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NEW MOVIES: April 24-30, 2025, “The Accountant 2,” “Until Dawn,” “The Legend of Ochi,” “Another Day in America”

THE ACCOUNTANT 2

THE ACCOUNTANT 2

The Accountant 2 is a 2025 American action thriller film directed by Gavin O’Connor and written by Bill Dubuque.[2] It is the sequel to The Accountant (2016). Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, and J. K. Simmons reprise their roles from the previous film, with Daniella Pineda joining the cast.

The film premiered at the South by Southwest Festival on March 8, 2025, to positive reviews from critics. It will be theatrically released on April 25, 2025, in the United States by Amazon MGM Studios through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and internationally by the original film’s domestic distributor, Warner Bros. Pictures.[3][4][5][6][7] A third film is in development.[8]

Premise

“When unknown assassins kill someone close to her, Treasury Agent Marybeth Medina is forced to contact Christian Wolff to solve the murder. With the help of his estranged but highly lethal brother Brax, Chris applies his brilliant mind and less-than-legal methods to piece together the unsolved puzzle. As they get closer to the truth, the trio draws the attention of some of the most ruthless killers alive, all intent on putting a stop to their search.”[9]

Cast

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UNTIL DAWN

UNTIL DAWN

Until Dawn is a 2015 interactive drama survival horror game developed by Supermassive Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. In it, players assume control of eight young adults who must survive on Blackwood Mountain when their lives are threatened. The game features a butterfly effect system in which players must make choices that may change the story. All playable characters can survive or die, depending on the choices made. Players explore the environment from a third-person perspective and find clues that may help solve the mystery.

Until Dawn was originally planned as a first-person game for the PlayStation 3‘s motion controller, PlayStation Move, but the motion controls were dropped when it became a PlayStation 4 game. The story was written by Larry Fessenden and Graham Reznick, who sought to create the video game equivalent of a slasher film. The development team took inspiration from various sources. These include the movies Evil Dead II and Poltergeist, and video games Heavy Rain, Resident Evil, and Silent Hill. To ensure the game was scary, the team used a galvanic skin response test to measure playtesters’ fear levels when playing it. Jason Graves composed the soundtrack and Guerrilla Games‘ Decima game engine was used for the graphics. Several noted actors, including Rami Malek, Hayden Panettiere, Meaghan Martin, Brett Dalton, Jordan Fisher, Nichole Sakura, and Peter Stormare, provided motion capture and voice acting.

 

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THE LEGEND OF OCHI

THE LEGEND OF OCHI

The Legend of Ochi (/ˈoʊtʃi/) is a 2025 American fantasy adventure film written and directed by Isaiah Saxon in his feature film debut. The film stars Helena Zengel, Finn Wolfhard, Emily Watson, and Willem Dafoe.

A24 released it in limited theaters in the United States on April 18, 2025, before a wide release on April 25.

Premise

In a secluded northern village in Carpathia, a farm girl named Yuri is taught not to go outside after dark and to fear the reclusive creatures known as the Ochi. But when she discovers a lost and injured baby Ochi, she sets off on a journey to return it to its family.[5]

Cast

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ANOTHER DAY IN AMERICA

ANOTHER DAY IN AMERICA

Based on true events, Another Day in America is a dark, radical comedy-drama that revolves around an ensemble of distinct characters going through a post-pandemic day in an American office. It’s not business as usual — it’s personal. It’s cultural guerrilla warfare, navigating the pains of disenfranchisement, misogyny, racism, perversion, and mental illness. They are at a tipping point, making things even more painful, damaging, and dangerous. Another Day in America focuses on its polarized society, fueled by our dependence on online internet culture, a culture that is quickly changing yet is anchored by a profoundly violent and painful history.

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4/22/2025 #TheAccountant2 #UntilDawn #TheLegendofOchi #AnotherDayinAmerica

NEW MOVIES: April 17-23, 2025, “Sinners,” “Sneaks,” “The Wedding Banquet,” “Evicted!”

SINNERS

SINNERS

Sinners is an upcoming American period supernatural horror film written, produced, and directed by Ryan Coogler. Set in the 1930s in the Southern United States, the film stars Michael B. Jordan in a dual role as twin brothers who return to their hometown but face greater evil.  [4]The film also features Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Miller, Li Jun Li, and Delroy Lindo.

By January 2024, when Jordan was cast, Coogler began developing the genre film through his production company, Proximity Media. Warner Bros. Pictures acquired distribution rights the next month following a bidding war, and casting for additional roles took place in April, before filming that month. Filming wrapped in July 2024.

Sinners is scheduled to be released in the United States on April 18, 2025.[5]

Premise

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers Smoke and Stack (Michael B. Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.[6]

— Warner Bros. Pictures

Cast

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SNEAKS

SNEAKS

Sneaks is a 2025 animated sports comedy film directed by Rob Edwards and Chris Jenkins from a script by Edwards. It is Edwards’ feature directorial debut.[2][3][4]

The film features an ensemble cast, including the voices of Anthony Mackie, Martin Lawrence, Swae Lee, Chloe Bailey, Macy Gray, Ella Mai, Mustard, Roddy Ricch, Quavo, Young Miko, Amirah Hall, Kiana Ledé, Bobbito Garcia, Sam Jay, Sky Brown, Rayssa Leal, Rico Rodriguez, Keith David, Chris Paul, and Laurence Fishburne.

The film was released on Sky Cinema in the United Kingdom on March 28, 2025, and will be released theatrically in the United States on April 18.

Plot

Sneaks follows the adventures of Ty, a misguided designer sneaker who does not know life outside the comforts of his velvet-lined shoe box. After a shady collector steals his sister, Ty must venture into New York City to find and rescue her. In his adventure, Ty meets a ragtag group of footwear friends from all walks of life who help him find the courage to step outside his shoe box and find his “sole-mate.” [citation needed]

Voice cast

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THE WEDDING BANQUET

THE WEDDING BANQUET

The Wedding Banquet[3] is a 1993 romantic comedy film directed, produced and co-written by Ang Lee. The story concerns a bisexual Taiwanese immigrant man (Winston Chao, in his film debut) who marries a mainland Chinese woman (May Chin) to placate his parents (Gua Ah-leh and Lung Sihung) and get her a green card. His plan backfires when his parents arrive in the United States to plan his wedding banquet, and he has to hide the truth about his gay partner (Mitchell Lichtenstein). It was a co-production of Lee’s Good Machine production company and the Taiwanese Central Motion Picture Corporation.

