The Lovebirds (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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The Lovebirds (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Michael Showalter

Written by: Aaron Abrams, Brendan Gall

Starring: Issa Rae, Kumail Nanjiani, Paul Sparks, Anna Camp, Kyle Bornheimer

Runtime: 87 min

Synopsis: A couple (Issa Rae & Kumail Nanjiani) experiences a defining moment in their relationship when they are unintentionally embroiled in a murder mystery. As their journey to clear their names takes them from one extreme - and hilarious - circumstance to the next, they must figure out how they, and their relationship, can survive the night.

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Snowpiercer (2013) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Snowpiercer (2013) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Bong Joon-ho

Written by: Bong Joon-ho, Kelly Masterson

Starring: Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Go Ah-sung, John Hurt, Ed Harris

Runtime: 126 min

Synopsis: In this sci-fi epic from director Bong Joon-ho (Parasite), a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet. The final survivors board the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine. When cryptic messages incite the passengers to revolt, the train thrusts full-throttle towards disaster.

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Scoob! (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Scoob! (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Tony Cervone

Written by: Adam Sztykiel, Jack C. Donaldson, Derek Elliott, Matt Lieberman

Starring: Frank Welker, Will Forte, Gina Rodriguez, Zac Efron, Amanda Seyfried, Mark Wahlberg, Jason Isaacs, Kiersey Clemons, Ken Jeong, Tracy Morgan

Runtime: min

Synopsis: Scoob! reveals how lifelong friends Scooby (Frank Welker) and Shaggy (Will Forte) first met and how they joined with young detectives Fred (Zac Efron), Velma (Gina Rodriguez), and Daphne (Amanda Seyfried) to form the famous Mystery Inc. Now, with hundreds of cases solved and adventures shared, Scooby and the gang face their biggest, most challenging mystery ever: a plot to unleash the ghost dog Cerberus upon the world. As they race to stop this global "dogpocalypse," the gang discovers that Scooby has a secret legacy and an epic destiny greater than anyone imagined.

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The Untouchables (1987) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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The Untouchables (1987) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Brian DePalma

Written by: David Mamet

Starring: Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy García, Robert De Niro, Sean Connery

Runtime: 119 min

Synopsis: During the era of Prohibition in the United States, Federal Agent Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner) sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone (Robert De Niro) and, because of rampant corruption, assembles a small, hand-picked team to help him.

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True History of the Kelly Gang (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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True History of the Kelly Gang (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Justin Kurzel

Written by: Shaun Grant

Starring: George MacKay, Essie Davis, Nicholas Hoult, Orlando Schwerdt, Thomasin McKenzie, Sean Keenan, Charlie Hunnam, Russell Crowe

Runtime: 124 min

Synopsis: Set against the badlands of colonial Australia where the English rule with a bloody fist and the Irish endure, Ned Kelly (George MacKay and Orland Schwerdt) discovers he comes from a line of Irish rebels called the Sons of Sieve, an uncompromising army of cross dressing bandits immortalized for terrorizing their oppressors back in Ireland. Nurtured by the notorious bushranger Harry Power (Russell Crowe) and fueled by the unfair arrest of his mother, Ned Kelly recruits a wild bunch of warriors to plot one of the most audacious attacks of anarchy and rebellion the country has ever seen.

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Extraction (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Extraction (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Sam Hargrave

Written by: Joe Russo

Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Rudhraksh Jaiswal, David Harbour, Pankaj Tripathi, Randeep Hooda, Golshifteh Farahani, Marc Donato, Fay Masterson, Derek Luke

Runtime: 116 min

Synopsis: Tyler Rake (Chris Hemsworth) is a fearless black market mercenary with nothing left to lose when his skills are solicited to rescue the kidnapped son of an imprisoned international crime lord. But in the murky underworld of weapons dealers and drug traffickers, an already deadly mission approaches the impossible, forever altering the lives of Rake and the boy.

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My Spy (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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My Spy (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Peter Segal

Written by: Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber

Starring: Dave Bautista, Chloe Coleman, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Kristen Schaal, Ken Jeong

Runtime: 99 min

Synopsis: My Spy follows JJ (Dave Bautista), a hardened CIA operative who has been demoted and finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, named Sophie (Chloe Coleman), where he has been sent undercover begrudgingly to surveil her family. When Sophie discovers hidden cameras in her apartment, she convinces JJ to spend time with her and teach her to be a spy, in exchange for not blowing his cover. Despite his reluctance, JJ finds he is no match for Sophie's disarming charm and wit.

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The Platform (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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The Platform (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia

Written by: David Desola, Pedro Rivero

Starring: Iván Massagué, Antonia San Juan, Zorion Eguileor, Emilio Buale Coka and Alexandra Masangkay

Runtime: 90 min

Synopsis: One day Goreng (Iván Massagué) wakes up with his future colleague Trimagasi (Zorion Eguileor) in the 33rd level of a prison-style place, crossed by a hole where a platform descends with meal remains left from the tenants from higher levels. Trimagasi knows the rules that govern this mysterious place: two people per level and an unknown number of them. If you go upwards you survive... but think too much and you will descend again. If you are in the bottom where the food barely arrives, you cannot trust anyone except your guts.

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The Hunt (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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The Hunt (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Craig Zobel

Written by: Nick Cuse, Damon Lindelof

Starring: Betty Gilpin, Ike Barinholtz, Emma Roberts, Hilary Swank

Runtime: 90 min

Synopsis: Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are, or how they got there. They don't know they've been chosen... for a very specific purpose... The Hunt. In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, a group of globalist elites gathers at a remote Manor House to hunt humans for sport. But the elites' master plan is about to be derailed because one of the hunted, Crystal (Betty Gilpin), knows The Hunters' game better than they do. She turns the tables on the killers, picking them off, one by one, as she makes her way toward the mysterious woman (Hilary Swank) at the center of it all.

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Emma. (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Emma. (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Autumn de Wilde

Written by: Eleanor Catton

Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Josh O'Connor, Callum Turner, Mia Goth, Miranda Hart, Bill Nighy

Runtime: 124 min

Synopsis: Jane Austen's beloved comedy about finding your equal and earning your happy ending, is reimagined in this delicious new film adaptation of Emma.. Handsome, clever, and rich, Emma Woodhouse (Anya Taylor-Joy) is a restless queen bee without rivals in her sleepy little town. In this glittering satire of social class and the pain of growing up, Emma must adventure through misguided matches and romantic missteps to find the love that has been there all along.

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