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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Honey Boy (2019) Director: Alma Har’el Screenwriter: Shia LaBeouf Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe, FKA Twigs To Honey Boy, with love. On paper Alma Har’el’s Honey Boy might not have worked. The semi-autobiographical film, written by and starring Shia LaBeouf, and chronicling his childhood and ten week court ordered rehab stint, could easily have
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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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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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47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019) Director: Johannes Roberts Screenwriters: Johannes Roberts, Ernest Riera Starring: Sophie Nelisse, Corinne Foxx, Brianne Tju, Sistine Stallone 47 Meters Down: Uncaged is a film almost completely unrelated to its 2017 predecessor. The story in this follow up revolves around a group of teen girls going scuba diving in a sunken
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) Director: Andre Ovredal Screenwriters: Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman, Guillermo del Toro Starring: Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush, Dean Norris Horror movies released before September generally fall into three categories: the films from directors like Ari Aster, Jordan Peele and John Krasinski that are really popular
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Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood (2019) Director: Quentin Tarantino Screenwriter: Quentin Tarantino Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Margaret Qualley, Timothy Olyphant, Julia Butters, Austin Butler, Dakota Fanning, Bruce Dern, Mike Moh, Al Pacino, Luke Perry, Damian Lewis, Kurt Russell, Lena Dunham, Maya Hawke, Michael Madsen Quentin Tarantino’s long awaited 9th
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