The series adaptation, which adds characters and story elements that aren't in the printed version, comes from writer/actor Kelvin Yu and also stars Ben Wang and Poppy Liu, while Destin Daniel Cretton ( Shang-Chi) directs. Reuniting the stars of Everything Everywhere All at Once-including recent Oscar winners Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan plus Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu-the upcoming Disney+ action-comedy series American Born Chinese is an adaptation of the graphic novel of the same and follows high school student Jim Wang whose encounter with a new exchange student unexpectedly finds him caught in a war between Chinese mythological gods. TV/Comedy | USA | Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton but it feels like she’s working with a skeletal figure,” in a movie that is “not a slam dunk, but scores enough points.” The Playlist's Matthew Monocle finds Air “competent in all the right ways-good performances, strong dialogue, and a nice focus on 1980s production design and world-building,” and Ryan Scott of /Film calls it a “true crowd-pleaser.” In her review for IndieWire, Marisa Mirabel declares Air to be “one of the best sports movies ever made,” with each actor giving “a powerful and award winning performance.” THR critic Lovia Gyarkye believes “Davis gives us a sense of this woman’s interiority. Jordan isn’t seen in the picture instead the focus is on the negotiations between Damon’s Sonny Vaccaro and Jordan’s mother, Deloris (played by Davis at Jordan’s request). He has recruited an impressive ensemble (Matt Damon, Viola Davis, Chris Tucker, Jason Bateman, Chris Messina, and himself as Phil Knight) to tell the story of how Nike and Michael Jordan revolutionized sports marketing and sneaker culture. THR's Jordan Mintzer claims Grace is ultimately more “tongue-in-cheek dark satire than full-blown thriller,” and its “powerful social commentary” is “not always served by the film itself.” But Matthew Jackson of Paste thinks the film “succeeds by melding familiar elements into something personal yet consistently relatable,” resulting in a “compelling, often unpredictable horror story,” that announces “Zarcilla as an exciting genre voice to watch.” And Variety critic Joe Leydon agrees: “Zarcilla … does an impressive job of infusing scary movie conventions with the potent urgency of a sharply observed social critique.”īen Affleck is back in the director’s chair after winning the Oscar for Best Picture for 2012’s Argo and then crashing with 2016’s Live by Night. Night Shyamalan loves doing in movies like Knock at the Cabin, and also, TV shows like Servant, offering up more substance than style.Horror/Thriller | UK | Directed by Paris Zarcillaīritish-born Filipino writer-director Paris Zarcilla’s debut feature follows Joy (Max Eigenmann), an undocumented Filipina immigrant and single mother whose new job caring for a wealthy older man puts a roof over her daughter’s head but exposes them to horrors they never expected. It's not about twists and turns, which M. In that sense, School Spirits feels more streamlined as an amnesiac Maddie, unlike Malcolm, is aware of her predicament, actively pursuing her killer while unlocking all these secrets. Anderson to cover up personal issues, on top of other skeletons she was hiding that may have caused someone to end her.Īs the story trudges along and Maddie learns more, it proves that Simon needs closure just as much, because each truth shakes him up, crafting a more personal story than just a Cole and Malcolm traversing ghosts they met along the way. He also learns why Maddie needed to rely on Mr. Not to mention, it gets emotional as Simon learns more about how she suffered in life after her father died, and how taking care of her drunk mother, Sandra, almost broke her. An invisible Maddie can spy on conversations and dig up clues for Simon. What makes School Spirits' bond better as Maddie and Simon roam the hall is how much more dynamic they are.
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