Coming Distractions - The Latest Movie and TV Reviews

Director Damien Chazelle (Whiplash, La La Land) takes on the very personal story of Neil Armstrong (Ryan Gosling) as he makes his way from pilot to the NASA program on his path to being the first man to set foot on the moon. The journey is a tightly shot, brutal exploration into what it takes to achieve your goals and how easily life can't seemingly break a man during that journey. Anchoring Armstrong back to Earth is his steadfast, non-shrinking violet wife, Janet Shearon (Claire Foy) who makes it clear that in order to be a true hero of history, one needs to remain connected to one's humanity while even aiming for the stars.

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Investigative journalist Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) attempts a comeback following a scandal involving the CEO of the Life Foundation (Riz Ahmed), but accidentally becomes the host of an alien symbiote that gives him a violent super alter-ego: Venom (Based on the Marvel villain). Soon, he must rely on his newfound powers to protect the world from a shadowy organization looking for a symbiote of their own.

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The Hate U Give stars Amandla Stenberg as Starr, a young high school age girl who spends her live code switching between her Black neighborhood and the predominately white school she attends. When her best friend is killed in front of her by police (wrongfully), she is forced to confront both worlds. Exploring the ideas of code switching, the Black Lives Matter movement, young activism, father and daughter dynamics inside the Black community, confront white friends, and much more, The Hate U Give provides a cathartic expression of Black activism in the modern age.

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When a combat sniper sees an alien ship crash to Earth during a mission, he is grabbed up the military, questioned about what he knows, and is moved into a unit of certifiable loons to keep him quiet. That alien that crashed was indeed a Predator and when it breaks free of its captors anything goes as it has a mission that no one can stop it from accomplishing. The film stars Boyd Holbrook, Olivia Munn, Trevante Rhodes, and Jacob Tremblay.

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The film stars Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao, and Cliff Curtis, and follows a group of scientists who must stop a 75-foot Megalodon shark from terrorizing a beach.

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As Christopher Robin (Ewan McGregor) leaves the Hundred Acre Wood as grows up to be a man, he leaves behind his friends Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Owl, and Rabbit. Now in the working world with a wife (Hayley Atwell) and child, Christopher has lost his connection to his childlike sensibilities and his dearest friends. Now on a quest to get that all back brings Winnie the Pooh and the others into the real world of London where Christopher's two worlds collide.

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The Darkest Minds is an American science fiction thriller film directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson and written by Chad Hodge, based on Alexandra Bracken's young adult novel of the same name. The film stars Amandla Stenberg, Mandy Moore, and Gwendoline Christie, and follows a group of teenagers who are on the run from the government after mysteriously obtaining superpowers.  

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The Spy Who Dumped Me is a 2018 American action comedy film directed by Susanna Fogel and co-written by Fogel and David Iserson. The film stars Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon, Justin Theroux, and Sam Heughan, and follows two friends who get chased through Europe by assassins after one of their ex-boyfriends turns out to be a CIA agent.

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In Jump City, the Teen Titans arrive to stop the Balloon Man. However, when he cannot figure out who they are, the Teen Titans jump into a rap song to explain themselves and become distracted, forcing the Justice League to intervene. They criticize the Titans for being childish and not taking anything seriously and put up the fact that they do not have a movie of their own to prove their legitimacy.

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When an IMF mission ends badly and Solomon Lane escapes custody, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the CIA begins to question his loyalty and his motives. Hunt finds himself in a race against time, hunted by assassins and former allies while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.

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