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The Peanut Butter Falcon
Plot Zak is a young man with down syndrome living in a residential nursing community, his best friend is octogenarian Karl. Tyler, is a 30 something ‘nomad’ who lives on both the mean streets, and also the rivers of North Carolina. When Zak escapes his “prison” in order to go to the wrestling school of…
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My Old Ass
Plot 18 year old Elliott is about to leave her small town near Ontario, for Toronto, where she plans to head to college. She is going to leave her girlfriend Chelsea, and her two best friends Ro and Ruthie. Her family, with mum Kathy, dad Tom, and brothers Max and Spenser – are planning on…
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The Royal Hotel
Plot Two Canadian young women, on holiday in Australia, take a job to earn some money, when they run out. They are sent to a South Australian town, to work in the local bar, which is a regular for all the local miners. The bar is owned by Carol – an Aboriginal Auntie, and her…
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Richard Jewell
Plot During a concert for the opening of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, security guard, Richard Jewell, a wannabe police officer discovers a pipe bomb in a bag. Managing to avert disaster by getting people out the way, before it explodes, he becomes an overnight hero. The FBI, believing it to be ‘too coincidental’ – start…
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tick, tick… BOOM! (2021)
Directed by Lin-Manuel MirandaWritten by Steven Levenson Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp, Robin de Jesus, Vanessa Hudgens, Joshua Henry, Jonathan Marc Sherman, MJ Rodriguez, Ben Levi Ross, Judith Light, Bradley Whitford, Richard Kind. True life story of Jonathan Larson (Garfield), who in 1990 – is days away from turning 30 – and showcasing for possible Broadway…
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Changing Lanes (2002)
Director Roger Mitchell Written by Chap Taylor & Michael Tolkin Ben Affleck, Samuel L Jackson, Kim Staunton, Toni Collette, Richard Jenkins, Amanda Peet, Sydney Pollack, Dylan Baker, Matt Molloy, Tina Sloan, Bruce Altman, Joe Grifasi. Gavin (Affleck) is an eager young lawyer whose firm is in the last steps of taking over a charity organisation…
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The Town (2010)
Directed by Ben AffleckWritten by Peter Craig, Aaron Stockard, Ben Affleck. Based on the novel Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Titus Welliver, Pete Postlethwaite, Chris Cooper, George Carroll, Owen Burke, Victor Garber. In the neighbourhood of Charlestown, Boston – a group of friends are…
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2 Days in the Valley
Directed and Written by John Herzfeld Danny Aiello, Greg Cruttwell, Jeff Daniels, Teri Hatcher, Glenne Headly, Marsha Mason, Paul Mazursky, James Spader, Eric Stoltz, Charlize Theron, Keith Carradine, Louise Fletcher, Peter Horton, Austin Pendleton. Set over two tumultuous days in The Valley in LA, Becky (Hatcher) awakens to find that her ex husband (Horton) has…
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The Gift (2000)
Director Sam RaimiWritten by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson Cate Blanchett, Gary Cole, Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear, Giovani Ribisi, Keanu Reeves, Hilary Swank, Michael Jeter, Kim Dickens, Rosemary Harris, JK Simmons, Chelcie Ross. In Deep South Georgia, widowed fortune teller, and clairvoyant Annie (Blanchett) has a multitude of clients; like the troubled Buddy (Ribisi),…
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The Menu (2022)
Director Mark MylodWritten by Seth Reiss, Will Tracy Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Hong Chau, Janet McTeer, Paul Adelstein, John Leguizamo, Aimee Carrero, Reed Birney, Judith Light, Arturo Castro, Rob Yang, Mark St Cyr, Rebecca Koon, Peter Grosz, Christia Brucato As this is my first review of a film that I have just seen…
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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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