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Marry Me (2022) is an American romantic comedy-drama directed by Kat Coiro, with a screenplay by John Rogers, Tami Sagher, and Harper Dill. The film follows pop superstar Kat Valdez, a well-known figure in the Latin community who has experienced two high-profile divorces. Despite this, she is planning to get married to her fiancé, Bastian, after their song “Marry Me” becomes a worldwide hit. They have even arranged for their wedding ceremony to be streamed during ...

Men (2022) is a British folk horror film written and directed by Alex Garland. It stars Jessie Buckley as a widowed woman who takes a holiday to a countryside village, only to be disturbed and tormented by the unconventional male residents, all played by Rory Kinnear. After her husband James commits suicide, Harper Marlowe seeks solace in the quiet village of Cotson. Troubled by James’ behavior, Harper attempts to message a friend about feeling unsafe. However, James catches her and reads the messages, causing him to ...

The Brits made a true crime flick, The Tinder Swindler (2022), directed by Felicity Morris and released on Netflix. An Israeli, Shimon Hayut, went around Europe posing as the son of Russian-Israeli diamond tycoon Lev Leviev aka the Diamond King. Using dating app Tinder under the alias Simon Leviev, he fooled women into giving him money that he never returned. He dazzled them with extravagant gifts and took them on fancy private jet dinners funded by other unsuspecting victims. He then claimed to be in danger from his “enemies”, sending identical messages and photos to each woman, claiming he had narrowly ...

The film The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) is an American action comedy directed by Tom Gormican. Gormican also co-wrote the screenplay with Kevin Etten. Renowned Hollywood star Nicolas Cage has been struggling with his career recently, due to constant rejection for major film roles. To make matters worse, he is constantly harassed by a pesky version of himself from his successful youth. Cage’s relationship with his ex-wife Olivia and daughter Addy has also suffered due to years of emotional neglect. ...

The Gray Man (2022) is an American action thriller directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Mark Greaney. In 2003, senior CIA official Fitzroy visits a prisoner who had been convicted of killing his abusive father to protect his brother. Eight years later, Fitzroy offers the man his freedom in exchange for working as an assassin in the Sierra program. In 2021, code-named “Sierra Six,” he is on a mission in Bangkok with fellow agent Dani Miranda to eliminate a target ...

RRR (2022) (subtitled onscreen as Roudram Ranam Rudhiram) is an Indian Telugu-language epic period action drama film directed by S. S. Rajamouli, who co-wrote the story with V. Vijayendra Prasad. Set in 1920 during British rule, the tyrannical administrator Scott Buxton and his sadistic wife Catherine abduct Malli, a young girl from the Gond tribe known for her artistic talents. The tribe’s guardian Komaram Bheem is enraged and disguises himself as a Muslim man named Akhtar to rescue her. Meanwhile, the Nizamate of Hyderabad warns Scott’s office of ...

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, ...

Bullet Train (2022) is a 2022 American action comedy film directed by David Leitch and starring Brad Pitt as an assassin on a high-speed train. Adapted from the novel Maria Beetle (released as Bullet Train in the UK and US), written by Kōtarō Isaka and translated by Sam Malissa, the story takes place in modern day Tokyo. Yuichi Kimura, a grieving father seeking revenge for his son’s death, receives a cryptic message to meet his assailant on the bullet ...

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 ...

Memory (2022) is an American action thriller film helmed by Martin Campbell and written by Dario Scardapane. Adapted from De Zaak Alzheimer by Jef Geeraerts, it serves as a remake of its Belgian predecessor, The Alzheimer Case. The story follows contract killer Alex Lewis, who lives in Mexico and battles early onset Alzheimer’s while working for Davana Sealman. His latest assignment takes him to El Paso, Texas to eliminate Ellis Van Camp, a builder at the Texas Central Processing Facility. During his time in ...

