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Mulan begins with an appealing promise: Niki Caro will treat its action film framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Yifei Liu and Donnie Yen gives Mulan an immediate pulse. The story of Mulan begins from a specific pressure point: To keep her ailing father from serving in the Imperial Army, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a man and battles northern invaders in China. By the end of its 1h 55m running time, t

Hillbilly Elegy begins with an appealing promise: Ron Howard will treat its biographical drama framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Amy Adams and Glenn Close gives Hillbilly Elegy an immediate pulse. The story of Hillbilly Elegy begins from a specific pressure point: An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future. By

Greenland begins with an appealing promise: Ric Roman Waugh will treat its action film framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin gives Greenland an immediate pulse. The story of Greenland begins from a specific pressure point: A family struggles for survival in the face of a cataclysmic natural disaster. By the end of its 1h 59m running time, the value of Greenland rests less on novelty t

The Devil All the Time begins with an appealing promise: Antonio Campos will treat its thriller framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Bill Skarsgård and Tom Holland gives The Devil All the Time an immediate pulse. The story of The Devil All the Time begins from a specific pressure point: Sinister characters converge around a young man devoted to protecting those he loves in a postwar backwoods town teeming with corrup

Enola Holmes begins with an appealing promise: Harry Bradbeer will treat its crime drama framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Millie Bobby Brown and Henry Cavill gives Enola Holmes an immediate pulse. The story of Enola Holmes begins from a specific pressure point: When Enola Holmes, Sherlock's sister, discovers her mother is missing, she endeavors to find her, becoming a super sleuth in her own right as she outwits

Hamilton begins with an appealing promise: Thomas Kail will treat its biographical drama framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Lin Manuel Miranda and Phillipa Soo gives Hamilton an immediate pulse. The story of Hamilton begins from a specific pressure point: The real life of one of America's foremost founding fathers and first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. By the end of its 2h 40m running time, the va

You Should Have Left begins with an appealing promise: David Koepp will treat its horror film framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried gives You Should Have Left an immediate pulse. The story of You Should Have Left begins from a specific pressure point: A former banker, his actress wife, and their spirited daughter book a vacation at an isolated modern home in the Welsh countryside where

365 Days begins with an appealing promise: Barbara Bialowas will treat its romance framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Anna Maria Sieklucka and Michele Morrone gives 365 Days an immediate pulse. The story of 365 Days begins from a specific pressure point: Massimo is a member of the Sicilian Mafia family and Laura is a sales director. By the end of its 1h 54m running time, the value of 365 Days rests less on novelty

The East begins with an appealing promise: Jim Taihuttu will treat its thriller framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Martijn Lakemeier and Marwan Kenzari gives The East an immediate pulse. The story of The East begins from a specific pressure point: A young Dutch soldier deployed to suppress post WWII independence efforts in the Netherlands' colony of Indonesia finds himself torn between duty and conscience when he j

It's for Your Own Good begins with an appealing promise: Marc Rothemund will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Heiner Lauterbach and Jürgen Vogel gives It's for Your Own Good an immediate pulse. The story of It's for Your Own Good begins from a specific pressure point: Three fathers who are also brothers in law make a pact to save their daughters from their boyfriends. By the end of its 1h 31m run

Granny Nanny begins with an appealing promise: Wolfgang Groos will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Maren Kroymann and Günther Maria Halmer gives Granny Nanny an immediate pulse. The story of Granny Nanny begins from a specific pressure point: Three frustrated pensioners volunteer themselves as Grand Godparents to three stressed children. By the end of its 1h 44m running time, the value of Granny

Sol begins with an appealing promise: Jézabel Marques will treat its comedy framework as a route into character rather than an excuse for noise. The early chemistry between Chantal Lauby and Camille Chamoux gives Sol an immediate pulse. The story of Sol begins from a specific pressure point: Sol, a famous Argentine Tango performer, has lived in Buenos Aires for many years. By the end of its 1h 38m running time, the value of Sol rests less on novelty than on the care of its ex