Force of Nature (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Force of Nature (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Michael Polish

Written by: Cory Miller

Starring: Emile Hirsch, Kate Bosworth, Mel Gibson, David Zayas, Stephanie Cayo, Will Catlett, Swen Temmel, Tyler Jon Olsen, Jorge Luis Ramos

Runtime: 91 min

Synopsis: A group of thieves scheme to pull off an elaborate heist during a hurricane. But their carefully-designed plan quickly begins to fall apart when a police officer attempts to evacuate everybody in the building.

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Irresistible (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Irresistible (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Jon Stewart

Written by: Jon Stewart

Starring: Steve Carell, Chris Cooper, Mackenzie Davis, Topher Grace, Natasha Lyonne, Rose Byrne

Runtime: 101 min

Synopsis: Written and directed by Jon Stewart, Irresistible is a comedy about what happens when a small Wisconsin town becomes the main attraction of our political circus. After the Democrat's top strategist Gary (Steve Carell) sees a video of a retired Marine Colonel (Chris Cooper) standing up for the rights of his town's undocumented workers, Gary believes he has found the key to winning back the Heartland. However, when the Republicans counter him by sending in his brilliant nemesis Faith (Rose Byrne), what started out as a local race quickly becomes an out-of-control and hilarious fight for the soul of America.

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7500 (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

7500 (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Patrick Vollrath

Written by: Patrick Vollrath, Senad Halilbasic

Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Omid Memar, Carlo Kitzlinger, Aylin Tezel

Runtime: 92 min

Synopsis: When terrorists try to seize control of a Berlin-Paris flight, a soft-spoken young American co-pilot (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) struggles to save the lives of the passengers and crew while forging a surprising connection with one of the hijackers.

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You Should Have Left (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

You Should Have Left (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: David Koepp

Written by: David Koepp

Starring: Kevin Bacon, Amanda Seyfried, Avery Essex, Geoff Bell

Runtime: 93 min

Synopsis: Theo Conroy (Kevin Bacon) is a successful middle-aged man whose marriage to his much younger actress wife, Susanna (Amanda Seyfried) is shredding at the seams, frayed by her secretiveness, his jealousy, and the shadow of his past. In an effort to repair their relationship, Theo and Susanna book a vacation at a stunning, remote modern home in the Welsh countryside for themselves and their six-year-old daughter, Ella (Avery Essex). What at first seems like a perfect retreat distorts into a perfect nightmare when Theo's grasp on reality begins to unravel and he suspects that a sinister force within the house knows more than he or Susanna have revealed, even to each other.

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The Personal History of David Copperfield (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

The Personal History of David Copperfield (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Armando Iannucci

Written by: Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci

Starring: Dev Patel, Aneurin Barnard, Peter Capaldi, Morfydd Clark, Daisy May Cooper, Rosalind Eleazar, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton, Ben Whishaw, Gwendoline Christie, Paul Whitehouse

Runtime: 116 min

Synopsis: From birth to infancy, from adolescence to adulthood, the good-hearted David Copperfield (Dev Patel) is surrounded by kindness, wickedness, poverty, and wealth, as he meets an array of remarkable characters in Victorian England. As David sets out to be a writer, in his quest for family, friendship, romance, and status, the story of his life is the most seductive tale of all.

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The King of Staten Island (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

The King of Staten Island (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Judd Apatow

Written by: Judd Apatow, Pete Davidson, Dave Sirus

Starring: Pete Davidson, Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr, Bel Powley, Maude Apatow, Steve Buscemi

Runtime: 136 min

Synopsis: Scott (Pete Davidson) has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He's now reached his mid-20s having achieved little, chasing a dream of becoming a tattoo artist that seems far out of reach. As his ambitious younger sister (Maude Apatow) heads off to college, Scott is still living with his exhausted ER nurse mother (Marisa Tomei) and spends his days smoking weed, hanging with the guys, and secretly hooking up with his childhood friend Kelsey (Bel Powley). But when his mother starts dating a loudmouth firefighter named Ray (Bill Burr), it sets off a chain of events that will force Scott to grapple with his grief and take his first tentative steps toward moving forward in life.

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Artemis Fowl (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Artemis Fowl (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Kenneth Branagh

Written by: Conor McPherson, Hamish McColl

Starring: Ferdia Shaw, Lara McDonnell, Josh Gad, Tamara Smart, Nonso Anozie, Colin Farrell, Judi Dench

Runtime: 94 min

Synopsis: Based on the first two books in author Eoin Colfer wildly popular children's fantasy series, Artemis Fowl tells the story of adolescent criminal genius Artemis (Ferdia Shaw), who captures a vicious fairy, and attempts to harness her magical powers in a bid to rescue his family.

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Shirley (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Shirley (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Josephine Decker

Written by: Sarah Gubbins

Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Michael Stuhlbarg, Logan Lerman, Odessa Young

Runtime: 107 min

Synopsis: Renowned horror writer Shirley Jackson (Elisabeth Moss) is on the precipice of writing her masterpiece when the arrival of newlyweds upends her meticulous routine and heightens tensions in her already tempestuous relationship with her philandering husband, Stanley Hyman (Michael Stuhlbarg). The middle-aged couple, prone to ruthless barbs and copious afternoon cocktails, begins to toy mercilessly with the naïve young couple at their door.

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The Lovebirds (2020) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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

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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