NEW MOVIES: August 1-7, 2024. “The Firing Squad,” “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” “Trap,” “At Her Feet”

THE FIRING SQUAD

THE FIRING SQUAD

The Firing Squad is an upcoming faith-based adventure drama film written and directed by Timothy A. Chey and starring Kevin Sorbo and Cuba Gooding Jr.[1][2] It will be released on August 2, 2024, by Epoch Studios, a division of The Epoch Times newspaper.[3]

The film is inspired by the story of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, members of the Bali Nine.

Plot

The film is based on the true story of three Christian prisoners facing execution who find unexpected solace through Jesus within the prison walls. While seizing their past, they undergo an extraordinary transformation, discovering hope, forgiveness, and the power to change lives.

Cast

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HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON

HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON

Harold and the Purple Crayon is a 2024 American live-action/animated fantasy comedy film directed by Carlos Saldanha from a screenplay by David Guion and Michael Handelman, based on the 1955 children’s book of the same title by Crockett Johnson. It stars Zachary Levi in the title role, with Lil Rel Howery, Jemaine Clement, Tanya Reynolds, and Zooey Deschanel in supporting roles. The film serves as a sequel to the original book, where, after the adventurous Harold grows up with his magical purple crayon and draws himself off the book’s pages and into the physical world, he finds that he has much to learn about real life.

Produced by Columbia Pictures in association with producer John Davis through Davis Entertainment, the film premiered in Los Angeles on July 21 and is scheduled to be released in the United States by Sony Pictures Releasing on August 2, 2024, in theaters.

Cast

 

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TRAP

TRAP

Trap is a 2024 American psychological thriller film written, directed, and produced by M. Night Shyamalan. It stars Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Saleka Shyamalan, Hayley Mills, and Alison Pill. The plot centers around a serial killer who evades the police while attending a concert with his daughter.

Trap premiered in New York on July 24, 2024, and is scheduled to be released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on August 2.

Premise

Cooper, a serial killer dubbed “The Butcher”, joins his teenage daughter Riley at a concert for pop star Lady Raven, an event he realizes is a trap set by police to catch him.[2]

Cast

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AT HER FEET

AT HER FEET

HONOLULU (Island News) — The new adventure movie At Her Feet will premiere in Hawaii on August 2, 2024. Veteran Actor and Stuntman Branscombe Richmond appeared on Good Morning Hawaii on Saturday to discuss the film.

“At Her Feet is a unique blend of adventure, mystery, and drama. This feature film will be released in select theaters in Hawaii, beginning with the premiere on August 2 at the Hilo Palace Theater and then expanding to theaters across the islands. Filmed in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and set against the backdrop of the Kilauea Volcano, the film was written, directed, and produced by the talented Hawaii-based filmmaker Nadya Wynd,” said Richmond.

“At Her Feet” follows the heart-pounding journey of two college archeology interns and their Hawaiian guide as they race against time to save precious artifacts threatened by a volcanic eruption. This high-stakes adventure, paired with stunning visuals, guarantees an unforgettable viewing experience for the whole family.

The film stars Sydney Agudong, who will soon be seen as Nani in the upcoming Disney live-action remake of Lilo and Stitch; Noah Alexander Gerry (Pretty Little Liars, Grey’s Anatomy, Station 19); veteran actor and stuntman Branscombe Richmond (Finding Ohana, The Scorpion King, Renegade); and Vene Chun (Paradise City with John Travolta and Bruce Willis).

Branscombe Richmond adds, “Nadya Wynd’s deep dive into Hawaiian history and culture shines in the film, with the inclusion of Native Hawaiian actors, filmmakers, and cultural advisors, she ensures “At Her Feet,” is both an exciting adventure and a vibrant cultural experience. Join us in theaters for “At Her Feet,” and immerse yourself in a story where nature’s fury meets human courage.”

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7/30/2024 #The Firing Squad #Harold and the Purple Crayon #Trap #At Her Feet

NEW MOVIES: July 25-31, 2024, “Deadpool & Wolverine,” “The Fabulous Four,” “The Last Breath,” “Mother’s Instinct”

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE

Deadpool & Wolverine is a 2024 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring Deadpool and Wolverine, produced by Marvel Studios, Maximum Effort, and 21 Laps Entertainment and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the 34th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and a sequel to Deadpool (2016) and Deadpool 2 (2018). Shawn Levy directs the film from a screenplay he wrote with Ryan Reynolds, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, and Zeb Wells. Reynolds and Hugh Jackman star as Deadpool and Wolverine, respectively, alongside Emma Corrin and Matthew Macfadyen. In the film, the Time Variance Authority (TVA) pulls Deadpool from his quiet life and sets him on a mission with Wolverine that will change the history of the MCU.

Premise

Six years after the events of Deadpool 2 (2018),[2] Wade Wilson is retired as the mercenary Deadpool and lives a quiet life until the Time Variance Authority (TVA)—a bureaucratic organization that exists outside of time and space and monitors the timeline—pulls him into a new mission. With his home universe facing an existential threat, Wilson reluctantly joins an even more reluctant Wolverine on a mission that will change the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).[3][4][5]

Cast

  • Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson / Deadpool:
    A wisecracking mercenary with accelerated healing but severe scarring over his body after undergoing an experimental regenerative mutation to treat terminal cancer.[6] The film starts with Wilson no longer operating as Deadpool, no longer dating Vanessa, and working as a used car salesman.[7] Writer Rhett Reese described Deadpool as a fish out of water in the film, a lunatic dropped into the “sane world” of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).[8] Reynolds said the audience did not have to take Deadpool seriously, particularly with his fourth wall-breaking and unreliable narration. Still, he wanted them to be invested in the other characters.[9] Reynolds also portrays a long-haired, non-scarred variant of Deadpool.[10]
  • Hugh Jackman as James “Logan” Howlett / Wolverine:
    A former member of the X-Men and a mutant with healing abilities, retractable claws, and an adamantium-infused skeleton.[11] This version of the character is from an alternative universe where he let down the inhabitants.[12][7] This, along with pairing Wolverine with Deadpool, allowed Jackman to explore new aspects of the character than in his prior appearances in 20th Century Fox‘s X-Men film series.[13][9] Jackman said Logan and Wilson were opposites and had a “quarreling dynamic”,[14] while director Shawn Levy said their relationship is impacted by both characters being “haunted with regret”.[9] To prepare for the role, Jackman began a vigorous workout routine that included eating up to 8,000 calories a day.[15] Jackman also portrays various variants of Wolverine, including: one with the character’s comics-accurate height of 5 feet 3 inches (160 cm); Wolverine’s gambling alter-ego Patch, who wears an eyepatch and a white tux; an Old Man Logan variant; a variant being crucified on a giant X, reminiscent of the cover of Uncanny X-Men (1981) #251; a variant wearing the original brown and tan costume from the comics; and a variant with “glam rock-like” hair and a black costume similar to the 1990s X-Men comics.[10]
  • Emma Corrin as Cassandra Nova:
    A mutant with telekinetic and telepathic powers, the twin sister of Charles Xavier with other-worldly origins.[16][17]: 10:43–10:51  Corrin was excited to play a villain in the film as they had not played many villainous roles before.[18] Corrin took inspiration from Christoph Waltz‘s character Hans Landa in the film Inglourious Basterds (2009), while Reynolds highlighted Corrin’s humanization and the motivation of the character, comparing Nova’s “mischief, danger, [and] unpredictability” to the energy of actor Gene Wilder.[19] Reynolds and Levy explained Nova to Corrin as someone who would endear and charm you to the point that “you are going to be best friends for life,” only to realize she could easily kill you.[7] Corrin was interested in having a physical transformation for the role but was told by the studio that this was not required for the character.[20] Corrin also wanted to pay homage to Patrick Stewart and James McAvoy‘s performances as Xavier in previous X-Men films and be faithful to Nova’s relationship with him from the comics.[21]
  • Matthew Macfadyen as Mr. Paradox:
    A Time Variance Authority (TVA) agent who is overseeing a project to speed up the death of the Earth-10005 universe[a] by using the “Time Ripper”, a machine which can mercy kill timelines. Paradox hopes to prove himself by becoming the leader of TVA.[10]

