Radioactive (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Radioactive (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Marjane Satrapi

Written by: Jack Thorne

Starring: Rosamund Pike, Sam Riley, Anya Taylor-Joy, Aneurin Barnard, Simon Russell Beale

Runtime: 109 min

Synopsis: The incredible, true story of Marie Curie (Rosamund Pike) and her ground-breaking scientific achievements. In Paris, 1893, Marie meets fellow scientist Pierre Curie (Sam Riley). The pair go on to marry, raise two daughters and change the face of science forever by jointly winning the Nobel Prize for the discovery of radium in 1903. Marie Curie was the first female scientist to win the esteemed prize.

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Relic (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Relic (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Natalie Erika James

Written by: Natalie Erika James, Christian White

Starring: Emily Mortimer, Robyn Nevin, Bella Heathcote

Runtime: 89 min

Synopsis: When Edna (Robyn Nevin), the elderly and widowed matriarch of the family, goes missing, her daughter Kay (Emily Mortimer) and granddaughter Sam (Bella Heathcote) travel to their remote family home to find her. Soon after her return, they start to discover a sinister presence haunting the house and taking control of Edna.

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First Cow (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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First Cow (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Kelly Reichardt

Written by: Jon Raymond, Kelly Reichardt

Starring: John Magaro, Orion Lee, Toby Jones, Ewen Bremner, Alia Shawkat, René Auberjonois

Runtime: 122 min

Synopsis: A taciturn loner and skilled cook, Cookie (John Magaro), has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon Territory, though he only finds true connection with a Chinese immigrant, King-Lu (Orion Lee), also seeking his fortune. Soon the two collaborate on a successful business, although its longevity is reliant upon the clandestine participation of a nearby wealthy landowner’s prized milking cow.

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The Old Guard (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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The Old Guard (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Gina Prince-Bythewood

Written by: Greg Rucka

Starring: Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Chiwetel Ejiofor

Runtime: 118 min

Synopsis: Led by a warrior named Andy (Charlize Theron), a covert group of tight-knit mercenaries with a mysterious inability to die have fought to protect the mortal world for centuries. But when the team is recruited to take on an emergency mission and their extraordinary abilities are suddenly exposed, it's up to Andy and Nile (KiKi Layne), the newest soldier to join their ranks, to help the group eliminate the threat of those who seek to replicate and monetize their power by any means necessary.

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Greyhound (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Greyhound (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Aaron Schneider

Written by: Tom Hanks

Starring: Tom Hanks, Stephen Graham, Rob Morgan, Elisabeth Shue

Runtime: 91 min

Synopsis: In the early days of WWII, an international convoy of 37 Allied ships, led by captain Ernest Krause (Tom Hanks) in his first command of a U.S. destroyer, crosses the treacherous North Atlantic while hotly pursued by wolf packs of Nazi U-boats.

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Palm Springs (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Palm Springs (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Max Barbakow

Written by: Andy Siara

Starring: Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, Peter Gallagher, J. K. Simmons

Runtime: 87 min

Synopsis: When carefree Nyles (Andy Samberg) and reluctant maid of honor Sarah (Cristin Milioti) have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.

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Force of Nature (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Force of Nature (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Michael Polish

Written by: Cory Miller

Starring: Emile Hirsch, Kate Bosworth, Mel Gibson, David Zayas, Stephanie Cayo, Will Catlett, Swen Temmel, Tyler Jon Olsen, Jorge Luis Ramos

Runtime: 91 min

Synopsis: A group of thieves scheme to pull off an elaborate heist during a hurricane. But their carefully-designed plan quickly begins to fall apart when a police officer attempts to evacuate everybody in the building.

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Irresistible (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Irresistible (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Jon Stewart

Written by: Jon Stewart

Starring: Steve Carell, Chris Cooper, Mackenzie Davis, Topher Grace, Natasha Lyonne, Rose Byrne

Runtime: 101 min

Synopsis: Written and directed by Jon Stewart, Irresistible is a comedy about what happens when a small Wisconsin town becomes the main attraction of our political circus. After the Democrat's top strategist Gary (Steve Carell) sees a video of a retired Marine Colonel (Chris Cooper) standing up for the rights of his town's undocumented workers, Gary believes he has found the key to winning back the Heartland. However, when the Republicans counter him by sending in his brilliant nemesis Faith (Rose Byrne), what started out as a local race quickly becomes an out-of-control and hilarious fight for the soul of America.

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7500 (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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7500 (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Patrick Vollrath

Written by: Patrick Vollrath, Senad Halilbasic

Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Omid Memar, Carlo Kitzlinger, Aylin Tezel

Runtime: 92 min

Synopsis: When terrorists try to seize control of a Berlin-Paris flight, a soft-spoken young American co-pilot (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) struggles to save the lives of the passengers and crew while forging a surprising connection with one of the hijackers.

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You Should Have Left (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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You Should Have Left (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: David Koepp

Written by: David Koepp

Starring: Kevin Bacon, Amanda Seyfried, Avery Essex, Geoff Bell

Runtime: 93 min

Synopsis: Theo Conroy (Kevin Bacon) is a successful middle-aged man whose marriage to his much younger actress wife, Susanna (Amanda Seyfried) is shredding at the seams, frayed by her secretiveness, his jealousy, and the shadow of his past. In an effort to repair their relationship, Theo and Susanna book a vacation at a stunning, remote modern home in the Welsh countryside for themselves and their six-year-old daughter, Ella (Avery Essex). What at first seems like a perfect retreat distorts into a perfect nightmare when Theo's grasp on reality begins to unravel and he suspects that a sinister force within the house knows more than he or Susanna have revealed, even to each other.

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