Marketer extraordinaire Kelly Jones (Scarlett Johansson) is hired to improve NASA’s public image ahead of the Apollo 11 launch. If there was any doubt that the Apollo 11 moon landing was completely cinematically overdone: think again. For what it’s worth, Greg Berlanti’s delightful space comedy at least offers a fresh, revisionist perspective. Here, advertising expert…
Shy factory worker Helen (Louise Brealey) has resigned herself to living in the home of her ex-husband (Celyn Jones) with his 20-year-old girlfriend (Emily Fearn), their new baby, and his dying mother Gwen (Sorcha Cusack). But Helen’s life takes an unexpected turn when former girl-next-door Joanna (Annabelle Scholey), her teenage crush, returns to town. Historically…
A documentary about Russian “rooftops” Angela Nikolaou and Ivan Berkus, a couple who make their living illegally climbing to the rooftops of skyscrapers and other tall buildings, taking unforgettable photos. But there is always a huge risk to their safety and relationship. “This film contains extremely dangerous and illegal activities,” reads the Jackass-esque title card…
Late 1990s. Lonely teens Owen (Justice Smith) and Maddie (Brigitte Lundy-Payne) become obsessed with a TV show that allows them to escape. The stories we encounter when we are young can sometimes speak to us so deeply that they envelop us. These stories can be something we not only experience, but also become. Or maybe…
Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) has stepped down from the role of Deadpool. That is, until he’s recruited for a mission, which sets off a chain of events involving Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), a telekinetic villain (Emma Corrin), and the very possible end of several universes. A word of warning: If you’re a Marvel fan, you may…
In the early years of World War II, a team of soldiers is sent on an unofficial, unauthorized mission to disrupt the Nazi submarine program. “Remember gentlemen, try to have fun,” says Gus Marsh-Phillips, played by Henry Cavill in The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare. It is an educational line. This is a very silly kind…
Harold (Zachary Levi) has always lived in a magical world and uses his purple crayon to create anything he wants, including friends Moose (Lil Rel Howery) and Porcupine (Tanya Reynolds). But when the narrator (Alfred Molina) disappears, he heads to the real world to find him. The problem with adapting books written for young children…
Aspiring florist Lily Bloom (Blake Lively) falls in love with handsome brain surgeon Rael Kincaid (Justin Baldoni). But when Lily’s teenage love interest, Atlas Corrigan (Brandon Sklenar), reappears, Lily is forced to confront her past and confront new traumas. This is a film that, for many people, arrives with the burden of expectations. The six-million-selling…
Eric (Bill Skarsgård) and Shelley (FKA Twigs) fall in love at a rehab center, where he recovers from childhood trauma as she evades a demonic villain. Their union sets the stage for tragedy and his new incarnation as an undead avenger. Released in 1994, Alex Proyas’s The Crow was a hit more for the horrific…
Cold American couple Ben (Scott McNairy) and Louise (Mackenzie Davis) meet Brits Paddy (James McAvoy) and Ciara (Aisling Franciosi) on an Italian holiday and accept an invitation to spend a weekend with them in the West Country. However, it becomes clear that the charming hosts have a sinister hidden agenda. Kristian Tavdrup’s 2022 horror film…
