Long before Dorothy came to Oz, Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) was a misunderstood young woman with latent magical abilities discernible to sorceress Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh), the latter of whom was an idol of Galinda (Ariana Grande). When Elphaba drops off her sister, Nessarose (Marissa Bode), and Shiz University, the outcast witch is brought on as…
Category: 2024
Gladiator II
The ever-expanding Roman empire is on the brink of disorder being led by the inept and infantile twin emperors Geta (Joseph Quinn) and Caracalla (Fred Hechinger). When General Acacius (Pedro Pascal) returns to the city with a ship full of slaves after conquering a North African territory, the emperors organize a days-long event of games…
Blitz
Under Adolf Hitler, Germany has tossed London into chaos during a relentless nighttime bombing campaign: the Blitzkrieg. With the men away fighting the war, women like Rita (Saoirse Ronan) work the factories which were converted to making ammunition and bombs of their own. A single mother, she and her young son George (Elliott Heffernan) live…
Last Summer
Anne (Léa Drucker) is a lawyer whose clients are often abused teens and young adults. She lives an idyllic life in Paris with her husband, Pierre (Olivier Rabourdin), and their two adopted daughters. Their calm is upended, though, when Théo (Samuel Kircher), Pierre’s 17 year old son from his previous marriage, moves in with the…
Close to You
On his way back home after five years absence, Sam (Elliot Page) is reunited with Katherine (Hillary Baack), an old flame, on the train. Neither party is who they were back in high school; Katherine now married with two children and Sam has fully transitioned from female to male. Already in an emotionally charged state,…
A Real Pain
Cousins Benji (Kieran Culkin) and David (Jesse Eisenberg) travel to Poland with money left behind after their grandmother passed away to see the town where she grew up and the concentration camp which she survived as a way of honoring her legacy. The two young men, each living vastly different lifestyles, react to the places…
Emilia Pérez
After Rita (Zoe Saldana) gets her client off on crimes he is clearly guilty of, she receives a mysterious phone call prompting her to meet a powerful cartel leader, Manitas Del Monte (Karla Sofía Gascón). Looking to retire, the career criminal charges Rita with finding a surgeon who will perform a sex change operation so…
Anora
Ani (Mikey Madison), a young erotic dancer working at a club in Brooklyn, has her break cut short one night as a big spending client wants someone who he can speak to in his native tongue, Russian. Dragging her feet at first, Ani comes to the table with a smile on to meet Ivan (Mark…
My Old Ass
It is Elliot’s (Maisy Stella) birthday, and she is determined to celebrate with her friends on a camping trip to a small, wooded island in the Muskoka Lakes and the trio plan to brew some mushroom tea to unwind and let loose. As the night goes on, Elliot is left sitting by the dying fire…
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