Pieces of a Woman (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Pieces of a Woman (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Kornél Mundruczó

Written by: Kata Wéber

Starring: Vanessa Kirby, Shia LaBeouf, Molly Parker, Sarah Snook, Iliza Shlesinger, Benny Safdie, Jimmie Fails, Ellen Burstyn

Runtime: 126 min

Synopsis: Martha (Vanessa Kirby) and Sean (Shia LaBeouf) are a Boston couple on the verge of parenthood whose lives change irrevocably when a home birth ends in unimaginable tragedy. Thus begins a yearlong odyssey for Martha, who must navigate her grief while working through fractious relationships with Sean and her domineering mother (Ellen Burstyn), along with the publicly vilified midwife (Molly Parker), whom she must face in court.

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Promising Young Woman (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Promising Young Woman (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Emerald Fennell

Written by: Emerald Fennell

Starring: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Connie Britton, Laverne Cox

Runtime: 113 min

Synopsis: Nothing in Cassie's (Carey Mulligan) life is what it appears to be - she's wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she's living a secret double life by night. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs from the past.

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One Night in Miami (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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One Night in Miami (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Regina King

Written by: Kemp Powers

Starring: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr.

Runtime: 110 min

Synopsis: On the night of Feb. 25, 1964, in Miami, Cassius Clay (Eli Goree) joins Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge), Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.) and Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), and they discuss the responsibility of being successful black men during the civil rights movement.

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Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Patty Jenkins

Written by: Patty Jenkins, Geoff Johns, Dave Callaham

Starring: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, Robin Wright, Connie Nielsen

Runtime: 151 min

Synopsis: Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) squares off against Maxwell Lord (Pedro Pascal) and the Cheetah (Kristen Wiig), a villainess who possesses superhuman strength and agility.

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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: George C. Wolfe

Written by: Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Starring: Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo, Michael Potts

Runtime: 94 min

Synopsis: Tensions rise when trailblazing blues singer Ma Rainey (Viola Davis) and her band gather at a recording studio in Chicago in 1927.

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Soul (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Soul (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Pete Docter

Written by: Pete Docter, Mike Jones, Kemp Powers

Starring: Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Questlove, Phylicia Rashad, Daveed Diggs, Angela Bassett

Runtime: 100 min

Synopsis: Joe (Jamie Foxx) is a middle-school band teacher whose life hasn't quite gone the way he expected. His true passion is jazz - and he's good. But when he travels to another realm to help someone find their passion, he soon discovers what it means to have soul.

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Wolfwalkers (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Wolfwalkers (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart

Written by: Will Collins

Starring: Honor Kneafsey, Eva Whittaker, Sean Bean, Simon McBurney, Tommy Tiernan, Jon Kenny, John Morton, Maria Doyle Kennedy

Runtime: 107 min

Synopsis: A young apprentice hunter journeys to Ireland with her father to help wipe out the last wolf pack. But everything changes when she befriends a free-spirited girl from a mysterious tribe rumored to transform into wolves by night.

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Mank (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Mank (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: David Fincher

Written by: Jack Fincher

Starring: Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Arliss Howard, Tom Pelphrey, Sam Troughton, Ferdinand Kingsley, Tuppence Middleton, Tom Burke, Monika Gossmann, Charles Dance

Runtime: 132 min

Synopsis: 1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing wit and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman) as he races to finish Citizen Kane.

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Citizen Kane (1941) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Citizen Kane (1941) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Orson Welles

Written by: Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles

Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Everett Sloane, Ray Collins, George Coulouris, Agnes Moorehead, Paul Stewart, Ruth Warrick, Erskine Sanford, William Alland

Runtime: 119 min

Synopsis: When a reporter is assigned to decipher newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane's (Orson Welles) dying words, his investigation gradually reveals the fascinating portrait of a complex man who rose from obscurity to staggering heights. Though Kane's friend and colleague Jedediah Leland (Joseph Cotten), and his mistress, Susan Alexander (Dorothy Comingore), shed fragments of light on Kane's life, the reporter fears he may never penetrate the mystery of the elusive man's final word, "Rosebud."

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Gone Girl (2014) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Gone Girl (2014) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: David Fincher

Written by: Gillian Flynn

Starring: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Carrie Coon, Kim Dickens

Runtime: 149 min

Synopsis: In Carthage, Mo., former New York-based writer Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) and his glamorous wife Amy (Rosamund Pike) present a portrait of a blissful marriage to the public. However, when Amy goes missing on the couple's fifth wedding anniversary, Nick becomes the prime suspect in her disappearance. The resulting police pressure and media frenzy cause the Dunnes' image of a happy union to crumble, leading to tantalizing questions about who Nick and Amy truly are.

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