Train to Busan (2016) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Train to Busan (2016) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Yeon Sang-ho

Written by: Park Joo-suk

Starring: Gong Yoo, Ma Dong-seok, Jung Yu-mi, Kim Su-an, Kim Eui-sung, Choi Woo-shik, Ahn So-hee

Runtime: 118 min

Synopsis: A harrowing zombie horror-thriller that follows a group of terrified passengers fighting their way through a countrywide viral outbreak while trapped on a suspicion-filled, blood-drenched bullet train ride to Busan, a southern resort city that has managed to hold off the zombie hordes... or so everyone hopes.

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Rebecca (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Rebecca (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Ben Wheatley

Written by: Jane Goldman, Joe Shrapnel, Anna Waterhouse

Starring: Lily James, Armie Hammer, Kristin Scott Thomas, Tom Goodman-Hill, Keeley Hawes, Sam Riley, Ann Dowd

Runtime: 121 min

Synopsis: After a whirlwind romance in Monte Carlo with handsome widower Maxim de Winter (Armie Hammer), a newly married young woman (Lily James) arrives at Manderley, her new husband’s imposing family estate on a windswept English coast. Naive and inexperienced, she begins to settle into the trappings of her new life, but finds herself battling the shadow of Maxim’s first wife, the elegant and urbane Rebecca, whose haunting legacy is kept alive by Manderley’s sinister housekeeper Mrs. Danvers (Kristin Scott Thomas).

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On the Rocks (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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On the Rocks (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Sofia Coppola

Written by: Sofia Coppola

Starring: Bill Murray, Rashida Jones, Marlon Wayans

Runtime: 96 min

Synopsis: A New York woman (Rashida Jones) and her impulsive, larger-than-life father (Bill Murray) try to find out if her husband (Marlon Wayans) is having an affair.

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The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Aaron Sorkin

Written by: Aaron Sorkin

Starring: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Sacha Baron Cohen, Daniel Flaherty, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Keaton, Frank Langella, John Carroll Lynch, Eddie Redmayne, Noah Robbins, Mark Rylance, Alex Sharp, Jeremy Strong

Runtime: 129 min

Synopsis: In 1969, seven people were charged by the federal government with conspiracy and more, arising from the protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

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The Boys in the Band (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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The Boys in the Band (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Joe Mantello

Written by: Mart Crowley, Ned Martel

Starring: Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Matt Bomer, Andrew Rannells, Charlie Carver, Robin de Jesús, Brian Hutchison, Michael Benjamin Washington, Tuc Watkins

Runtime: 121 min

Synopsis: A visitor turns an evening upside down when he interrupts a gathering of gay men in New York City in 1968.

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Greenland (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Greenland (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Ric Roman Waugh

Written by: Chris Sparling

Starring: Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roger Dale Floyd, Scott Glenn

Runtime: 119 min

Synopsis: John Garrity (Gerard Butler), his estranged wife (Morena Baccarin), and their young son (Roger Dale Floyd) embark on a perilous journey to find sanctuary as a planet-killing comet hurtles toward Earth. Amid terrifying accounts of cities getting leveled, the Garrity's experience the best and worst in humanity. As the countdown to the global apocalypse approaches zero, their incredible trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven.

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Kajillionaire (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Kajillionaire (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Miranda July

Written by: Miranda July

Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Gina Rodriguez, Debra Winger, Richard Jenkins

Runtime: 114 min

Synopsis: Con-artists Theresa (Debra Winger) and Robert (Richard Jenkins) have spent 26 years training their only daughter, Old Dolio (Evan Rachel Wood), to swindle, scam, and steal at every opportunity. During a desperate, hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger (Gina Rodriguez) into joining their next scam, only to have their entire world turned upside down.

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Enola Holmes (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Enola Holmes (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Harry Bradbeer

Written by: Jack Thorne

Starring: Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Sam Claflin, Adeel Akhtar, Fiona Shaw, Frances de la Tour, Louis Partridge, Susie Wokoma, Helena Bonham Carter

Runtime: 123 min

Synopsis: England, 1884 - a world on the brink of change. On the morning of her 16th birthday, Enola Holmes (Millie Bobby Brown) wakes to find that her mother (Helena Bonham Carter) has disappeared, leaving behind an odd assortment of gifts but no apparent clue as to where she's gone or why. After a free-spirited childhood, Enola suddenly finds herself under the care of her brothers Sherlock (Henry Cavill) and Mycroft (Sam Claflin), both set on sending her away to a finishing school for "proper" young ladies. Refusing to follow their wishes, Enola escapes to search for her mother in London. But when her journey finds her entangled in a mystery surrounding a young runaway Lord (Louis Partridge), Enola becomes a super-sleuth in her own right, outwitting her famous brother as she unravels a conspiracy that threatens to set back the course of history.

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Antebellum (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Antebellum (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Gerard Bush, Christopher Renz

Written by: Gerard Bush, Christopher Renz

Starring: Janelle Monáe, Eric Lange, Jena Malone, Jack Huston, Kiersey Clemons, Gabourey Sidibe

Runtime: 105 min

Synopsis: Successful author Veronica Henley (Janelle Monáe) finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality and must uncover the mind-bending mystery before it's too late.

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The Devil All The Time (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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The Devil All The Time (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Antonio Campos

Written by: Antonio Campos, Paulo Campos

Starring: Tom Holland, Bill Skarsgård, Riley Keough, Jason Clarke, Sebastian Stan, Haley Bennett, Eliza Scanlen, Mia Wasikowska, Robert Pattinson

Runtime: 138 min

Synopsis: In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters - an unholy preacher (Robert Pattinson), twisted couple (Jason Clarke and Riley Keough), and crooked sheriff (Sebastian Stan) - converge around young Arvin Russell (Tom Holland) as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family. Spanning the time between World War II and the Vietnam war, director Antonio Campos' The Devil All The Time renders a seductive and horrific landscape that pits the just against the corrupted.

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