Reprising their roles from the previous Deadpool films are Morena Baccarin as Vanessa Carlysle, Wilson’s former fiancée,[7][17]: 1:59  whose relationship with Wilson is further reinvented in the film according to Baccarin;[22] Rob Delaney as Peter Wisdom, a car salesman alongside Wilson and a member of Wilson’s X-Force team;[10][17]: 7:42  Leslie Uggams as Blind Al, Wilson’s blind elderly roommate;[23] Karan Soni as Dopinder, a taxi driver and admirer of Wilson who serves as his de facto chauffeur;[23] Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead, a teenage member of the X-Men with the mutant power to detonate atomic bursts from her body;[24] Stefan Kapičić as the voice of Colossus, a member of the X-Men with the mutant ability to transform his body into organic steel;[25] Shioli Kutsuna as Yukio, Negasonic Teenage Warhead’s girlfriend and fellow X-Men member;[24] Randal Reeder as Buck;[26] and Lewis Tan as Shatterstar, a member of X-Force.[16]

Several actors from previous Fox-produced Marvel films also reprise their roles, including Jennifer Garner as Elektra Natchios, an assassin who wields a pair of sai;[27] Aaron Stanford as Pyro, a mutant with the ability to manipulate fire;[28][16] Tyler Mane as Sabretooth, a mutant with claws and superhuman strength;[29] and Dafne Keen as Laura / X-23, Logan’s biological daughter and a mutant with similar powers to her father.[30] Stanford enjoyed having a more comics-accurate costume over the ones he had worn in X2 (2003) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).[7] Keen rewatched Logan (2017) to help her prepare and return to the character after seven years, and was eager to explore an older version of Laura, who now has a better understanding and appreciation of what Logan had experienced in that film. In addition to the character’s native Spanish, Laura now speaks English with a neutral accent since she has lived around more English-speaking people in the years since she first met Logan.[30]

Actors reprising their MCU roles in the film are Wunmi Mosaku as Hunter B-15, a TVA Hunter;[31] Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan;[10] and Chris Hemsworth as Thor through repurposed archival footage from Thor: The Dark World (2013).[32][33] The film features several variants of Deadpool, including the canine Dogpool, played by dog actor Peggy;[34][35] Lady Deadpool, a female variant of Wilson;[36][10] Cowboy Deadpool;[37] and Headpool, a floating skull.[10][better source needed] Other characters appearing are the mutants Toad,[30] Lady Deathstrike, Azazel,[12] and Juggernaut,[10] as well as the Hulk.[10] Additionally, Greg Hemphill plays a bartender,[38] Wrexham A.F.C. player Ollie Palmer briefly appears as a bar attendee,[39] and Rob McElhenney makes an undisclosed cameo appearance.[40]

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THE FABULOUS FOUR

THE FABULOUS FOUR

The Fabulous Four is an upcoming American comedy film directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse and written by Ann Marie Allison and Jenna Milly. It stars Susan Sarandon, Bette Midler, Megan Mullally, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Bruce Greenwood, Timothy V. Murphy, and Michael Bolton.

It is scheduled to be released in the United States by Bleecker Street on July 26, 2024.

Premise

Three friends travel to Key West, Florida, to be bridesmaids at a surprise wedding of their college friend.

Cast

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THE LAST BREATH

THE LAST BREATH

A group of old college friends reunites on a Caribbean scuba diving trip to explore the wreckage of a WWII battleship. They find themselves trapped inside the underwater labyrinth of rusted metal surrounded by great white sharks.

The Last Breath is also the last performance by the late Julian Sands (The Piper, Warlock) to reach the screen.

1944, somewhere off the US Virgin Islands, a German U Boat sinks the USS Charlotte. There are survivors, but where there are survivors, there are sharks. In the present, Levi (Julian Sands) has been searching for the wreck for decades, and, along with Noah (Jack Parr, Abomination, Bone Breaker) he’s finally found it.

A group of Noah’s friends, Logan (Arlo Carter, The Wind and the Whimpering, Oceans Between), Riley (Erin Mullen, Midsomer Murders), Sam (Kim Spearman, The Young Cannibals, Glamour) who happens to be Noah’s ex, and her instantly hateable brother Brett (Alexander Arnold, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool, The Outpost) arrive for a vacation.

When he hears about the discovery, Brett offers Levi an absurd amount of money to dive it before it’s reported and placed off limits. Since chartering tourists and searching for wrecks has left him in debt, and with his boat at stake, he reluctantly agrees.

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MOTHER’S INSTINCT

MOTHER’S INSTINCT

Mothers’ Instinct is a 2024 American psychological thriller film directed by Benoît Delhomme in his directorial debut, and starring Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway, Anders Danielsen Lie, and Josh Charles. It is a remake of Olivier Masset-Depasse‘s 2018 French-language film, which itself was an adaptation of the 2012 novel Mothers’ Instinct (French: Derrière la haine) by Barbara Abel [fr].

Mothers’ Instinct was released in Lithuania on March 8, 2024, and is scheduled to be released in the United States on July 26, 2024.

Plot

In 1960 suburban America, Alice and Céline are next-door neighbors, and both mothers to boys of a similar age. Alice stages a surprise party for Céline’s birthday, during which tensions between Alice and her husband become apparent. The next day, Céline’s son, Max, stays home sick from school. Alice spots Max standing precariously on a balcony, trying to hang a birdhouse he made at school, she tries to go through a shortcut passageway in the fence the kids made but she can’t go in, so she runs around the house to the front gate and attempts to alert his mother, but the two are unable to act quickly enough.

