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Unstoppable

“Unstoppable” With Jharrel Jerome, Michael Peña, Don Cheadle and Jennifer Lopez

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Based on the book Unstoppable: From Underdog to Undefeated: How I Became a Champion by Anthony Robles and Austin Murphy, Unstoppable follows Robles, played by Jharrel Jerome, as a champion wrestler. Despite being born without a right leg, Robles becomes an NCAA Division 1 Champion wrestler, ultimately winning a national championship against the school that rejected him, national powerhouse Iowa.

William Goldenberg directed the film, which features an all-star cast that includes Jharrel Jerome, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Peña, Anthony Robles, Don Cheadle and Jennifer Lopez. The story celebrates the glory of overcoming all obstacles to win.

Goldenberg is best known for his editing talents, for which he won an Oscar for the movie Argo.

Thunderbolts*

“Thunderbolts*” First Trailer

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Marvel Studio brings us another group of superheroes based on the Marvel Comics, Thunderbolts.

Jake Schreier directs a well-thought-out cast who play misfits. Florence Pugh, who plays Black Widow, is the center of attention in the storyline—at least in the first trailer.

The ensemble cast also includes David Harbour, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Sebastian Stan and Hannah John-Kamen.

Other films directed by Schreier:

Paper Towns

Robot & Frank

Beef

Dog Man

“Dog Man” Trailer and Storyline

animation, based on a book, children movies, family movies, kid movies,

Directed by Emmy winner Peter Hastings, Dog Man is a canine-crime-fighting film adaptation of Dav Pilkey’s New York Times bestseller. A faithful police dog and his human police officer owner get injured together on the job. A foolish but life-saving surgery fuses them, and Dog Man, voiced by Isla Fisher, is born. Dog Man is sworn to protect, serve, fetch, sit and roll over.  

As Dog Man embraces his new identity and strives to impress his Chief, voiced by Lil Rel Howery, he must stop the pretty evil plots of feline supervillain Petey the Cat, voiced by Pete Davidson.

Petey’s latest plan is to clone himself, creating the kitten Lil Petey, to double his ability to do crime. Things get complicated, though, when Lil Petey forges an unexpected bond with Dog Man. 

When Lil Petey falls into the clutches of a common enemy, Dog Man and Petey reluctantly join forces in an action-packed race against time to rescue the young kitten. They discover the power of family (and kittens!) to bring even the most hostile foes together.  

Dog Man also stars Sarah Hatoff, Poppy Liu, Stephen Root, Billy Boyd and Ricky Gervais.  

The Small Things Like These

“Small Things Like These” Trailer, Poster and Images

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Based on Claire Keegan’s best-selling novel, Small Things Like These, starring Cillian Murphy and directed by Tim Mielants, follows a devoted father, played by Murphy.

He discovers disturbing secrets while working as a coal merchant to support his family. At the same time, he uncovers truths of his own, which force him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church.

Cillian Murphy as Bill Furlong and Zara Devlin as Sarah Redmond in Small Things Like These. Photo Credit: Enda Bowe

The supporting cast includes Eileen Walsh, Michelle Fairley, Clare Dunne, Helen Behan and Emily Watson.

Mielants is a Belgian director who directed two other films, Wil and Patrick.

“Killer Heat” Trailer, Poster and Images

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Killrt Heat

Philippe Lacôte directed a thrilling, contemporary mystery in the classic noir style. 

Killer Heat follows private eye Nick Bali, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, an American expat in Greece who is hired to investigate the supposed accidental death of young shipping magnate Leo Vardakis, played by Richard Madden, on the island of Crete. Madden also plays the living twin brother, Elias.

killer heat with Richard madden

The victim’s sister-in-law, played by Shailene Woodley, doesn’t believe the official police report. But what exactly happened to Leo, and why?

Despite the sun-drenched beauty of its exotic Mediterranean locale, Nick finds darkness at every turn: where the rich and powerful Vardakis family rule like gods, where jealousies run deep, and anyone could be a suspect.

The Killer Heat storyline comes from Jo Nesbø’s short story The Jealousy Man. Clare Holman is part of the supporting cast.

