Mark Kerr (Dwayne Johnson) sits at the upper echelons of the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the late 1990s and early 2000s. His success in the ring, however, does not translate to his personal life as he is in a very fraught relationship with his girlfriend, Dawn (Emily Blunt). As the sport continues to evolve, it…
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Oppenheimer
On August 6, 1945, the United States military dropped the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, on August 9, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. Early estimates stated that over 100,000 people were killed in these two attacks, many of them civilians. These weapons were developed over years…
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
When Margaret (Abby Ryder Fortson) returns from summer camp, she receives some of the most seismic news an eleven-year-old can get: the family is moving. Her father, Herb (Benny Safdie), received a promotion so the family is relocating from their NYC apartment to the suburbs of New Jersey. While her mother, Barbara (Rachel McAdams), will…
Licorice Pizza
It is 1973 in the San Fernando Valley and things could not be more exciting for fifteen-year-old child star Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman) because he just met Alana (Alana Haim), the girl he is going to marry – never mind her being ten years his senior. After some convincing, Alana entertains Gary with a date,…
The Marquee Topic 