Shazam! (2019) Director: David F. Sandberg Screenwriters: Henry Gayden Starring: Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Djimon Hounsou Shazam! has brought the DCEU to a whole new level. David F. Sandberg and his team have created a picture that has humor, heart and larger themes that at once elevate the material and […]
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The Dirt (2019) Director: Jeff Tremaine Screenwriter: Amanda Adelson, Rich Wilkes Starring: Machine Gun Kelly, Douglas Booth, Daniel Webber, Iwan Rheon, Anthony Cavalero, Pete Davidson, David Costabile From the director of Jackass and Bad Grandpa comes the latest in a spate of recent biopics that are self-conscious of their own questionable testimonies, in this case
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Ray & Liz (2018) Director: Richard Billingham Screenwriter: Richard Billingham Starring: Ella Smith, Justin Sallinger, Joshua Millard-Lloyd, Tony Way A bedraggled, stubbled middle-aged man awakens in a hazy stupor and immediately lights a cigarette. His surroundings are singed with the deep, smoky cyan of the late afternoon. For extended minutes he simply sits and listens
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Us (2019) Director: Jordan Peele Screenwriter: Jordan Peele Starring: Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex Jordan Peele comes off his hugely successful debut film Get Out, the first horror film in ages to be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, and stepping up to the sophomore plate is
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) Director: Jan de Bont Screenwriters: Dean Georgaris Starring: Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Noah Taylor, Ciarán Hinds, Djimon Hounsou, Til Schweiger, Christopher Barrie Two years after audiences got their first look at Lara Croft on the big screen, the twin-pistol shooting, pony-tail whipping heroine saddled up for
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This article was originally published on SSP Thinks Film by Sam Sewell-Peterson. Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018/19) Director: Marielle Heller Screenwriters: Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells, Ben Falcone Marielle Heller’s Can You Ever Forgive Me? deftly tells a story that is so bizarre it could only be true, with
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This article was originally published on SSP Thinks Film by Sam Sewell-Peterson. BlackKklansman (2018) Director: Spike Lee Screenwriters: Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Charlie Wachtel Starring: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Topher Grace, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Robert John Burke, Brian Tarantina, Michael Buscemi, Laura Harrier, Alec Baldwin I’m still reeling from the final moments of BlackKklansman –
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Stan & Ollie (2019) Director: Jon S. Baird Screenwriter: Jeff Pope Starring: John C. Reilly, Steve Coogan, Shirley Henderson, Nina Arianda, Danny Huston, Rufus Jones From the director of Filth and the writer of Philomena comes a picture about the legends of cinema we all know and love to be Laurel & Hardy, Stan & Ollie, a film that has all
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Bleach (2018) Director: Shinsuke Sato Screenwriters: Shinsuka Sato, Daisuka Habara, Ardwright Chamberlain Starring: Sôta Fukushi, Hana Sugisaki, Ryô Yoshizawa, Miyavi, Taichi Saotome, Erina Mano, Yû Koyanagi, Seiichi Tanabe So Netflix seems to have twigged that live-action anime adaptions bring in a lot of popularity from people like me who love to hate watch them, and
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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) Director: Lasse Hallström, Joe Johnston Cast: Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley, Jayden Fowora-Knight, Matthew Macfadyen, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, Misty Copeland Plot: After receiving a mysterious egg-shaped box as a gift from her deceased mother, young Clara Stahlbaum finds herself in the magical world of the Four Realms and has to
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