Mickey 17

Mickey 17

A down-on-his-luck man takes a job on a colonial space mission that requires him to die repeatedly in Mickey 17. Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) is a financially destitute man, who has to flee Earth after a failed business venture with his friend Timo (Steven Yeun) makes them the target of a loan shark. Mickey gets…

Companion

Companion

A weekend getaway turns to chaos in Companion. Josh (Jack Quaid) and his girlfriend Iris (Sophie Thatcher) drive up for weekend at the cabin of Kat (Megan Suri) and her rich Russian boyfriend Sergey (Rupert Friend), where they are also joined by their friend Eli (Harvey Guillén) and his boyfriend Patrick (Lukas Gage). The weekend…

Levels

Levels

A man begins to question his reality after witnessing the apparent murder of his girlfriend in Levels. Joe (Peter Mooney) is a seemingly average man, who has recently begun dating Ash (Cara Gee). On a date, Ash is about to reveal a big secret about herself to Joe, when she is suddenly gunned down at…

Foe

Foe

The relationship of a young married couple is forever changed by a stranger’s proposition in Foe. In the near future, Henrietta (Saoirse Ronan) and her husband, Junior (Paul Mescal), live an isolated existence on the latter’s family farm. Late one night, the couple is visited by Terrance (Aaron Pierre), who informs Junior that he has…

The Creator

The Creator

A rogue soldier escorts an advanced AI child in The Creator. The West has gone to war against advanced AI following the destination of an atomic bomb in Las Angeles. Joshua Taylor (John David Washington) worked as an undercover agent in New Asia, where ended up marrying Maya Fey-Taylor (Gemma Chan), who has a connection…

SAG-AFTRA Joins WGA on Strike endangering the fall festival season (including TIFF)

SAG-AFTRA Joins WGA on Strike endangering the fall festival season (including TIFF)

For the first time since 1980, the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has voted to go on strike. SAG-AFTRA will be joining the striking members of the Writer’s Guild of America, who have been on strike since May 2. This marks the first time the two unions have…

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After Yang

A family enters a mournful state after their android helper breaks down in After Yang. Jake (Colin Farrell) and Kyra (Jodie Turner-Smith) are a couple who acquired an android named Yang (Justin H. Min) to be a sibling for their adopted daughter Mika (Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja), in order to help her connect with her Chinese…

Chappie

Chappie

From director Neill Blomkamp (District 9) comes this story about a police robot, which becomes a sentient being.  To combat the high crime rate, the police force in Johannesburg has been replaced by artificially intelligent robotic scouts, who were designed by Deon Wilson (Dev Patel) for the weapons manufacturer Tetravaal.  Tetravaal CEO Michelle Bradley (Sigourney…