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The American superhero film, Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), is based on Marvel Comics and showcases the characters of Deadpool and Wolverine. Produced by Marvel Studios, Maximum Effort, and 21 Laps Entertainment, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it marks the 34th addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and serves as a sequel to Deadpool 2 (2018). In an attempt to join the Avengers six years after using Cable’s time-traveling device to travel from his own timeline, Earth-10005, Wade Wilson is turned down by Happy Hogan. Following this rejection, he retires from his role as the masked mercenary known as Deadpool and ...

The Bikeriders (2023), an American period crime drama film written and directed by Jeff Nichols, follows the story of Kathy Bauer as she meets Benny Cross, an impulsive member of the Vandals Motorcycle Club based in Chicago. Despite knowing each other for just five weeks, they get married. Meanwhile, photography student Danny Lyon joins the Vandals on their journey and interviews them along the way. During his time with the club, he comes to learn that founder Johnny Davis was inspired to create it after watching Marlon Brando in The Wild One. However, Johnny faces a challenge to his leadership when he rejects a ...

Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), an American epic science fiction film, is co-produced and directed by James Cameron. Together with Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, Cameron co-wrote the screenplay based on a story they created with Josh Friedman and Shane Salerno. Sixteen years have passed since the Na’vi successfully defended Pandora against the Resources Development Administration (RDA). Jake Sully, now chief of the Omatikaya clan, lives happily with his family consisting of his wife Neytiri and their children Neteyam, Lo’ak, Tuk, and Kiri (born from Grace Augustine’s inert avatar). The late Colonel ...

The American thriller film, No Exit (2022), directed by Damien Power and written by Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari, is adapted from the 2017 novel of the same title by Taylor Adams. Darby Thorne, a recovering addict, receives news that her mother has been hospitalized for a brain aneurysm and is in critical condition. She leaves rehab and heads to Salt Lake City. While on the road, Corporal Ron Hill informs her of a blizzard causing the interstate closure. Darby agrees to ...

Deep Water (2022) is an erotic psychological thriller film directed by Adrian Lyne, from a screenplay by Zach Helm and Sam Levinson, based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith. The story follows the lives of Melinda and Vic Van Allen and their daughter Trixie, who reside in Little Wesley, Louisiana. Vic has retired early after designing navigation chips for military drones, while Melinda openly takes lovers – even in their shared home. Their unique ...

Prey (2022) is a sci-fi action flick within the Predator franchise. As the fifth installment in the mainline series and seventh in the overall franchise, it follows Naru, a young Comanche woman with dreams of becoming a skilled hunter like her brother Taabe. While tracking deer with her dog Sarii, Naru catches sight of an alien Predator’s spacecraft, mistaking it for a Thunderbird and seeing it as a challenge to prove herself. When a member of their tribe is attacked by a mountain lion, Taabe allows Naru to join the search party on the condition that she helps track the cougar and provide medical aid if needed. Despite retrieving the injured hunter, ...

Death on the Nile (2022), a mystery film, directed by Kenneth Branagh and written by Michael Green. The movie is based on Agatha Christie’s 1937 novel of the same name and is the second film adaptation of her work, following the 1978 version. In World War I, Poirot, a young strategizer, is unable to prevent his captain’s death from a booby trap that leaves him with facial scars. His lover and wife, nurse Katherine, encourages him to grow a mustache to conceal them. In 1937, Poirot attends a club where jazz ...

Ron’s Gone Wrong (2021), an animated sci-fi comedy directed by Sarah Smith and Jean-Philippe Vine, with co-director Octavio E. Rodriguez and written by Peter Baynham and Smith, features tech giant Bubble’s latest invention: the B-bot. The brainchild of CEO Marc Wydell, this robot buddy uses an algorithm to help individuals make friends. In Nonsuch, California, middle-schooler Barney Pudowski is the only one in his ...

The King’s Man (2021), a spy action film directed by Matthew Vaughn, is the third installment in the British Kingsman franchise. Based on the comic book The Secret Service, it serves as a prequel to Kingsman: The Secret Service and Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Set in 1902 during the Second Boer War, British aristocrat Orlando, Duke of Oxford, and his family visit a refugee camp in South Africa while working for the British Red Cross. Tragically, Orlando’s wife Emily is fatally wounded in a sniper attack on the camp and makes her husband promise to keep their son away from ...

West Side Story (2021) is a an erican musical romantic drama film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg, based on the 1957 stage musical of the same name. The story centers around two rival gangs, the Jets and Sharks, who battle for control of San Juan Hill in Manhattan’s Upper West Side. As tensions rise between the groups, NYPD Sergeant Krupke and Lieutenant Schrank intervene and remind them that their conflict is pointless as the neighborhood will soon be demolished for the Lincoln Center. Despite this warning, Jet leader Riff remains determined to settle things with a rumble and enlists his friend ...

The film Free Guy (2021), directed and produced by Shawn Levy, follows the story of a group of players in a popular MMORPG called Free City. The NPCs within the game are easily identified by their signature sunglasses and often find themselves engaged in chaotic battles with the players. One NPC, named Guy, works as a bank teller alongside his best friend Buddy, a security guard. However, the NPCs are unaware that they are living in a video game and remain oblivious to the chaos caused by the players. Meanwhile, Millie Rusk, an unemployed software developer, is playing Free City to uncover proof that Soonami Studios ...

A historical action drama, The Last Duel (2021), directed by Ridley Scott and written by Nicole Holofcener, tells the story of French squires Jean de Carrouges and Jacques Le Gris during the Caroline War. Divided into three chapters, each chapter presents the same story from a different perspective. In summary, after serving in the war, Jean and Jacques pledge loyalty to Count Pierre d’Alençon, who has been appointed as Jean’s overlord by King Charles VI. Seeking financial gain, Jean marries Marguerite de Thibouville under the assumption that her father, ...

The film The Call of the Wild (2020) is based on Jack London’s novel from 1903 and tells the story of Buck, a large and gentle mix of Saint Bernard and Scotch Shepherd. He lives happily with his master, Judge Miller, in Santa Clara, California during the late 19th century. However, one night he is taken away and ends up on a ship bound for the Yukon. On the journey, a crew member uses violence to maintain discipline towards Buck. When they eventually reach Alaska, John Thornton loses his harmonica which Buck retrieves for him just before being sold to Perrault and Francoise. They run a dog sled team that delivers ...