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Some 70 years or so after the events of Wonder Woman, 1984 finds the titular hero (Gal Gadot) whiling away her time curating artifacts and impressing mortals with her beauty and charm. She seems to be keeping a low profile, at least until struggling entrepreneur Maxwell Lord (Pedro Pascal) acquires an ancient magical device and threatens to destroy the world in his quest for ultimate power. Wonder Woman must find a way to stop him, while also defeating the fairly random friend turned foe, Barb...

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ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images; Kevin Mazur/Getty Images; teve Granitz/WireImage The U.S. indie film showcase is turning mostly to online forums for moments and buzz during its pandemic-era 2021 edition. With more streaming than screening, the Sundance Film Festival is looking to virtual panels and forums to generate audience moments and momentum for its upcoming pandemic-era 2021 edition. In place of red carpets and screaming paparazzi, Sundance festival director Tabitha Jackson will host a...

Film Shorts // January 13-19, 2021 American Skin (R) Nate Parker (The Birth of a Nation) stars in and directs this drama as a Black man seeking revenge on the white cop (Beau Knapp) who killed his unarmed teenage son. Also with Omari Hardwick, Theo Rossi, Vanessa Bell Calloway, AnnaLyne McCord, Shane Paul McGhie, Tony Espinosa, and Wolfgang Bodison. (Opens Friday in Dallas) Image courtesy of YouTube.com OPENING American Skin (R) Nate Parker ( The Birth of a Nation) stars in and directs this dra...

2.5 stars Starring: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, Lucian Perez, Lilly Aspell, Robin Wright and Connie Nielsen Rating: PG-13, for fantasy violence Available via: HBO MAX By Derrick Bang The sophomore curse has struck again. At 151 minutes, director Patty Jenkins’ second shot at the Amazing Amazon overstays its welcome by at least a half-hour. The script — by Jenkins, Geoff Johns and Dave Callaham — hasn’t anywhere near the depth to sustain such length. On top of whic...

151 mins Not too long ago, DC had a few disappointments when bringing their superheroes to the big screen for its DC Extended Universe. Man Of Steel failed to reignite audiences’ love of the… er… the man of steel in 2013. Then it was more of a case of DCEU vs [a lack of] fans with Batman Vs Superman’s disappointing critical response in 2016, followed swiftly by Suicide Squad, which put the ‘bad’ in ‘a super group of bad guys get recruited to save the world’. However, that ver...

Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘The Conspirator’: An Excellent Example of Examining Conspiracy Theories 2h 2min | Crime, Drama, History | 15 April 2011 (USA) In 2010’s “The Conspirator,” Robert Redford’s courtroom drama about President Lincoln’s assassination, it’s clear that Redford, in director-storyteller mode (as opposed to movie star mode) fearlessly burrows into moral and ethical dilemmas in order to excavate The Truth, and make sure it survives. He did that to hilarious effec...

Robin Wright's 'Land' will be released on February 12, 2021.

Wonder Woman 1984 submitted for Oscar consideration, including Best Picture