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The Batman

The saga of the Dark Knight is rebooted as a brooding noir mystery with The Batman. For the last two years, reclusive millionaire Bruce Wayne (Robert Pattinson) has been enacting vigilante justice as The Batman and he found an alley in Lt. James Gordon (Jeffrey Wright). Batman’s biggest challenge arises when a serial killer named…

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Multiple iterations of the webcrawler team up in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) is an awkward teenager from Brooklyn, who has uneasy relationship with his police officer father Jefferson (Brian Tyree Henry). While spray-painting with his Uncle Aaron (Mahershala Ali), Miles is bitten by a spider and gains powers similar to that of Spider-Man…

Mad Max: Fury Road

Mad Max: Fury Road

After thirty years, director George Miller returns to his signature franchise with Mad Max: Fury Road.  Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy) scours across the post-apocalyptic wasteland haunted by visions of his tragic past.  Max finds himself captured by the War Boys, lead by the tyrannical Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne), and is designated as a living blood…

Pretend We’re Kissing

Pretend We’re Kissing

A man struggles with the anxieties of a new relationship in the romantic comedy Pretend We’re Kissing.  Benny (Dov Tiefenbach) is an awkward man, who is always worrying about how to act in front of girls.  Benny’s roommate Autumn (Zoë Kravitz) tells him to “stop being a Benny” and just allow himself to be himself. …

A Different Kind of Boy

A Different Kind of Boy

Alexander is a teenage boy with autism, who has just finished school and is preparing to head out to live on his own.  Following his 18th birthday, Alexander goes on a trip to Barcelona with his older brother Sebastian.  As they head off to attend a game by FC Barcelona, the two brothers bond, as…

After Earth

After Earth

Director M Night Shyamalan returns for the first time since 2010’s The Last Airbender with the new sci-fi epic After Earth.  The film is a star vehicle for the father/son duo of Will and Jaden Smith, with Will Smith also getting credit for the film’s story and a producer credit, along with his wife Jada…