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The upcoming action spy film, The 355 (2022), helmed by director Simon Kinberg and written by Theresa Rebeck and Kinberg, follows the story of a group of individuals embroiled in an intense race for a special decryption program drive. This sought-after drive, capable of accessing any digital system on Earth, is presented to criminal mastermind Elijah Clarke by a drug lord at a location 150 mi (240 km) south of Bogotá, Colombia. However, Clarke’s betrayal leads to chaos as he kills the drug lord just as authorities ...

Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022) is a fantasy romantic drama film directed and produced by George Miller. Written by Miller and Augusta Gore, it is based on the 1994 short story ‘The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye’ by A. S. Byatt. Alithea Binnie, a British scholar with occasional hallucinations of demonic figures, unleashes a trapped Djinn during a trip to Istanbul when she purchases an antique bottle. The Djinn grants Alithea three wishes, ...

Dog (2022) is an American comedy drama road film directed by Channing Tatum and Reid Carolin, marking their debut as film directors. It is based on a story by Carolin and Brett Rodriguez. Jackson Briggs, a former U.S. Army Ranger suffering from PTSD, works at a deli while trying to secure a position in Pakistan. However, due to his condition, he is considered unfit for service and his attempts to call in favors are unsuccessful. Things take a turn when he receives news of the ...

Directed by Guy Ritchie and co-written by Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies, Wrath of Man (2021) is a heist action thriller film loosely based on the 2004 French film Cash Truck. Five months after the initial robbery, Patrick Hill joins Fortico Security as an armored truck guard. Terry, his manager, praises his references and the company trainer, known as ‘Bullet’, gives him the nickname ‘H’. Though Hill struggles during firearm training, he eventually starts working alongside his colleagues ...

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) is a gripping historical drama written and directed by Aaron Sorkin. Set in August of 1968, it follows the preparations made by Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, Lee Weiner, John Froines, and Bobby Seale as they plan to protest at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Five months later, they are arrested and charged with inciting a riot by crossing state lines. Appointed as prosecutors by Attorney General John N. Mitchell are Tom Foran and Richard Schultz, while all defendants except Seale are represented by William Kunstler and Leonard ...

Midway (2019) is a war film that depicts the crucial Battle of Midway, which marked a turning point in the Pacific Theater during World War II. In December 1937, American naval attaché intelligence officer Lieutenant Commander Edwin T. Layton receives a warning from Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto during a state function. The Japanese leader emphasizes that their country’s dependence on imported oil means they would be forced to declare war if the US were to threaten their supply. And so it happens on December 7, 1941, when Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor after the US cuts off their oil supply. In response to this act of aggression, Lieutenant Richard ...

The American sci-fi flick, Ad Astra (2019), was produced, co-written, and directed by James Gray. Set in the early 22nd century, humanity faces a looming threat as unexplained power surges threaten to disrupt civilization. Roy McBride, a military major, receives word that these surges are linked to the ‘Lima Project’, a space station orbiting Neptune on a mission to discover intelligent life. Coincidentally, Roy’s father, H. Clifford McBride, leads this project. Desperate for answers, Roy agrees to journey to Mars to investigate the fate of the station’s crew. Unfortunately, his trip is derailed ...

The Gentlemen (2019) is an action comedy film written, directed and produced by Guy Ritchie, who also co-developed the story with Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies. The editor of the Daily Print tabloid, Big Dave, feeling slighted by cannabis baron Mickey Pearson at a party, hires private detective Fletcher to look into Pearson’s connections with Lord Pressfield. Laura, Pressfield’s daughter and a heroin addict, becomes a focus of Fletcher’s investigation. In an attempt to profit from his findings (which he ...