Echo Valley

Apple’s new psychological thriller asks a big question: how far should a mother go to protect their adult child?  Julianne Moore stars as the mother whose troubled daughter (Sydney Sweeney) shows up covered in blood, leaving her to unravel what happened and what to do about it in this tense and atmospheric feature from Mare

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Dakota Johnson and Pedro Pascal and chris evans love story

The Materialists

Dakota Johnson stars as a professional New York matchmaker who finds herself torn between a wealthy suitor (Pedro Pascal) and her struggling actor ex (Chris Evans) in this conversation-driving sociological drama that takes aim at the transactional approach to modern love. Written and directed by breakout filmmaker Celine Song, who was nominated for two Oscars

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Deep Cover

You’ll find a lot of Deep Cover titles on Amazon, but make sure you land on this one: a star-powered new action comedy about an improv teacher in London and her two students, who are hired by a cop to infiltrate the London mob and end up in the inner circle of the kingpin. The

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Best french film for summer

Misericordia

A pitch-dark comedic thriller that was named “Best Film of 2024” by the French film magazine Cahiers du Cinéma, Misericordia blends a small-town homecoming with an absurdist murder mystery — all while dropping us into the gorgeously-rendered world of the director’s hometown of director’s native Occitanie, a popular French tourist attraction. From The Irish Times‘

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Magic Farm

An absurdly funny indie adventure comedy starring Chloe Sevigny as an on-camera personality, Magic Farm follow an “edgy” Brooklyn-based documentary crew that travels to Argentina for a story about a local musician, only to end up in the wrong country attempting to “trend spot” as they exploit the locals.  It’s a sly satire from Amalia

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The best predator film

Predator: Killer of Killers

In the wake of the surprisingly well-received 2022 film Prey, co-director Dan Trachtenberg took on this animated anthology version of the franchise, with each chapter following a powerful warrior during a different point in time—a Viking, a ninja, and a WWII pilot—as they fall prey to the monstrous beasts. It’s far from an indie, of course,

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Ballerina: From the World of John Wick

Now streaming (for $20), queue this one up for an adrenaline rush or a date night fix. Ballerina introduces a sexy new chapter with a new protagonist in the form of ballerina-assassin Eve (Ana De Armas), who has deep ties to the powerful criminal organization known as Ruska Roma (a very fictionalized version of a

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Sinners

Twin gangster brothers (both played by Michael B. Jordan) try and escape their troubles by returning to their hometown in Mississippi to open a nightclub, only to face something more terrifying than the racism of the deep south: a vampire invasion. With a nod to Southern folklore and a blend of humor and horror, Ryan

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Elon Musk satire movie

Mountainhead

A timely and darkly comedic satire with characters you’ll recognize from the headlines, Mountainhead comes from the man behind HBO’s Emmy-winning juggernaut “Succession,” Jesse Armstrong. The story pivots around a social media platform owner, Venis, and his three billionaire friends who gather for a poker weekend — just as Venis’s company releases an AI that

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Best Hong Kong action dramas

The Prosecutor

One of Hong Kong’s top-grossing films is this slick action thriller combined with a legal drama that’s inspired by an actual 2016 drug trafficking case. The story follows a man who falsely pleads guilty after being framed, and the cop-turned-prosecutor who’s convinced of his innocence, risking his career — and his life — to bring

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