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A Complete Unknown
New York, 1961. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota named Bob Dylan arrives with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music. He forges intimate relationships with music icons of Greenwich Village on his meteoric rise, culminating in a groundbreaking and controversial performance that reverberates worldwide.
Director: James Mangold
Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Boyd Holbrook, Scoot McNairy, Dan Fogler, Charlie Tahan
Reviews
"It's a remarkable performance. Star of the moment Timothée Chalamet inhabits the loose-limbed, live-wire physicality of the young Bob Dylan and makes an impressively good fist of capturing the frayed hessian of his distinctive voice." - Observer (UK)
"A film that, despite the magnitude of its undertaking, is accessible and exciting, but never tries to idolize an artist who is presented both at the height of his genius and his most egocentric, contradictory and even unpleasant. [Full review in Spanish]" - Los Angeles Times
"Even as it builds a realistic world with sweep and detail... it doesn't try to make Bob palatable, nice or, finally, comprehensible in the usual dreary biopic fashion." - New York Times
"...utterly fascinating, capturing a moment in time when songs had weight, when they could move the culture -- even if the singer who made them was as puzzling as a rolling stone." - Associated Press
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Den Of Thieves 2: Pantera
Gerard Butler and O'Shea Jackson Jr. return in the sequel to 2018's action-heist hit Den Of Thieves. In this sequel, Big Nick is back on the hunt in Europe and closing in on Donnie, who is embroiled in the treacherous and unpredictable world of diamond thieves through the infamous Panther mafia, and their plot to pull off a massive heist of the world's largest diamond exchange.
Director: Christian Gudegast
Starring: Gerard Butler, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Orli Shuka, Evin Ahmad, Cristian Solimeno, Salvatore Esposito, Rico Verhoeven, Stéphane Coulon, Meadow Williams, Swen Temmel
Reviews
"Gudegast, for all his casualness toward plausibility, is an energizing filmmaker. He keeps the mano-a-mano standoffs humming, and he's got a sixth sense for how to showcase Butler." - Variety
"In the entire oeuvre of cinema du Gerard Butler, there has never been such a perfect marriage between actor and character, man and moniker. Big Nick might not understand a lick of French, but Butler is simply parfait." - Globe and Mail (UK)
"[it] isn't groundbreaking, but it delivers what it promises: lovable scoundrels trading bullets and traversing borders." - New York Times
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Dog Man
Dog Man, half dog and half man, he is sworn to protect and serve as he doggedly pursues the feline supervillain Petey the Cat.
Director: Peter Hastings
Starring: Pete Davidson, Lil Rel Howery, Isla Fisher, Poppy Liu, Stephen Root, Billy Boyd, Ricky Gervais
Reviews
"Dog Man, the half-dog, half-cop protagonist of Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants spin-off book series, is a gloriously funny creation." - Observer (UK)
"A silly, hyperactive, generally sweet kids' movie that should prove diverting to its intended audience and not totally grueling for the parents who have to go along." - The Wall Street Journal
"...a loving and visually inventive if somewhat exhausting parody of cop flicks, superhero sagas and dog-cat tension." - Washington Post
"Mostly, it's a visual pleasure: The computer renderings have just enough texture, and the movements enough jittery tactility, to give the film a handmade feel. The splashy color palette keeps the eye engaged." - New York Times
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Heretic
Two young missionaries are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed, becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse.
Director: Scott Beck, Bryan Woods
Starring: Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East, Topher Grace, Elle McKinnon, Stephanie Lavigne, Elle Young, Anesha Bailey
Reviews
"Here [Scott Beck and Bryan Woods] have made a mini-masterpiece, with lean filmmaking and lots of surprises." - San Francisco Chronicle
"A complex debate on the legitimacy of religion that arrives framed in absolutely captivating staging. [Full review in Spanish]" - Los Angeles Times
"If Heretic proves nothing else, it's that creepy, evil Hugh Grant is the best Hugh Grant." - Rolling Stone
"Once its premise is established, "Heretic" becomes a clever series of cat-and-mouse games propelled not by horrible incidents but by dialogue." - Boston Globe
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Moana 2
An epic animated musical takes audiences on an expansive new voyage with Moana, Maui and a brand-new crew of unlikely seafarers. After receiving an unexpected call from her way-finding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she's ever faced.
Director: David G. Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, Dana Ledoux Miller
Starring: Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Hualālai Chung, Alan Tudyk, Rachel House, Nicole Scherzinger, Temuera Morrison, Rose Matafeo, Awhimai Fraser, David Fane, Jemaine Clement
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Mufasa: The Lion King
Mufasa, a cub lost and alone, meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of a group of misfits searching for their destiny.
Director: Barry Jenkins
Starring: Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Tiffany Boone, Kagiso Lediga, Preston Nyman, Mads Mikkelsen, Thandiwe Newton, Lennie James, Anika Noni Rose, Keith David, John Kani, Beyonce, Blue Ivy Carter, Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner
Reviews
"Ultimately, a more or less adequate Disney prequel is a waste of the gifts of a director who has poetry in his heart and other, more important stories to tell." - Observer (UK)
"...has the grace to offer audiences a fresh story, but children and parents may find it surprisingly difficult to tell one exquisitely rendered lion from the next." - Washington Post
"The overall results are generally pretty, mildly diverting, at times dull and often familiar, despite a few unusually sharp, brief departures from Disney's pacifying formula." - New York Times
"The voice work from the outstanding cast is rich and warm and vibrant, and while the songs from the great Lin-Manuel Miranda (with Lebo M. making valuable contributions) might not make for a generational catalog, they're still infectious and clever." - Richard Roeper
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One Of Them Days
Best friends and roommates Dreux and Alyssa are about to have One of Them Days. When they discover Alyssa's boyfriend has blown their rent money, the duo finds themselves going to extremes in a comical race against the clock to avoid eviction and keep their friendship intact.