Lee’s second feature film and his first to get a theatrical release in the United States, The Wedding Banquet, premiered at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Bear. It was both a critical and commercial success, winning five Golden Horse Awards, including Best Film and Best Director. It received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Foreign-Language Film, as well as six Independent Spirit Award nominations.

Together with Pushing Hands (1991) and Eat Drink Man Woman (1994), all showing the Confucian family at risk and all starring the Taiwanese actor Lung Sihung, The Wedding Banquet forms what has been called Lee’s “Father Knows Best” trilogy.[4]

In 2023, the Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”

Plot

Gao Wai-Tung is a bisexual Taiwanese immigrant happily living in Manhattan with his gay Jewish partner, Simon. He has not come out to his traditionally minded parents, who live back in Taiwan, and, as he’s in his late 20s, they’ve become eager to see him get married and have a child to continue the family line. When his parents hire a dating service, Wai-Tung and Simon stall for time by inventing numerous impossible demands. They demand an opera singer while requesting that she be 5’9″, have two PhDs, and speak five languages. To their shock, the service locates a 5’8″ Chinese woman who meets all but one of their qualifications, having only a single PhD instead of two. She is very gracious when Wai-Tung explains his dilemma, as she, too, is hiding a relationship with a white man from her parents.

At Simon’s insistence, Wai-Tung decides to marry one of his tenants, Wei-Wei, a penniless artist from mainland China needing a green card. Besides helping Wei-Wei, the couple hopes this will placate Wai-Tung’s parents. To complicate matters, Mr. and Mrs. Gao announce they will visit. Before the parents arrive, Simon tells Wei-Wei everything she needs to know about Wai-Tung’s habits, body, and lifestyle, and the three hastily take down all gay imagery and décor from the house and hang Mandarin calligraphy scrolls in its place.

Mr. and Mrs. Gao arrive bringing gifts and US$30,000 to hold an extravagant wedding for their son, believing he has a wealthy fiancée. Wai-Tung dares not tell his parents the truth because his father (a retired army officer) has just recovered from a stroke. As a part of the lie, Wai-Tung introduces Simon as his landlord.

The day after his parents arrive, Wai-Tung announces that he and Wei-Wei plan to be married by a Justice of the Peace. However, the heartbreak his mother experiences at the courthouse wedding, both at the arrangement and at the discovery of the low social class of Wei-Wei, moves Wai-Tung to make up for the ‘disgraceful’ wedding by accepting the offer of a magnificent wedding banquet from Mr. Gao’s former batman, who now owns a restaurant and reception hall. After the lavish banquet, a huge party of relatives and friends barges into the bridal suite for an after-party and demands that the newlyweds get in bed naked before they leave. This leads to Wei-Wei’s pregnancy. Simon is extremely upset when he finds out, provoking an argument between them and Wei-Wei, and his relationship with Wai-Tung deteriorates.

Mr. Gao suffers another stroke, and in a moment of anger after the fight, Wai-Tung admits the truth to his mother. She is shocked and insists that he not tell his father. However, the perceptive Mr. Gao has seen more than he lets on. He tells Simon that he knows about their relationship and considers Simon his son, appreciating his considerable sacrifices to be together with Wai-Tung. Mr. Gao gives Simon a hongbao, a symbolic admission of their relationship. Still, Simon promises not to let on to the others that he knows the truth, saying that without the sham marriage, he’d never have a grandchild. While en route to an appointment for an abortion, Wei-Wei decides to keep the baby and asks Simon to stay together with Wai-Tung and be the baby’s father, too.

At the airport, before the Gaos’ flight home, Mr. Gao accepts Simon and warmly shakes his hand. Mrs. Gao bids Wei-Wei a fond farewell before they board their plane, leaving the unconventional new family to figure themselves out.

Cast

 

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EVICTED!

EVICTED!

With an impending eviction hanging over their heads, freshly unemployed Maggie, gig-economy worker Will, and feuding couple Isabelle and May embark on a seemingly futile hunt for an affordable shared house. Along the way, they encounter unsanitary toilets, attic kitchens, and an alleged haunting. As Will forms an unlikely friendship with a war veteran, Isabelle hits it off with her local barista, and endless mishaps, coincidences, and hookups go awry.

The Story Mill is a fresh, new production studio crafting unique stories through visual mediums. Whether through narrative features or documentaries, we always know how to leave an impression.

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4/15/2025 #Sinners #Sneaks #TheWeddingBanquet #Evicted!

 

NEW MOVIES: April 10-16, 2025, “The Amateur,” “Drop,” “The Teacher,” “One to One: John & Yoko”

THE AMATEUR

THE AMATEUR

The Amateur is an upcoming American vigilante action spy film directed by James Hawes and written by Ken Nolan and Gary Spinelli, based on the 1981 novel of the same name by Robert Littell, which was previously adapted into a Canadian film that same year. It stars Rami Malek, Rachel Brosnahan, Caitríona Balfe, Jon Bernthal, Michael Stuhlbarg, Holt McCallany, Julianne Nicholson, Adrian Martinez, Danny Sapani, and Laurence Fishburne.

The film is scheduled to be released in the United States by 20th Century Studios on April 11, 2025.

Premise

After Charles Heller, a CIA cryptographer, loses his wife in a London terrorist attack, he realizes his bosses will not act due to conflicting internal priorities. Having blackmailed the agency to train him as a field operative, Charles embarks on a one-man mission to hunt down his wife’s killers.[2]

Cast

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DROP

DROP

Drop is a 2025 American thriller film[2] directed by Christopher Landon and written by Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach. It stars Meghann Fahy, Brandon Sklenar, Violett Beane, Jacob Robinson, Reed Diamond, Ben Pelletier, Gabrielle Ryan, Jeffery Self, Ed Weeks, and Travis Nelson.

