Written for the screen and directed by Cord Jefferson, American Fiction is a hilarious twist on the obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes.
Based upon the novel Erasure by Percival Everett, Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes.
In Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is about two siblings exploring their family’s relationship with the mysterious organization Monarch following the epic fight between Godzilla and the Titans. The battle destroyed San Francisco.
Clues lead them into the world of monsters and ultimately down the rabbit hole to Army Officer Lee Shaw, played by Kurt Russell and Wyatt Russell.
It took place in the 1950s and half a century later when Monarch becomes threatened by what Shaw knows. The dramatic saga that spans three generations reveals buried secrets. And the ways that epic, earth-shattering events can reverberate through our lives.
A new trilogy of terror comes from director Renny Harlin, who brought us Die Hard 2 and The Exorcist: The Beginning.
In Chapter I, Madelaine Petsch stars as a young woman starting a new life with her fiancé.
A gang of masked strangers unexpectedly targeted them while staying in a remote vacation rental during their road trip. What begins as a fight to stay alive becomes one woman’s journey of courage and cunning in this horror series, bridging three compelling films.
Alan R. Cohen and Alan Freedland wrote the screenplay. Froy Gutierrez also stars in the film.
Reginald Hudlin directs Eddie Murphy and a stellar cast in this holiday comedy adventure, Candy Cane Lane. It’s about a man on a mission to win his neighborhood’s annual Christmas home decoration contest.
After Chris, played by Murphy, inadvertently makes a deal with a naughty elf named Pepper, played by Jillian Bell. He wants to better his chances of winning the annual holiday decoration contest. Pepper casts a magic spell that brings the 12 Days of Christmas to life and wreaks havoc on the whole town.
Chris, his wife Carol, played by Tracee Ellis Ross, and their three children race against time to break Pepper’s spell and save the holidays. It’s a battle of deviously magical characters and saves Christmas for everyone.
Bryce McGuire directed Night Swim, which follows Ray Waller, played by Wyatt Russell. He secretly hopes, against the odds, to return to pro ball. He persuades Eve, played by Kerry Condon, that the new home’s shimmering backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids.
The pool will also provide physical therapy for him. But a dark secret in the home’s past will unleash an evil force that will drag the family into the depths of inescapable terror.
Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, a degenerative illness forces Ray into early retirement. His concerned wife, teenage daughter Izzy, played by Amélie Hoeferle, and young son Elliot, played by Gavin Warren, move into the home with a possessed pool.
Amélie Hoeferle and Gavin Warren also star in the film.
David Ayer directed The Beekeeper. The story follows a man’s, played by Jason Statham, brutal campaign for vengeance takes on national stakes.
He’s revealed to be a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organization known as “Beekeepers.”
The cast includes Jeremy Irons, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Bobby Naderi, and Josh Hutcherson.
My daughter read Daniel James Brown’s The Boys in the Boat because her swim coach recommended it. She talked incessantly about how good it was, describing it as an underdog story.
George Clooney directs the film based on the #1 New York Times bestselling non-fiction novel.
The story is about the 1936 University of Washington rowing team that competed for gold at the Summer Olympics in Berlin. This inspirational true story follows a group of underdogs at the height of the Great Depression. The situation thrusts them into the spotlight and takes on elite rivals from around the world.
The impressive cast includes Joel Edgerton, Chris Diamantopoulos, Callum Turner, Jack Mulhern, Sam Strike, Luke Slattery, Thomas Elms, Tom Varey, Bruce Herbelin-Earle, Wil Coban, James Wolk, Hadley Robinson, and Courtney Henggeler.
From legendary director John Woo, who brought us Face Off and Mission: Impossible II, comes this gritty revenge tale of a tormented father, played by Joel Kinnaman. He witnesses his young son die when caught in a gang’s crossfire on Christmas Eve.
He dedicates himself to avenging his son’s death while recovering from a wound that leaves him voiceless.
With Woo’s signature style, Silent Night redefines the action genre with thrilling storytelling.
Scott Mescudi, Harold Torres, and Catalina Sandino Moreno also star.
Matthew Vaughn directed Argylle follows Elly Conway, played by Bryce Dallas Howard, who is writing a yet-to-be-released novel about a spy, Argylle.
The story resembles a true espionage situation, which spins Conway into deception, intrigue and danger with the insistence of Sam Rockwell’s character.
Scripted for the screen by Jason Fuchs, Conway’s story follows Argylle, played by Henry Cavill, to exotic locations around the world.
Argylle goes on a treasure hunt, but his secret and troubled past may jeopardize the espionage mission.
The cast includes Bryan Cranston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Cena, Dua Lipa, Catherine O’Hara, and Sofia Boutella.
Apple TV+ brings us the eight-episode and limited series Lessons in Chemistry. Brie Larson is the executive producer and stars based on the best-selling novel by author, science editor and copywriter Bonnie Garmus.
Set in the early 1950s, the series follows Elizabeth Zott, played by Larson, whose dream of being a scientist they put on hold in a patriarchal society. When Elizabeth finds herself fired from her lab, she accepts a job as a host on a TV cooking show and sets out to teach a nation of overlooked housewives — and the men who are suddenly listening — a lot more than recipes.
Lewis Pullman, Aja Naomi King, Stephanie Koenig, Kevin Sussman, Patrick Walker, and Thomas Mann are starring alongside Larson.