Last Seen Alive (2022), an American action thriller film directed by Brian Goodman and written by Marc Frydman, begins with Detective Paterson accusing a man named Knuckles of kidnapping and threatening him with life in prison. As the detective tightens his grip on Knuckles’ throat, he confesses, “she’s dead.” Wealthy real-estate agent Will Spann and his wife Lisa are headed to her parents’ house so she can have some alone time. While stopping for gas along the way, Lisa enters the store to buy a bottle of water. Upon leaving the store, she ...

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 ...

The Contractor (2022) is a high-stakes action movie directed by Tarik Saleh for his English-language debut. SFC James Harper, a decorated Green Beret, is discharged from the army due to his use of illegal steroids to treat a debilitating knee injury. Desperate for financial stability, he reaches out to his friend Mike, who works for a private military company under fellow veteran Rusty Jennings’ leadership. Despite receiving lucrative offers from numerous military contracting firms, Harper feels a sense of duty to his country. Mike informs him that Rusty conducts undercover operations for the Department of ...

Jurassic World Dominion (2022), an American sci-fi action film, follows the events of four years after the Lockwood Estate incident and volcanic eruption on Isla Nublar. The result? De-extinct dinosaurs running wild on Earth, causing ecological disasters and facing cruelties. In response to the global chaos, Biosyn Genetics has established a dinosaur preserve in the Dolomite Mountains, Italy. There, they conduct groundbreaking genomics research with potential pharmacological applications. Meanwhile, Claire Dearing, Zia Rodriguez, and Franklin Webb continue their work with the Dinosaur Protection Group to investigate illegal dinosaur breeding sites. Owen Grady also ...

An American historical action film, The Northman (2022), directed and co-written by Robert Eggers and Sjón respectively, portrays the return of King Aurvandill to the fictional island of Hrafnsey in AD 895. Accompanied by his wife, Queen Gudrún, and son, Prince Amleth, father and son partake in a ritual led by Aurvandill’s jester, Heimir. During the ceremony, Heimir reveals to Amleth that his future is predetermined and he must seek revenge for his father’s death rather than face dishonor. The following day, a treacherous coup by Amleth’s uncle Fjölnir ...

Morbius (2022), an American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, is produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel. As the third installment in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (SSU), it tells the story of 10-year-old Michael Morbius and his surrogate brother Lucien (“Milo”), who bond over their shared blood illness and desire for normalcy while at a hospital in Greece. Their adoptive father and hospital director Nicholas arranges for Morbius to attend medical school in New York, while caring for Milo himself. 25 years later, Morbius declines a Nobel Prize publicly for his work involving artificial blood. ...

An American superhero film, Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. In a barren desert, Gorr and his daughter, Love, struggle amidst their prayers to Rapu – their god. Despite their pleas, Love perishes and the Necrosword tempts Gorr with its power. In a fit of vengeance, he renounces Rapu and kills him with the sword before vowing to destroy all gods. However, this comes at a cost as Gorr becomes cursed by the sword’s influence with impending death and corruption. As he continues to eliminate more gods, Thor learns of Sif’s distress signal and leaves the Guardians of the Galaxy to aid her. Meanwhile, ...

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 ...

An American superhero film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), based on Marvel Comics’ character Doctor Strange, is a sequel to the 2016 film and the 28th installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). As America Chavez and a version of Stephen Strange traverse through different universes in search of the Book of Vishanti, they are pursued by a demon. During their escape, Strange is fatally wounded and Chavez unknowingly opens a portal that brings them to Earth-616. In this universe, they are rescued by its version of Strange with assistance from Wong, the Sorcerer Supreme. Chavez reveals that she possesses the ability to travel through ...

Firestarter (2022), an American sci-fi horror movie directed by Keith Thomas and written by Scott Teems, is an adaptation of the eponymous novel by Stephen King and a remake of the 1984 film. The story opens with a flashback to baby Charlie McGee in her crib, setting her room ablaze with her pyrokinesis abilities, causing her father Andy McGee to panic. Through the opening credits, we see a young Andy and Vicky participating in a clinical trial where they are injected with an experimental chemical called Lot-6, which ...