Drop premiered at SXSW on March 9, 2025, and is scheduled to be released in the United States by Universal Pictures on April 11, 2025. The film has received positive reviews from critics.

Premise

Violet, a widowed mother, is on a date with Henry when she is terrorized by a series of anonymous messages on her phone. The caller instructs her to tell nobody and follow increasingly malicious instructions, or her younger sister, Jen, and her son, Toby, will be killed, culminating with her being told to kill Henry.[3]

The title refers to the AirDrop feature on Apple’s iPhone, which allows you to share pictures and videos with other phones within your proximity.

Cast

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THE TEACHER

THE TEACHER

The Teacher (Arabic: الأستاذ) is a 2023 drama film written and directed by British-Palestinian filmmaker Farah Nabulsi. It stars Saleh Bakri, Imogen Poots, and Muhammad Abed Elrahman. It premiered at the 48th Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2023.

Set in the present-day West Bank in the occupied Palestinian Territories, Nabulsi described the film as a “human drama set in a political landscape” and “a story about characters that represent a severely marginalized and underrepresented people,” stating that she “needed to make this film to cope with the injustice I’ve witnessed.”[3]

Plot

Basem is a Palestinian schoolteacher who finds himself caught between his commitment to political resistance and his role as a father figure to one of his students, Adam.

Cast

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ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO

ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO

One to One: John & Yoko is a 2024 documentary film co-directed by Kevin Macdonald and Sam Rice-Edwards. [2]The film follows the couple of years that John Lennon and Yoko Ono spent in a Greenwich Village apartment while also tracing developments in American politics like the presidency of Richard Nixon and opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War. It is centered around Lennon and Ono’s “One to One” benefit concert for the children at Willowbrook.[3] Sean Ono Lennon, son of Lennon and Ono, oversaw audio mastering for the concert footage.[4]

The film was announced on May 29, 2024.[5] It later premiered at the Venice Film Festival on August 30, 2024, and was followed by showings at the Telluride Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival with distribution by Mercury Studios.  [6]On January 21, 2025, Magnolia Pictures announced their acquisition of North American rights for the film, after which they announced an April 11 release date in IMAX theaters, as well as plans for streaming releases later in the year.[4]

Synopsis

The film is centered around concert footage and audio from Lennon and Ono’s “One to One” benefit concert held at Madison Square Garden in August 1972 on behalf of children at the Willowbrook institution in Staten Island. The “One to One” benefit concerts were the only performances that Lennon performed following The Beatles‘ split in 1970.[7]

The film also follows the trajectory of their 18-month stay in a Greenwich Village apartment from 1971–1973.[8]

Background

The project began when Macdonald was presented with remastered, restored, never-before-seen footage of the “One to One” benefit concert. Macdonald then considered why the concert happened, probing further questions about Lennon and Ono’s lives and careers.[9]

Macdonald then sought to create a film around the benefit concert and the couple’s “political engagement” and their relationship with watching television.[9]

The original release of this concert is the Live in New York City album and home video in 1986.

Composition

Between clips of the “One to One” benefit concert, the film additionally cuts together video and audio recordings from television, phone calls, and other contexts from the same time, highlighting historical events such as Lennon’s failed “Free the People” tour and controversies around Ono’s relationship to Lennon and The Beatles.

The film also uses “newly transferred and restored footage” from the years Lennon and Ono spent in Greenwich Village “alongside previously unseen and unheard items from the couple’s archives, including phone calls and home movies”.[10] It additionally features a replica construction of Lennon and Ono’s apartment.[11]

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4/8/2025 #TheAmateur #Drop #TheTeacher #OneToOne:John&Yoko

 

 

 

NEW MOVIES: April 3-9, 2025, “A MineCraft Movie,” “The Luckiest Man in America,” “Psycho Therapy,” “Eric LaRue”

A MINECRAFT MOVIE

A MINECRAFT MOVIE

A Minecraft Movie is a 2025 American fantasy adventure comedy film based on the 2011 video game Minecraft by Mojang Studios. It was directed by Jared Hess and written by Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer, Neil Widener, Gavin James, and Chris Galletta, from a story by Allison Schroeder, Bowman, and Palmer. The film stars Jason Momoa, Jack Black, Danielle Brooks, Emma Myers, and Sebastian Hansen. In the film, four misfits are pulled through a portal into a cubic world that thrives on imagination, having no choice but to master the world while embarking on a quest with an expert crafter named Steve.

Plans for a Minecraft film adaptation were announced in February 2014 when creator Markus Persson revealed that Mojang was in talks with Warner Bros. Pictures to develop the project, with Roy Lee and Jill Messick producing. During development, filmmakers Shawn Levy, Rob McElhenney, and Peter Sollett, were initially hired to direct, while writers Kieran and Michele Mulroney, Jason Fuchs, Aaron and Adam Nee, and Allison Schroeder, were attached. In April 2022, Legendary Entertainment became involved, with Hess hired as the new director and Momoa in talks to star. Further casting took place from May 2023 to January 2024. Principal photography began later that month in New Zealand and concluded in mid-April 2024.

A Minecraft Movie had its world premiere at Empire, Leicester Square in London, United Kingdom, on March 30, 2025,[3] and is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on April 4, 2025.

Premise

Four misfits—Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Jason Momoa), Henry (Sebastian Hansen), Natalie (Emma Myers) and Dawn (Danielle Brooks)—find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they’ll have to master this world (and protect it from evil things like piglins and zombies, too) while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve (Jack Black). Together, their adventure will challenge all five to be bold and to reconnect with the qualities that make each of them uniquely creative…the very skills they need to thrive back in the real world.

— Warner Bros. Pictures[4]

Cast

Additionally, Matt Berry, Kate McKinnon, and Jemaine Clement have been cast in undisclosed roles.[13][10][14] YouTubers Valkyrae, DanTDM, Aphmau, Mumbo Jumbo, and LDShadowLady will appear in the film.[15] In addition, a reference to Technoblade is included as a tribute to him.[16]

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THE LUCKIEST MAN IN AMERICA

THE LUCKIEST MAN IN AMERICA

The Luckiest Man in America is a 2024 American drama film directed and co-written by Samir Oliveros. It stars Paul Walter Hauser, Walton Goggins, Shamier Anderson, Brian Geraghty, Patti Harrison, Haley Bennett, Damian Young, Lilli Kay, James Wolk, Shaunette Renée Wilson, David Rysdahl, Ricky Russert, David Strathairn, Johnny Knoxville, and Maisie Williams.