Cast

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July 23, 2024  #Deadpool & Wolverine #The Fabulous Four #The Last Breath #Mother’s Instinct

NEW MOVIES: July 18-24, 2024, “Twisters,” “Widow Clicquot,” “The Good Half,” “Modernism, Inc.”

TWISTERS

TWISTERS

Twisters is a 2024 American disaster film directed by Lee Isaac Chung with a screenplay by Mark L. Smith from a story by Joseph Kosinski. Produced by Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley, it is a standalone sequel to the 1996 film Twister and stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney, and Sasha Lane.

Twisters premiered in London on July 8, 2024, and was released internationally by Warner Bros. Pictures on July 10, 2024, and will be released in the United States by Universal Pictures on July 19, 2024. The film received positive reviews from critics.

Premise

Haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado, Kate Cooper gets lured back to the open plains by her friend, Javi, to test a groundbreaking new tracking system. She soon crosses paths with Tyler Owens, a charming but reckless social-media superstar who thrives on posting his storm-chasing adventures. As storm season intensifies, Kate, Tyler, and their competing teams fight for their lives as multiple systems converge over central Oklahoma.

Cast

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WIDOW CLICQUOT

WIDOW CLICQUOT

Widow Clicquot is a 2023 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Thomas Napper, from a screenplay by Erin Dignam and Christopher Monger based on the book The Widow Clicquot by Tilar J. Mazzeo. It stars Haley Bennett, Tom Sturridge, Sam Riley, Anson Boom, Leo Suter, Ben Miles, and Natasha O’Keeffe.

It had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2023.

Cast

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THE GOOD HALF

THE GOOD HALF

The Good Half is a 2024 American comedy-drama film written by Brett Ryland, directed by Robert Schwartzman, and starring Nick Jonas.

The film premiered on June 8, 2023, at the Tribeca Festival, and it is scheduled to be released in the United States on July 23, 2024.[1]

Premise

Renn Wheeland returns home to Cleveland, Ohio, for his mom’s funeral. Once there, he forges new relationships while healing old ones before confronting his problems and trying to face his grief.

Cast

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MODERNISM, INC.

MODERNISM, INC.

MODERNISM INC. tells the story of Eliot Noyes, the influential architect of comprehensive corporate design programs in the mid-20th Century. Noyes is most noted for his work at IBM, where he transmitted Modernist thinking, set the standards for corporate design, and played a critical role in the rise of computers.

Photo: “Eliot Noyes built IBM’s landmark design program between 1956-1977.”  (Photo courtesy of the Eliot Noyes Archive)

Architect Eliot Noyes was one of the leading pioneers of modern design during the mid-century post-war boom in the United States. Educated by Walter Gropius at Harvard, Noyes did more than anyone to align the Modernist design ethos with ascendant corporate America’s needs. His impact on companies like IBM and Mobil Oil paved the way for Apple and many other design-conscious brands we know today.

  • Country USA
  • Running Time 79 minutes
  • Format DCP
  • Distributor First Run Features
  • Director Jason Cohn
  • Cast Sebastian Roche, Katrina Alcorn, Gordon Bruce, Dave Danielson

Filmmaking Team

Jason Andrew Cohn is a writer, producer, and director who has worked in print, radio, television, and film. He is the Peabody Award-winning director of “EAMES: The Architect and the Painter.” His 2019 film “The First Angry Man,” which traces the roots of the Tax Revolt to a California ballot initiative, was a Library of Congress – Lavine / Ken Burns Prize finalist and winner of the Los Angeles Press Club award for political documentary. His writing on public affairs and culture has appeared in the New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and Rolling Stone Magazine.

Camille Servan-Schreiber was born in France and has been working in documentary film in the US since 1998. She has produced for American Masters, Frontline, PBS, National Geographic, and many other outlets and has received numerous honors, including a Peabody, a Golden Spire Award from the San Francisco Film Festival, and a national Emmy nomination. Her 2021 film, “Land of Gold,” goes behind the scenes of an idiosyncratic production from the San Francisco Opera while also exploring the violent reality behind the myth of the Gold Rush.

Architect Eliot Fette Noyes (August 12, 1910 – July 18, 1977) was an American architect and industrial designer who worked on projects for IBM, most notably the IBM Selectric typewriter and the IBM Aerospace Research Center in Los Angeles, California. Noyes was also a pioneer in developing comprehensive corporate-wide design programs that integrated design and business strategies. Noyes worked on corporate imagery for IBM, Mobil Oil, Cummins Engine, and Westinghouse.[

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7/16/2024 #Twisters #Widow Clicquot #The Good Half #Modernism, Inc.

NEW MOVIES: July 11-17, 2024, “Longlegs,” “Touch,” “America’s Burning,” “Johnny Puff: Secret Mission”

LONGLEGS

LONGLEGS

Longlegs is an upcoming American horror thriller film written and directed by Osgood Perkins. The film stars Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage, Alicia Witt, Blair Underwood, and Kiernan Shipka.

Longlegs is scheduled to be released in the United States by Neon on July 12, 2024.

Premise

In the 1990s, new FBI agent Lee Harker was assigned to an unsolved case involving a Satanic serial killer known as Longlegs.[4] As the investigation becomes more complicated with occult evidence uncovered, Harker realizes a personal link to the killer and must act quickly to prevent another family murder.[2]

Cast

  • Maika Monroe as Lee Harker, an FBI agent assigned to Longlegs’ case[5]
    • Lauren Acala as young Lee Harker[6]
  • Nicolas Cage as Longlegs, an elusive serial killer being hunted down by the FBI[5]
  • Blair Underwood as Agent Carter[6]
  • Alicia Witt as Ruth Harker, Lee’s religious mother[6]
  • Michelle Choi-Lee as Agent Browning
  • Dakota Daulby as Agent Horatio Fisk[7]
  • Kiernan Shipka as Carrie Anne Camera, Longlegs’ only known survivor[6]
    • Maila Hosie as young Carrie Anne Camera
  • Jason Day as Father Camera
  • Lisa Chandler as Mother Camera[7]
  • Ava Kelders as Ruby Carter
    • Rryla McIntosh as Adult Ruby Carter[7]
  • Carmel Amit as Anna Carter
  • Peter James Bryant as Senior FBI agent

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TOUCH

TOUCH

Touch (Icelandic: Snerting) is a 2024 romantic drama film directed by Baltasar Kormákur, written by Kormákur and Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson,[1] and produced by Kormákur, Agnes Johansen, and Mike Goodridge.[2][3] The film is based on Ólafsson’s 2022 novel of the same name.[4] It stars Egill Ólafsson, Kōki, and Palmi Kormakur.

Touch was first released in Icelandic on May 29, 2024, and is scheduled to be released in the United States on July 12, 2024.[5]

Premise

A widower tries to find his first love 50 years after she disappeared.

