A woman makes a documentary about the search for her missing brother in Hunting Matthew Nichols. On October 31, 2001, 17-year-old Matthew Nichols and his friend Jordon Reimer disappeared after venturing into the Black Bear Forest, near the small town of Port Rupert on Vancouver Island. Over two decades later, Matthew’s younger sister Tara (Miranda…
The Tony Award-winning musical hits the big screen with Wicked: Part One. Due to being born with green skin, Elphaba Thropp (Cynthia Erivo) has been subjected to much prejudice, particularly from her father Governor Thropp (Andy Nyman) of Munchkinland, who gives preferential treatment to Elphaba’s wheelchair-bound sister Nessarose (Marissa Bode). While accompanying Nessarose to Shiv…
This Review Was Originally Published as Part of Our Coverage of Fantasia 2024 The stars of a 1980s professional wrestling league find themselves part of a Satanic cult’s ritual in Dark Match. SAW is a ragtag 1988 wrestling league managed by Rusty Beans (Jonathan Cherry) and featuring a roster of stars that includes Mean Joe…
A lonely woman tells her life story to her pet snail in Memoir of a Snail. After the death of her last remaining friend friend Pinky (Jacki Weaver), Grace Pudel (Sarah Snook) goes into the garden and releases her longtime pet snail Sylvia. As Sylvia inches her way to her final destination, recounts her sad…
A family clashes over the fate of an heirloom piano in The Piano Lesson. On July 4, 1911, three brothers stole a piano from their former enslavers, though one of them, Boy Charles (Stephan James), died in a consequential fire. 25 years later, Boy Charles’ son Boy Willie (John David Washington) arrives with his friend…
A 9-year-old-old boy tries to make it home to his mother during the London bombings of World War II in Blitz. George (Elliott Heffernan) is a 9-year-old mixed race boy, who lives with his single mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan) and her father Gerald (Paul Weller) during the World War II blitz, where London was bombed…
A writer returns to his hometown and deals with the repercussions of using the people he knew as characters in his books in Okie. Louie Mulgrin (Scott Michael Foster) is a wealthy writer, who has returned to his rural hometown to collect some items from the house of his recently deceased father. Louis catches up…
A 12-year-old Kent girl befriends an odd drifter in Bird. Bailey (Nykiya Adams) is a tomboyish 12-year-old living in Gravesend, North Kent with her chaotic father Bug (Barry Keoghan) and wayward brother Hunter (Jason Buda). As Bug is distracted by his upcoming wedding, Bailey meets Bird (Franz Rogowski), a mysterious man looking for his family….
Two cousins go on a tour of Holocaust sites in Poland in A Real Pain. David Kaplan (Jesse Eisenberg) has taken some time off his busy work and family life to join his cousin Benji (Kieran Culkin) on a tour of Poland in memory of their recently deceased grandmother. The two join a tour group…
Two Mormon missionaries find themselves in a deadly game to prove their faith in Heretic. Sister Barnes (Sophie Thatcher) and Sister Paxton (Chloe East) are two Mormon missionaries who visit the house of Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant). At first, Mr. Reed seems to be an incredibly kind man, who entertains the girls with theological discussion,…
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