Ash Is Purest White (2019)

Ash Is Purest White (2019) Cast Liao Fan Zhao Tao Feng Xiaogang Xu Zheng Zhang Yibai Yi'nan Diao Zhang Yi Dong Zijian Ding Jiali Director Jia Zhangke Screenplay Jia Zhangke Director of Photography Eric Gautier Editor Matthieu Laclau Music Lim Giong Crime, Drama, Romance 141 minutes     The English subtitles for this superb film from China leave one word untranslated: “jianghu.” It refers to outlaw sects or societies and is literally untranslatable, but for the main character of this movie it means not just “gangster” or something like it; it connotes a particular code of ethics. The

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Long Shot (2019)

Long Shot (2019) Cast Seth Rogen as Fred Flarsky Charlize Theron as Charlotte Field Gabrielle Graham as Franci Boyz II Men as Themselves Director Jonathan Levine Writer Liz Hannah Dan Sterling Cinematographer Yves Bélanger Editor Melissa Bretherton Evan Henke Composer Marco Beltrami Miles Hankins Comedy Rated NR 120 minutes     With its commentary on how much a female candidate has to alter her personality to win over the electorate while a TV star sits in the White House, it’s impossible to miss the allusions to the election of 2016. But any sort of political statement—or even a particul

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An Elephant Sitting Still (2019)

An Elephant Sitting Still (2019) Cast Yu Zhang as Yu Cheng Yuchang Peng as Wei Bu Wang Yu Wen as Huang Ling Congxi Li as Wang Jin Xiang Rong Dong as Dean Guo Jing as Dean's Wife Zhenghui Ling as Li Kai Xiaolong Zhang as Yu Shuai Director Hu Bo Writer Hu Bo Cinematographer Chao Fan Editor Hu Bo Composer Hua Lun Drama Rated NR 230 minutes     With a 54 kilometer border shared with Russia, the city of Manzhouli in China is in the country’s most northern corner. It is the busiest land port of entry in the country. Railways pass through the city, a series of arteries and tributaries, allowing for t

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Us (2019)

Us (2019) Cast Lupita Nyong'o as Adelaide Wilson Winston Duke as Gabriel "Gabe" Wilson Evan Alex as Jason Wilson Shahadi Wright Joseph as Zora Wilson Elisabeth Moss as Mrs. Tyler Tim Heidecker as Mr. Tyler Kara Hayward as Nancy Director Jordan Peele Screenplay Jordan Peele Director of Photography Mike Gioulakis Production Design Ruth de Jong Editor Nicholas Monsour Original Music Composer Michael Abels Horror, Thriller 120 minutes “Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘I will bring on them a disaster they cannot escape. Although they cry out to me, I will not listen to them.” - Jeremiah 11:11 In Rod

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Captain Marvel (2019)

Captain Marvel (2019) Cast Brie Larson as Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury Ben Mendelsohn as Talos Jude Law as Yon-Rogg Annette Bening as Supreme Intelligence Gemma Chan as Minn-Erva Lee Pace as Ronan Mckenna Grace as Young Carol Danvers Djimon Hounsou as Korath Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson Director Ryan Fleck Anna Boden Writer (story by) Nicole Perlman Meg LeFauve Anna Boden Ryan Fleck Geneva Robertson-Dworet Writer Anna Boden Ryan Fleck Geneva Robertson-Dworet Cinematographer Ben Davis Editor Elliot Graham Debbie Berman Composer Pinar Toprak Action, Adventure, Mystery, Scie

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Cold Pursuit (2019)

Cold Pursuit (2019) Cast Liam Neeson as Nels Coxman Laura Dern as Grace Coxman Emmy Rossum as Kim Dash Tom Bateman as Trevor 'Viking' Calcote Micheal Richardson as Kyle Coxman Michael Eklund as Speedo Bradley Stryker as Limbo Director Hans Petter Moland Writer (based on the movie 'Kraftidioten' wtitten by) Kim Fupz Aakeson Writer Frank Baldwin Cinematographer Philip Øgaard Editor Nicolaj Monberg Composer George Fenton Action, Drama, Thriller Rated R 118 minutes "Cold Pursuit" is the 2019 version of a recently minted tradition, the late winter Liam Neeson revenge flick. It's one&n

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Boy Erased (2018)

Boy Erased (2018) Cast Lucas Hedges as Jared Eamons Nicole Kidman as Nancy Eamons Russell Crowe as Marshall Eamons Joel Edgerton as Victor Sykes Xavier Dolan as Jon Troye Sivan as Gary Joy Jacobson as Brandy Vidler Director Joel Edgerton Writer (based on the memoir by) Garrard Conley Writer Joel Edgerton Cinematographer Eduard Grau Editor Jay Rabinowitz Composer Danny Bensi Saunder Jurriaans Drama Rated R for sexual content including an assault, some language and brief drug use. 114 minutes Released only months ago, Desiree Akhavan’s powerful period drama “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” is about a

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Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

Alita: Battle Angel (2019) Cast Rosa Salazar as Alita Christoph Waltz as Dr. Dyson Ido Ed Skrein as Zapan Mahershala Ali as Vector Jennifer Connelly as Chiren Keean Johnson as Hugo Michelle Rodriguez as Gelda Lana Condor as Koyomi Jackie Earle Haley as Grewishka Eiza González as Nyssiana Jorge Lendeborg Jr. as Tanji Marko Zaror as Ajakutty Casper Van Dien as Amok Director Robert Rodriguez Screenplay James Cameron Laeta Kalogridis Comic Book Yukito Kishiro Cinematography Bill Pope Editor Ian Silverstein Stephen E. Rivkin Music Junkie XL Action, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller Rated PG-13 122 mi

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