Pixar's Elemental (2023) - Review

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Pixar's Elemental (2023) - Review

Directed by: Peter Sohn

Written by: John Hoberg, Kat Likkel, Brenda Hsueh

Starring: Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Ronnie del Carmen, Shila Ommi, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Catherine O'Hara

Runtime: 103 min

Synopsis: Set in Element City, where fire-, water-, land- and air-residents live together. The story introduces Ember (Leah Lewis), a tough, quick-witted and fiery young woman, whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow guy named Wade (Mamoudou Athie) challenges her beliefs about the world they live in.

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Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) - Review

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Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) - Review

Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie

Written by: Christopher McQuarrie, Erik Jendresen

Starring: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Mariela Garriga, Henry Czerny

Runtime: 163 min

Synopsis: Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: to track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan's past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission - not even the lives of those he cares about most.

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Extraction 2 (2023) - Review

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Extraction 2 (2023) - Review

Directed by: Sam Hargrave

Written by: Joe Russo

Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Golshifteh Farahani, Adam Bessa, Olga Kurylenko, Daniel Bernhardt, Tinatin Dalakishvili, Idris Elba

Runtime: 122 min

Synopsis: After barely surviving the events of the first movie, Tyler Rake (Chris Hemsworth) is back as the Australian black ops mercenary, tasked with another deadly mission: rescuing the battered family of a ruthless Georgian gangster from the prison where they are being held.

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Asteroid City (2023) - Review

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Asteroid City (2023) - Review

Directed by: Wes Anderson

Written by: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola

Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Steve Park, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Margot Robbie, Tony Revolori, Jake Ryan, Jeff Goldblum

Runtime: 104 min

Synopsis: The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention (organized to bring together students and parents from across the country for fellowship and scholarly competition) is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

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The Flash (2023) - Review

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The Flash (2023) - Review

Directed by: Andy Muschietti

Written by: Christina Hodson

Starring: Ezra Miller, Sasha Calle, Michael Shannon, Ron Livingston, Maribel Verdú, Kiersey Clemons, Antje Traue, Michael Keaton

Runtime: 144 min

Synopsis: Barry Allen (Ezra Miller) uses his super speed to change the past, but his attempt to save his family creates a world without superheroes, forcing him to race for his life in order to save the future.

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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) - Review

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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) - Review

Directed by: Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson

Written by: Phil Lord, Chris Miller, David Callaham

Starring: Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Vélez, Jake Johnson, Jason Schwartzman, Issa Rae, Karan Soni, Daniel Kaluuya, Oscar Isaac

Runtime: 140 min

Synopsis: Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Spider-Verse saga, an epic adventure that will transport Brooklyn's full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man across the Multiverse to join forces with Gwen Stacy and a new team of Spider-People to face off with a villain more powerful than anything they have ever encountered.

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The Little Mermaid (2023) - Review

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The Little Mermaid (2023) - Review

Directed by: Rob Marshall

Written by: David Magee

Starring: Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Daveed Diggs, Awkwafina, Jacob Tremblay, Noma Dumezweni, Javier Bardem, Melissa McCarthy

Runtime: 135 min

Synopsis: The youngest of King Triton's daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel (Halle Bailey) longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric (Jonah Hauer-King). While mermaids are forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel must follow her heart. She makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula (Melissa McCarthy), which gives her a chance to experience life on land, but ultimately places her life - and her father's crown - in jeopardy.

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The Starling Girl (2023) - Review

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The Starling Girl (2023) - Review

Directed by: Laurel Parmet

Written by: Laurel Parmet

Starring: Eliza Scanlen, Lewis Pullman, Wrenn Schmidt, Austin Abrams, Jimmi Simpson

Runtime: 116 min

Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Jem Starling (Eliza Scanlen) struggles to define her place within her fundamentalist Christian community in rural Kentucky. Even her greatest joy of dancing with the church group is tempered by worry that her actions are sinful and she is caught between a burgeoning awareness of her own sexuality and her religious devotion. With the return of Owen (Lewis Pullman), an enigmatic youth pastor, Jem soon finds herself attracted to his worldliness and charm. Slowly, he draws her into a dangerous relationship that could upend their entire community.

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) - Review

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) - Review

Directed by: James Gunn

Written by: James Gunn

Starring: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Sean Gunn, Chukwudi Iwuji, Will Poulter, Elizabeth Debicki, Maria Bakalova, Sylvester Stallone

Runtime: 150 min

Synopsis: Our beloved band of misfits are looking a bit different these days. Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), still reeling from the loss of Gamora (Zoe Saldana), must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.

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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (2023) - Review

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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (2023) - Review

Directed by: Kelly Fremon Craig

Written by: Kelly Fremon Craig

Starring: Abby Ryder Fortson, Rachel McAdams, Elle Graham, Benny Safdie, Kathy Bates

Runtime: 106 min

Synopsis: 11-year-old Margaret is uprooted from her life in New York City for the suburbs of New Jersey, going through the messy and tumultuous throes of puberty with new friends in a new school. She relies on her mother, Barbara, who is also struggling to adjust to life outside the big city, and her adoring grandmother, Sylvia, who isn't happy they moved away and likes to remind them every chance she gets.

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