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The Final Year
The Final Year begins with an appealing promise: Greg Barker will treat its documentary framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Ben Rhodes and Samantha Power gives The Final Year an immediate pulse. The story of The Final Year begins from a specific pressure point: A chronicle of the Barack Obama administration's foreign policy team and the events of Obama's final year in office. By the end of its 1h 29m running time, t
Aug 103 min read
Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel] I. presage flower
Fate/stay night I. presage flower begins with an appealing promise: Tomonori Sudô will treat its animated adventure framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Bryce Papenbrook and Noriaki Sugiyama gives Fate/stay night I. presage flower an immediate pulse. The story of Fate/stay night I. presage flower begins from a specific pressure point: Movie adaptation of the third route of Fate/Stay Night. By the end of its 2h run
Aug 103 min read
Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti
Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti begins with an appealing promise: Edouard Deluc will treat its romance framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Vincent Cassel and Tuheï Adams gives Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti an immediate pulse. The story of Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti begins from a specific pressure point: Focused on French painter Paul Gauguin's affair with a younger lady in Tahiti. By the end of its 1h 42m running time, the val
Aug 103 min read
Gemini
Gemini begins with an appealing promise: Aaron Katz will treat its thriller framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Lola Kirke and Zoë Kravitz gives Gemini an immediate pulse. The story of Gemini begins from a specific pressure point: A heinous crime tests the complex relationship between a tenacious personal assistant and her Hollywood starlet boss. By the end of its 1h 33m running time, the value of Gemini rests less
Aug 103 min read
Zama
Zama begins with an appealing promise: Lucrecia Martel will treat its historical drama framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Daniel Giménez Cacho and Lola Dueñas gives Zama an immediate pulse. The story of Zama begins from a specific pressure point: Based on the novel by Antonio Di Benedetto written in 1956, on Don Diego de Zama, a Spanish officer of the seventeenth century settled in Asunción, who awaits his transfer
Aug 103 min read
Keep the Change
Keep the Change begins with an appealing promise: Rachel Israel will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Jessica Walter and Christina Brucato gives Keep the Change an immediate pulse. The story of Keep the Change begins from a specific pressure point: A New York City romantic comedy, Keep the Change is the unlikely love story of two people who meet in a support group. By the end of its 1h 34m runnin
Aug 103 min read
The Prison
The Prison begins with an appealing promise: Hyeon Na will treat its action film framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Kim Rae won and Han Suk kyu gives The Prison an immediate pulse. The story of The Prison begins from a specific pressure point: A troubled ex cop imprisoned for a hit and run accident discovers that the entire penitentiary is controlled by an inmate who has been running a crime syndicate with the help
Aug 103 min read
The Dating Project
The Dating Project begins with an appealing promise: Jonathan Cipiti will treat its documentary framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Kerry Cronin and Christopher Meehan gives The Dating Project an immediate pulse. The story of The Dating Project begins from a specific pressure point: Five single people try to figure out dating in the age of social media, texting, hanging out and hooking up. By the end of its 1h 11m r
Aug 103 min read
The Adventurers
The Adventurers begins with an appealing promise: Stephen Fung will treat its action film framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Andy Lau and Shu Qi gives The Adventurers an immediate pulse. The story of The Adventurers begins from a specific pressure point: The world's top thieves join forces to pull off the heist of a lifetime. By the end of its 1h 48m running time, the value of The Adventurers rests less on novelty
Aug 103 min read
Getting Grace
Getting Grace begins with an appealing promise: Daniel Roebuck will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Daniel Roebuck and Madelyn Dundon gives Getting Grace an immediate pulse. The story of Getting Grace begins from a specific pressure point: Grace, a teenage girl dying of cancer, crashes a funeral home to find out what will happen to her after she dies, but ends up teaching awkward funeral directo
Aug 103 min read
Mazinger Z: INFINITY
Mazinger Z: INFINITY begins with an appealing promise: Junji Shimizu will treat its animated adventure framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Shôtarô Morikubo and Ai Kayano gives Mazinger Z: INFINITY an immediate pulse. The story of Mazinger Z: INFINITY begins from a specific pressure point: When the evil Dr Hell attacks the Earth, the mighty giant mecha Mazinger Z is formed to stop him. By the end of its 1h 35m runnin
Aug 103 min read
Little Pink House
Little Pink House begins with an appealing promise: Courtney Balaker will treat its drama framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Catherine Keener and Jeanne Tripplehorn gives Little Pink House an immediate pulse. The story of Little Pink House begins from a specific pressure point: A woman fights a group trying to evict her whole neighborhood and give it to a corporation. By the end of its 1h 38m running time, the valu
Aug 103 min read
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