Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
The inspiration to do Wonder Woman 1984 came from director Patty Jenkins and her co-writer Geoff Johns. Both happened to be big fans of the 1978 film Superman and its sequels, and they wanted to...
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Joker (2019)
Joker is a gritty, grimy, and nihilistic R-rated origin story on the classic “Batman” villain, directed by Todd Phillips from a script he co-wrote with Scott Silver. Set in a crime-ridden Gotham City sometime...
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Taking its title from what has become Queen’s most defining song, Bohemian Rhapsody is a biopic docudrama that examines the professional and personal life of Freddie Mercury, from his humble origins to becoming the...
The Dirt (2019)
With rock-and-roll biographies coming out seemingly every few months in the wake of big critical and commercial successes like Straight Outta Compton and Bohemian Rhapsody, the time would certainly be ripe for one of the...
Summer of 84 (2018)
Summer of 84 is the collective directorial team known as RKSS’s follow-up to another cult film tapping into the vibe of the 1980s, the zany post-apocalyptic comedy called Turbo Kid. This time out, it’s more of...
American Made (2017)
Bouncing back from his prior fiasco, The Mummy, Tom Cruise (Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation) gets to use his effervescent charm to good effect in American Made, a slick and entertaining production based...
Atomic Blonde (2017)
Set in Berlin in 1989, shortly before the collapse of the Berlin Wall, we find an MI6 agent named Lorraine Broughton (Theron) on a mission to try to get a much sought after highly classified...
A Most Violent Year (2014)
Set in New York in 1981 (its most violent year, naturally), Abel Morales (Isaac, The Two Faces of January) is an up-and-coming fuel distributor looking to close the deal on some prime property to give...
Foxcatcher (2014)
Based on a true story, Foxcatcher relates the tale of John du Pont (Carell), the heir to his family’s massive ammunition and chemical fortune, his obsession with the sport of wrestling, and, in particular, his...