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Ammonite (2020), a romantic drama film written and directed by Francis Lee, loosely follows the life of British palaeontologist Mary Anning, portrayed by Kate Winslet. In the 1840s, Mary and her ailing mother Molly run a small shop in Lyme Regis, Dorset. Every morning, she heads to the beach at low tide to search for fossils for the shop – with ammonites being her most common discovery. Upon returning, she assists her mother in cleaning and polishing eight animal figurines. One day, geologist Roderick Murchison visits their shop with his wife Charlotte and expresses ...

Nomadland (2020), an American drama, showcases Chloé Zhao’s talents as writer, producer, editor and director. Jessica Bruder’s book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century inspired the film. In 2011, Fern loses her job at the US Gypsum plant in Empire, Nevada after it shuts down. She had been working there for years with her husband who recently passed away. To embark on a new journey, Fern sells most of her belongings and buys a van to travel the country in search of work. Eventually, she lands a seasonal job at an Amazon fulfillment ...

Bad Boys for Life (2020), the American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Adil & Bilall, is the third installment in the Bad Boys franchise. The story follows Isabel Aretas, widow of cartel kingpin Benito, as she escapes from a Mexican prison with her son Armando. Isabel sends Armando to Miami to retrieve his father’s hidden money and take revenge on those responsible for his arrest and death in prison, with strict instructions to kill Detective Mike Lowrey last. In Miami, Mike joins his partner Marcus Burnett at the birth of Marcus’s first grandson. However, Marcus reveals his plans to ...

Written and directed by Sofia Coppola, On the Rocks (2020) is an American comedy-drama film. Laura and Dean reside in Manhattan with their two daughters, Maya and Theo. Laura, a novelist, is struggling to finish her latest book while Dean, a successful entrepreneur at a burgeoning tech start-up, frequently travels for work and is surrounded by young and attractive colleagues. This leaves Laura in charge of their children. One night, upon returning from another business trip, Dean climbs into bed and passionately kisses Laura. However, when he realizes it’s her, he abruptly stops and falls asleep, leaving Laura ...

The comedy film, Rifkin’s Festival (2020), is the work of writer and director Woody Allen as an American-Spanish-Italian collaboration. Mort Rifkin, a snobby elderly film critic from New York, confides in his therapist about recent events in his life. He reluctantly accompanies his much younger wife Sue to a film festival in San Sebastián. She works for Philippe, a French director whose ordinary and unoriginal anti-war movie is being hailed as a masterpiece by all but Mort. As Sue and Philippe’s relationship turns flirtatious, Mort becomes increasingly envious. His unsettling thoughts and fears are ...

The American biographical drama film, Mank (2020), directed by David Fincher and based on a screenplay written by his late father Jack Fincher, tells the story of screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz’s development of the screenplay for Citizen Kane. In 1940, RKO grants Orson Welles complete creative control for his next project. Welles enlists Mankiewicz, who is recovering from a car accident in Victorville, California, to write the script while dictating it to his secretary Rita Alexander. However, Alexander ...

Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), an American superhero film based on the DC character, follows Diana’s journey from childhood to present day. As a young girl, she competes in an athletic competition on Themyscira with adult Amazons. After taking a shortcut that leads to her disqualification, she learns important lessons from her aunt Antiope and mother Hippolyta about honesty and patience in pursuit of greatness. In 1984, Diana is working at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., while also secretly performing heroic acts as Wonder Woman. When new museum employee Barbara Minerva struggles to fit in, she finds a friend in Diana. The FBI enlists the help of the ...

The Devil All the Time (2020) is an American Southern Gothic psychological crime thriller film directed by Antonio Campos, co-written with his brother Paulo, based on Donald Ray Pollock’s novel of the same name. During World War II, while serving in the Solomon Islands, U.S. Marine Willard Russell witnesses Gunnery Sergeant Miller Jones being killed by Japanese soldiers. In order to end Jones’s suffering, Willard shoots him behind the ear. After returning home to Coal Creek, West Virginia, Willard stops in ...

Tenet (2020), a science fiction action thriller film, was both written and directed by Christopher Nolan. The film was produced by Nolan himself and his wife Emma Thomas. During a staged terrorist siege at an Opera House in Kyiv, the Protagonist leads a covert CIA extraction on ‘the 14th’ date. While facing KORD forces, he is rescued by a mysterious individual wearing a red trinket. Our protagonist successfully secures an artifact but his team is captured and subjected to torture. In a moment of desperation, he ...

