The Remarkable Life of Ibelin blends traditional documentary techniques with World of Warcraft recreations to paint a touching portrait of the online life of a Norwegian gamer. SEE ALSO: ‘Never Let Go’ review: Halle Berry horror flick intrigues, then stalls The film, directed by Benjamin Ree, centers on 25-year-old Mats …
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The trailer for The Wild Robot has reduced me to tears every time I’ve seen it. What can I say? The idea of a robot finding community in the wilderness was just too much for my heart to handle, even in a three-minute package. SEE ALSO: 42 movies you’ll want …
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“Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself?” asks The Substance. Repeated like a ritualistic chant, this provocation and promise echoes via the in-universe advertising for a mysterious body-swapping product, which allows people to create a younger version of themselves. The insecurities of a middle-aged actress take center …
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“You have about 20 minutes before you’re completely paralysed.” These are the terrifying words spoken by the unseen killer (Finn Wittrock) in Netflix‘s trailer for DON’T MOVE, Brian Netto and Adam Schindler’s thriller, produced by The Evil Dead‘s Sam Raimi. The film’s premise: a woman (Kelsey Asbille) tries to evade …
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Never Let Go creeps onscreen like a dark fairy tale, enveloping its audience in a forest landscape of gnarled tree branches and mossy stones. At the center of this grove lies a solitary wooden house, home to a woman known simply as Momma (Halle Berry), as well as her twin …
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A film that’s as much about its own gimmick as what that gimmick represents, Aaron Schimberg’s A Different Man casts Sebastian Stan as Edward, a man with pronounced facial differences that he eventually sheds through a miracle cure. However, when a now traditionally handsome Edward is cast in a play …
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With Piece By Piece, American multi-hyphenate Pharrell Williams brings his life story to the big screen —but with a Lego movie twist. Directed by heralded documentarian Morgan Neville, Piece By Piece is a musical biopic that translates American music icons like Williams, Snoop Dogg, Missy Elliott, and Gwen Stefani into …
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Out the gate, the cast alone for His Three Daughters demands notice: Carrie Coon, who deserved — but did not receive —an Oscar nomination for her performance as the combative twin sister of Gone Girl; Elizabeth Olsen, who has been awing critics since long before WandaVision with her turns in …
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2024 has had more than its fair share of crime-comedies, for better or worse. For better, there was the on-point Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, which saw Eddie Murphy back in action and riotously funny; Drive-Away Dolls, a proudly trashy Coen Bro comedy with a queer perspective; and The Fall …
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Hugh Grant is in creepy villain mode in A24’s new trailer for Heretic, writer/director team Scott Beck and Bryan Woods’ horror about two missionaries (Chloe East and Yellowjackets‘ Sophie Tatcher) paying a visit to a man who invites them into his house — only to trap them as part of …
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