Nickel Boys

“Nickel Boys” Trailer and Poster

based on a book, drama
Nickel Boys

RaMell Ross directed Nickel Boys, written by Ross and Joslyn Barnes. Based on the book The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, the story follows Elwood Curtis, played by Ethan Herisse, whose college dream shatters alongside a two-lane Florida highway.

Bearing the brunt of an innocent misstep, he’s sentenced to the netherworld of Nickel Academy, a brutal reformatory sunk deep in the Jim Crow South.

He encounters another ward, the seen-it-all Turner, played by Brandon Wilson. The two Black teens strike up an alliance: Turner dispensing fundamental tips for survival, Elwood clinging to his optimistic worldview.

Brandon Wilson stars as Turner and Ethan Herisse as Elwood in director RaMell Ross’ NICKEL BOYS from Orion Pictures.
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Backdropped by the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement, Elwood and Turner’s existence appears worlds away from Rev. Martin Luther King’s burnished oratory. Despite Nickel’s brutality, Elwood strives to hold onto his humanity, awakening a new vision for Turner.

The lord of the rings

“The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim” Trailer and Poster

animation, based on a book, children movies, drama, family movies, fantasy, kid movies

Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim follows the life and conflict of Helm Hammerhand’s time. Hammerhand is a King of Rohan.

Phoebe Gittins, Arty Papageorgiou and Jeffrey Addiss wrote the screenplay. According to Warner Bros, surprisingly, Helm Hammerhand is attacked by Wuff, an intelligent and ruthless Dunlending lord who seeks vengeance for his father’s death.

Helm and his people are forced to take a daring stand in the ancient stronghold of Hornburg, a mighty fortress that will later be known as Helm’s Deep.

Finding herself more and more in a desperate situation, Hera, the daughter of Helm, is summoned to lead the resistance against a deadly enemy intent on the destruction of Helm and his people.

The voice actors include Miranda Otto, Brian Cox, Gaia Wise and Luke Pasqualino.

slow horses with gary oldman

“Slow Horses” Season 4 Trailer and Storyline

Apple TV, based on a book, British, crime, drama, episodic,

Slow Horses is a darkly humorous espionage drama that follows a dysfunctional team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 known un-affectionately as Slough House. Season four opens with a bombing that detonates personal secrets, rocking the already unstable foundations of Slough House.

Gary Oldman stars as Jackson Lamb, the brilliant but misanthropic leader of the spies. The spies end up in Slough House due to their career-ending mistakes, as they frequently find themselves blundering around the smoke and mirrors of the espionage world.

The returning ensemble cast includes Kristin Scott Thomas, Jack Lowden, Saskia Reeves, Rosalind Eleazar, Christopher Chung, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Kadiff Kirwan and Jonathan Pryce.

Snow White

“Snow White” Trailer

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Marc Webb directed Snow White from a screenplay by Greta Gerwig and Erin Cressida Wilson. The American musical follows Snow White, played by Rachel Zegler, and her confrontational with the evil Queen, played by Gal Gadot.

“Mirror, Mirror on the wall…” The seven dwarfs arrived, finding the beloved Snow White in their home.

The live-action film is a remake of the Walt Disney classic, the first animated, full-length motion picture.

Other films by Marc Webb:

500 Days of Summer

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Gifted

The Only Living Boy in New York

Disclaimer

“Disclaimer” Trailers, Storyline and Image

Apple TV, based on a book, thriller,

Disclaimer is a gripping psychological thriller with seven chapters starring Academy Award winners Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline.

Written and directed by five-time Academy Award winner Alfonso Cuarón, it is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Renée Knight. Acclaimed journalist Catherine Ravenscroft, played by Blanchett, built her reputation by revealing the misdeeds and transgressions of others. When she receives a novel from an unknown author, she is horrified to realize she is now the main character in a story that exposes her darkest secrets.

As Catherine races to uncover the writer’s true identity, she is forced to confront her past before it destroys her life and her relationships with her husband Robert, played by Sacha Baron Cohen, and their son Nicholas, played by Kodi Smit-McPhee.

The ensemble cast includes Lesley Manville, Louis Partridge, Leila George and Hoyeon, and features Indira Varma as the narrator.

Other films directed by Cuaron:

Gravity

Children of Men

And Your Mother Too

Roma

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban