Author: John Spry
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Trailer: “Gemini Man” (2019) Paramount Pictures has premiered a new full trailer and international trailer for “Gemini Man,” the upcoming Ang Lee-directed sci-fi assassin thriller in which Will Smith takes on a more youthful facsimile. Smith plays an ageing assassin attempting to leave the lifestyle, but finds himself hunted by an early twentysomething clone of…
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Trailer: “The Goldfinch” (2019) From Warner Bros. Pictures and Amazon Studios, “The Goldfinch” is the film adaptation of Donna Tartt’s globally acclaimed best-selling novel, which won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. Theodore “Theo” Decker was 13 years old when his mother was killed in a…
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“A Private War” (2018) Drama Running time: 110 minutes Written by: Arash Amelbased on “Marie Colvin’s Private War”by Marie Brenner Directed by: Matthew Heineman Featuring: Rosamund Pike, Jamie Dornan, Tom Hollander and Stanley Tucci Newspaper Editor: “Why is it important, do you think, to see this images? Why is it important for you to be there? Right now you may be one…
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“Alita Battle Angel” (2019) Sci-Fi/Action/Manga Running time: 108 minutes Written by: James Cameron and Laeta Kalogridis Directed by: Robert Rodriguez Featuring: Rosa Salazar ,Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, Jackie Earle Haley and Keean Johnson Alita: “You made the biggest mistake of your life.” Vector: “And what’s that?” Alita: “Underestimating who I am.” Released this week on DVD/Blu-ray and 4K is “Alita…
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DVD review: “Good Girls: Season One” (2018) “Good Girls” (2019) Television/Drama 10 Episodes Created by: Jenna Bans Featuring: Christina Hendricks, Retta, Mae Whitman, Reno Wilson, Manny Montana, Lidya Jewett, Isaiah Stannard and Matthew Lillard Jane Boland: [narrating] “Girls today can be anything. CEO, Olympic gold medalist, even a Supreme Court Justice. We’ve finally broken that glass ceiling. And, wow, sure looks…
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Trailer: “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” (2019) Sony Pictures has released the first trailer for “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” the biopic starring Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers. Marielle Heller (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”) directs the film that’s loosely based on a 1998 Esquire article and follows a jaded magazine writer (Matthew…
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“Swimming with men” (2018) Drama/Comedy Running Time: 96 minutes Written by: Aschlin Ditta Directed by: Oliver Parker Featuring: Rob Brydon, Jane Horrocks, Rupert Graves, Daniel Mays, Thomas Turgoose, Jim Carter, Adeel Akhtar and Charlotte Riley Eric Scott:[Reading from the book of rules] “The first rule of swim club, don’t talk about swim club.” It’s remarkable the seeming ease that the British Film Industry is able to produce…
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“Fighting in the family” (2019) Comedy/Drama Running time: 108 minutes Written and directed by: Stephen Merchant Featuring: Florence Pugh, Lena Headey, Nick Frost, Jack Lowden, Vince Vaughn, and Dwayne Johnson The Rock: “Paige, I myself have come from a wrestling family too. I know exactly what it means to you. But don’t worry about being the next me. Be…
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“Vice” (2018) Drama Running Time: 130 minutes Written and directed by: Adam McKay Featuring: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Tyler Perry, Alison Pill, Jesse Plemons and Justin Kirk Dick Cheney:“I can feel your incriminations and your judgments, and I am fine with that. You want to be loved? Go be a movie star. The world is as you find it.…
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“Fireflies” (2004) Television Drama 22 Episodes Created by: John O’Brien Featuring: Kain O’Keeffe, Libby Tanner, Jeremy Sims, Natasha Novak, Nadia Townsend and Christopher Morris Paul Kelly: “A jug of wine, a loaf of bread and theeLying on a blanket underneath that big old spreading tree” Released on DVD this month is the short lived small town drama “Fireflies” (2004) that was…
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Trailer: “Ad Astra” (2019) 20th Century Fox has premiered the second trailer for “The Lost City of Z” director James Gray’s long-awaited new sci-fi epic “Ad Astra” which opens September 20th. Gray and Ethan Gross (“Fringe”) penned the script in which astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) travels to the outer edges of the solar system…
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Trailer: “IT: Chapter 2” (2019) Evil resurfaces in Derry as director Andy Muschietti reunites the Losers Club – back together as adults, nearly three decades after the events of the first film – in a return to where it all began. Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone and Andy…
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Trailer: “Top Gun: Maverick” (2020) Paramount Pictures have released the first trailer for the “Top Gun” sequel “Top Gun: Maverick” (2020) which is slated to open June 26th next year. The new film is set in a world of drone technology and fifth generation fighters along with exploring the end of the era of dogfighting.…
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Trailer: “Hustlers” (2019) “Hustlers” (2019), which is inspired by a viral 2016 New York Magazine article, follows a crew of savvy former strip club employees who band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients. Their scheme pays off and the women ride a wave of extravagance, living a life of decadence and…
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“The Fantastic Journey” (2019) Television/Science Fiction 10 Episodes Written by: D. C. Fontana, Richard Fielder, Robert Hamilton, Leonard Katzman, Ken Kolb, Howard Livingstone, Michael Michaelian and Katharyn Powers Featuring: Jared Martin, Ike Eisenmann, Carl Franklin, Katie Saylor and Roddy McDowall Narrator: “Lost in the Devil’s Triangle, trapped in a dimension with beings from the future and other worlds, a…
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Final trailer: “The Kitchen” (2019) “The Kitchen” stars Oscar nominee Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, and Elisabeth Moss as three 1978 Hell’s Kitchen housewives whose mobster husbands are sent to prison by the FBI. Left with little but a sharp axe to grind, the ladies take the Irish mafia’s matters into their own hands—proving unexpectedly adept…
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“Destroyer” (2018) Drama/Thriller Running time: 123 minutes Written by: Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi Directed by: Karyn Kusama Featuring: Nicole Kidman, Toby Kebbell, Tatiana Maslany, Scoot McNairy, Bradley Whitford and Sebastian Stan Shelby: [to erin] “I felt safe because i was with you. I knew that you were strong… and that you would protect me.” Each year, especially in the last quarter…
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“Yesterday” (2019) Comedy/Romance/Musical Running time: 110 minutes Written by: Richard Curtis Directed by: Danny Boyle Featuring: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Ed Sheeran and Kate McKinnon Ellie Appleton: “Miracles happen all the time!” Jack Malik: “Like what?” Ellie Appleton: “Benedict Cumberbatch becoming a sex symbol!” Released into theatres this week is the Richard Curtis penned “Yesterday” (2019) which on…
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“The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco” (2018) Television Drama 8 Episodes Created by: Guy Burt Featuring: Julie Graham, Rachael Stirling, Crystal Balint, Chanelle Peloso, Ben Cotton, Jennifer Spence, Peter Benson, Colin Lawrence and Agape Mngomezulu Mille: “What criminal doesn’t leave patters? Life is patterns” Released this month on DVD is the follow up to the excellent mini series “The Bletchley Circle” (2012-2014)…
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“Profiler” (1996-2000) Television Drama 83 Episodes Created by: Cynthia Saunders Featuring: Ally Walker, Robert Davi, Julian McMahon, Roma Maffia, Peter Frechette, Erica Gimpel, Caitlin Wachs, Jamie Luner, Dennis Christopher, Michael Whaley, Shiek Mahmoud-Bey, Heather McComband and Traci Lords John Grant: “We don’t have a lot of time here, Dr. Lawson. So if you’ve got a theory, I want to hear it.” Dr. Samantha ‘Sam’ Waters:…