Director: Lawrence Lamont
Starring: Keke Palmer, SZA, Maude Apatow, Lil Rel Howery, Janelle James, Katt Williams
Reviews
"It's a testament to Palmer's dynamism as a performer that "One of Them Days" would work no matter where their day takes them. There's a freewheeling wit and ever-shifting subtlety to Palmer, who so enlivened Jordan Peele's "Nope."" - Associated Press
""One of Them Days" is a very funny movie. That's something you don't find often, especially in the cruel month of January where bad movies go to die." - Boston Globe
"Lamont and Singleton effortlessly mix the silly with the sincere, and although "One of Them Days" favors razzing over heart-to-hearts, our belief in this pairing never wavers." - New York Times
"This shaggy, silly movie works because you want to be there wherever the leads fall splat on their faces: a blood bank, a brawl, an ambulance. SZA and Palmer make a fun pair. They're not quite an odd couple - more like adjacent screwballs." - Los Angeles Times
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September 5
September 5 unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today. Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows an American sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. Through this lens, September 5 provides a powerful new perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people at the time. Director: Tim Fehlbaum Starring: Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, Leonie Benesch, Zinedine Soualem, Georgina Rich, Corey Johnson, Marcus Rutherford, Daniel Adeosun, Benjamin Walker, Ferdinand Dörfler Reviews "A compelling journalism thriller with a fine cast and fascinating period details." - Newsday "In 1972, covering an act of terrorism as it unfolded was a new challenge, and as "September 5" so brilliantly illustrates, the men and women of ABC Sports proved to be more than up to the task." - Chicago Sun-Times "Though the actors give very good performances, the MVP of "September 5″ is editor Hansjörg Weißbrich, who seamlessly edits real archival footage with convincing recreations." - Boston Globe "The issues the film raises about journalistic integrity and broadcast morality make September 5 the most rivetingly responsible film about journalism since Steven Spielberg's The Post." - Rex Reed
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Sonic The Hedgehog 3
Sonic the Hedgehog returns to the big screen this holiday season in his most thrilling adventure yet. Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.
Director: Jeff Fowler
Starring: Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Idris Elba, Keanu Reeves, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Krysten Ritter, Shemar Moore, Alyla Browne
Reviews
"Get ready for the sight of two Jim Carreys engaging in sanctioned buffoonery." - New York Post
"While "Sonic 3" continues to steadily build out the game mythology, this time the big moments are bigger and the small moments are fewer." - San Francisco Chronicle
""Sonic 3" gives hyperactivity a good name. Jeff Fowler, who directed all three of these movies, is a quicker and wittier flimflam magician of energy than he was when he made the first "Sonic" in 2020." - Variety
"It certainly possesses enough of the requisite frenetic action sequences and silly jokes to keep small fry entertained while not boring their adult chaperones." - Hollywood Reporter
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The Brutalist
Escaping post-war Europe, a visionary architect arrives in America to rebuild his life. On his own in a strange new country, a wealthy industrialist recognizes his talent. But power and legacy come at a heavy cost...
Director: Brady Corbet
Starring: Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Alessandro Nivola
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We Live in Time
Almut and Tobias are brought together in a surprise encounter that changes their lives. Through snapshots of their life together, falling for each other, building a home, becoming a family a difficult truth is revealed that rocks its foundation. As they embark on a path challenged by the limits of time, they learn to cherish each moment of the unconventional route their love story has taken, in filmmaker John Crowley's decade-spanning, deeply moving romance.
Director: John Crowley
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Florence Pugh, Grace Delaney, Lee Braithwaite, Aoife Hinds, Adam James, Douglas Hodge, Amy Morgan
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Wolf Man
Blake, a San Francisco husband and father, inherits his remote childhood home in rural Oregon after his own father vanishes and is presumed dead. With his marriage to his high-powered wife, Charlotte, fraying, Blake persuades Charlotte to take a break from the city and visit the property with their young daughter, Ginger. As the family approaches the farmhouse in the dead of night, they're attacked by an unseen animal and, in a desperate escape, barricade themselves inside the home as the creature prowls the perimeter. Through the night Blake begins to behave strangely, transforming into something unrecognizable, and Charlotte will be forced to decide whether the terror within their house is more lethal than the danger without.
Director: Leigh Whannell
Starring: Julia Garner, Christopher Abbott, Sam Jaeger, Matilda Firth, Ben Pendergast, Benedict Hardie, Milo Cawthorne
Reviews
"The painstaking efforts of Whannell's practical-effects team are commendably gooey." - New York Times
"This isn't a reimagining on the level of Leigh Whannell's previous foray into the classic horror vaults, The Invisible Man. But there's no shortage of intensity or gore, not to mention brisk efficiency." - Hollywood Reporter
""Wolf Man" has a kind of 1980s horror movie vibe in that Blake's transformation is achieved primarily through prosthetics." - Richard Roeper
"The results are equal parts marital crisis, sins-of-the-father psychodrama and visceral body horror." - Chicago Tribune
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