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The Luckiest Man in America (2024)
"The Luckiest Man in America" is a drama film about an ice cream truck driver who discovers a way to win as a contestant on a popular television game show. Director Samir Oliveros put together an unfocused and dull film from a poorly written screenplay he [..]
Monster Summer (2024)
When a mysterious force begins to disrupt the Martha's Vineyard summer vacation of Noah and his friends, they team up with a retired police detective to save their island in "Monster Summer." Director David Henrie ("This is the Year" 2020) put together a fun teen horror [..]
Conclave (2024)
"Conclave" is a mystery thriller film about the death of the Pope and the College of Cardinals gathering in seclusion in the Vatican to replace him. The Cardinals are surprised to meet a new Archbishop of Kabul, secretly installed by the late Pope, with subsequent revelations [..]
The Friend (2024)
"The Friend" is a drama film about a New York City writer who inherits a Great Dane dog from a recently deceased friend. The canine "friend" causes enormous problems including destroying the furniture in her Manhattan apartment. However, she becomes fond of him over time. [..]
Elevation (2024)
"Elevation" is a science fiction movie about survivors of an attack on Earth by giant insect-like creatures who cannot live above eight thousand feet above sea level. So the remnant take refuge in the Rocky Mountains. When they run low on supplies, they must venture below the 8K [..]
Here (2024)
"Here" is a drama film depicting multiple generations of families occupying the same house over the course of a century or more. Director Robert Zemeckis ("Romancing the Stone" 1984) presents the film in a nonlinear narrative, from a script he co-wrote with Eric Roth, adapted from the 2014 [..]
Old Guy (2024)
"Old Guy" is a comedy-action movie about an aging hit man instructed to train a younger replacement. Trouble starts when both realize they have been betrayed by their boss. Director Simon West ("Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" 2001) put together a mediocre film with a story [..]
Old Henry (2021)
"Old Henry" is a western drama about a widowed homesteader and his son taking in a wounded stranger bearing a suitcase full of cash. He claims he is being pursued by outlaws, but when a sheriff and his group arrive chasing the man, the homesteader doesn't know who [..]
The Apostle (1997)
"The Apostle" is a drama film about a Pentecostal preacher who must flee town due to beating up his wife's lover. He goes to a neighboring state and starts up a new church. Director-screenwriter Robert Duvall created quite a heavy melodrama in which he also stars in the [..]
Anaconda (2025)
"Anaconda" is a comedy action movie about two childhood friends who travel to Brazil's Amazon rainforest to remake the favorite film of their youth - "Anaconda" (1997). Director Tim Gormican has made this sixth in the film series a bit formulaic and predictable, but also very [..]