The Holdovers - Review | LFF 2023

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The Holdovers - Review | LFF 2023

Directed by: Alexander Payne

Written by: David Hemingson

Starring: Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa

Runtime: 133 min

Synopsis: A curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them - a damaged, brainy troublemaker (Dominic Sessa) - and with the school's head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam (Da'Vine Joy Randolph).

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The Lost City (2022) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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The Lost City (2022) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Adam Nee, Aaron Nee

Written by: Oren Uziel, Dana Fox, Adam Nee, Aaron Nee

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Brad Pitt

Runtime: 112 min

Synopsis: Reclusive author Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock) writes about exotic places in her popular adventure novels that feature a handsome cover model named Alan (Channing Tatum). While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta gets kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire who hopes she can lead him to an ancient city's lost treasure from her latest story. Determined to prove he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, Alan sets off to rescue her.

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