Pearl is a prequel to the horror film X, which was released earlier this year. The titular Pearl (Mia Goth) is a small-town farm girl who feels stuck in her life. She wants to become a movie star but is stifled from following her dreams by her mother (Tandi Wright) until she finally reaches her breaking point.
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Two siblings, OJ (Daniel Kaluuya) and Emerald (Keke Palmer), believe that they have seen a UFO fly around their family’s horse ranch. They are determined to get undeniable proof of the object in order to boost their notoriety in Hollywood once again.
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Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks) reflects on his life, how he came to manage Elvis Presley (Austin Butler), and the highs and lows he had with the famous rock’n’roller.
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Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) returns to the Top Gun academy to coach the best young flyers in the Navy on how to navigate a very dangerous mission in Top Gun: Maverick.
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When a new superhero named America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez) falls into the Marvel universe we know. Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Wong (Benedict Wong) must protect her from a threat who is trying to take her powers.
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Amleth (Alexander Skarsgard) was a young prince whose father was murdered by his uncle. He goes into hiding and becomes a Viking who is utterly consumed by his fury. After meeting a seeress, he sets out to complete his revenge and fulfill the vow he made to himself as a child: “I will avenge you, Father. I will save you, Mother. I will kill you, Fjolnir.”
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Nicolas Cage stars as Nick Cage in the buddy-comedy aptly named The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. The character, Nick Cage, is an exaggerated version of the real-life actor as he struggles to stay relevant today. He reluctantly agrees to attend a birthday party for a fan named Javi (Pedro Pascal) and is recruited by the CIA to spy on him.
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Evelyn (Michelle Yeoh) is a stressed woman who is not happy with how her life has turned out. On the way to an IRS appointment, she is unexpectedly tasked with saving the multiverse and must learn to channel her other selves in order to do so.
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The Oscars are now less than a week away and The Academy has made the controversial decision to not present all 23 categories live. I am against this decision, but I still have fun making predictions so I thought I’d share mine for this year.
Here is a link to all of this year’s nominations: https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2022. I still have not seen The Worst Person in the World or Parallel Mothers yet.
I also want to underline how criminal it is that C’mon C’mon was not nominated for anything. And I’m rooting for The Mitchells vs The Machines on that Animated Feature Oscar.
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Pixar’s Turning Red follows Meilein (Rosalie Chiang), a 13-year-old girl who is torn between being her mother’s perfect daughter and being her boyband-obsessed self. This is made even more difficult when she starts turning into a giant red panda whenever she experiences strong emotions.
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