The Killer - Review | Venice 2023

The Killer - Review | Venice 2023

Directed by: David Fincher

Written by: Andrew Kevin Walker

Starring: Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, Charles Parnell, Arliss Howard, Kerry O’Malley, Sophie Charlotte, Sala Baker, Emiliano Pernía, Gabriel Polanco

Runtime: 118 min

Synopsis: After a fateful near-miss an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn’t personal.

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Asteroid City (2023) - Review

Asteroid City (2023) - Review

Directed by: Wes Anderson

Written by: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola

Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Steve Park, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Margot Robbie, Tony Revolori, Jake Ryan, Jeff Goldblum

Runtime: 104 min

Synopsis: The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention (organized to bring together students and parents from across the country for fellowship and scholarly competition) is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson

Written by: Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale

Starring: Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Gregory Mann, Burn Gorman, John Turturro, Ron Perlman, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, Tim Blake Nelson, Christoph Waltz, Tilda Swinton

Runtime: 117 min

Synopsis: Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson reimagine the classic Carlo Collodi tale of the fabled wooden boy with a whimsical tour de force that finds Pinocchio (Gregory Mann) on an enchanted adventure that transcends worlds and reveals the life-giving power of love.

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The French Dispatch (2021) - SPOILER-FREE Review

The French Dispatch (2021) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Wes Anderson

Written by: Wes Anderson

Starring: Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Timothée Chalamet, Lyna Khoudri, Jeffrey Wright, Mathieu Amalric, Stephen Park, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson

Runtime: 107 min

Synopsis: A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional 20th-century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in "The French Dispatch."

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The Personal History of David Copperfield (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

The Personal History of David Copperfield (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Armando Iannucci

Written by: Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci

Starring: Dev Patel, Aneurin Barnard, Peter Capaldi, Morfydd Clark, Daisy May Cooper, Rosalind Eleazar, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton, Ben Whishaw, Gwendoline Christie, Paul Whitehouse

Runtime: 116 min

Synopsis: From birth to infancy, from adolescence to adulthood, the good-hearted David Copperfield (Dev Patel) is surrounded by kindness, wickedness, poverty, and wealth, as he meets an array of remarkable characters in Victorian England. As David sets out to be a writer, in his quest for family, friendship, romance, and status, the story of his life is the most seductive tale of all.

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Snowpiercer (2013) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Snowpiercer (2013) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Bong Joon-ho

Written by: Bong Joon-ho, Kelly Masterson

Starring: Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Go Ah-sung, John Hurt, Ed Harris

Runtime: 126 min

Synopsis: In this sci-fi epic from director Bong Joon-ho (Parasite), a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet. The final survivors board the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine. When cryptic messages incite the passengers to revolt, the train thrusts full-throttle towards disaster.

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