Leave the World Behind (2023) - Review

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Leave the World Behind (2023) - Review

Directed by: Sam Esmail

Written by: Sam Esmail

Starring: Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha'la, Kevin Bacon

Runtime: 141 min

Synopsis: In this apocalyptic thriller, Amanda and her husband Clay rent a luxurious home for the weekend with their kids, Archie and Rose. Their vacation is soon upended when two strangers - G.H. and his daughter Ruth - arrive in the night, bearing news of a mysterious cyberattack and seeking refuge in the house they claim is theirs. The two families reckon with a looming disaster that grows more terrifying by the minute, forcing everyone to come to terms with their places in a collapsing world.

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Alita: Battle Angel (2019) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Alita: Battle Angel (2019) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Robert Rodriguez

Written by: James Cameron, Laeta Kalogridis

Starring: Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, Jackie Earle Haley, Keean Johnson

Runtime: 125 min

Synopsis: From visionary filmmakers, James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez, comes an epic adventure of hope and empowerment. When Alita (Rosa Salazar) awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido (Christoph Waltz), a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past. As Alita learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, Ido tries to shield her from her mysterious history while her street-smart new friend Hugo (Keean Johnson) offers instead to help trigger her memories. But it is only when the deadly and corrupt forces that run the city come after Alita that she discovers a clue to her past - she has unique fighting abilities that those in power will stop at nothing to control.

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Green Book (2018) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Green Book (2018) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Peter Farrelly

Written by: Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly

Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini

Runtime: 130 min

Synopsis: When Frank “Tony “Lip” Vallelonga (Viggo Mortensen), a bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali), a world-class Black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South, they must rely on "The Green Book" to guide them to the few establishments that were then safe for African-Americans. Confronted with racism, danger, as well as unexpected humanity and humor, they are forced to set aside differences to survive and thrive on the journey of a lifetime.

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