Cast

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AMERICA’S BURNING

AMERICA’S BURNING

From Executive Producers Michael Douglas and Barry Levinson, America’s Burning draws on an amazing collection of thinkers and strategists, from James Carville and Amy Chua to Ian Bremmer and Leon Panetta. New York Times best-selling author David Smick guides viewers to discover the reasons for today’s hate and division and the rising risk of civil war.

For 40 years, the US economy has been a paradox. It’s been an extraordinary wealth-creating machine, but only for the half of the country that owns stocks. As James Carville put it, Capitalism has become “a racket” — the ultimate corporate insider’s club, a system centrally controlled by the well-connected few.  As a result, the middle class is shrinking, and the American Dream’s promise of social mobility for all who work hard is dying. A new Velvet Rope Society of brains and money has cut itself off from the rest of America. Working families feel forgotten and angry, but it doesn’t have to be this way. America has an impressive history of resilience. Narrated by Michael Douglas, the film shows why our best days could still lie ahead.

Directed and Written by David Smick
Executive Produced by: Michael Douglas, Barry Levinson
Produced by: Ian Michaels
Associate Produced by: Ryan Pallas
Featuring: Michael Douglas, James Carville, Ian Bremmer, Leon Panetta, James Baker, Amy Chua, Katherine Gehl, Arthur Brooks, Hawk Newsome, Derek Black, Gilda Alegria, Stan Druckenmiller, and Larry Summers

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JOHNNY PUFF: SECRET MISSION

JOHNNY PUFF: SECRET MISSION

“Superbirds. Johnny Puff: Secret Mission is a 2024 Italian-Spanish animated film directed by Nestor F. Dennis, based on his own script.

Plot

The characters in the TV series Dead Ends are based on the animated film Guardians of the Arctic.

Puff bird Johnny Puff and his friends Tick, Tuck, Deedy, and Pete, who possess original superpowers, embark on a secret mission to save their home village of Tygasville from the evil plans of the insidious engineer Otto von Morjus.

The film’s story also focuses on recycling, environmental protection, and team spirit.

Voiced

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July 9, 2024  #LONGLEGS  #TOUCH #AMERICA’S BURNING #JOHNNY PUFF: SECRET MISSION

NEW MOVIES: July 4-10, 2024, “Despicable Me 4,” “Fly Me to The Moon,” “Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot,” “The Secret Art of Human Flight”

DESPICABLE ME 4

DESPICABLE ME 4

Despicable Me 4 is a 2024 American animated comedy film produced by Illumination and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is the sequel to Despicable Me 3 (2017), the fourth main installment, and the sixth overall installment in the Despicable Me franchise. The film was directed by Chris Renaud, co-directed by Patrick Delage (in his feature directorial debut), produced by Chris Meledandri and Brett Hoffman, and written by Mike White and Ken Daurio. It stars the voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Pierre Coffin, Joey King, Miranda Cosgrove, Steve Coogan, Sofía Vergara, Renaud, Madison Polan, Dana Gaier, Chloe Fineman, with Stephen Colbert, and Will Ferrell.

Development of a fourth Despicable Me film began in September 2017. It was officially confirmed in February 2022, with Renaud, Delage, and White attached as director, co-director, and writer, respectively. Production was underway by June 2022. Most of the main voice cast was announced in January 2024, with Hoffman and Daurio revealed as co-producer and co-writer, respectively. Heitor Pereira and Pharrell Williams returned from previous installments to compose the score and write original songs and themes, respectively.

Despicable Me 4 premiered at the Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on June 9, 2024, and was theatrically released in Australia on June 20 and in the United States on July 3. Like its predecessor, the film received mixed reviews from critics.

Plot

Undercover Anti-Villain League (AVL) agent Gru attends a class reunion at his former high school, Lycée Pas Bon, where he reunites with Maxime Le Mal, a former classmate who has a feud with Gru for stealing his talent show act. During the ceremony, Maxime reveals he has enhanced himself with cockroach body parts, and Gru has him arrested by the AVL. Helped by his girlfriend Valentina, Maxime escapes prison and reveals his new invention. This gun transforms people into cockroach hybrids, which he plans to use specifically on Gru’s infant son Gru Jr.

Voice cast

  • Steve Carell as Felonious Gru, a former supervillain turned Anti-Villain League agent; who is Margo, Edith, and Agnes’ adopted father, the biological father of Gru Jr., and Lucy’s husband, who poses as “Chet Cunningham”
  • Kristen Wiig as Lucy Wilde, an Anti-Villain League agent, Gru’s wife and adoptive mother to Margo, Edith, and Agnes, and Gru Jr.’s biological mother, who poses as “Blanche Cunningham”
  • Will Ferrell as Maxime Le Mal, a French-accented supervillain who seeks revenge on Gru and his family
  • Joey King as Poppy Prescott,[4][5] an aspiring supervillain who has admired Gru for a long time
  • Sofía Vergara as Valentina, Maxime’s femme fatale girlfriend
  • Stephen Colbert as Perry Prescott, Poppy’s father, Patsy’s husband, and Gru’s new neighbor at Mayflower[5]
  • Chloe Fineman as Patsy Prescott, Poppy’s mother, Perry’s wife, and Gru’s new neighbor at Mayflower[5]
  • Miranda Cosgrove as Margo, Gru and Lucy’s oldest adopted daughter, who poses as “Bree Cunningham”
  • Steve Coogan as Silas Ramsbottom, the previously-retired director of the Anti-Villain League
  • Pierre Coffin as the Minions, the yellow henchmen of Gru, most of them later get jobs at the Anti-Villain League as agents
  • Dana Gaier as Edith, Gru and Lucy’s middle adopted daughter, who poses as “Blair Cunningham”
  • Madison Polan as Agnes, Gru and Lucy’s youngest adopted daughter, who poses as “Britney Cunningham”. Polan replaces Nev Scharrel from the third film
  • Chris Renaud as Übelschlecht, the principal of Lycée Pas Bon
  • Laraine Newman as Melora, a salon customer who was accidentally burned by Lucy
  • Tara Strong as Gru Jr., Gru and Lucy’s biological son
  • John DiMaggio as a Bus Driver

Additionally, Gru’s neighbor, Fred McDade, his mother Marlena Gru, his twin brother Dru Gru, and Dr. Nefario make non-speaking cameos. Several villains from the previous films (consisting of Vector and his father, Mr. Perkins, El Macho, Scarlet and Herb Overkill, Balthazar Bratt, and the Vicious 6) have non-speaking cameos at the end of the film as well.

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FLY ME TO THE MOON

FLY ME TO THE MOON

Fly Me to the Moon is an upcoming American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Greg Berlanti from a screenplay by Rose Gilroy. The film stars Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Nick Dillenburg, Anna Garcia, Jim Rash, Noah Robbins, Colin Woodell, Christian Zuber, Donald Elise Watkins, Ray Romano, and Woody Harrelson. Its plot follows the relationship between a marketing specialist and a NASA director during the 1960s Space Race.

