Knives Out (2019) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Knives Out (2019) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Rian Johnson

Written by: Rian Johnson

Starring: Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Lakeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, Christopher Plummer

Runtime: 130 min

Synopsis: When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

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Frozen II (2019) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Frozen II (2019) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee

Written by: Jennifer Lee

Starring: Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad

Runtime: 104 min

Synopsis: Why was Elsa (Idina Menzel) born with magical powers? The answer is calling her and threatening her kingdom. Together with Anna (Kristen Bell), Kristoff (Jonathan Groff), Olaf (Josh Gad), and Sven, she'll set out on a dangerous but remarkable journey. In Frozen, Elsa feared her powers were too much for the world. In Frozen II, she must hope they are enough.

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Frozen (2013) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Frozen (2013) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee

Written by: Jennifer Lee

Starring: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Santino Fontana

Runtime: 102 min

Synopsis: When a prophecy traps a kingdom in eternal winter, Anna (Kristen Bell), a fearless optimist, teams up with extreme mountain man Kristoff (Jonathan Groff) and his sidekick reindeer Sven on an epic journey to find Anna's sister Elsa (Idina Menzel), the Snow Queen, and put an end to her icy spell. Encountering mystical trolls, a funny snowman named Olaf (Josh Gad), Everest-like extremes, and magic at every turn, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom from destruction.

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Midway (2019) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Midway (2019) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Roland Emmerich

Written by: Wes Tooke

Starring: Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Luke Evans, Aaron Eckhart, Nick Jonas, Mandy Moore, Dennis Quaid, Woody Harrelson

Runtime: 138 min

Synopsis: Midway centers on the Battle of Midway, a clash between the American fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy which marked a pivotal turning point in the Pacific Theater during WWII. The film, based on the real-life events of this heroic feat, tells the story of the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude, and bravery to overcome the odds.

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Doctor Sleep (2019) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Doctor Sleep (2019) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Mike Flanagan

Written by: Mike Flanagan

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Cliff Curtis

Runtime: 151 min

Synopsis: Doctor Sleep is the continuation of Danny Torrance's (Ewan McGregor) story 40 years after the terrifying events of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name. Still irrevocably scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook, Dan has fought to find some semblance of peace. But that peace is shattered when he encounters Abra (Kyliegh Curran), a courageous teenager with her own powerful extrasensory gift, known as the "shine." Instinctively recognizing that Dan shares her power, Abra has sought him out, desperate for his help against the merciless Rose the Hat (Rebecca Ferguson) and her followers, The True Knot, who feed off the shine of innocents in their quest for immortality.

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The Shining (1980) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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The Shining (1980) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Stanley Kubrick

Written by: Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson

Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd

Runtime: 144 min

Synopsis: Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) is an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic, who accepts a position as the off-season caretaker of the isolated historic Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies. Wintering over with Jack are his wife Wendy Torrance (Shelley Duvall) and young son Danny Torrance (Danny Lloyd). Danny possesses psychic abilities that enable him to see into the hotel's horrific past. After a winter storm leaves the Torrances snowbound, Jack's sanity deteriorates due to the influence of the supernatural forces that inhabit the hotel, placing his wife and son in danger.

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Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Tim Miller

Written by: David Goyer, Justin Rhodes, Billy Ray

Starring: Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes, Gabriel Luna, Diego Boneta

Runtime: 128 min

Synopsis: More than two decades have passed since Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) prevented Judgment Day, changed the future, and re-wrote the fate of the human race. Dani Ramos (Natalia Reyes) is living a simple life in Mexico City with her brother (Diego Boneta) and father when a highly advanced and deadly new Terminator, a Rev-9 (Gabriel Luna), travels back through time to hunt and kill her. Dani's survival depends on her joining forces with two warriors: Grace (Mackenzie Davis), an enhanced super-soldier from the future, and a battle-hardened Sarah Connor. As the Rev-9 ruthlessly destroys everything and everyone in its path on the hunt for Dani, the three are led to a T-800 (Arnold Schwarzenegger) from Sarah's past that may be their last best hope.

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Watchmen (2009) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Watchmen (2009) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Zack Snyder

Written by: David Hayter, Alex Tse

Starring: Malin Åkerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Patrick Wilson

Runtime: 163 min

Synopsis: Set in an alternate universe circa 1985, the world is a highly unstable one where a nuclear war is imminent between America and Russia. Superheroes have long been made to hang up their tights thanks to the government-sponsored Keene Act, but that all changes with the death of a robust ex-hero commando, which perks the interest of one of the country's last remaining vigilantes, Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley). His investigation leads him to caution many of his other former costumed colleagues, including Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup), Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson), Ozymandias (Matthew Goode), Sally Jupiter (Carla Gugino), and her daughter, The Silk Spectre (Malin Åkerman).

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The Lighthouse (2019) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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The Lighthouse (2019) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Robert Eggers

Written by: Robert Eggers, Max Eggers

Starring: Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe

Runtime: 110 min

Synopsis: From Robert Eggers, the visionary filmmaker behind modern horror masterpiece The Witch, comes this hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers who try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

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Zombieland: Double Tap (2019) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Zombieland: Double Tap (2019) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Ruben Fleischer

Written by: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Dave Callaham

Starring: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin, Emma Stone, Rosario Dawson, Zoey Deutch, Luke Wilson

Runtime: 99 min

Synopsis: In this sequel, through comic mayhem that stretches from the White House and through the heartland, the four famous slayers must face off against the many new kinds of zombies that have evolved since Zombieland, as well as some new human survivors. But most of all, they have to face the growing pains of their own snarky, makeshift family.

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