A neglected girl stays with foster parents in rural Ireland throughout the summer of 1981 in The Quiet Girl. Cáit (Catherine Clinch) is a soft-spoken nine-year-old girl who is neglected in her impoverished household by her mom (Kate Nic Chonaonaigh) and dad (Michael Patric). Cáit is sent away to stay with cousin EibhlÃn Cinnsealach (Carrie […]
A recently orphaned teenager creates a replacement family consisting of recently deceased corpses in The Loneliest Boy in the World. Oliver (Max Harwood) grew up under the incredibly sheltered care of his mother (Carol Anne Watts), who died in a freak accident the previous year. While psychiatrist Julius (Evan Ross) wants to commit Oliver to
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We return to the world of Pandora in Avatar: The Way of Water. It has been 13 years since Jake Sulley (Sam Worthington) was permanently transferred into his Navi Avatar and became the leader of the Omaticaya along with his mate Neytiri (Zoe Saldana). Together they have three biological children, Neteyam (Jamie Flatters), Lo’ak (Britain
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A family tries to deal with the aftermath of an “Airborne Toxic Event” in White Noise. Jack Gladney (Adam Driver) is a college professor living with his fourth wife, Babette (Greta Gerwig) and their four children. The lives of the family change when a railway tank car crashes outside of town, releasing an unknown toxin
Santa Claus digs into his dark side to save a family from a group of mercenaries in Violent Night. Jason Lightstone (Alex Hassell) is a man from a wealthy family who is accompanied by his daughter Trudy (Leah Brady) and estranged wife Linda (Alexis Louder) to a holiday gathering at the estate of Jason’s mother
A fictionalized version of the life of Marilyn Monroe is told in Blonde. As a child, Norma Jeane Mortenson was traumatized by the mental breakdown of her mother, Gladys Baker (Julianne Nicholson), leaving Norma to pine for the father she never knew. A decade later, Norma (Ana de Armas) is on the rise as blonde
A young man pursues a career in filmmaking as his family life disintegrates in The Fabelmans. Since being taken to see The Greatest Show on Earth as a child, Sammy Fabelman (Gabriel LaBelle) has had a growing love of filmmaking. Excused as a hobby by his computer engineer father, Burt (Paul Dano), Sammy finds support
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Baz Luhrmann directs a biopic of the King of Rock and Roll with Elvis. Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks) is a former carnie, who has moved into the music business managing country singer Hank Snow (David Wenham). Hank’s son Jimmie Rodgers (Kodi Smit-McPhee) brings to Parker’s attention Elvis Presley (Austin Butler), a new young signee
A young girl with the telekinetic ability to start fires goes on the run with her father in Firestarter. When they were younger, Andy McGee (Zac Efron) and his wife Vicky (Sydney Lemmon) were subjects of a drug trial conducted by Dr. Joseph Wanless (Kurtwood Smith), which gave them telepathic and telekinetic abilities respectively. These
