While out exploring the islands around Motunui, Moana (Auliʻi Cravalho) discovers an old jar adorned with carvings that supports the existence of Motufetu, an island which was used as a way point for the neighboring tribes but has since been shrouded by storms from Nalo (Tofiga Fepulea’i), the storm god. After receiving a vision of…
Category: Contemporary
Mickey 17
In the not so distant future when Earth is plagued by wind and dust storms, rich and powerful leaders have turned to space travel as an option to continue the proliferation of the human species. Space travel, however, comes with great risks so through development of “human printing technology” a new workforce called “expendables” arise…
Heretic
Distraught at not having brought anyone into the church yet, Sister Paxton (Chloe East) confides in Sister Barnes (Sophie Thatcher) about her prideful desire to be a dutiful instrument of the faith. The two young missionaries make their way to the home of Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant), the last on their list of leads for…
Nosferatu
Ellen (Lily-Rose Depp) and Thomas Hutter (Nicholas Hoult) are barely married before they are forced apart when Thomas is called to meet with Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård), a Romanian dignitary looking to purchase a manor house in Germany. Meeting with the Count in his decrepit castle, they go through the motions of the sale, signing…
The Return
Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes) returns to Ithaca, washed up on the shore and naked, twenty years after leading the armies in the Trojan War. In his absence, his wife, Penelope (Juliette Binoche), has stayed faithful to her husband, refusing to remarry any of the various suitors who have made their offerings. As life on the island…
Memoir of a Snail
Grace (Sarah Snook) and Gilbert (Kodi Smit-McPhee) are an odd pair of twins. Their mother died tragically during childbirth leaving her entertainer husband, Percy (Dominique Pinon), to look after the kids. When he suffers a career-ending injury, he retires to the home where the years pass by until eventually he too passes away. The children…
Wicked
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…
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…
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