The Social Network (2010) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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The Social Network (2010) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: David Fincher

Written by: Aaron Sorkin

Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella

Runtime: 120 min

Synopsis: In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer genius Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, he is one of the youngest billionaires ever, but Zuckerberg finds that his unprecedented success leads to both personal and legal complications when he ends up on the receiving end of two lawsuits, one involving his former friend (Andrew Garfield).

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Zodiac (2007) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Zodiac (2007) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: David Fincher

Written by: James Vanderbilt

Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, Elias Koteas, Donal Logue, John Carroll Lynch, Dermot Mulroney, Robert Downey Jr.

Runtime: 157 min

Synopsis: In the late 1960s and 1970s, fear grips the city of San Francisco as a serial killer called Zodiac stalks its residents. Investigators (Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards) and reporters (Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr.) become obsessed with learning the killer's identity and bringing him to justice. Meanwhile, Zodiac claims victim after victim and taunts the authorities with cryptic messages, ciphers, and menacing phone calls.

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Fight Club (1999) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Fight Club (1999) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: David Fincher

Written by: Jim Uhls

Starring: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter

Runtime: 139 min

Synopsis: A depressed man (Edward Norton) suffering from insomnia meets a strange soap salesman named Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) and soon finds himself living in his squalid house after his perfect apartment is destroyed. The two bored men form an underground club with strict rules and fight other men who are fed up with their mundane lives. Their perfect partnership frays when Marla (Helena Bonham Carter), a fellow support group crasher, attracts Tyler's attention.

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Se7en (1995) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Se7en (1995) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: David Fincher

Written by: Andrew Kevin Walker

Starring: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, R. Lee Ermey, John C. McGinley

Runtime: 125 min

Synopsis: When retiring police Detective William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) tackles a final case with the aid of newly transferred David Mills (Brad Pitt), they discover a number of elaborate and grizzly murders. They soon realize they are dealing with a serial killer who is targeting people he thinks represent one of the seven deadly sins. Somerset also befriends Mills' wife, Tracy (Gwyneth Paltrow), who lives afraid of establishing a future in the crime-riddled city.

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Hillbilly Elegy (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Hillbilly Elegy (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Ron Howard

Written by: Vanessa Taylor

Starring: Glenn Close, Amy Adams, Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett, Freida Pinto, Bo Hopkins, Owen Asztalos

Runtime: 116 min

Synopsis: J.D. Vance (Gabriel Basso), a former Marine from southern Ohio and current Yale Law student, is on the verge of landing his dream job when a family crisis forces him to return to the home he’s tried to forget. J.D. must navigate the complex dynamics of his Appalachian family, including his volatile relationship with his mother Bev (Amy Adams), who’s struggling with addiction. Fueled by memories of his grandmother Mamaw (Glenn Close), the resilient and whip-smart woman who raised him, J.D. comes to embrace his family’s indelible imprint on his own personal journey.

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Train to Busan (2016) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Train to Busan (2016) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Yeon Sang-ho

Written by: Park Joo-suk

Starring: Gong Yoo, Ma Dong-seok, Jung Yu-mi, Kim Su-an, Kim Eui-sung, Choi Woo-shik, Ahn So-hee

Runtime: 118 min

Synopsis: A harrowing zombie horror-thriller that follows a group of terrified passengers fighting their way through a countrywide viral outbreak while trapped on a suspicion-filled, blood-drenched bullet train ride to Busan, a southern resort city that has managed to hold off the zombie hordes... or so everyone hopes.

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Rebecca (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Rebecca (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Ben Wheatley

Written by: Jane Goldman, Joe Shrapnel, Anna Waterhouse

Starring: Lily James, Armie Hammer, Kristin Scott Thomas, Tom Goodman-Hill, Keeley Hawes, Sam Riley, Ann Dowd

Runtime: 121 min

Synopsis: After a whirlwind romance in Monte Carlo with handsome widower Maxim de Winter (Armie Hammer), a newly married young woman (Lily James) arrives at Manderley, her new husband’s imposing family estate on a windswept English coast. Naive and inexperienced, she begins to settle into the trappings of her new life, but finds herself battling the shadow of Maxim’s first wife, the elegant and urbane Rebecca, whose haunting legacy is kept alive by Manderley’s sinister housekeeper Mrs. Danvers (Kristin Scott Thomas).

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On the Rocks (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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On the Rocks (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Sofia Coppola

Written by: Sofia Coppola

Starring: Bill Murray, Rashida Jones, Marlon Wayans

Runtime: 96 min

Synopsis: A New York woman (Rashida Jones) and her impulsive, larger-than-life father (Bill Murray) try to find out if her husband (Marlon Wayans) is having an affair.

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The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Aaron Sorkin

Written by: Aaron Sorkin

Starring: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Sacha Baron Cohen, Daniel Flaherty, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Keaton, Frank Langella, John Carroll Lynch, Eddie Redmayne, Noah Robbins, Mark Rylance, Alex Sharp, Jeremy Strong

Runtime: 129 min

Synopsis: In 1969, seven people were charged by the federal government with conspiracy and more, arising from the protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

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