Steele, Ladislav Beran, Biddy Hodson, Corey Johnson, Kevin Trainor In 2004, over a decade out from his Oscar win for The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro had directed two Spanish-language passion
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)Director: Adam WingardScreenwriters: Terry Rossio, Simon Barrett, Jeremy SlaterStarring: Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle, Alex Ferns, Fala Chen Three years ago, Adam Wingard gave us big monsters beating each other up in Godzilla vs Kong, ending with a big smash fest in a neon-soaked Hong
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