Category: NEW MOVIES: “We Live in Time”

WE LIVE IN TIME

WE LIVE IN TIME

We Live in Time is a 2024 romantic drama film directed by John Crowley from a screenplay by Nick Payne. It follows the relationship of a couple (Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh) over the course of a decade.

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September 2024, and is scheduled to be released by StudioCanal in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2025.

Weetabix representative Tobias Durand, while out purchasing a pen to sign divorce papers served to him by his wife, wanders into the road and is struck by a car driven by Almut Brühl, a former figure skater turned Bavarian-fusion chef. At the hospital, Almut offers to treat Tobias and his wife to a meal at the restaurant she works at, though Tobias does not disclose his divorce to her. On the night of his dinner, Tobias, now separated, goes to the restaurant alone, informing Almut about his divorce. The two have sex and begin living with each other soon after.

Months later, Tobias expresses to Almut his desire to start a family with her and that he’s begun to fall in love with her. Almut viciously rebuffs him, and Tobias leaves without saying a word. Later, at a baby shower for one of Almut’s co-workers, Tobias sneaks in and apologizes to Almut for his hastiness while criticizing the way she responded to him in front of all the guests. Tobias once again professes his love to her and they reconcile.

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10 LIVES

10 LIVES

10 Lives is a 2024 animated comedy film directed by Chris Jenkins from a screenplay by Jenkins, Karen Wengrod and Ken Cinnamon. The film features the voices of Mo Gilligan, Simone Ashley, Sophie Okonedo, Zayn Malik, Dylan Llewellyn, Jeremy Swift, Tabitha Cross and Bill Nighy. The story follows a pampered housecat named Beckett who totally takes for granted the lucky hand he has been dealt; rescued and loved by Rose, a kind-hearted and passionate student focused on saving the world’s bee population after she looses his ninth life.

10 Lives had its world premiere on January 20, 2024, at the Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah.^[1] In the United Kingdom, the film classes as a Sky Original, where it became available to watch on Sky Cinema and streaming on Sky’s streaming service NOW. Briarcliff Entertainment acquired the North American distribution rights to the film, and it is set to be released on an underdetermined date in the United States.^[2]

As a kitten, Beckett is adopted by Rose, a student specialised in bees. Later, Rose receives the visit of Larry, her ex-boyfriend, who helps her find a solution to the problem of the recent death of numerous bees. Beckett is jealous and tries to make Larry leave the house but the cat loses his ninth life. Beckett pleads Grace, responsible for the afterlife of animals, to be allowed to return to his former life: the Gatekeeper allows him to return to earth with a new set of lives, but in a variety of different forms: badger, rat, cockroach, parrot, fish, dog and horse.

• Mo Gilligan as Beckett, a pampered and selfish housecat. His fur is entirely gray and white and his eyes are yellow and blue with are odd-eyed. He is rescued and loved by Rose.
• Simone Ashley as Rose, a kind-hearted and passionate student.
• Sophie Okonedo as Grace, an ethereal, no-nonsense woman with the power to grant Beckett the cat his new lives.
• Bill Nighy as Professor Craven, Rose’s superior and the main antagonist.
• Dylan Llewellyn as Larry, Rose’s socially discomfited lab partner.
• Zayn Malik as Kirk and Cameron, a bee pair of tough-acting twins.
• Jeremy Swift as Happy, a wisecracking American Pit Bull Terrier.
• Tabitha Cross as Beatrice

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THE APPRENTICE

THE APPRENTICE

The Apprentice is a 2024 biographical drama film directed by Ali Abbasi and written by Gabriel Sherman. The film stars Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Martin Donovan, and Maria Bakalova. Its plot examines Donald Trump‘s career as a real estate businessman in New York in the 1970s and 1980s.

The Apprentice had its world premiere at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2024, and is scheduled to be released in the United States on October 11, 2024.^[4]

Set during the early years of Trump’s business career, the film focuses on the relationship of Trump and Roy Cohn, a New York City prosecutor known for working with Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Second Red Scare.^[5]

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DAYTIME REVOLUTION

DAYTIME REVOLUTION

Documentary

 It may sound hard to believe, but John Lennon and Yoko Ono became daytime talk show hosts more than 50 years ago–For one week only.

The new documentary Daytime Revolution, directed by Erik Nelson, chronicles that pop culture moment in February 1972 when John and Yoko took over The Mike Douglas Show, producing and co-hosting the afternoon talker. Kino Lorber plans to release the film on more than 50 screens across the country on October 9 — what would have been Lennon’s 84^th birthday.

“Daytime Revolution takes us back in time, as we observe John and Yoko interacting with a transfixed studio audience in revealing Q and A sessions where John Lennon was astonishingly candid about his life after the Beatles,” notes a release. “John and Yoko also got to pick the guests, some very controversial at the time, like [anti-war activist and Yippie] Jerry Rubin and Black Panther Bobby Seale, as well as Ralph Nader and George Carlin. In addition, the shows featured blazing musical performances, including an epic duet with Chuck Berry, and a poignant rendition of the now classic ‘Imagine.’ Conceptual art events and even cooking segments were woven into the crazy fabric of the format.”

Yoko Ono explained at a press conference in 1972, “We wanted to do the shows to show that we are working for peace and love, and also to change the world, not with violence, but with love. And everybody that we selected is participating in efforts to change the world.”

1972, of course, was a presidential election year (and the year of the Watergate break-in), when incumbent Pres. Richard Nixon would face off against the eventual Democratic presidential nominee, George McGovern. Fifty-two years later, we’re in another momentous presidential election cycle. The timing didn’t escape director Erik Nelson.

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