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A Quiet Place: Day One (2024), an American apocalyptic horror film directed and written by Michael Sarnoski, is the third installment in the A Quiet Place franchise. It serves as a spin-off and prequel to the series. Living at a hospice outside New York City with her cat Frodo, pessimistic and terminally ill cancer patient Samira ‘Sam’ joins a group outing to a marionette show in Manhattan at the persuasion of nurse Reuben. During their time in the city, they witness meteor-like objects falling from the sky. Suddenly, hostile extraterrestrial creatures attack, causing chaos among the crowds. Knocked ...

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) is an American spy action film directed by Christopher McQuarrie from a screenplay he co-wrote with Erik Jendresen. The film follows the story of a next-generation Russian stealth submarine, the Sevastopol, which is equipped with an advanced AI. However, when the AI becomes self-aware and betrays its crew by causing a fatal attack, IMF agent Ethan Hunt must take action. He travels to the Empty Quarter of the Arabian Desert to retrieve a crucial key piece from Ilsa Faust, an MI6 agent who is on the run. In order to ...

Senior Year (2022) is an American comedy film directed by Alex Hardcastle, featuring a screenplay by Andrew Knauer, Arthur Pielli, and Brandon Scott Jones. In 1999, an eventful birthday celebration at the local “cool” hotspot, Rock N Bowl, leads 14-year-old Stephanie Conway to strive for popularity. Through a self-made transformation and involvement in various school activities such as cheerleading and dating her high school’s heartthrob Blaine, she becomes ...

The Nee brothers directed The Lost City (2022), an American romantic action-adventure comedy film based on a story by Seth Gordon. Co-written by Oren Uziel and Dana Fox, the screenplay follows Dr. Loretta Sage, an author of romance-adventure novels featuring her fictional heroine, Dr. Angela Lovemore, and her love interest, Dash McMahon. Despite Loretta’s tendency to keep to herself since the passing of her husband, her publisher Beth Hatten insists she go on a book ...

The highly anticipated 2022 release, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022), continues the thrilling story of our beloved Sega video game character. In this action-packed adventure comedy, Sonic teams up once again with Tom and Maddie to take down Doctor Robotnik, who has returned with vengeance. Despite his failure as a vigilante-hero, Sonic remains optimistic until he receives unexpected help from Knuckles – an anthropomorphic teenage warrior red echidna and the last of his kind. With a bitter grudge against Sonic, Knuckles seeks to reclaim the Master Emerald, a powerful relic that grants its owner unimaginable abilities. As Sonic plans for a relaxing day at home, he ...

Top Gun: Maverick (2022), an American action drama directed by Joseph Kosinski, tells the story of United States Navy Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell. Despite his impressive career as a test pilot and numerous accolades, Maverick’s repeated insubordination has hindered him from advancing in rank. Fortunately, his former TOPGUN rival, Admiral Tom “Iceman” Kazansky, who now commands the U.S. Pacific Fleet, often comes to his aid to prevent him from being grounded. However, Rear Admiral Chester “Hammer” Cain steps in and cancels Maverick’s “Darkstar” scramjet ...

Scream (2022) is an American slasher film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, and written by James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick. As the fifth installment in the Scream series, it serves as both a reboot and direct sequel to the previous film, Scream 4 (2011). 25 years have passed since Billy Loomis and Stu Macher terrorized Woodsboro, but the town is once again plagued by Ghostface. High school student Tara Carpenter is attacked while home ...

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 ...

Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) is an action adventure comedy film based on Sega’s popular video game series. The film follows the story of Sonic, a young blue hedgehog with supersonic speed, who is unexpectedly ambushed by an echidna tribe on his home planet. His guardian, a wise owl named Longclaw, gives him a special bag of rings that can create portals to other places. She uses one to send Sonic to Earth while she stays behind to protect their home. Ten years later, Sonic lives in secrecy in a cavern beneath the rural town of Green Hills, Montana. Despite his hidden life, he longs for friendship and looks up to Sheriff Tom Wachowski and his wife Maddie. Little ...

A Quiet Place Part II (2020) is a post-apocalyptic horror film written and directed by John Krasinski. It serves as a continuation of the first film, following the survival journey of the Abbott family as they navigate their terrifying new reality filled with blind aliens who hunt using sound. One eventful day during a Little League Baseball game in their fictional hometown of Millbrook, New York, the Abbotts and other bystanders witness a strange object plummeting from the sky. Soon after, powerful extraterrestrial creatures emerge and begin massacring the townspeople. These armored and swift beings possess ...

Pet Sematary (2019) is an American horror film directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer. Based on Stephen King’s 1983 novel of the same name, it is the second adaptation of the story. Louis Creed, an ER doctor from Boston, Massachusetts, relocates to Ludlow, Maine with his family after losing their home. With his wife Rachel, their two children, Ellie and Gage, and their cat Church in tow, they settle into small-town life. During an exploration of the nearby woods, Rachel and Ellie come across a group of children ...

In 2019, a new addition to the Terminator franchise, Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), was released. It is a direct sequel to the highly acclaimed Terminator 2:Judgment Day (1991), and disregards the events of Rise of the Machines (2003), Salvation (2009), and Genisys (2015). Several years after their mission to destroy Cyberdyne Systems in 1998, Sarah and John Connor have retired and moved to Livingston, Guatemala. However, their peaceful life is abruptly disrupted when they are attacked by a T-800 Terminator sent from Skynet. Despite Sarah’s efforts, John is killed. In 2020, another advanced Terminator known as the ...

Rocketman (2019) is a jukebox musical film, based on the life and achievements of British musician Elton John. Dressed extravagantly as the devil, Elton John appears at a rehab session, reminiscing about his life through flashbacks (The Bitch Is Back). In the 1950s, young Reginald Dwight grows up under the care of his unaffectionate mother Sheila and his grandmother Ivy, who is more loving. Music becomes Reginald’s passion and he dreams of performing for his father Stanley, who shows no interest in him (I Want Love). After starting piano lessons, Reginald makes his way into the prestigious Royal ...

Sherlock Gnomes (2018) is a mystery comedy directed by John Stevenson, and based on the beloved character Sherlock Holmes created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Serving as a sequel to Gnomeo & Juliet (2011), it sees Sherlock, along with his trusted companion Dr. Watson, taking on their arch-nemesis Moriarty at London’s Natural History Museum. In a thrilling battle, Moriarty is seemingly defeated by a dinosaur skeleton. As the plot unfolds, Miss Montague, Mr Capulet and their gnomes relocate from Stratford-upon-Avon to a rundown garden in London. Lady ...

John Krasinski directs A Quiet Place (2018), an  American post-apocalyptic science fiction horror film written by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods. The planet has been taken over by noise-sensitive aliens with invincible armor, resulting in the death of most of the humans. Survivors include the Abbott family – Evelyn, Lee, Regan (who is deaf), Marcus and Beau – who reside on their isolated farm in upstate New York. They have managed to stay alive by taking precautions such as using sand paths to avoid making noise and ...

The science fiction action film, Bumblebee (2018), is based on the popular character from Hasbro and Takara Tomy’s Transformers toy line. On Cybertron, the Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, are facing defeat in their battle against the Decepticons and plan to leave the planet. As they attempt to evacuate, the Decepticons, led by Starscream, Soundwave, and Shockwave, attack them. In a last-ditch effort to set up a new base of operations, Optimus sends scout B-127 to Earth in an escape pod while he stays behind to fight off the Decepticons. B-127 crash-lands in California in 1987 and disrupts a training exercise by Sector 7 – a top-secret government ...

Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), an American action spy film written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie, follows IMF agent Ethan Hunt as he races against time to stop a terror-for-hire group, the Apostles, from acquiring nuclear bombs. Two years after their leader Solomon Lane is captured, the Syndicate has reorganized and recruited extremist John Lark to carry out their plan of dismantling the existing world order. When Ethan’s attempt to retrieve the plutonium cores in Berlin fails and his team member Luther Stickell is taken hostage, he chooses to save his teammate but loses the cores to the Apostles. ...

The American science fiction horror film, The Cloverfield Paradox (2018), is the third installment in the Cloverfield franchise. Directed by Julius Onah and written by Oren Uziel and Doug Jung, with J. J. Abrams and Lindsey Weber as producers, the film follows a group of astronauts aboard the orbiting Cloverfield Station in 2028. Earth is facing an energy crisis and they are testing the Shepard particle accelerator to ...

Annihilation (2018), a science fiction psychological horror film by Alex Garland, is loosely based on Jeff VanderMeer’s 2014 novel of the same name. After losing her husband, a biologist volunteers for an expedition to an environmental disaster zone, only to discover that it holds more than she bargained for. The team includes an anthropologist, psychologist, surveyor, and linguist. Despite it being a year since his last secret mission, the brave soldier Kane has yet to be found and is believed to have perished in action. As Lena, ...

Baywatch (2017) is an American action comedy film directed by Seth Gordon, with a screenplay by Mark Swift and Damian Shannon. It tells the story of Lt. Mitch Buchannon, a beloved member of an elite lifeguard division in Emerald Bay, Florida. Along with his colleagues like Stephanie Holden and C.J. Parker, Mitch works tirelessly to protect the beaches and bay from dangers. However, their efforts are often met with resistance from beat cop Garner Ellerbee and his superior, Captain Thorpe. During one morning patrol, Mitch ...