It: Chapter 2. Frozen 2. Pokemon: Detective Pikachu. Wonder Woman: The Lion King. January 7th. The Lighthouse. January 14th. Pain and Glory. Motherless Brooklyn. Image via Disney. February 4th. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. Jojo Rabbit. February 7th. Image via Sony Pictures. March 3rd. Jumanji: The Next Level. A Hidden Life. March 10th. Little Women. Table of Contents. A scientist has found the ability to return to the past.
The man is also a veter Old Henry. For one farmer referred to as Old Henry, life is relatively simple. He works the Witch Hunt. In a modern America where witches are real and witchcraft is illegal, a sheltere Tuesday November The loose character-study structure, or lack thereof, can be both refreshing and frustrating. The grayscale, docu-drama depiction of Staten Island by P.
Kind of like its protagonist. On its face, the prospect of resurrecting two franchise IPs which have been endlessly re-made decade after decade teeters on the banal and unimaginative. Whether those boundaries demarcate what we are able to stomach in terms of violence or what we are able to unpack within our own internal concepts of gender and sexuality, Freaky joins these tenets in order to craft a horror story rife with unexpected, imaginative kills all while subverting societal expectations of who we should really be afraid of—and why.
This simplified adaptation which Koryta co-wrote with Sheridan alongside Charles Leavitt thrusts good and evil together with the same easy confidence of a corral shootout. A forensic accountant Jake Weber, playing a pretty badass accountant but not a The Accountant -level badass and his son, Connor Finn Little are on the run.
She plays Hannah, whom Connor stumbles into in the middle of the forest after Plan A is jettisoned for B. A smokejumper basically like if a regular firefighter was in Point Break with PTSD, Hannah was left guilt-ridden and shaken after a particularly awful wildfire. It also left her stuck in a dead-end assignment: All alone on watch duty, high above the forest in an isolated fire tower.
A film set during World War I! Nonetheless, is one of the most technically challenging and visually satisfying movies of the year. In this case, the approach meshes perfectly with the setting and story, pulling the viewer into the tension of trench warfare and the overall horror of a prolonged stay in a place where the enemy is always trying to kill you, while also achieving a certain character-centric intensity that may feel familiar to anyone who has logged many hours in videogames.
As a result, if you give an inch of attention, it will drag you along for miles. Each line, each movement, each shot contains worlds of meaning. Sometimes everybody gets it right. Raya Kelly Marie Tran , after a youthful tragedy leaves her father Daniel Dae Kim turned to stone and her land fractured, must hop from community to community—gathering up the pieces of a magical gem and new quirky team members—so that Sisu Awkwafina , the last dragon, can depetrify everyone and put the world right.
As the migrating community scatters to the wind and reconvenes wherever the seasonal jobs pop up, Zhao creates a complicated mosaic of barebones freedom. At least they have a little more control out here. The optimism gained from a reclaimed sense of autonomy is lovely to behold and crushing when it comes into conflict with those angling for a return to the way things were , even if its impermanence is inherent. Year: Director: Jon M.
In , director Jon M. Chu imbued the standard rom-com plot of his Crazy Rich Asians adaptation with classical Hollywood decadence, hanging it all on a framework of well-constructed cultural specificity.
It was big, spectacular and embarrassingly novel for an American movie of its kind. In the Heights is great, and its greatness is amplified by the joy that it will inspire in theaters full of people for years to come. Year: Director: Paul W. Anderson has consistently proven himself to be the king of videogame adaptations.
He is able to take beloved properties and mold them into entertaining narratives that encapsulate their ethos and are accessible to both franchise fans and novices alike. He continues to create larger-than-life narratives that are just plain old fun. Monster Hunter begins with Lieutenant Natalie Artemis the always badass Milla Jovovich leading a team of soldiers in the desert, searching for a missing squad that seemingly disappeared without a trace. The group is suddenly transported into another world via an intense lightning storm.
This is a relentless place, full of massive monsters who are out for blood. No matter their firepower, nothing seems to stop Diablos, a giant triceratops-like creature, or the Nerscylla, a nasty group of poisonous spiders the size of elephants. The tools of violence of the US military are rendered useless in the face of these titans.
They laugh, they joke, they make sacrifices for one another. Jovovich and Jaa make a remarkable team: The chemistry between the two actors is an endearing light in the middle of a gritty and violent film where humans are impaled and eaten.
Anderson does not just rely on the monsters, but creates strong human relationships to encourage a deeper engagement than expected with a videogame adaptation. From the start, everything about The Empty Man is misleading. Its title sounds like the absolutely terrible Bloody Mary-esque The Bye Bye Man or the botched adaptation of Slender Man , where spooky too-long shadow dudes creep up on some doltish teens.
Even Candyman , maybe the best and most ambitious example of this type of film, is barely minutes. And then the movie keeps going, as if to literally push past your expectations. Its narrative evolves into something increasingly strange and engaging. In short, it rules. In fact, as they sit in his well-appointed London flat together, he gives her the business, expressing his opinion of her life plans with his canines bared.
Similar to how the characters are there to serve Anthony, the supporting cast is there to serve Hopkins.
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