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- 'Civil War' is a road trip movie set in a horrifying what-if scenario
- When: Civil War is in theaters and IMAX on April 12.
- What to know: The latest from writer-director Alex Garland imagines a United States at war with itself.
- The plot follows three generations of journalists — played by Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny, Wagner Moura and Stephen McKinley Henderson — on a dangerous trip from New York to Washington, D.C.
- Garland wrote the film during the 2020 election but tells Yahoo Entertainment its release during the 2024 election cycle is coincidental and due to “logistical requirements.”
- While there are some allusions to recent social unrest early in the film, the world of Civil War is wholly fictional and does not concern itself with present-day party politics.
- Promotion for the film hints at a complicated backstory with multiple distinct factions vying for power — but one of Civil War’s greatest strengths is that almost none of this is explained and it is open to viewer interpretation.
- Garland hopes Civil War will spark earnest conversation about the potential consequences of extremism, “because conversation is the thing that is really struggling to exist in public discourse.”
- — Sam Matthews, executive producer
- April 10, 2024
Mar 15, 2024 · Civil War First Reviews: Haunting, Thought-Provoking, and Probably Not What You Think It Is. Critics at SXSW say Alex Garland's latest film is a gorgeously shot cautionary tale full of big...
Apr 22, 2024 · Alex Garland's A24 hit successfully fended off challenges from a vampire ballerina and a motley crew of World War II special forces operatives to claim its second victory in a row. Weekend Box...
Sep 17, 2021 · Sep 17, 2021. Rated: 8.352/10 • Sep 17, 2021. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Urgent and complex, CIVIL WAR (OR, WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE) travels across the United States, exploring how Americans...
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Apr 10, 2024 · Reviews. Civil War. Matt Zoller Seitz April 10, 2024. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Whatever you expect from an Alex Garland movie, he always gives you something else."Civil War" is something else again. It premiered in the US hours before I published this and it's already divisive.
Apr 15, 2024 · 100 Years, 100 Movies. Best & Popular. Weekend Box Office Results: Civil War Earns Highest Opening Weekend for A24. Alex Garland's unsettling thriller dethrones Godzilla x Kong, but can it...
Buy The Civil War — Season 1 on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV. This nine-part series is the work that made documentarian Ken Burns a household name. Burns uses contemporary ...
The takeaways from Ken Burns' opus can be hotly debated, but it is indisputable that The Civil War is a profoundly moving tapestry of historical detail, with a cumulative power that will absorb...
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