Directed by William Brent Bell.
Starring Rupert Friend, Madeleine Brewer, Brian Cox, Violet McGraw, Troy James, Simon Quarterman, and Mamie Gummer.
SYNOPSIS:
In a verbally explosive argument during 2019’s
Marriage Story that has been memed to death, Adam Driver lost all cool and told his wife, played by Scarlett Johansson, that he wished she would get hit by a car. Cue William Brent Bell’s
Separation (the director has been a regular on the horror scene as of late with his
The Boy series and infamous stinker
The Devil Inside, which told viewers to go to a website for the ending) where the custody battle is cut short by a hit-and-run on the mother.
Better when it s not trying to scare you.
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Rupert Friend, Brian Cox, Madeline Brewer and Mamie Gummer star in William Brent Bell s horror film about a little girl whose demonic puppets seem to come to life.
A muddled execution undercuts laudable ambitions in the latest effort from director William Brent Bell, who previously demonstrated his talent for turning low-budget horror films into major commercial hits with such movies as
The Devil Inside and
Separation, which attempts to inject scares into a
Kramer vs. Kramer-inspired scenario. But the film squanders its intriguing setup and terrific performances by devolving into familiar genre tropes. Not that it will prevent horror-starved audiences from flocking to see it on the big screen thanks to the further lifting of pandemic restrictions.
Four Good Days
About Endlessness Over the course of 20 years, Swedish filmmaker Roy Andersson has remained committed to his stylistic gimmick master-shot tableaux of simple situations, often building to absurdist punch lines to the point where it’s not clear what more he might have to say within this framework. Once again, his episodic scenes aren’t really connected to any overarching narrative, though a couple of characters including a minister despairing over his loss of faith do recur at various points. Mostly, however, we have moments in the lives of everyday people, here supplemented with the voice of an omniscient narrator (Jessica Louthander) whose observations at times step on whatever simple emotion might have been found in a bit like a father pausing during a downpour to tie his young daughter’s shoes, or a woman arriving at a train station to find no one waiting for her. At their best, Andersson’s meticulously constructed shots can hit their black-humored
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Apple has announced that the Fathom while documentary offering a a deep dive into two scientists’ quest to communicate with humpback whales and unravel the mystery of why they sing, will be premiering on Apple TV+ on June 25, 2021. Apple has acquired global rights to the awe-inspiring documentary feature film “Fathom,” which will premiere exclusively on Apple TV+.
“As they embark on parallel research journeys on opposite sides of the world, they seek to better understand whale culture and communication. The documentary film uniquely reveals a deep commitment and reverence to the scientific process and the universal human need to seek answers about the world around us. From hypothesis to groundbreaking experiences in the field, “Fathom” showcases the passion, curiosity, collaboration, perseverance and work it takes for leading scientists to make scientific discoveries”
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