Malcolm & Marie (2021) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Malcolm & Marie (2021) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Sam Levinson

Written by: Sam Levinson

Starring: Zendaya, John David Washington

Runtime: 106 min

Synopsis: Writer-director Sam Levinson teams up with Zendaya and John David Washington for an achingly romantic drama in which a filmmaker and his girlfriend return home following a celebratory movie premiere as he awaits what's sure to be imminent critical and financial success. The evening suddenly takes a turn as revelations about their relationships begin to surface, testing the strength of their love.

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Palmer (2021) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Palmer (2021) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Fisher Stevens

Written by: Cheryl Guerriero

Starring: Justin Timberlake, Ryder Allen, Alisha Wainwright, June Squibb, Juno Temple

Runtime: 110 min

Synopsis: After 12 years in prison, former high school football star Eddie Palmer (Justin Timberlake) returns home to put his life back together - and forms an unlikely bond with Sam (Ryder Allen), an outcast boy from a troubled home. But then, Eddie's past threatens to ruin his new life and family.

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The White Tiger (2021) - SPOILER-FREE Review

The White Tiger (2021) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Ramin Bahrani

Written by: Ramin Bahrani

Starring: Adarsh Gourav, Rajkummar Rao, Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Runtime: 126 min

Synopsis: Balram Halwai (Adarsh Gourav) narrates his epic and darkly humorous rise from poor villager to successful entrepreneur in modern India. Cunning and ambitious, our young hero jockeys his way into becoming a driver for Ashok (Rajkummar Rao) and Pinky (Priyanka Chopra Jonas), who have just returned from America. Society has trained Balram to be one thing - a servant - so he makes himself indispensable to his rich masters. But after a night of betrayal, he realizes the corrupt lengths they will go to trap him and save themselves. On the verge of losing everything, Balram rebels against a rigged and unequal system to rise up and become a new kind of master.

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Mini-Reviews - 2020 Edition

Mini-Reviews - 2020 Edition

As we know, 2020 has been a horrible year everywhere for everyone and everything, including the beloved art of filmmaking. Countless delays, complete removals of the year’s schedule, and a total stop in filming production. It couldn’t be any worse for cinema. Movie theaters are struggling to survive, blockbusters are gradually moving to home viewing… 2020 is the year everyone hoped to never live through.

Obviously, everyone’s lives and jobs are being affected, but even though the number of films released this year is inevitably shorter than in previous ones, time is still hard to find if someone wants to watch every single film like me. Therefore, this article will contain concise opinions on some films I can’t afford writing a full review right now.

This article will be updated each time I add a new entry, as well as its date of publication, so these mini-reviews can be seen by every reader of mine.

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Pieces of a Woman (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Pieces of a Woman (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Kornél Mundruczó

Written by: Kata Wéber

Starring: Vanessa Kirby, Shia LaBeouf, Molly Parker, Sarah Snook, Iliza Shlesinger, Benny Safdie, Jimmie Fails, Ellen Burstyn

Runtime: 126 min

Synopsis: Martha (Vanessa Kirby) and Sean (Shia LaBeouf) are a Boston couple on the verge of parenthood whose lives change irrevocably when a home birth ends in unimaginable tragedy. Thus begins a yearlong odyssey for Martha, who must navigate her grief while working through fractious relationships with Sean and her domineering mother (Ellen Burstyn), along with the publicly vilified midwife (Molly Parker), whom she must face in court.

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Promising Young Woman (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Promising Young Woman (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Emerald Fennell

Written by: Emerald Fennell

Starring: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Connie Britton, Laverne Cox

Runtime: 113 min

Synopsis: Nothing in Cassie's (Carey Mulligan) life is what it appears to be - she's wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she's living a secret double life by night. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs from the past.

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One Night in Miami (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

One Night in Miami (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Regina King

Written by: Kemp Powers

Starring: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr.

Runtime: 110 min

Synopsis: On the night of Feb. 25, 1964, in Miami, Cassius Clay (Eli Goree) joins Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge), Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.) and Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), and they discuss the responsibility of being successful black men during the civil rights movement.

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Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Patty Jenkins

Written by: Patty Jenkins, Geoff Johns, Dave Callaham

Starring: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, Robin Wright, Connie Nielsen

Runtime: 151 min

Synopsis: Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) squares off against Maxwell Lord (Pedro Pascal) and the Cheetah (Kristen Wiig), a villainess who possesses superhuman strength and agility.

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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: George C. Wolfe

Written by: Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Starring: Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo, Michael Potts

Runtime: 94 min

Synopsis: Tensions rise when trailblazing blues singer Ma Rainey (Viola Davis) and her band gather at a recording studio in Chicago in 1927.

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Soul (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Soul (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Pete Docter

Written by: Pete Docter, Mike Jones, Kemp Powers

Starring: Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Questlove, Phylicia Rashad, Daveed Diggs, Angela Bassett

Runtime: 100 min

Synopsis: Joe (Jamie Foxx) is a middle-school band teacher whose life hasn't quite gone the way he expected. His true passion is jazz - and he's good. But when he travels to another realm to help someone find their passion, he soon discovers what it means to have soul.

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