Lift (2024) - Review

Lift (2024) - Review

Directed by: F. Gary Gray

Written by: Daniel Kunka

Starring: Kevin Hart, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Vincent D'Onofrio, Úrsula Corberó, Billy Magnussen, Jacob Batalon, Jean Reno, Sam Worthington

Runtime: 104 min

Synopsis: An international heist crew is recruited to prevent a terrorist attack, and must pull off the heist on a plane mid-flight.

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Self Reliance (2024) - Review

Self Reliance (2024) - Review

Directed by: Jake Johnson

Written by: Jake Johnson

Starring: Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick, Natalie Morales, Mary Holland, Emily Hampshire, Christopher Lloyd, Wayne Brady

Runtime: 90 min

Synopsis: When a middle-aged man is invited into a limo by famous actor Andy Samberg, his dull life takes a thrilling turn. Johnson is offered a chance to win a million dollars in a dark web reality TV show, where assassins from all over the world attempt to kill him for 30 days. The catch? He can't be killed if he's not entirely alone, leading him to recruit an unlikely team to help him survive.

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Night Swim (2024) - Review

Night Swim (2024) - Review

Directed by: Bryce McGuire

Written by: Bryce McGuire

Starring: Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Amélie Hoeferle, Gavin Warren

Runtime: 98 min

Synopsis: Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, moves into a new home with his concerned wife Eve, teenage daughter Izzy, and young son Elliot. Secretly hoping, against the odds, to return to pro ball, Ray persuades Eve that the new home's shimmering backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for him. But a dark secret in the home's past will unleash a malevolent force that will drag the family under, into the depths of inescapable terror.

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Society of the Snow (2023) - Review

Society of the Snow (2023) - Review

Directed by: J.A Bayona

Written by: J.A Bayona, Bernat Vilaplana, Jaime Marques-Olearraga, Nicolás Casariego

Starring: Enzo Vogrincic, Agustín Pardella, Matías Recalt, Esteban Bigliardi, Diego Vegezzi

Runtime: 144 min

Synopsis: In 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which had been chartered to fly a rugby team to Chile, crashed in the heart of the Andes. Only 29 of its 45 passengers survived the accident. Trapped in one of the most hostile and inaccessible environments on the planet, they have to resort to extreme measures to stay alive

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Memory (2023) - Review

Memory (2023) - Review

Directed by: Michel Franco

Written by: Michel Franco

Starring: Jessica Chastain, Peter Sarsgaard, Merritt Wever, Brooke Timber, Elsie Fisher, Josh Charles, Jessica Harper

Runtime: 100 min

Synopsis: Sylvia is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life: her daughter, her job, her AA meetings. This is blown open when Saul follows her home from their high school reunion. Their surprise encounter will profoundly impact both of them as they open the door to the past.

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Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023) - Review

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023) - Review

Directed by: James Wan

Written by: David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick

Starring: Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Nicole Kidman

Runtime: 124 min

Synopsis: After failing to defeat Aquaman the first time, Black Manta wields the power of the mythic Black Trident to unleash an ancient and malevolent force. Hoping to end his reign of terror, Aquaman forges an unlikely alliance with his brother, Orm, the former king of Atlantis. Setting aside their differences, they join forces to protect their kingdom and save the world from irreversible destruction.

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The Iron Claw (2023) - Review

The Iron Claw (2023) - Review

Directed by: Sean Durkin

Written by: Sean Durkin

Starring: Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, Stanley Simons, Maura Tierney, Holt McCallany, Lily James

Runtime: 132 min

Synopsis: The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of their domineering father and coach, the brothers seek larger-than-life immortality on the biggest stage in sports.

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Wonka (2023) - Review

Wonka (2023) - Review

Directed by: Paul King

Written by: Simon Farnaby, Paul King

Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Calah Lane, Keegan-Michael Key, Paterson Joseph, Matt Lucas, Mathew Baynton, Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson, Jim Carter, Tom Davis, Olivia Colman, Hugh Grant

Runtime: 116 min

Synopsis: Based on the extraordinary character at the center of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl’s most iconic children's book and one of the best-selling children's books of all time, this new adaptation tells the wondrous story of how the world's greatest inventor, magician, and chocolate-maker became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today.

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Wish (2023) - Review

Wish (2023) - Review

Directed by: Chris Buck, Fawn Veerasunthorn

Written by: Jennifer Lee, Allison Moore

Starring: Ariana DeBose, Chris Pine, Alan Tudyk, Angelique Cabral, Victor Garber, Natasha Rothwell, Jennifer Kumiyama, Harvey Guillén, Evan Peters, Ramy Youssef, Jon Rudnitsky

Runtime: 95 min

Synopsis: An all-new musical-comedy welcomes audiences to the magical kingdom of Rosas, where Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force - a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable foe - the ruler of Rosas, King Magnifico - to save her community and prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen.

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Leave the World Behind (2023) - Review

Leave the World Behind (2023) - Review

Directed by: Sam Esmail

Written by: Sam Esmail

Starring: Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha'la, Kevin Bacon

Runtime: 141 min

Synopsis: In this apocalyptic thriller, Amanda and her husband Clay rent a luxurious home for the weekend with their kids, Archie and Rose. Their vacation is soon upended when two strangers - G.H. and his daughter Ruth - arrive in the night, bearing news of a mysterious cyberattack and seeking refuge in the house they claim is theirs. The two families reckon with a looming disaster that grows more terrifying by the minute, forcing everyone to come to terms with their places in a collapsing world.

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