The film’s world premiere was scheduled for September 5, 2024, at the Toronto International Film Festival. It will be released in the United States on April 4, 2025.

Premise

Depicts the 1984 scandal orchestrated by ice cream truck driver Michael Larson when he appeared on and won the game show Press Your Luck.

Cast

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PSYCHO THERAPY

PSYCHO THERAPY

The Steve Buscemi-led black comedy Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer has been released. Directed by Turkish filmmaker Tolga Karaçelik in his English-language debut, the film follows John Magaro (Past Lives) as Keane, a writer whose crumbling marriage to Suzie (Britt Lower) is further complicated by his years-long struggle to complete a book about serial killers. His luck takes a bizarre turn when he meets Kollmick (Buscemi), an ex-murderer who offers to mentor him in the finer points of homicide.

The newly released trailer for Psycho Therapy shows things spiral further out of control when Suzie mistakes reformed serial killer Kollmick for their new marriage counselor (via Brainstorm Media). Psycho Therapy is set to premiere in New York theaters on April 4. The film will also star Ward Harton, Olli Haaskivi, and Lower’s Severance co-star Sydney Cole Alexander.

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ERIC LARUE

ERIC LARUE

Eric LaRue is a 2023 American drama film directed by Michael Shannon in his directorial debut. It was written by Brett Neveu and based on his 2002 play of the same name.

Synopsis

Janice, the mother of a high school murderer, prepares to visit her son in prison and meet a collection of bereaved local parents.

Cast

  • Judy Greer as Janice LaRue
  • Paul Sparks as Steve Calhan, a Presbyterian pastor
  • Alison Pill as Lisa, a Human Resources manager close with Ron
  • Tracy Letts as Bill Verne, motivational preacher
  • Annie Parisse as Stephanie, a grieving mother
  • Kate Arrington as Jill, a grieving mother
  • Alexander Skarsgård as Ron LaRue, Janice’s husband
  • Nation Sage Henrikson as Eric LaRue, Janice’s son and school shooter
  • Lawrence Grimm as Jack, Janice’s boss.

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4/1/2025 #AMinCraftMovie #TheLuckiestManinAmerica #PsychoTherapy #EricLaRue

NEW MOVIES: March 27-April 2, 2025, “Death of a Unicorn,” “A Working Man,” “The Friend,” “The Encampments”

THE DEATH OF A UNICORN

THE DEATH OF A UNICORN

Death of a Unicorn is a 2025 American comedy horror film written and directed by Alex Scharfman. It stars Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega as a father and daughter who accidentally hit and kill a unicorn, causing them to be hunted down by its parents.  Will Poulter, Tea Leoni, and Richard E. Grant appear in supporting roles.

Death of a Unicorn had its world premiere at the South by Southwest Festival on March 8, 2025, and is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States by A24 on March 28, 2025.

Premise

Elliot Kintner and his teenage daughter, Ridley, accidentally hit a unicorn while en route to a crisis management summit with Elliot’s boss, Odell Leopold, and his family. The Leopolds seize the unicorn, and their scientists discover that the creature is endowed with supernaturally curative properties, which the Leopolds seek to exploit. However, as they delve deeper into their research, the unicorn’s parents arrive and begin to slaughter one by one those involved in the exploitation of their dead foal.[2][3]

Cast

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A WORKING MAN

A WORKING MAN

A Working Man is an upcoming American action thriller film directed by David Ayer, written by Ayer and Sylvester Stallone, and based on the 2014 novel Levon’s Trade by Chuck Dixon. It stars Jason Statham, Michael Peña, and David Harbour.

A Working Man is scheduled to be released in the United States by Amazon MGM Studios through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and internationally by Warner Bros. Pictures on March 28, 2025.

Premise

Levon Cade, an ex-Royal Marines commando, lives peacefully as a construction worker in Chicago. However, Levon is forced to use his old set of skills to find his boss’s teenage daughter, Jenny, who human traffickers had kidnaped, and soon uncovers a conspiracy of corruption and government agents’ involvement in human trafficking.

Cast

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THE FRIEND

THE FRIEND

The Friend is a 2024 American drama film written and directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel. Based on the 2018 novel by Sigrid Nunez, it stars Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, Sarah Pidgeon, Carla Gugino, Constance Wu, and Ann Dowd. It had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival and screened in the Gala section at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.[1][2]

Follows a story of love, friendship, grief, and healing, about a writer who adopts a Great Dane that belonged to a late friend and mentor.

Cast

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THE ENCAMPMENTS

THE ENCAMPMENTS

The Encampments is a 2025 American documentary film directed and produced by Michael T. Workman and Kei Pritsker. It follows the 2024 Columbia University pro-Palestinian campus occupations. Macklemore serves as an executive producer.

It will have its world premiere at CPH:DOX on March 25, 2025, and is scheduled to be released on March 28 by Watermelon Pictures.

Premise

The Encampments explores the 2024 Columbia University pro-Palestinian campus occupations. Mahmoud Khalil appears in the film.[2]

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3/25/2025 #DeathofaUnicorn #AWorkingMan #TheFriend #The Encampments

 

NEW MOVIES: March 20-26, 2025, “Disney’s Snow White,” “Alto Knights,” “McVeigh,” “Secret Mall Apartment”

DISNEY’S SNOW WHITE

DISNEY’S SNOW WHITE

Disney’s Snow White,[2][7] or simply Snow White, is a 2025 American musical fantasy film directed by Marc Webb and written by Erin Cressida Wilson.[8] Produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Marc Platt Productions, it is a live-action reimagining[9] of Walt Disney Productions‘s 1937 animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which itself is based on the 1812 fairy tale “Snow White” by the Brothers Grimm. The film stars Rachel Zegler in the title role, alongside Andrew Burnap and Gal Gadot.

