The Movie Matt

Land of Bad (2024) is directed by William Eubank and stars Liam Hemsworth, Russell Crowe, Milo Ventimiglia, Chika Ikogwe, Ricky Whittle, Daniel MacPherson, Robert Rabiah, and Luke Hemsworth. The film follows a team of American special forces operatives on a South American mission to rescue a fellow soldier. When the operation goes from bad to…

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Drive-Away Dolls (2024) is directed by Ethan Coen and stars Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Beanie Feldstein, Joey Slotnick, C.J. Wison, Colman Domingo, Bill Camp, Matt Damon, and Pedro Pascal. The film follows the free-spirited Jamie (Qualley) and the uptight Marian (Viswanathan), two lesbian friends who find themselves in a dangerous situation when they discover the…

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Bob Marley: One Love (2024) is directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green and stars Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch, James Norton, Tosin Cole, and Anthony Welsh. The film follows the life and career of the legendary reggae musician Bob Marley (Ben-Adir) as he attempts to unite the world through the message of his music. After an assassination…

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Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) is directed by George Miller and stars Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Riley Keough, Zoe Kravitz, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. This is the fourth film in the franchise that began with Mad Max (1979) and previously starred Mel Gibson as the titular Max. Tom Hardy inherits the role…

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Se7en (1995) is directed by David Fincher and stars Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey, and R. Lee Ermey. The film follows Somerset (Freeman), an aging detective who is on the verge of retirement (“Damn, two days from retirement”-Lethal Weapon). In his last days on the force, he teams up with Detective Mills…

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The Hateful Eight (2015) is directed by Quentin Tarantino and stars Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, Bruce Dern, Demian Bichir, and James Parks. The film takes place in post-civil war Wyoming. As a massive blizzard approaches, famous bounty hunter “The Hangman” John Ruth (Russell) races to…

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Madame Web (2024) is directed by S.J. Clarkson and stars Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Celeste O’Connor, Isabela Merced, Tahar Rahim, and Adam Scott. The film takes place in Sony’s Spider-Man universe (which inexplicably doesn’t feature Spider-Man). It follows Cassandra Web (Johnson), a paramedic in New York City who begins to display clairvoyant powers after a…

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Blow Out (1981) is directed by Brian De Palma and stars John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, and Dennis Franz. The film follows Jack (Travolta), a movie sound recordist who accidentally records proof that a car accident was indeed murder, becoming entangled in a political conspiracy that threatens his life at every turn. Teaming up…

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Out of Darkness (2024) is directed by Andrew Cumming and stars Safia Oakley-Green, Chuku Modu, Kit Young, Arno Luning, Iola Evans, and Luna Mwezi. The film follows a small group of stone-age humans attempting to settle in a new land. Arriving at an unspecified location that resembles Scotland/Ireland, the group soon realizes that the land…

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Lisa Frankenstein (2024) is directed by Zelda Williams and stars Kathryn Newton, Cole Sprouse, Liza Soberano, Carla Gugino, Joe Chrest, Henry Eikenberry, and Bryce Romero. This is writer Diablo Cody’s second foray into horror-comedy after Jennifer’s Body (2009). This is also the feature-length directorial debut of Zelda Williams, daughter of the legendary Robin Williams. The…

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