Fly Me to the Moon is scheduled to be released theatrically in the United States and Canada by Columbia Pictures through Sony Pictures, Releasing on July 12, 2024, before streaming on Apple TV+ at a later date.[3][4][5]

Premise

During the 1960s Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union, a relationship developed between the NASA director in charge of the Apollo 11 launch and the marketing specialist brought in to fix NASA’s public image and stage a “back-up” fake Moon landing.[6]

Cast

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SOUND OF HOPE: THE STORY OF POSSUM TROT

SOUND OF HOPE: THE STORY OF POSSUM TROT

Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot (also simply known as Possum Trot) is an upcoming American drama film directed by Joshua Weigel and co-written by Rebekah Weigel. Actress and activist Letitia Wright serves as executive producer.

Plot

Inspired by a true story, the film follows Donna and Reverend Martin of Possum Trot, Texas, as they ignite a fire in the hearts of their rural church to embrace kids in foster care that no one else would take in. By doing the impossible—adopting 77 children—this East Texas community proved that with determined love, the battle for America’s most vulnerable can be won.

Cast

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THE SECRET ART OF HUMAN FLIGHT

THE SECRET ART OF HUMAN FLIGHT

The Secret Art of Human Flight is a 2023 American fantasy comedy-drama film written by Jesse Orenshein, directed by H.P. Mendoza, and starring Grant Rosenmeyer.

Plot

The Secret Art of Human Flight is a 2023 American fantasy comedy-drama film directed by H.P. Mendoza and starring Grant Rosenmeyer. The film tells the story of a grieving widower who turns to a mysterious self-help book from the dark web, promising to unlock the power to fly12. Quirky and gentle, the movie explores themes of loss and letting go34.

Cast

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7/3/2024 #Despicable Me 4 #Fly Me To the Moon #Sound of Hope: The Story of Poissum Trot #The Secret Art of Human Flight

 

NEW MOVIES: June 27-July 3, 2024, “A Quiet Place: Day One,” “Horizon: An American Saga, Chapter 1,” “Daddio,” “How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer”

A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE

A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE

A Quiet Place: Day One is an upcoming American apocalyptic horror film written and directed by Michael Sarnoski, based on a story he conceived with John Krasinski. It is the third installment in the A Quiet Place film series, serving as a spin-off prequel to the first film. The film stars Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn, and Alex Wolff, with Djimon Hounsou reprising his role from A Quiet Place Part II (2020).

A Quiet Place: Day One is scheduled to premiere at the Tribeca Festival on June 26, 2024, and be released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on June 28, 2024.

Premise

Follows a woman named Sam during the early stages of an invasion in New York City by alien creatures with ultrasonic hearing.

Cast

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HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA, CHAPTER 1

HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA, CHAPTER 1

Kevin Costner’s Western epic “Horizon: An American Saga—Chapter 1” premieres, but it faces challenges.

Key takeaways

  • Director: Kevin Costner
  • Writer: Jon Baird, Kevin Costner
  • Stars: Kevin Costner, Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington
  • Genre: Drama, Western
  • Release Date: 2024-06-28
Chronicles a multi-faceted, 15-year span of the American West’s pre-and post-Civil War expansion and settlement.

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DADDIO

DADDIO

Daddio is a 2023 American drama film produced, written and directed by Christy Hall. It stars Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn.

Premise

After landing at JFK International Airport, a young woman takes a cab back to her apartment in Manhattan. During the ride, she and the cab driver, Clark, have unexpectedly honest conversations about numerous topics, including their past and present relationships, sex and power dynamics, loss, and vulnerability.[2]

Cast

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HOW TO COME ALIVE with NORMAN MAILER

HOW TO COME ALIVE with NORMAN MAILER

“HOW TO COME ALIVE with Norman Mailer” is an upcoming documentary set to release on June 28, 20241. Directed by Jeff Zimbalist and written by Victoria Marquette and Jeff Zimbalist, the film explores the life of Norman Mailer, a significant figure in American literature1. The documentary covers Mailer’s journey from his early years in Brooklyn to becoming a leading cultural voice, detailing his six marriages, nine children, eleven bestselling books, and two Pulitzer Prizes1. It offers an intimate look at Mailer’s life, featuring access to his family and previously unseen footage1.

Nachem “Norman” Malech (“King”)[b] Mailer was born to a Jewish family in Long Branch, New Jersey, on January 31, 1923.[2][3] His father, Isaac Barnett Mailer, popularly known as “Barney,” was an accountant[3] born in South Africa, and his mother, Fanny (née Schneider), ran a housekeeping and nursing agency. Mailer’s sister, Barbara, was born in 1927.[4]

Mailer was raised in Brooklyn, first in Flatbush on Cortelyou Road[5] and later in Crown Heights at the corner of Albany and Crown Streets.[6] He graduated from Boys High School and entered Harvard College in 1939 when he was 16. As an undergraduate, he was a member of the Signet Society. At Harvard, he majored in engineering but took writing courses as electives.[7] He published his first story, “The Greatest Thing in the World,” at age 18, winning Story magazine’s college contest in 1941.[8]

Mailer graduated from Harvard in 1943 with a Bachelor of Science with honors. He married his first wife, Beatrice “Bea” Silverman, in January 1944, just before he was drafted into the U.S. Army.[9] Hoping to gain a deferment from service, Mailer argued that he was writing an “important literary work” that pertained to the war.[10] The deferral was denied, and Mailer was forced to enter the Army.[11] After training at Fort Bragg, he was stationed in the Philippines with the 112th Cavalry.[12]

During his time in the Philippines, Mailer was first assigned to regimental headquarters as a typist, then assigned as a wire lineman. In early 1945, after volunteering for a reconnaissance platoon, he completed more than two dozen patrols in contested territory and engaged in several firefights and skirmishes. After the Japanese surrender, he was sent to Japan as part of the army of occupation, was promoted to sergeant, and became a first cook.[13]

When asked about his war experiences, he said that the army was “the worst experience of my life, and also the most important.”[14] While in Japan and the Philippines, Mailer wrote to his wife Bea almost daily, and these approximately 400 letters became the foundation of The Naked and the Dead.[15] He drew on his experience as a reconnaissance rifleman for the novel’s central action: a long patrol behind enemy lines.[16][17]

 

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6/25/2024 #A Quiet Place: Day One #Horizon: An American Saga, Chapter 1 #Daddio #How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer

 

NEW MOVIES: June 20-26, 2024, “The Bikeriders,” “Thelma,” “Bread & Roses,” “Kinds of Kindness”

THE BIKERIDERS

THE BIKERIDERS

The Bikeriders is a 2023 American crime drama film written and directed by Jeff Nichols. It tells a fictional story inspired by Danny Lyon’s 1967 photo book of the same name, which depicts the lives of the Outlaws MC, a motorcycle club founded in McCook, Illinois. The film stars Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon, Mike Faist, and Norman Reedus.

