My Spy (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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My Spy (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Peter Segal

Written by: Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber

Starring: Dave Bautista, Chloe Coleman, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Kristen Schaal, Ken Jeong

Runtime: 99 min

Synopsis: My Spy follows JJ (Dave Bautista), a hardened CIA operative who has been demoted and finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, named Sophie (Chloe Coleman), where he has been sent undercover begrudgingly to surveil her family. When Sophie discovers hidden cameras in her apartment, she convinces JJ to spend time with her and teach her to be a spy, in exchange for not blowing his cover. Despite his reluctance, JJ finds he is no match for Sophie's disarming charm and wit.

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The Platform (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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The Platform (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia

Written by: David Desola, Pedro Rivero

Starring: Iván Massagué, Antonia San Juan, Zorion Eguileor, Emilio Buale Coka and Alexandra Masangkay

Runtime: 90 min

Synopsis: One day Goreng (Iván Massagué) wakes up with his future colleague Trimagasi (Zorion Eguileor) in the 33rd level of a prison-style place, crossed by a hole where a platform descends with meal remains left from the tenants from higher levels. Trimagasi knows the rules that govern this mysterious place: two people per level and an unknown number of them. If you go upwards you survive... but think too much and you will descend again. If you are in the bottom where the food barely arrives, you cannot trust anyone except your guts.

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The Hunt (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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The Hunt (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Craig Zobel

Written by: Nick Cuse, Damon Lindelof

Starring: Betty Gilpin, Ike Barinholtz, Emma Roberts, Hilary Swank

Runtime: 90 min

Synopsis: Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are, or how they got there. They don't know they've been chosen... for a very specific purpose... The Hunt. In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, a group of globalist elites gathers at a remote Manor House to hunt humans for sport. But the elites' master plan is about to be derailed because one of the hunted, Crystal (Betty Gilpin), knows The Hunters' game better than they do. She turns the tables on the killers, picking them off, one by one, as she makes her way toward the mysterious woman (Hilary Swank) at the center of it all.

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Emma. (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Emma. (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Autumn de Wilde

Written by: Eleanor Catton

Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Josh O'Connor, Callum Turner, Mia Goth, Miranda Hart, Bill Nighy

Runtime: 124 min

Synopsis: Jane Austen's beloved comedy about finding your equal and earning your happy ending, is reimagined in this delicious new film adaptation of Emma.. Handsome, clever, and rich, Emma Woodhouse (Anya Taylor-Joy) is a restless queen bee without rivals in her sleepy little town. In this glittering satire of social class and the pain of growing up, Emma must adventure through misguided matches and romantic missteps to find the love that has been there all along.

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The Way Back (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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The Way Back (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Gavin O’Connor

Written by: Brad Ingelsby

Starring: Ben Affleck, Al Madrigal, Michaela Watkins, Janina Gavankar

Runtime: 108 min

Synopsis: Back in high school, Jack Cunningham (Ben Affleck) had everything going for him. A basketball phenom, he could have punched his ticket to college or even the pros, but, instead, he chose to walk away from the game, forfeiting his future. Jack's glory days are long gone... but, as it turns out, not forgotten. Years later, he gets the chance to take back his life when he is asked to coach the struggling basketball team at his alma mater. Jack reluctantly accepts, surprising no one more than himself, and as the boys start to come together as a team and win, he may get his last shot at redemption.

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Bloodshot (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Bloodshot (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Dave Wilson

Written by: Jeff Wadlow, Eric Heisserer

Starring: Vin Diesel, Eiza González, Sam Heughan, Toby Kebbell, Guy Pearce

Runtime: 109 min

Synopsis: Based on the bestselling comic book, Vin Diesel stars as Ray Garrison, a soldier recently killed in action and brought back to life as the superhero Bloodshot by the RST corporation. With an army of nanotechnology in his veins, he's an unstoppable force - stronger than ever and able to heal instantly. But in controlling his body, the company has sway over his mind and memories, too. Now, Ray doesn't know what's real and what's not - but he's on a mission to find out.

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Guns Akimbo (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Guns Akimbo (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Jason Lei Howden

Written by: Jason Lei Howden

Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Samara Weaving, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Ned Dennehy, Grant Bowler, Edwin Wright, Rhys Darby

Runtime: 95 min

Synopsis: Miles' (Daniel Radcliffe) nerdy existence as a video game developer takes a dramatic turn when he inadvertently gets caught up as the next contestant with SKIZM, an underground gang live-streaming real-life death matches. While Miles excels at running away from everything, that won't help him outlast Nix (Samara Weaving), a killer at the top of her game.

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The Invisible Man (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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The Invisible Man (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Leigh Whannell

Written by: Leigh Whannell

Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Harriet Dyer, Oliver Jackson-Cohen

Runtime: 110 min

Synopsis: Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy and brilliant scientist, Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss) escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding, aided by her sister (Harriet Dyer), their childhood friend (Aldis Hodge), and his teenage daughter (Storm Reid). But when Cecilia's abusive ex (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) commits suicide and leaves her a generous portion of his vast fortune, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of eerie coincidences turns lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia's sanity begins to unravel as she desperately tries to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

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Onward (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Onward (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Dan Scanlon

Written by: Dan Scanlon, Jason Headley, Keith Bunin

Starring: Chris Pratt, Tom HollandJulia Louis-Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer

Runtime: 103 min

Synopsis: Set in a suburban fantasy world, Disney-Pixar's Onward introduces two teenage elf brothers who embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out there.

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The Gentlemen (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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The Gentlemen (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Guy Ritchie

Written by: Guy Ritchie

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Eddie Marsan, Colin Farrell, Hugh Grant

Runtime: 103 min

Synopsis: The Gentlemen follows American expat Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey) who built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he's looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery, and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.

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