Plans for a remake of 1937’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs were confirmed in October 2016, with Wilson announced as a screenwriter. Webb entered talks to direct the film in May 2019 and was announced as director in September 2019. Filming took place primarily in London, England, from March to July 2022, with additional filming and pick-ups taking place in June 2024. The film elicited pre-release controversies, with criticism levied against the color-blind casting, story changes, Zegler’s public critiques of the original film, and reimagining of the Seven Dwarfs.

Snow White premiered at Alcázar of Segovia in Segovia, Spain on March 12, 2025, and is scheduled to be released in theaters in the United States by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures on March 21, 2025.

Premise

A princess joins forces with Seven Dwarfs to liberate her kingdom from her cruel stepmother, the Evil Queen.

Cast

The film stars Rachel Zegler, Gal Gadot and Andrew Burnap
  • Rachel Zegler as Snow White,[10] a fearless and pure-hearted princess who is determined to free her kingdom from her stepmother’s tyranny.
    • Emilia Faucher as young Snow White[11]
    • Olivia Verrall as baby Snow White[12]
  • Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen,[13] Snow White’s jealous, tyrannical stepmother who is obsessed with being the fairest one of all.
  • Andrew Burnap as Jonathan, a new character created for the film as Snow White’s love interest (partially based on the Prince from the original film) and a rebel who wants to defy the Evil Queen’s monarchy.[14]
  • Ansu Kabia as the Huntsman,[15] the Evil Queen’s servant whom she orders to kill Snow White and bring back her heart.
  • Patrick Page as the voice of the Magic Mirror,[16] a mirror containing a being that would answer the Evil Queen’s question on who is the fairest one of all.

Seven Dwarfs

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ALTO KNIGHTS

ALTO KNIGHTS

The Alto Knights is an upcoming American biographical crime drama film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Nicholas Pileggi. The film stars Robert De Niro in a dual role as 1950s mob bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, with Debra Messing, Cosmo Jarvis, Kathrine Narducci, and Michael Rispoli in supporting roles.

Warner Bros. Pictures is scheduled to release The Alto Knights in the United States on March 21, 2025.

Premise

 

A power struggle between Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, the top bosses of the Mafia, spills into open conflict when Vito orders a hit on Frank. Barely surviving, Frank maneuvers to protect himself and his family from Vito while also planning to retire from the Mafia.[4]

Cast

 

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MCVEIGH

MCVEIGH

McVeigh is a 2024 American drama film co-written and directed by Mike Ott. It is based on the true story of domestic terrorist Timothy McVeigh, the perpetrator of the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. Alfie Allen plays McVeigh. The film premiered at the Tribeca Festival on June 7, 2024.  [1]It will be released on digital platforms and in theaters on March 21, 2025.[2]

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SECRET MALL APARTMENT

SECRET MALL APARTMENT

Secret Mall Apartment is a 2024 American documentary film directed by filmmaker Jeremy Workman that recounts the story of a group of young Rhode Islanders who built a secret apartment inside the bustling Providence Place shopping mall in Providence, Rhode Island, in 2003, living there for four years until getting caught and charged with trespassing in 2007.[1][2][3]

The group filmed much of their activity in the secret apartment with inexpensive Pentax Optio cameras they purchased at the mall’s RadioShack and concealed in Altoids tins.[4] The story of the secret apartment had been an urban legend for many years [5], and the documentary brought together the original 8 participants for the first time in 17 years.[6]

Secret Mall Apartment marks the second collaboration between Workman and actor Jesse Eisenberg, one of the film’s producers. [7][8]Previously, Eisenberg produced Workman’s 2018 documentary The World Before Your Feet.

Synopsis

The film tells the true story of eight Rhode Islanders who built and lived in a secret apartment in a busy local mall from 2003 to 2007.[9]

Background

Further information: Providence Place § Secret apartment

According to the main subject, Michael Townsend, after the story broke in 2007, several Hollywood production companies approached him about making a film. For nearly 15 years, he and his fellow artists turned down “north of 30 directors” who wanted to make a documentary on the story. [10]Finally, in 2019, after meeting director Jeremy Workman in Greece, Townsend felt he had finally found a director who could tell the story properly, depicting how the group’s outside public artwork intersected with the larger ideas of the secret apartment. [11]In interviews, Workman has talked about seeing the secret apartment as “the Trojan Horse” to explore deeper ideas about passion and purpose.[6]

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3/18/2025 #Disney’sSnowWhite #AltoKnights #McVeigh #SecretMallApartment

NEW MOVIES: March 13-19, 2025, “Novocaine,” “Black Bag,” “The Chosen: Last Supper,” “The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie”

NOVOCAINE

NOVOCAINE

Novocaine is an upcoming American action comedy film[2][3] directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen. The film stars Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, Ray Nicholson, Jacob Batalon, Betty Gabriel, and Matt Walsh. Its plot follows Nathan Caine, a bank executive with the inability to feel pain who goes out to rescue his coworker after a group of bank robbers takes her hostage.

Novocaine is scheduled to be released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on March 14, 2025.

Premise

Nathan Caine is a mild-mannered introvert with a rare disorder, congenital insensitivity to pain (CIP), who must rescue the girl of his dreams who has been taken hostage in a bank robbery.[2]

Cast

  • Jack Quaid as Nathan “Nate” Caine, a sheltered bank executive who can’t feel pain
  • Amber Midthunder as Sherry Margrave, Nathan’s love interest, who is kidnapped by bank robbers
  • Ray Nicholson as Simon Greenly, a bank robber
  • Jacob Batalon as Roscoe Dixon, Nathan’s online gaming friend
  • Betty Gabriel as Mincy Langston, an officer of the SDPD
  • Matt Walsh as Coltraine Duffy, an officer of the SDPD
  • Conrad Kemp as Andre
  • Evan Hengst as Ben
  • Craig Jackson as Nigel
  • Lou Beatty Jr. as Earl

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BLACK BAG

BLACK BAG

Black Bag is an upcoming American spy thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by David Koepp. The film stars Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender, Marisa Abela, Tom Burke, Naomie Harris, Regé-Jean Page, and Pierce Brosnan.

