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Logan Lucky (2017)

Director Steven SoderberghWritten by Rebecca Blunt Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Daniel Craig, Seth McFarlane, Sebastian Stan, Riley Keogh, Brian Gleeson, Jack Quiad, Hilary Swank, Dwight Yoakam, David Denman, Katie Holmes, Farrah MacKenzie, Katherine Waterston. After being laid off from his construction job in the tunnels under the NASCAR racing track, West Virginian native Jimmy Logan…
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The Batman (2022)

Director Matt ReevesWritten by Matt Reeves, Peter Craig. Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell, John Turturro, Paul Dano, Andy Serkis, Peter Sarsgaard. In one of the most nihilistic versions of Gotham City on film, vigilante Batman (Pattinson) teams with Detective Gordon (Wright) as a serial killer known as The Riddler (Dano) begins to…
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Suburbicon (2017)

Director George ClooneyWritten by Joel & Ethan Coen, George Clooney, Grant Heslov. Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac, Noah Jupe, Glenn Fleshler, Alex Hassell, Gary Basaraba, Jack Conley. In 1959, a perfect utopian community in the fictional town of Suburbicon, is thrown into chaos when an African American family move in. As tension mounts within…
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Scream 3 (2000)

Director Wes CravenWritten by Ehren Kruger David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Foley, Lance Henrickson, Matt Keesler, Jenny McCarthy, Emily Mortimer, Parker Posey, Deon Richmond, Kelly Rutherford, Liev Schreiber, Patrick Warburton, Jamie Kennedy. Some years after the events of the second film, Sidney is now living in isolation. Still harboring the demons…
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Ad Astra

Directed by James GrayWritten by James Gray & Ethan Gross Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, Ruth Negga, John Ortiz, Liv Tyler, Loren Dean. It is the far off future, Earth is being struck by power surges from a space shuttle that was sent to Neptune almost 20 years ago. If it is not…
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Fido (2006)

Directed by Andrew CurrieWritten by Robert Chomiak, Andrew Currie, Dennis Heaton Carrie-Anne Moss, Billy Connolly, Dylan Baker, K’Sun Ray, Henry Czerny, Tim Blake Nelson. In an “alternate-reality” of the 1950’s, a radiation cloud from outer space caused a zombie outbreak. This in turn caused the Zombie v Human war, which humans won. Zombie’s have now…
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Oblivion (2013)

Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Melissa Leo, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Zoe Bell. Director Joseph KosinskiWritten by Karl Gajdusek, Michael Arndt, Joseph Kosinski. In the future of 2077, the human race has escaped Earth to Titan, one of Saturn’s moons, following an alien war in 2017. A space station called The Tet hovers just…
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Freeway (1996)

Directed and Written by Matthew Bright Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland, Wolfgang Bodison, Dan Hedaya, Susan Barnes, Brittany Murphy, Brooke Shields, Conchata Farrell Amanda Plummber, Alanna Ubach, Michael T Weiss, Bokeem Woodbine, Guillermo Diaz. Modern retelling of the fable of Red Riding Hood, sees 15 year old, illiterate Vanessa (Witherspoon in one of her earliest roles)…
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Cars 2 (2011)

Directed by John Lasseter & Bradford LewisWritten by John Lasseter, Bradford Lewis, Dan Fogelman, Ben Queen Owen Wilson, Larry The Cable Guy, Michael Caine, Eddie Izzard Emily Mortimer, John Turturro, Thomas Kretschmann, John Ratzenburger, Bonnie Hunt. Where do we start with this mess? Seriously, parents who first sat down in the cinema for the very…
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Meet Joe Black (1998)

Director Martin BrestWritten by Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno, Kevin Wade, Bob GoldmanInspired by works by Alberto Casella Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Marcia Gay Haden, Jeffrey Tambor, Lois Kelly-Miller, June Squibb. Loosely based on 1934 film Death takes a Holiday, in this film ‘Death’ decides to come to earth, taking the body…
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Hotel Artemis (2018)

Directed and Written by Drew Pearce Jodie Foster, Sterling K Brown, Sofia Boutella, Dave Bautista, Charlie Day, Jeff Goldblum, Brian Tyree Henry, Zachary Quinto, Jenny Slate. In a crime ravaged and riot driven Los Angeles in 2028 sits the Hotel Artemis. Run by The Nurse (Foster), it is the safe haven for the criminals to…
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The Hunt (2020)

Directed by Craig Gobel Written by Nick Cuse & Damon Lindelof Betty Gilpin, Hilary Swank, Ike Barinholtz, Amy Madigan, Glenn Howerton, Ethan Suplee, Emma Roberts, Sturgil Simpson, Reed Birney, Steve Coulter, Wayne Duvall. A group of individuals awaken to find themselves in a field. They all have gags locked into their mouths, and having been given a small array of weaponry, they…
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Breakdown (1997)

Directed by Jonathan Mostow Written by Jonathan Mostow & Sam Montgomery Kurt Russell, JT Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan, MC Gainey, Jack Noseworthy, Rex Linn, Ritch Brinkley, Moira Sinese, Jack McGee. In my re-watch of the mid 1990’s films, is a tense action thrill ride from the get go, right up until the closing credits. Russell plays Jeff, who is moving cross country with wife…
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Gunpowder Milkshake

Directed by Navot PapushadoWritten by Navot Papushado & Ehud Lavski Karen Gillan, Chloe Coleman, Lena Heady, Angela Bassett, Carla Gugino, Michelle Yeoh, Paul Giamatti, Ralph Ineson, Adam Nagaitis, Michael Smiley. Samantha is left by her hit-woman mother Scarlet, in a diner as a child. Fifteen years later, she has joined the same company called The…
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Contact

Director Robert ZemeckisWritten by James V Hart & Michael Goldenberg.Story by Carl Sagan & Ann Druyan Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerrit, John Hurt, James Woods, Jena Malone, David Morse, William Fichtner, Geoffrey Blake, Angela Bassett, Jake Busey, Rob Lowe. Her whole life Dr Ellie Arroway has been searching the airwaves for communication. As a…
