Inspired by true events, director Craig Brewer‘s biopic takes a look at two struggling celebrity impersonators (Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson) who fell in love and came together to form an immensely popular local Neil Diamond tribute band in Milwaukee in the early 1990s.
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Following a United States military experiment gone wrong, a large section of Tasmania is dead and the city of Hobart is still in flames. Spurred on by the need to find her husband (Matt Whelan), who was on a corporate retreat near the southern coast, Ava (Daisy Ridley) signs up to help identify the dead. Adding to the flavor of the film is the fact that a small percentage of those killed by the blast come back to life as zombies.
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I quite enjoyed 2009’s Avatar which, despite its simple setup, brought an immersive experience on an alien world to life. While still an enjoyable popcorn movie, I was less impressed with 2022’s Avatar: The Way of Water which followed the Sully clan, still hounded by human armed forces, to new lives as part of a Na’vi water tribe. Avatar: Fire and Ash feels very much a continuation of the second movie, continuing the story of the Sully clan against a very familiar antagonist.
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Set during the two-decade Brazilian military dictatorship, Wagner Moura stars as a former professor in hiding who returns to his home town to reconnect with his son (Enzo Nunes) and father-in-law (Carlos Francisco) and get the help of the local resistance to eventually flee the country. Filmed in location in both Recife and São Paulo, cinematographer Evgenia Alexandrova used vintage cameras and equipment to help recreate the look of the 1970s in which the story unfolds.
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Featuring a similiar setup to Death and the Maiden, writer/director Jafar Panahi‘s film focuses on a small group of former Iranian political prisoners who believe they have found their man responsible for their torture during their captivity. Filmed in secret without approval from the Iranian government, It Was Just an Accident offers a harsh look at the scars left by an authoritative regime while questioning what justice may be found in revenge.
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