Black Bag is scheduled to be released on March 14, 2025, in the United States by Focus Features and internationally by Universal Pictures.

Cast

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THE CHOSEN: LAST SUPPER

THE CHOSEN: LAST SUPPER

Synopsis

The table is set. The people of Israel welcome Jesus as king while his disciples anticipate his crowning. But—instead of confronting Rome—he turns the tables on the Jewish religious festival. Their power is threatened, and the country’s religious and political leaders will go to any length to ensure this Passover meal is Jesus’ last.

In a beautiful cinematic format, The Chosen: Last Supper brings audiences the most pivotal week in history in this special three-part theatrical release.

Jesus rides into the holy city as king but finds his father’s house has been turned from a place of prayer into a corrupt market. As the Jewish High Priest schemes against the would-be Messiah, Jesus strikes first, turning the tables on religious corruption.

  • GENRE:  Concert/Special Events,  Drama
  • RELEASE DATE: Thursday, Mar 20, 2025
  • The Chosen: Last Supper Premiere Event (2025) is 2 hr 10 min long.

Cast 8

  1. Jonathan Roumie

    Jonathan Roumie

     

    Jesus

  2. Elizabeth Tabish

    Elizabeth Tabish

     

    Mary Magdalene

  3. Shahar Isaac

    Shahar Isaac

     

    Simon Peter

  4. Paras Patel

    Paras Patel

     

    Matthew

  5. Noah James

    Noah James

     

    Andrew

  6. Shaan Sharma

    Shaan Sharma

     

    Shmuel

  7. Nick Shakoour

    Nick Shakoour

     

    Zebedee

  8. George H. Xanthis

    George H. Xanthis

     

    John

    Crew 9

    Crew

    1. Dallas Jenkins

      Dallas Jenkins

      Creator

    Directing

    1. Dallas Jenkins

      Dallas Jenkins

      Director

    Production

    1. Dallas Jenkins

      Dallas Jenkins

      Executive Producer

    2. Chad Gundersen

      Producer

    3. Chris Juen

      Producer

    4. Justin Tolley

      Producer

    Writing

    1. Dallas Jenkins

    2. Ryan Swanson

      Writer

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THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE

THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie is a 2024 American animated science fiction comedy film produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Directed by Pete Browngardt in his directorial debut, it is the first fully animated and theatrically released film in the Looney Tunes franchise based on entirely original material. The film is spun off from the Looney Tunes Cartoons series developed by Browngardt and features the voices of Eric Bauza, Candi Milo, and Peter MacNicol. Its story centers on Daffy Duck and Porky Pig as they try to save Earth from an alien scheme while trying not to drive each other crazy.

The Day the Earth Blew Up premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on June 11, 2024, and is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States by Ketchup Entertainment on March 14, 2025. This makes it the second Looney Tunes film not to be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures domestically after Bugs Bunny Superstar.

Plot

Due to a series of antics at the bubblegum factory, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig discover a secret alien plot to take over the Earth via mind-control. The duo must work together to stop the aliens with a little help from Petunia Pig while trying to avoid driving each other insane.[5]

Voice cast

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3/11/2025 #Novocaine #BlackBag #TheChosen:LastSupper #TheDayTheEarthBlewUp:ALooneyTunesMovie

NEW MOVIES: March 6-12, 2025, “Mickey 17,” “Night of the Zoopocalypse,” “Queen of the Ring,” “Rule Breakers”

MICKEY 17

MICKEY 17

Mickey 17 is a 2025 science fiction dark comedy film produced, written, and directed by Bong Joon-ho, based on the 2022 novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton. The film stars Robert Pattinson in the title role alongside Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette, and Mark Ruffalo.

Mickey 17 premiered at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival on February 15, 2025,[6] before being theatrically released by Warner Bros. Pictures in South Korea on February 28, 2025, and later in the United States on March 7.

Plot

Mickey Barnes and his friend Timo are financially destitute after a failed business venture and on the run from a loan shark. Unable to pay their debts, the pair sign up as crew for a spaceship that leaves Earth to colonize the planet Nilfheim—Timo as a pilot and Mickey as an “Expendable.” As an expendable, Mickey is treated as disposable and given lethal assignments since every time he dies, he is “reprinted” using cloning technology that has been banned on Earth. During the voyage, Mickey develops a romantic relationship with Nasha Barridge, a security agent.

Upon landing on the snow planet Nilfheim, native lifeforms dubbed “creepers” prevent full colonization. Mickey 17, the seventeenth iteration of Mickey, tries to capture a creeper for analysis but falls into a fissure in the ice. Timo sees Mickey 17 being swarmed by creepers before leaving and reports him dead. However, the creepers collectively push Mickey 17 out of the fissure, enabling him to return to the ship.

Mickey 17 goes to his quarters and finds his replacement, Mickey 18, already there. Multiples are forbidden; Kenneth Marshall, the politician who runs the colony, can only use the cloning technology with the proviso that if multiples occur, all clones will be killed immediately. Knowing this, the more aggressive Mickey 18 tries to kill Mickey 17, who resists and suggests an arrangement where both of them live by rotating duties, meals, and deaths. Mickey 18 is interrupted and leaves with Nasha, while Mickey 17 is taken away for dinner with Kenneth Marshall, Marshall’s wife Ylfa, and security agent Kai. At the dinner, Mickey, 17, reacts badly to a meal of experimental meat and subsequent treatment with experimental painkillers.

When Mickey 17 returns to his quarters, Nasha knows the situation and wants to help them.

Cast

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NIGHT OF THE ZOOPOCALYPSE

NIGHT OF THE ZOOPOCALYPSE

Night of the Zoopocalypse (originally titled as Night of the Zoombies) is a 2024 animated comedy horror film directed by storyboard artists Ricardo Curtis and Rodrigo Perez-Castro, written by James Kee and producer Steven Hoban, inspired by a concept by Clive Barker loosely based on his short story “ZOOmibes”. The film follows a group of animal survivors in a zoo trying to survive a zombie outbreak when an extraterrestrial virus carried on a meteor turns various zoo creatures into slobbering mutant zombies.

It premiered at the 57th Sitges Film Festival on October 7, 2024 and will release in the United States and Canada by Viva Kids and Elevation Pictures on March 7, 2025.[2]

Premise

A mysterious space virus meteor crashes into Colepepper Zoo, turning the animals into vicious gummi-like zombie mutants. A young wolf named Gracie teams up with a gruff mountain lion named Dan to find a cure while leading a ragtag group of survivors to stop the leader of the zombies, Bunny Zero, from taking over the world.

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QUEEN OF THE RING

QUEEN OF THE RING

Queen of the Ring is a 2024 American biographical sports drama about female professional wrestler Mildred Burke, portrayed by Emily Bett Rickards. The film is written and directed by Ash Avildsen. It also stars Josh Lucas, Kelli Berglund and Walton Goggins.

Premise

The film chronicles the life of revolutionary female wrestler Mildred Burke.

In a time when pro wrestling for women was illegal all over the country, a small-town single mother embraced the danger of changing culture as she dominated America’s most masculine sport to become the first million-dollar female athlete in history.

Cast

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RULE BREAKERS

RULE BREAKERS

Film synopsis

In a nation where educating girls is seen as rebellion, a visionary woman dares to teach young minds to dream. When their innovation draws global attention, their success sparks hope—and opposition. As threats loom and sacrifices are made, their courage and unity ignite a movement that could forever transform the world.

Release Date

March 2025

Director

Bill Guttentag

Cast

Ali Fazal

Ali Fazal

Samir Sinha

Nikohl Boosheri

Nikohl Boosheri

Roya Mahboob

Amber Afzali

Amber Afzali

Esin

Nina Hosseinzadeh

Nina Hosseinzadeh

Taara

Sara Malal Rowe

Sara Malal Rowe

Haadiya

Mariam Saraj

Executive Producers

Roya Mahboob

Elaha Mahboob

Jason Brown

Ben Rimmer

Elizabeth Schaeffer Brown

Producers

Laura Bilodeau Overdeck

Samudrika Arora

Bill Guttentag

Writers

Elaha Mahboob

Jason Brown

Bill Guttentag

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3/5/2025 #Mickey17 #NightoftheZoopocalypse #QueenoftheRing #RuleBreakers

NEW MOVIES: Feb 27-March 5, 2025, “The Gorge,” “My Dead Friend Zoe,” “The Golden Voice,” “No Address”

THE GORGE

THE GORGE

The Gorge is a 2025 American science fiction romantic action film directed by Scott Derrickson and written by Zach Dean.[2] It stars Miles Teller, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Sigourney Weaver. Teller and Taylor-Joy portray two elite snipers ordered to guard a deep gorge without knowing what lies inside. It was released on Apple TV+ on February 14, 2025.

Plot

Two elite snipers receive identical missions: travel to a secret location and guard the west and east sides of a deep gorge for one year without any contact with the outside world or their counterparts on the opposite sides. Levi Kane, a former U.S. Marine Scout/Sniper and current private contractor, agrees to guard the west tower. Drasa, a Lithuanian covert operative frequently employed by the Kremlin, guards the east side. Levi suffers from nightmares stemming from the guilt he has from killing enemies, while Drasa’s father, Erikas, plans to commit suicide on Valentine’s Day to reunite with his late wife.

Upon arriving, Levi relieves his predecessor, Jasper D. Drake (nickname J.D.), a former British Royal Marine of duty. J.D. explains that in addition to the towers, there are automated turret defenses, powerful cloaking antennas that hide the gorge, and mines on the walls of the gorge to contain the monstrous creatures within. As well as a protocol, J.D. only knows the name of “stray dog,” telling Levi, “But if you hear those air-raid sirens, you run like hell.” Their predecessors nicknamed these creatures “The Hollow Men,” a reference to the poem of the same name by T. S. Eliot, depicting the end of the world. J.D. tells Levi that three battalions of soldiers (2,400 men) were sent into the gorge in the late 1940s but never returned. J.D. is exfiltrated by helicopter, but his contact executes him without explanation before calling Levi’s handler to report the transition complete.

After several weeks, Drasa violated the communication protocol on her birthday and initiated conversations with Levi via written signs. Levi reciprocates, and the two engage in a sharpshooting competition. The Hollow Men make a protracted escape attempt, but Drasa and Levi defend their towers and each other. The two start communicating more frequently, playing games of chess and making improvised drum sets.

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MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE

MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE

My Dead Friend Zoe is a 2024 American comedy-drama film written by Kyle Hausmann-Stokes and A. J. Bermudez, directed by Hausmann-Stokes and starring Sonequa Martin-Green, Natalie Morales, Gloria Reuben, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Morgan Freeman, and Ed Harris.

Engaged in a mysterious relationship with her dead best friend from the Army, a female Afghanistan veteran comes head-to-head with her Vietnam vet grandfather at the family’s ancestral lake house.

It premiered at South by Southwest on March 9, 2024, and is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on February 28, 2025.

Cast

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THE GOLDEN VOICE

THE GOLDEN VOICE

The Golden Voice (previously titled Rittenhouse Square) is an upcoming American drama film written and directed by Brandon Eric Kamin, starring Nick Nolte and Dharon Jones. The movie shares the story of two people who remedy their dark times through friendship and music.[2]

Theodore Fred Williams (born September 22, 1957), also known as The Man with the Golden Voice, is an American announcer, radio personality, and voice-over artist.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Williams first gained minor fame in the early 1980s, as a late-night radio disc jockey on WVKO in Columbus, Ohio. After over a decade in radio, Williams was dismissed in 1994 for alcoholism and drug abuse, and he soon found himself homeless.

Cast

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NO ADDRESS

NO ADDRESS

It follows a group of homeless people as they struggle to survive on the streets against a harassing gang, an unforgiving community, and the local authorities.

