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Kochadaiiyaan
What stands out first about Kochadaiiyaan is the confidence with which Soundarya Rajinikanth Vishagan establishes its animated adventure identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Kochadaiiyaan asks Rajinikanth and Deepika Padukone to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Kochadaiiyaan is established with useful clarity: A noble warrior seeks revenge against the ruler of his kingdom, who killed his father, and also ends up upsetting the neighboring
Aug 103 min read
Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt?
What stands out first about Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt? is the confidence with which James Manera establishes its mystery identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt? asks Kristoffer Polaha and Laura Regan to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt? is established with useful clarity: In a post apocalyptic America, the iron fist of the totalitarian government seeks to crush one mys
Aug 103 min read
Song of the Sea
What stands out first about Song of the Sea is the confidence with which Tomm Moore establishes its animated adventure identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Song of the Sea asks David Rawle and Brendan Gleeson to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Song of the Sea is established with useful clarity: Ben, a young Irish boy, and his little sister Saoirse, a girl who can turn into a seal, go on an adventure to free the fairies and save the spiri
Aug 103 min read
Darker Than Night
What stands out first about Darker Than Night is the confidence with which Henry Bedwell establishes its horror film identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Darker Than Night asks Zuria Vega and Adriana Louvier to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Darker Than Night is established with useful clarity: Greta moves into her recently deceased aunt's mansion and starts throwing wild parties with her friends; however, what looks to be the best summ
Aug 103 min read
Shaadi Ke Side Effects
What stands out first about Shaadi Ke Side Effects is the confidence with which Saket Chaudhary establishes its comedy identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Shaadi Ke Side Effects asks Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Shaadi Ke Side Effects is established with useful clarity: A complicated relationship develops between a man and woman after getting married and having a baby. That direct approach lets Shaadi
Aug 103 min read
Patterns of Evidence: Exodus
What stands out first about Patterns of Evidence: Exodus is the confidence with which Timothy P. Mahoney establishes its documentary identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Patterns of Evidence: Exodus asks Kevin Sorbo and Benjamin Netanyahu to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Patterns of Evidence: Exodus is established with useful clarity: An investigation into the validity of the Exodus. That direct approach lets Patterns of Evidence: Exod
Aug 103 min read
The Babadook
What stands out first about The Babadook is the confidence with which Jennifer Kent establishes its horror film identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, The Babadook asks Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of The Babadook is established with useful clarity: A single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home. That direct appro
Aug 103 min read
Gett
What stands out first about Gett is the confidence with which Ronit Elkabetz establishes its drama identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Gett asks Ronit Elkabetz and Simon Abkarian to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Gett is established with useful clarity: After a lukewarm marriage of over twenty years, a woman appeals to her husband's compassion to obtain the desirable divorce document in front of a court, which proves to be more challen
Aug 103 min read
Big Stone Gap
What stands out first about Big Stone Gap is the confidence with which Adriana Trigiani establishes its comedy identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Big Stone Gap asks Ashley Judd and Patrick Wilson to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Big Stone Gap is established with useful clarity: In a small town nestled in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, self proclaimed spinster Ave Maria Mulligan finds her life shaken up and forever changed aft
Aug 103 min read
The Song
What stands out first about The Song is the confidence with which Richard L. Ramsey establishes its romance identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, The Song asks Alan Powell and Ali Faulkner to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of The Song is established with useful clarity: An aspiring singer songwriter's life and marriage suffer when the song he writes for his wife propels him to stardom. That direct approach lets The Song use its 1h 56m runni
Aug 103 min read
5 Flights Up
What stands out first about 5 Flights Up is the confidence with which Richard Loncraine establishes its comedy identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, 5 Flights Up asks Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of 5 Flights Up is established with useful clarity: A long time married couple who've spent their lives together in the same New York apartment become overwhelmed by personal and real estate related issues when
Aug 103 min read
Dior and I
What stands out first about Dior and I is the confidence with which Frédéric Tcheng establishes its documentary identity. Rather than relying on premise alone, Dior and I asks Christian Dior and Omar Berrada to supply personality from the opening stretch. The premise of Dior and I is established with useful clarity: Get inside the storied world of the Christian Dior fashion house with a privileged, behind the scenes look at the creation of Raf Simons' first haute couture coll
Aug 103 min read
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