Synopsis: Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? You, only better in every way. You should try this new product, it’s called The Substance. It changed my life. With The Substance, you can generate another you: younger, more beautiful, more perfect. You just have to share time – one week for one, one week for the other. A perfect balance of seven days each… Easy right? If you respect the balance… What could possibly go wrong?
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Moore plays a fading Hollywood star whose career is set to be axed by misogynists when she’s offered a secret new medical procedure
Cast: Kate Winslet, Andy Samberg, Josh O’Connor, Andrea Riseborough, Alexander Skarsgård, Marion Cotillard, Enrique Arce, Noémie Merlant
Director: Ellen Kuras
Rating: M
Synopsis: Oscar winner Kate Winslet stars in this fascinating portrait of the great American war correspondent Lee Miller, whose singular talent and ferocious tenacity gave us some of the 20th century’s most indelible images.
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Winslet powerfully conveys Miller’s tough-broad magnetism in this sobering, visually striking drama by cinematographer turned director Ellen Kuras
This film about model and photographer Lee Miller, who followed the US military to the frontlines of World War II, is messy but embodies some hard truths.
Cast: Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Peggy Lu, Rhys Ifans, Alanna Ubach, Stephen Graham, Clark Backo
Director: Kelly Marcel
Rating: R 18+
Synopsis: In Venom: The Last Dance, Tom Hardy returns as Venom, one of Marvel’s greatest and most complex characters, for the final film in the trilogy. Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo are forced into a devastating decision that will bring the curtains down on Venom and Eddie’s last dance. Venom: The Last Dance stars Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, Peggy Lu, Alanna Ubach and Stephen Graham. The film is directed by Kelly Marcel from a screenplay she wrote, based on a story by Hardy and Marcel. The film is produced by Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, Amy Pascal, Kelly Marcel, Tom Hardy and Hutch Parker.
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Venom: The Last Dance is a downright sloppy send-off routine for Tom Hardy’s pet anti-hero.
Synopsis: The incredible true story of how Jelena Dokic became a tennis star while surviving war, bullying and extreme domestic violence at the hands of Damir Dokic, the tennis father from hell. It’s the story of falling down from a great height, as the world looked away, and finally finding your feet again.
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The former tennis champion is candid about her father’s abuse in this visceral and often sad documentary.
Cast: Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Lior Raz, Derek Jacobi, May Calamawy, Peter Mensah
Director: Ridley Scott
Rating: M
Synopsis: From legendary director Ridley Scott, Gladiator II continues the epic saga of power, intrigue, and vengeance set in Ancient Rome. Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius (Paul Mescal) is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist. With rage in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius must look to his past to find strength and honor to return the glory of Rome to its people.
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The story and drama of Gladiator II may be fairly dull, but its superb action, visual spectacle and outlandish historical inaccuracy are where the film truly shines.
Cast: Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East, Elle McKinnon
Director: Bryan Woods, Scott Beck
Rating: CTC
Synopsis: Two young missionaries are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed, becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse.
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The story of the Wicked Witch of the West is reinvented once again in Jon M. Chu’s Wicked.
Cast: Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Tudyk, Temuera Morrison, Nicole Scherzinger, Rose Matafeo
Director: David G. Derrick Jr., Dana Ledoux Miller, Jason Hand
Rating: PG
Synopsis: Walt Disney Animation Studios’ epic animated musical “Moana 2” takes audiences on an expansive new voyage with Moana, Maui and a brand-new crew of unlikely seafarers. After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she’s ever faced. Directed by Dave Derrick Jr. with music by Grammy® winners Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, Grammy nominee Opetaia Foa’i, and three-time Grammy winner Mark Mancina, “Moana 2” opens in theaters on Nov. 27, 2024.
Cast: Vaughan Blakey, Tim Winton, Bob McTavish, Midget Farrelly, Marjorie Bendall
Director: Jolyon Hoff
Rating: M
Synopsis: ‘You Should Have Been Here Yesterday’ combines hundreds of hours of lovingly restored 16mm footage with a salt-infused soundscape by Headland. This cinematic poem tells the story of a wild community who took off up the coast and discovered a whole new way to live. Going back to the never-before-seen camera reels to ask the question – what do we keep and what do we leave behind? Featuring Tim Winton, Wayne Lynch, Bob McTavish, Albe Falzon, Evelyn Rich, Maurice Cole and many more. Inspired by Moonage Daydream and Jen Peedom’s Mountain.
Synopsis: One of the most important films of the year and winner of both the ‘Best Documentary’ and ‘Audience’ awards at the 2024 Berlin Film Festival, NO OTHER LAND is a sobering yet inspiring look at Palestinian resistance under occupation. Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist and lawyer from Masafer Yatta – a group of Palestinian villages in the southern West Bank – has been fighting his community’s mass expulsion by the Israeli occupation since childhood – the largest single act of forced displacement ever carried out in the occupied West Bank. Striking up an unlikely friendship with Israeli investigative journalist Yuval Abraham, who lives a starkly different life to Adra, the two with the help of an Isreali-Palestinian filmmaking collective commit themselves to documenting and protesting the demolition of Palestinian communities in the West Bank. Film as the IDF destroys everything from homes, schools and playgrounds to ceiling up drinking wells in order to make a military training ground. One of the front-runners for the Best Documentary Oscar and an audience award winner at an assortment of festivals worldwide, NO OTHER LAND is a vital and inspiring testament to the resilience of the Palestinian people.
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Kiernan Shipka, Nick Kroll, Lucy Liu, Chris Evans, Bonnie Hunt, J.K. Simmons, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Kristofer Hivju, Wesley Kimmel
Director: Jake Kasdan
Rating: PG
Synopsis: After a villain kidnaps Santa from the North Pole, an E.L.F (Extremely Large and Formidable) operative (Dwayne Johnson) must partner with the world’s most accomplished tracker (Chris Evans) to find Santa and save Christmas.
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Red One; festive family flick is, unfortunately, forgettable.