Greenland (2020), an apocalyptic thriller directed by Ric Roman Waugh and written by Chris Sparling, follows the story of John Garrity, a structural engineer residing in Atlanta, Georgia with his estranged wife Allison and diabetic son Nathan. As they gather together to witness the passing of a newly-discovered interstellar comet named ‘Clarke’, John receives an automated message from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) informing him that he and his family have been selected for emergency sheltering. With chaos erupting around them, John rushes back home ...

The Hunt (2020), an American satirical action horror film directed by Craig Zobel and written by Nick Cuse and Damon Lindelof, follows a group of individuals on an upcoming hunt of ‘deplorables’ at a manor. A group of strangers, a dozen in total, awake in a wooded area surrounding a field. Their mouths are gagged and they have no idea where they are or what is happening. Eventually, they come across a master key which unlocks their gags, as well as a crate containing a live pig and weapons. Realizing the ...

Birds of Prey (2020) is an American superhero film directed by Cathy Yan and written by Christina Hodson, based on the DC Comics team the Birds of Prey. Several years after defeating the Enchantress, Harley Quinn finds herself abandoned by the Joker and thrown onto the streets of Gotham City. She is taken in by Doc, owner of a Taiwanese restaurant, where she starts to recover from her broken relationship. In an effort to move on, Harley cuts her hair, adopts a spotted hyena, and takes up roller derby. It’s during a night out at a club owned by crime boss ...

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 ...

The film The Curse of La Llorona (2019), directed by Michael Chaves, is based on the Latin American legend of La Llorona. Set in 1673 Mexico, a family is playing in a field when the youngest son gives his mother a cherished necklace. However, their peaceful day takes a dark turn when the mother begins violently drowning her children in a nearby stream. Over 300 years later, in 1973 Los Angeles, caseworker Anna is investigating the truancy of Patricia Alvarez’s two children. Upon arriving at Patricia’s house for a welfare check, she finds the children locked behind a door. Despite being warned to stay away ...

Stephen Merchant’s 2019 biographical sports comedy-drama, Fighting with My Family (2019), is based on Max Fisher’s 2012 documentary, The Wrestlers: Fighting with My Family. Through the lens of Paige and her brother Zak Zodiac, the film tells the story of their journey to the WWE. Raised by renowned wrestlers Rick and Julia Knight, the siblings aspire to follow in their parents’ footsteps. After applying to join the WWE as adults, they meet veteran trainer Hutch Morgan at The O2 Arena before a SmackDown taping, where they also encounter WWE ...

The American fantasy adventure comedy film, Jumanji: The Next Level (2019), was directed by Jake Kasdan. Along with co-writers Jeff Pinkner and Scott Rosenberg, Kasdan masterfully crafted a story that follows Spencer Gilpin, Anthony ‘Fridge’ Johnson, Martha Kaply, and Bethany Walker. The group reunites over Christmas break after being away from each other during their first semester of college. However, not everything is as it seems for Spencer, who feels ...

Radioactive (2019) is a British biographical drama film directed by Marjane Satrapi and written by Jack Thorne. Based on the 2010 graphic novel Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout by American artist Lauren Redniss, the film follows the life of Marie Curie. After collapsing in her Paris laboratory in 1934, she reflects on her past experiences. Despite facing frequent rejection for funding in 1893 due to her shared attitude with Pierre Curie, Marie ultimately finds solace in their joint ...

Downton Abbey (2019) is a historical drama film written by Julian Fellowes, the series creator and writer of its TV counterpart, and directed by Michael Engler. Produced by Carnival Films and Perfect World Pictures, the movie picks up where the series left off, bringing back much of the original cast. Set in 1927, the Crawleys are thrilled to learn that King George V and Queen Mary plan to visit Downton as part of their royal tour of Yorkshire. Amidst preparations by the servants, Lady Mary feels Barrow, the house butler, is ill-prepared for such an important event and ...

Shaft (2019) is a film directed by Tim Story and written by Kenya Barris and Alex Barnow. Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, Regina Hall, and Richard Roundtree, it is the fifth installment in the Shaft series and a direct sequel to the 2000 film of the same name. This was also

Everybody’s Everything (2019) is a documentary that delves into the life of Gustav Elijah Åhr, better known as the American rapper Lil Peep. Directed by Sebastian Jones and Ramez Silyan, it was produced by Benjamin Soley and executive produced by Terrence Malick, Liza Womack, and Sarah Stennett. The film follows Lil Peep’s journey from his childhood in Long Beach, NY ...