The Bikeriders premiered at the 50th Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2023. Originally scheduled to be released theatrically in the United States on December 1, 2023, by 20th Century Studios, the release was delayed due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Ultimately, Focus Features acquired the film from producer New Regency, scheduling it for its current release date of June 21, 2024.

Plot

Set in the 1960s, it follows the rise of the Vandals MC, a Chicago outlaw motorcycle club. Seen through the lives of its members and their families, the club evolves over a decade from a surrogate family for local outcasts into a violent organized crime syndicate, threatening the founder’s unique vision and way of life.[3]

Cast

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THELMA

THELMA

Thelma is a 2024 American comedy film written and directed by Josh Margolin, starring June Squibb, Fred Hechinger, Richard Roundtree, Parker Posey, Clark Gregg, and Malcolm McDowell.[2]

Premise

When 93-year-old Thelma Post is duped by a phone scammer, she embarks on a quest to take back what is hers.

Cast

June Squibb and Fred Hechinger at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.

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BREAD & ROSES

BREAD & ROSES

“Bread & Roses” offers a powerful window into the seismic impact that the fall of Kabul to the Taliban in 2021 had on women’s rights and livelihoods. The film follows three women in real-time as they fight to recover their autonomy. Sahra Mani captures the spirit and resilience of Afghan women through a raw depiction of their harrowing plight.

Sahra Mani Director
Sahra Mani Producer
Jennifer Lawrence Producer
Justine Ciarrocchi Producer
Malala Yousafzai Executive Producer
Farhad Kosravi Executive Producer

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KINDS OF KINDNESS

KINDS OF KINDNESS

Kinds of Kindness is a 2024 absurdist black comedy anthology film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos from a screenplay he co-wrote with Efthimis Filippou.[2][3] The film stars Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie, and Hunter Schafer.

Kinds of Kindness had its world premiere at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2024, where Plemons won the Best Actor award. Searchlight Pictures released it theatrically in the United States on June 21, 2024, and in Ireland and the United Kingdom on June 28, 2024.

Premise[edit]

Kinds of Kindness, described as a “triptych fable,” consists of three distinct but loosely connected stories: “The Death of R.M.F” follows a man struggling to take charge of his destiny after quitting his powerful job that dictates what he does in a day.; “R.M.F. is Flying” depicts a man plagued by suspicions that his spouse, who has recently returned after being reported missing, is an imposter; “R.M.F. Eats a Sandwich,” revolves around a cultist, after being kicked out of the said cult for being “contaminated,” vehemently attempting to fulfill her task to find a specific person with the ability to resurrect the dead.[4][5]

Cast[edit]

  • Emma Stone as:[6]
    • Rita (“The Death of R.M.F”)
    • Liz (“R.M.F. is Flying”)
    • Emily (“R.M.F. Eats a Sandwich”)
  • Jesse Plemons as:[6]
    • Robert (“The Death of R.M.F”)
    • Daniel (“R.M.F. is Flying”)
    • Andrew (“R.M.F. Eats a Sandwich”)
  • Willem Dafoe as:[6]
    • Raymond (“The Death of R.M.F”)
    • George (“R.M.F. is Flying”)
    • Omi (“R.M.F. Eats a Sandwich”)
  • Margaret Qualley as:[6]
    • Vivian (“The Death of R.M.F”)
    • Martha (“R.M.F. is Flying”)
    • twins Ruth and Rebecca (“R.M.F. Eats a Sandwich”)
  • Hong Chau as:[6]
    • Sarah (“The Death of R.M.F”)
    • Sharon (“R.M.F. is Flying”)
    • Aka (“R.M.F. Eats a Sandwich”)
  • Joe Alwyn as:[6]
    • collectibles appraiser man 1 (“The Death of R.M.F”)
    • Jerry (“R.M.F. is Flying”)
    • Joseph (“R.M.F. Eats a Sandwich”)
  • Mamoudou Athie as:[6]
    • Will (“The Death of R.M.F”)
    • Neil (“R.M.F. is Flying”)
    • the morgue nurse (“R.M.F. Eats a Sandwich”)
  • Hunter Schafer as Anna (“R.M.F. Eats a Sandwich”)[6]
  • Yorgos Stefanakos as R.M.F.[7]
  • Merah Benoit as Emily’s daughter (“R.M.F. Eats a Sandwich”)[8]

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6/20/2024 #The Bikeriders #Thelma #Bread & Roses #Kinds of Kindness

NEW MOVIES: June 13-19, 2024, “Inside Out 2,” “Tuesday,” “Firebrand,” “The Grab”

INSIDE OUT 2

INSIDE OUT 2

Inside Out 2 is a 2024 American animated coming-of-age film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The sequel to Inside Out (2015) was directed by Kelsey Mann (in his feature directorial debut) and produced by Mark Nielsen, from a screenplay written by Meg LeFauve and Dave Holstein and a story conceived by Mann and LeFauve.[3][4] The film stars Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Lewis Black, Diane Lane, and Kyle MacLachlan, reprising their roles from the first film with Tony Hale (replacing Bill Hader as Fear), Liza Lapira (replacing Mindy Kaling as Disgust), Maya Hawke, Ayo Edebiri, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Paul Walter Hauser, and Kensington Tallman (replacing Kaitlyn Dias as Riley) joining the cast. It tells the story of Riley’s emotions as they join new emotions that want to take over Riley’s head.

Inside Out 2 was first announced in September 2022 during the D23 Expo announcement, with Mann, Nielsen, and LeFauve attached as director, producer, and writer, respectively, while Poehler was revealed to reprise her role in the film, along with Smith, Black, Lane, and MacLachlan. Hale, Lapira, and Hawke joined the cast in November 2023, while Edebiri, Exarchopoulos, Hauser, and Tallman’s roles were confirmed in March 2024. That same month, Holstein was confirmed to have co-written the screenplay with LeFauve. The film features Pixar chief creative officer Pete Docter‘s “five to 27 emotions” idea from the first film that Mann pitched during its production to utilize “truthful” worldbuilding.

Inside Out 2 premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on June 10, 2024, and is scheduled for release in theaters in the United States on June 14, 2024.

Premise

Inside Out 2 returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she’s not alone.

