Countdown (2019) Director: Justin Dec Screenwriter: Justin Dec Starring: Elizabeth Lail, Jordan Calloway, Talitha Bateman, Tichina Arnold How often do you go to a movie and come out with a hot take? It’s pretty easy when it’s the center of controversy like Joker, or clearly in poor taste and objectively poor like Slender Man. Seeing Countdown […]
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Waves (2019) Director: Trey Edward Shults Screenwriter: Trey Edward Shults Starring: Taylor Russell, Sterling K. Brown, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Alexa Demie, Lucas Hedges, Bill Wise, David Garelik, Justin R. Chan A24 is having a year. Between The Farewell, Midsommar, The Lighthouse and the forthcoming Uncut Gems, the New York-based film company has established itself as not
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The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019) Director: Tyler Nilson, Mike Schwartz Screenwriters: Tyler Nilson, Mike Schwartz Starring: Zack Gottsagen, Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson, Bruce Dern, Thomas Hayden Church, Jake Roberts, Mick Foley, Jon Bernthal, John Hawkes Being seen on screen is an invaluable kickstart to greater representation and diversity in film. The Peanut Butter Falcon is
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Jexi (2019) Director: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore Screenwriter: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore Starring: Adam DeVine, Alexandra Shipp, Michael Peña, Rose Byrne People these days… always on their phones. Just look at yourself! What kind of person stares at a screen? A mindless zombie sheep that can’t stop consuming media to have a real experience, that’s
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Official Secrets (2019) Director: Gavin Hood Screenwriters: Gregory Bernstein, Sara Bernstein, Gavin Hood Starring: Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Rhys Ifans, Ralph Fiennes, Katherine Kelly, Indira Varma, MyAnna Buring, Tamsin Greig, Shaun Dooley Keira Knightley is the lead of a star-studded British cast for X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Eye in the Sky director Gavin Hood’s retrospective reevaluation of
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Gemini Man (2019) Director: Ang Lee Screenwriter: David Benioff, Billy Ray, Darren Lemke Starring: Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen, Benedict Wong October is an unusual month to release an action movie, but 2018’s Venom showed that there’s money to be made. Paramount’s Gemini Man was released alongside the animated rendition of The Addams
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Ad Astra (2019) Director: James Gray Screenwriters: James Gray, Ethan Gross Starring: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland In the darkness of space and with the contrast of its blackness against the bright colours of Earth in Sunlight, an experienced space engineer who holds rapport with his co-workers steps out onto what
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Downton Abbey (2019) Director: Michael Engler Screenwriter: Julian Fellowes Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Penelope Wilton. I would like to begin this review by stating that I am a huge fan of ‘Downton Abbey’. Therefore, I was both excited and nervous when it was announced that there was going
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It Chapter Two (2019) Director: Andy Muschietti Screenwriters: Gary Dauberman Starring: James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, Andy Bean, Bill Skarsgård Two years ago, It took the September box office by storm. The Andy Muschietti directed feature set records for the biggest opening weekend in September, beat out Paranormal Activity
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Overcomer (2019) Director: Alex Kendrick Screenwriters: Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick Starring: Alex Kendrick, Priscilla Shirer, Shari Rigby, Jack Sterner The Kendrick Brothers have made several fundamentalist Christian films over the years. The entirety of their filmography is set in the crumbling, idyllic small-town America and features Salt-of-the-Earth protagonists whom face the hardships of marital strife,
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