 

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2/24/2025 #TheGorge #MyDeadFriendZoe #TheGoldenVoice #NoAddress

 

NEW MOVIES: Feb 20-26, 2025, “The Unbreakable Boy,” “Old Guy,” “Unbroken,” “Ex-Husbands”

THE UNBREAKABLE BOY

THE UNBREAKABLE BOY

The Unbreakable Boy is an upcoming American biographical drama film[1] directed and written by Jon Gunn. It is based on the book The Unbreakable Boy: A Father’s Fear, a Son’s Courage, and a Story of Unconditional Love, authored by Scott Michael LeRette and Susy Flory, which is based on a true story,[2][3][4] and stars Zachary Levi in the lead role alongside Meghann Fahy, Jacob Laval, Drew Powell, Gavin Warren, and Patricia Heaton.

Lionsgate announced a feature-length film based on the book in November 2020, with Gunn attached as writer and director. Filming began that same month in Oklahoma, and wrapped in December.

The Unbreakable Boy is scheduled to be released by Lionsgate[2][5][6][7] in the United States on February 21, 2025.[8]

Premise

Austin is a boy on the autism spectrum who has brittle bone disease. His father, Scott, always keeps Austin happy.[2][9][10]

Cast

  • Zachary Levi as Scott LeRette, Austin’s father.
  • Jacob Laval as Austin LeRette, a boy on the autism spectrum with brittle bone disease.
    • Roy Jackson Miller as young Austin
  • Meghann Fahy as Teresa
  • Peter Facinelli as Preacher Rick
  • Drew Powell
  • Gavin Warren as Logan LeRette
  • Pilot Bunch as Tyler
  • Patricia Heaton
  • Amy Acker as Lori
  • Sarah Dean as Extra
  • Todd Terry as Dick
  • Kevin Downes as Lyle
  • Mattie Ward and Justin Russell as AA Members
  • Bruce Davis as an Autism Doctor
  • Ashtyn Barlow Nguyen as a Cheerleader
  • Lena Harmon as a Doctor
  • Alexandra Swanbeck as a Nurse

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OLD GUY

OLD GUY

Old Guy is a 2024 American action comedy film directed by Simon West, written by Greg Johnson, produced by Martin Brennan and Jib Polhemus, and Dark Castle Entertainment. Filmed on location in Northern Ireland and starring Christoph Waltz, Lucy Liu, and Cooper Hoffman.

Old Guy premiered at the Newport Beach Film Festival on October 17, 2024, and is scheduled to be released in the United States on February 21, 2025.

Plot

A contract killer on the verge of retirement due to arthritis is given a new chance at fieldwork training Wihlborg, a prodigy assassin with an attitude. The subsequent mission to Northern Ireland is complicated by concerns that Wihlborg is part of a plan to literally eliminate the older guard in favour of a new generation.

Cast

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UNBROKEN

UNBROKEN

Unbroken is a 2014 American war drama film produced and directed by Angelina Jolie and written by the Coen brothers, Richard LaGravenese, and William Nicholson. It is based on the non-fiction book by Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (2010). The film stars Jack O’Connell as Army officer Louis “Louie” Zamperini, an American Olympian, and Miyavi as Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) corporal Mutsuhiro Watanabe. Zamperini survived in a raft for 47 days after his bomber ditched in the ocean during the Second World War, before being captured by the Japanese and being sent to a series of prisoner of war camps.

Filming took place in Australia from October 2013 to February 2014. Unbroken had its world premiere in Sydney on November 17, 2014, followed by a London premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square on November 26, 2014.[4] The film was released in the United States on December 25, 2014.

It received mixed reviews from critics, though praise was given to O’Connell’s performance, Deakins’s cinematography and sound, and Jolie’s direction. It was a financial success, grossing $163 million worldwide. The film was followed by a sequel, Unbroken: Path to Redemption, in 2018.

Plot

During an April 1943 bombing mission against the Japanese-held island of Nauru, Louis “Louie” Zamperini is flying as a bombardier of the United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator when his plane is damaged in combat and a number of the crew injured. The pilot, Phil, brings the aircraft to a stop at the end of the runway despite an exploded tire.

In a flashback to his early youth in Torrance, California, Louie misbehaves by stealing, drinking alcohol, and smoking. Others often bully him for his Italian ethnicity. Seeing how fast Louie runs, his brother Peter trains him to be a runner.

Louie became a disciplined distance runner, earning the nickname “The Torrance Tornado.” He finished 8th in the 1936 Summer Olympics and set a record in the final lap of the 5,000-meter race.

In his 1943 combat service, Louie took some of the surviving crew and several replacements on a search-and-rescue mission with an old plane. One engine failed, and the aircraft ultimately crashed into the ocean. Louie and two others, Phil and Mac, survived and float on two inflatable rafts.

Cast

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EX-HUSBANDS

EX-HUSBANDS

Ex-Husbands is a 2023 American independent black comedy film written and directed by Noah Pritzker.

Overwhelmed with his divorce from his wife and his father dying, Peter takes off to Tulum, where his two sons happen to be for one of their bachelor parties.

Ex-Husbands premiered at the 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival on September 24, 2023, where it competed for the Golden Shell.

Plot

Dentist and New Yorker Peter Pearce is first seen trying to convince his elderly father not to divorce his mother after 65 years of marriage. At the same time, his older son Nick is having a meet-cute with his coworker Thea.

Six years later, Peter is now divorced after 35 years of marriage; his father’s dementia has prevented him from “playing the field” as originally planned, and 30-something-year-old Nick is about to tie the knot with Thea.

Nick is about to go on a stag party getaway to Tulum, Mexico, with his younger brother Mickey and some friends when it turns out Peter is also booked to go there. He’s trying to shake off depression, as he just had to sign the divorce papers from his wife, Maria.

At the resort, the underachieving career waiter Nick becomes gloomy due to depression as his pals party around him. Lowry is a party animal whom Peter dislikes, and Arroyo, despite declaring he’s straight and married, embarks on a liaison with Mickey, who has recently come out and is tentatively starting to date.

Peter meets Eileen, a wedding guest from another group, and they share an amicable, albeit safe, flirtation.

Cast

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2/17/2025 #TheUnbreakableBoy #OldGuy #Unbroken #Ex-Husbands

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