— Pixar Animation Studios[5]

Voice cast

  • Amy Poehler plays Joy, a yellow happy emotion.[6]
  • Phyllis Smith as Sadness, a blue sad emotion.[6]
  • Lewis Black as Anger, a red angry emotion.[6]
  • Tony Hale as Fear, a purple scared emotion. Hale replaces Bill Hader from the first film.[6]
  • Liza Lapira as Disgust, a green disgusted emotion. Lapira replaces Mindy Kaling from the first film.[6]
  • Maya Hawke as Anxiety, a new orange anxious emotion.[6]
  • Ayo Edebiri plays Envy, a new cyan envious emotion.[7]
  • Adèle Exarchopoulos as Ennui, a new indigo bored emotion.[7]
  • Paul Walter Hauser as Embarrassment, a new pink embarrassed emotion.[7]
  • Kensington Tallman as Riley Andersen, a 13-year-old girl in whose mind the emotions live. Tallman replaces Kaitlyn Dias from the first film.[7]
  • Diane Lane plays Mrs. Andersen, Riley’s mother.[6]
  • Kyle MacLachlan as Mr. Andersen, Riley’s father.[6]
  • Lilimar plays Valentina “Val” Ortiz, a popular hockey player at Riley’s high school.[7]
  • Paula Pell as Mom’s Anger.[7][8]
  • Sumayyah Nuriddin-Green is Bree’s friend.[9]
  • Grace Lu as Grace, Riley’s friend.[9]
  • Yvette Nicole Brown is Coach Roberts, a hockey coach and head of the summer hockey camp.[7]
  • John Ratzenberger[7] as Fritz.
  • June Squibb as Nostalgia, a new beige nostalgic emotion.[10]
  • Ron Funches as Bloofy, a character from Riley’s favorite childhood TV show. He is similar to the hosts of interactive children’s shows such as Barney & Friends or Dora the Explorer.[11]
  • Yong Yea is Lance Slashblade, a heroic video game character Riley had a crush on when she was younger. He is similar to characters from Final Fantasy.[11]
  • John Morris is the cameo appearance of Andy Davis, who works at McDonald’s with his Entire Set of Emotions, such as Sadness, Joy, Disgust, Anger, Fear, Envy, Anxiety, Ennui, and Embarrassment, all appearing during the Closing credits.[12]

Additionally, television personality Sam Thompson cameos in the UK version of the film as Security Man Sam, a character who finds himself on a chase with emotions.[13]

In addition, Sarayu Blue, Flea, Dave Goelz, James Austin Johnson, Bobby Moynihan, Frank Oz, Paula Poundstone, Kendall Coyne Schofield, and Kirk Thatcher have been cast in undisclosed roles.[14][7]

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TUESDAY

TUESDAY

Tuesday is a 2023 fantasy drama film written and directed by Daina O. Pusić in her feature directorial debut. A co-production between A24, the BFI, and BBC Film, it stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Lola Petticrew as a mother and daughter who are guided by Death itself in coping with the daughter’s impending death by terminal illness. Leah Harvey and Arinzé Kene also star.

The film premiered at the 50th Telluride Film Festival on September 1, 2023, and was released in the United States on June 7, 2024.

Premise

Zora lives with her terminally ill daughter, Tuesday. One day, Death in the form of a size-altering macaw arrives and sends Zora and Tuesday on an emotional journey about life, love, and death.[3][4]

Cast

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FIREBRAND

FIREBRAND

Firebrand is a 2023 British historical drama film directed by Karim Aïnouz and written by Henrietta Ashworth and Jessica Ashworth, based on the 2013 novel Queen’s Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle. The film focuses on Katherine Parr, Queen of England and the wife and widow of Henry VIII. It stars Alicia Vikander, Jude Law, and Eddie Marsan. The film marks Aïnouz’s first directorial effort in the English language.

Firebrand premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on 21 May 2023, where it was selected to compete for Palme d’Or.

Premise

The film occurs during the final years of Henry VIII‘s reign and centers around his sixth and final wife, Katherine Parr. Ambitious and cunning, Katherine becomes caught between Henry’s desire to purge those who challenge the teachings of his Church of England and the radical preaching of Anne Askew, whom Katherine respects.

Cast

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THE GRAB

THE GRAB

The Grab is a 2022 American documentary film directed and produced by Gabriela Cowperthwaite. It follows investigative journalists at The Center for Investigative Reporting as they uncover efforts to control vital resources on Earth.

It had its world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2022, and is scheduled to be released by Magnolia Pictures and Participant on June 14, 2024.

Plot

It follows investigative journalists at The Center for Investigative Reporting as they uncover efforts to control food and water by foreign actors to the detriment of the local population.[2][3]

The film tries to outline a global warming reaction by several nation-states, where the powerful use force, economy, and illegal mercenaries to take control of food and water stocks. The narrative begins with the 2014 purchase of US-based Smithfield Foods by Chinese WH Group, which the filmmakers say gives control of 1/4 of all pigs in the US. It then follows other difficult-to-explain deals, such as the purchase of arid land in Arizona by a Saudi company. Russians hired American cowboys to work in a region too cold for farmland. Blackwater (the company) deals with securing land in Africa. All those strange deals are linked by “following the money,” as is said several times in the film. This raises connections between governments, commercial enterprises, and legal and illegal military actors such as mercenary companies. The filmmakers ultimately conclude that it is all part of plans, considering changes happening because of global warming.[3][4]

While the film is mostly archive and research image collages, it also contains some guerrilla filmmaking about the crew being denied access, for example, during their detention at a Zambian airport.[4]

Production

Gabriela Cowperthwaite spent six years working on the film after journalist Nathan Halverson reported on Smithfield Foods.[5][6][7] Cowperthwaite was initially asked if the investigative process behind Halverson’s articles would make a good film.[8] Due to the sensitive material of the subject[clarification needed], the production team did diagnostics on computers, did not talk in rooms with windows, and did not talk about the film at all.[9] They also used encrypted servers and hand-delivered all the footage. [10]

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6/11/2024 #Inside Out 2 #Tuesday #Firebrand #The Grab

NEW MOVIES: June 6-12, 2024, “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” “The Watchers,” “Hitman,” “Kidnapped: the Abduction of Edgardo Mortara”

BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE

BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE

Bad Boys: Ride or Die is a 2024 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Adil & Bilall and written by Chris Bremner and Will Beall.[3] Produced by Columbia Pictures, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Westbrook Studios and 2.0 Entertainment, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is the sequel to Bad Boys for Life (2020) and the fourth installment in the Bad Boys franchise. Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Joe Pantoliano, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Paola Núñez, Jacob Scipio, and DJ Khaled reprise their roles from the previous film with Tasha Smith taking over the role of Theresa Burnett from Theresa Randle, who previously played the character in the last three films. New cast members include Eric Dane, Ioan Gruffudd, Rhea Seehorn, Melanie Liburd and Tiffany Haddish.

Bad Boys: Ride or Die premiered at Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai on May 22, 2024. The film is scheduled to be theatrically released in France, Germany and the United Kingdom on 5 June 2024; in Australia, Brazil, India, Mexico and South Korea on 6 June 2024; in the United States on June 7, 2024.[4]

Premise

Detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett investigate corruption within the Miami PD when their late Captain Conrad Howard is posthumously accused of being involved with the Romanian Mafia, but a setup turns them into fugitives, forcing them to work outside the law in order to solve the case.

