Nope (2022) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Nope (2022) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Jordan Peele

Written by: Jordan Peele

Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, Michael Wincott, Brandon Perea

Runtime: 130 min

Synopsis: Two siblings who run a California horse ranch discover something wonderful and sinister in the skies above, and the owner of an adjacent theme park tries to profit from the mysterious, otherworldly phenomenon.

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Bullet Train (2022) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Bullet Train (2022) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: David Leitch

Written by: Zak Olkewicz

Starring: Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Andrew Koji, Hiroyuki Sanada, Michael Shannon, Bad Bunny, Zazie Beetz, Logan Lerman, Karen Fukuhara, Masi Oka, Sandra Bullock

Runtime: 126 min

Synopsis: Brad Pitt stars as Ladybug, an unlucky assassin determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe - all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives - on the world's fastest train. The end of the line is only the beginning in a wild, non-stop thrill ride through modern-day Japan.

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Prey (2022) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Prey (2022) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Dan Trachtenberg

Written by: Patrick Aison

Starring: Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers, Dane DiLiegro, Stormee Kipp, Michelle Thrush, Julian Black Antelope

Runtime: 99 min

Synopsis: Set in the Comanche Nation 300 years ago, a young woman, Naru (Amber Midthunder), is a fierce and highly skilled warrior. She has been raised in the shadow of some of the most legendary hunters who roam the Great Plains, so when danger threatens her camp, she sets out to protect her people. The prey she stalks, and ultimately confronts, turns out to be a highly evolved alien predator with a technically advanced arsenal, resulting in a vicious and terrifying showdown between the two adversaries.

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Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Taika Waititi

Written by: Taika Waititi, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson

Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, Jaimie Alexander, Taika Waititi, Russell Crowe, Natalie Portman

Runtime: 119 min

Synopsis: Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is on a journey unlike anything he's ever faced - a quest for inner peace. But his retirement is interrupted by a galactic killer known as Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale), who seeks the extinction of the gods. To combat the threat, Thor enlists the help of King Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), Korg (Taika Waititi), and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), who - to Thor's surprise - inexplicably wields his magical hammer, Mjolnir, as the Mighty Thor. Together, they embark upon a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the God Butcher's vengeance and stop him before it's too late.

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The Black Phone (2022) - SPOILER-FREE Review

The Black Phone (2022) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Scott Derrickson

Written by: Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill

Starring: Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, James Ransone, and Ethan Hawke

Runtime: 102 min

Synopsis: Finney (Mason Thames), a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer's previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn't happen to Finney.

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Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Cooper Raiff

Written by: Cooper Raiff

Starring: Dakota Johnson, Cooper Raiff, Vanessa Burghardt, Evan Assante, Brad Garrett, Leslie Mann

Runtime: 107 min

Synopsis: Fresh out of college and without a clear life path going forward, 22-year-old Andrew (Cooper Raiff) is stuck back at home with his family in New Jersey. But if there's one thing that belongs on his nonexistent résumé, it's how to get a party started, which lands him the perfect job of motivational dancing at the bar and bat mitzvahs for his younger brother's classmates. When Andrew befriends a local mom, Domino (Dakota Johnson), and her daughter, Lola (Vanessa Burghardt), he finally discovers a future he wants - even if it might not be his own.

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Lightyear (2022) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Lightyear (2022) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Angus MacLane

Written by: Jason Headley, Angus MacLane

Starring: Chris Evans, Keke Palmer, Peter Sohn, James Brolin, Taika Waititi, Dale Soules, Uzo Aduba, Mary McDonald-Lewis, Efren Ramirez, Isiah Whitlock Jr.

Runtime: 105 min

Synopsis: Buzz Lightyear (Chris Evans) embarks on an intergalactic adventure with a group of ambitious recruits and his robot companion.

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Spiderhead (2022) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Spiderhead (2022) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Joseph Kosinski

Written by: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick

Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, Jurnee Smollett

Runtime: 107 min

Synopsis: In a state-of-the-art penitentiary run by brilliant visionary Steve Abnesti (Chris Hemsworth), inmates wear a surgically attached device that administers dosages of mind-altering drugs in exchange for commuted sentences. There are no bars, no cells, or orange jumpsuits. In Spiderhead, incarcerated volunteers are free to be themselves. Until they're not. At times, they're a better version. Need to lighten up? There's a drug for that. At a loss for words? There's a drug for that, too. But when two subjects, Jeff (Miles Teller) and Lizzy (Jurnee Smollett), form a connection, their path to redemption takes a twistier turn, as Abnesti's experiments start to push the limits of free will altogether.

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Jurassic World Dominion (2022) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Jurassic World Dominion (2022) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Colin Trevorrow

Written by: Emily Carmichael, Colin Trevorrow

Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, DeWanda Wise, Mamoudou Athie, BD Wong, Omar Sy, Isabella Sermon, Campbell Scott, Justice Smith, Scott Haze, Dichen Lachman, Daniella Pineda

Runtime: 146 min

Synopsis: Jurassic World Dominion takes place four years after Isla Nublar has been destroyed. Dinosaurs now live - and hunt - alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators on a planet they now share with history's most fearsome creatures.

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Top Gun: Maverick (2022) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Top Gun: Maverick (2022) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Joseph Kosinski

Written by: Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, Christopher McQuarrie

Starring: Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris, Val Kilmer

Runtime: 131 min

Synopsis: After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose”. Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it.

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