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Rifkin's Festival
There is a useful directness to Rifkin's Festival, a comedy shaped by Woody Allen with a firm understanding of its audience. In Rifkin's Festival, Wallace Shawn provides the anchor while Damian Chapa introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Rifkin's Festival opens from this situation: A married American couple goes to the San Sebastian Festival and gets caught up in the magic of the event, the beauty and charm of the city, and the fantasy of mov
Aug 103 min read
No Escapes
There is a useful directness to No Escapes, an action film shaped by Alexey Nuzhny with a firm understanding of its audience. In No Escapes, Konstantin Khabensky provides the anchor while Stasya Miloslavskaya introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, No Escapes opens from this situation: A heroic story about firefighters and rescuers. The resulting its 2h 11m running time feels most convincing whenever No Escapes trusts behaviour more than explan
Aug 102 min read
Deliver Us from Evil
There is a useful directness to Deliver Us from Evil, an action film shaped by Hong Won chan with a firm understanding of its audience. In Deliver Us from Evil, Hwang Jung min provides the anchor while Lee Jung jae introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Deliver Us from Evil opens from this situation: Hit man In Nam kills Japanese mobster, enraging vengeful brother. The resulting its 1h 54m running time feels most convincing whenever Deliver Us
Aug 103 min read
Disturbing the Peace
There is a useful directness to Disturbing the Peace, an action film shaped by York Alec Shackleton with a firm understanding of its audience. In Disturbing the Peace, Guy Pearce provides the anchor while Devon Sawa introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Disturbing the Peace opens from this situation: A small town marshal who hasn't carried a gun since he left the Texas Rangers after a tragic shooting, must pick up his gun again to battle with
Aug 103 min read
Gabriel's Inferno: Part One
There is a useful directness to Gabriel's Inferno: Part One, a romance shaped by Tosca Musk with a firm understanding of its audience. In Gabriel's Inferno: Part One, Melanie Zanetti provides the anchor while Giulio Berruti introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Gabriel's Inferno: Part One opens from this situation: An intriguing exploration of seduction, forbidden love, and redemption, a captivating and passionate tale of one man's escape fro
Aug 103 min read
The Lost Husband
There is a useful directness to The Lost Husband, a romance shaped by Vicky Wight with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Lost Husband, Leslie Bibb provides the anchor while Josh Duhamel introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Lost Husband opens from this situation: Trying to put her life back together after her husband's death, Libby and her children move to her estranged aunt's goat farm in central Texas. The resulting its 1h 49
Aug 103 min read
Sightless
There is a useful directness to Sightless, a thriller shaped by Cooper Karl with a firm understanding of its audience. In Sightless, Deniz Akdeniz provides the anchor while Madelaine Petsch introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Sightless opens from this situation: After an attack renders her blind, Ellen Ashland withdraws from the world to recover. The resulting its 1h 29m running time feels most convincing whenever Sightless trusts behaviour
Aug 102 min read
High Ground
There is a useful directness to High Ground, an action film shaped by Stephen Johnson with a firm understanding of its audience. In High Ground, Guruwuk Mununggurr provides the anchor while Wakarra Gondarra introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, High Ground opens from this situation: In a bid to save the last of his family, Gutjuk, a young Aboriginal man, teams up with ex soldier Travis to track down Baywara, the most dangerous warrior in the
Aug 103 min read
The Book of Vision
There is a useful directness to The Book of Vision, a mystery shaped by Carlo Hintermann with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Book of Vision, Charles Dance provides the anchor while Lotte Verbeek introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Book of Vision opens from this situation: Eva, a mysterious doctor, searches for an answer to her urgent dilemma as she unravels Dr Anmuth's Book of Vision. The resulting its 1h 39m running time
Aug 103 min read
Silver Skates
There is a useful directness to Silver Skates, a romance shaped by Michael Lockshin with a firm understanding of its audience. In Silver Skates, Fedor Fedotov provides the anchor while Yura Borisov introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Silver Skates opens from this situation: Matvey, the fastest courier on the frozen canals of 19th century St. The resulting its 2h 10m running time feels most convincing whenever Silver Skates trusts behaviour
Aug 103 min read
Love, Guaranteed
There is a useful directness to Love, Guaranteed, a comedy shaped by Mark Steven Johnson with a firm understanding of its audience. In Love, Guaranteed, Rachael Leigh Cook provides the anchor while Damon Wayans Jr. introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Love, Guaranteed opens from this situation: To save her small law firm, earnest lawyer Susan takes a high paying case from Nick, a charming new client who wants to sue a dating website that gua
Aug 103 min read
Rogue
There is a useful directness to Rogue, a horror film shaped by M.J. Bassett with a firm understanding of its audience. In Rogue, Megan Fox provides the anchor while Philip Winchester introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Rogue opens from this situation: O'Hara is a mercenary leading a squad of soldiers on their mission to rescue hostages in a remote part of Africa. The resulting its 1h 45m running time feels most convincing whenever Rogue tru
Aug 102 min read
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