Cast

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THE WATCHERS

THE WATCHERS

The Watchers (titled The Watched in the United Kingdom and Ireland[1]) is an upcoming American supernatural horror film written and directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan, produced by her father M. Night Shyamalan, and based on the novel of the same name by A. M. Shine. It stars Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Oliver Finnegan, and Olwen Fouéré.

Filming took place from July to September 2023. It is scheduled to be theatrically released by Warner Bros. Pictures on June 7, 2024.

Premise

28-year-old artist Mina gets stranded in an expansive, untouched forest in western Ireland. Upon finding shelter, she unknowingly becomes trapped alongside three strangers who are watched and stalked by mysterious creatures each night.[2]

Cast

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HITMAN

HITMAN

Hit Man is a 2023 American romantic black comedy film produced and directed by Richard Linklater, who co-wrote the screenplay with Glen Powell, based on the 2001 Texas Monthly magazine article of the same name by Skip Hollandsworth. The film stars Powell, Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio, and Retta, and follows an undercover New Orleans police contractor who poses as a reliable hitman as he tries to save a woman in need.

Hit Man premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 5, 2023, and was released in select theaters in the United States on May 24, 2024, before its streaming debut by Netflix on June 7. The film received praise from critics.

Plot

A part-time staffer with the New Orleans Police Department stumbles into the role of posing undercover as a reliable hitman with the goal of arresting those trying to hire him. He discovers he has a talent for theatrically matching the expectations of his suspects with often-humorous costumes, accents, and mannerisms, which makes him especially adept at his work. He meets a battered woman who wants to hire him to kill her husband, but he advises her to pursue better options for getting help. They become romantically entangled.

Cast

  • Glen Powell as Gary Johnson, college professor and tech guy turned undercover mole
  • Adria Arjona as Maddy Masters, Gary’s love-interest
  • Austin Amelio as Jasper, an undercover cop
  • Retta as Claudette, a police officer Gary works for
  • Sanjay Rao as Phil, a police officer Gary works for
  • Evan Holtzman as Ray Masters, Maddy’s ex-husband
  • Molly Bernard as Alisha, Gary’s ex-wife

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KIDNAPPED: THE ABDUCTION OF EDGARDO MORTARA

KIDNAPPED: THE ABDUCTION OF EDGARDO MORTARA

Kidnapped (Italian: Rapito) is a 2023 Italian-language historical drama film co-written and directed by Marco Bellocchio, about Edgardo Mortara, a young Jewish boy who was taken from his family by the Papal States and raised as a Catholic. It is loosely based on Daniele Scalise’s book Il caso Mortara.[3] It is a co-production between Italy, France and Germany.

The film was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered on 23 May 2023. It was theatrically released in Italy on 25 May. It received 11 nominations at the 69th David di Donatello, and won 5 awards, including Best Adapted Screenplay.[4]

Synopsis

1851. Edgardo Mortara is the sixth child of a Jewish family from the city of Bologna, part of the Papal States. Believing him sick and dying, the Christian maid Anna Morisi administers baptism in secret, for fear that when he dies he will end up in limbo. The child survives, but seven years later Anna tells Pier Feletti, head of the Bolognese office of the Holy Inquisition, about the baptism: the sacrament would have made the child irrevocably Catholic, and since the laws of the Papal States forbid a Christian to be raised by non-Christians, Feletti decides to remove the child from his family. On 24 June, Edgardo was forcibly taken and brought to Rome, where he would stay in the Casa dei Catecumeni, the boarding school for the children of converted Jews.

Cast

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NEW MOVIES: #Bad Boys: Ride or Die #The Watchers #Hitman #Kidnapped: the Abduction of Edgardo Mortara

NEW MOVIES: May 30-June 5, 2024, “Ezra,” “Summer Camp,” “The Young Wife,” “The Girl Who Wore Freedom”

EZRA

EZRA

Ezra is a 2023 American comedy drama film directed by Tony Goldwyn and written by Tony Spiridakis. It stars Bobby Cannavale, Rose Byrne, Vera Farmiga, Whoopi Goldberg, Rainn Wilson, Goldwyn, William Fitzgerald, and Robert De Niro.

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2023. It is scheduled to be released theatrically on May 31, 2024.

Premise

Max Brandel, a stand-up comedian living with his father, Stan, struggles to co-parent his autistic son Ezra with his ex-wife, Jenna. When faced with difficult decisions about their son’s future, Max and Ezra set out on a cross-country road trip.

Cast

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SUMMER CAMP

SUMMER CAMP

Summer Camp is an upcoming American comedy film written and directed by Castille Landon. It stars Diane Keaton, Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard, Beverly D’Angelo, Nicole Richie, Josh Peck, Betsy Sodaro, Dennis Haysbert, and Eugene Levy.

The film is scheduled to be released theatrically by Roadside Attractions in the United States on May 31, 2024.

Premise

Nora, Ginny, and Mary have been close friends since they were children and have spent their summer vacations together without fail, attending sleepaway camp as a trio. As they have aged, their opportunities to spend time together have dwindled. Thus, when the chance for a summer camp reunion presents itself, they all accept it, albeit with different levels of enthusiasm.[1]

Cast

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THE YOUNG WIFE

THE YOUNG WIFE

The Young Wife is a 2023 American drama film written, directed, and produced by Tayarisha Poe. It stars Kiersey Clemons, Leon Bridges, Kelly Marie Tran, Michaela Watkins, Aya Cash, Sandy Honig, Brandon Micheal Hall, Lukita Maxwell, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Judith Light.

It had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 12, 2023.

Cast

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THE GIRL WHO WORE FREEDOM

THE GIRL WHO WORE FREEDOM

The Girl Who Wore Freedom is a documentary film that tells the untold stories of D-Day from the perspective of the men, women, and children who lived through German occupation and the Allied liberation of Normandy, France12. It uncovers an untold love story between two nations, highlighting the values and pride in country that emerged during that time1.

Discover the untold stories of D-Day from the men, women, and children who lived through the German occupation and Allied liberation of Normandy, France. Powerful and deeply personal, THE GIRL WHO WORE FREEDOM tells the stories of an America that lived its values, instilling pride in a country that is in danger of becoming a relic of the past.

The Girl Who Wore Freedom / Cast

    • Sharon Anderlik
      Sharon Anderlik

      Journalist

    • Andy Barnett
      Andy Barnett

      Allen Hopper

    • Patrick Fissot
      Patrick Fissot

      Self

    • Corey Johnson
      Corey Johnson

      General James Gavin

    • Christian Taylor
      Christian Taylor

      Narrator

    • Ceo E. Bauer

      Self

    • Eric Belloc

      Self

    • Daniele ‘Dany’ Patrix Boucherie

      Self

    • Flo Boucherie

      Self

    • Jean-Marie Boucherie

      Self

    • Jean-Marie Caillard

      Self

    • Sylvie Caillard

      Self

    • Valerie Gautier Cardin

      Self

    • David Chapman

      Self

    • Cameron Cook

      Self

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