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The movie was released in 2023, to positive reviews from critics. It currently holds an 80% approval on Rotten Tomatoes with 20 reviews. Owen Gleiberman from Variety praised the cast’s ...
May 3, 2024 · A Man in Full arrives on Netflix May 2 starring Jeff Daniels, Tom Pelphrey, Diane Lane, and Lucy Liu. The layered story and its shocking ending are explained here. Showrunner David E. Kelley warns, “Beware the male ego.”
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- 127 Hours (2010) Directed by Danny Boyle. Starring James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara. Biography, Drama (1h 34m) 7.5 on IMDb — 93% on RT. You'd be hard-pressed to believe this as a true story if it weren't for the pictures at the end.
- Locke (2013) Directed by Steven Knight. Starring Tom Hardy, Olivia Colman, Ruth Wilson. Drama (1h 25m) 7.1 on IMDb — 91% on RT. It seems Tom Hardy has a knack for holding our attention even when there's no one else around.
- Cast Away (2000) Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Starring Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Paul Sanchez. Adventure, Drama, Romance (2h 23m) 7.8 on IMDb — 89% on RT. One of Tom Hanks's most defining roles—and there are plenty to choose from—involved him as a FedEx executive stranded on a desert island.
- Bronson (2008) Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Starring Tom Hardy, Kelly Adams, Luing Andrews. Action, Crime, Drama (1h 32m) 7.0 on IMDb — 76% on RT. Despite a handful of supporting characters, Bronson mainly stars Tom Hardy and Tom Hardy alone.
Jun 9, 2023 · "Mending the Line," sensitively directed by Joshua Caldwell and written by Stephen Camelio, tells the story of two men, one old , and one young (Sinqua Walls), who are veterans of two different wars. They find healing for their combat traumas, physical and emotional, in fly fishing and in their unlikely friendship.
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“Men” opens with a fragment of a scene that the film will return to several times: a bloody-nosed Harper and her husband James (Paapa Essiedu), mid-argument, bathed in intense orange light. Later, we learn that Harper has just told James she wants a divorce after about one year of marriage. He tries several tactics to get her to change her mind – b...
If the first key to understanding the ending is Harper’s individual story, the second is how it fits into a bigger picture of patriarchal violence. “Men” is full of allusions to original sin, the idea that every person carries on the transgression committed by Adam and Eve when Eve ate forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. This becomes literal whe...
After Harper tries to flee the house, she accidentally hits Geoffrey with her car. He then overtakes the car and chases her back to the front yard. Cue the most flagrantly bizarre sequence of the film: the naked prowler man grows an enormous belly, a vagina opens up and he gives birth to himself, over and over again. Each of the slimy beings crawls...
One interpretation is that James’ demand for Harper’s unconditional love and forgiveness – without taking accountability for his own behavior – is infantile in nature. Rather than treat his partner as an equal, James is driven solely by his own needs, similar to a baby’s relationship with its mother. That dynamic is visually represented by the “men...
Feb 15, 2024 · Slotted against an underperforming Madame Web for President’s Day weekend, Paramount Pictures’ Bob Marley: One Love on Wednesday set the Valentine’s Day opening record with a $14 million gross,...
Summaries. A police detective, a bank robber, and a high-power broker enter high-stakes negotiations after the criminal's brilliant heist spirals into a hostage situation.
