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Unknown Origins - ***1/2

Unknown Origins – ***1/2

Orígenes secretos (David Galán Galindo, 2020) – Global Acquisition – Comedy/Thriller

Reported Budget: €3.5 million ($3.9 million)

David (Javier Rey) has just made rank as a homicide detective on the Madrid police force when he and his partner Cosme (Antonio Resines) make a gruesome discovery: a murder victim posed in ways that recall the origin story of a famous superhero. Soon other bodies…

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Lost Bullet - ***

Lost Bullet – ***

Balle perdue (Guillaume Pierret, 2020) – Global Acquisition – Action Film

Lino (Alban Lenoir) is a thief with a particular set of skills when it comes to custom building high performance cars to use in robberies. After he is caught during a heist gone wrong, he is given a chance to get out of jail early by Charas (Ramzy Bedia) on the condition that he help build high performance vehicles for the…

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The Decline - ****

The Decline – ****

Jusqu’au déclin (Patrice Laliberté, 2020) – Full Original – Action Thriller

Antoine (Guillaume Laurin) is a “doomsday prepper” who spends all his free time getting his wife and daughter ready for the impending collapse of society. Guiding much of Antoine’s thinking and methods is a survivalist Youtube personality named Alain (Réal Bossé), whose videos Antoine watches regularly, often with his…

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Airplane Mode - **

Airplane Mode – **

Modo avião (César Rodrigues, 2020) – Full Original – Comedy/Romcom

Ana (Larissa Manoela) is a Sao Paolo-based influencer who works for a trendy fashion label, an arrangement that includes a scripted relationship with fellow influencer Gil (Eike Duarte). In part because of her job, she is constantly on her phone and monitoring her various social media accounts, habits that have led to multiple car…

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Guilty - **

Guilty – **

Guilty (Ruchi Narain, 2020) – Full Original – Investigative Drama

In a prestigious prep school in Delhi, Vijay (Gurfateh Pirzada) is a popular and wealthy student who is accused of rape by Tanu (Akansha Ranjan Kapoor) a poorer scholarship student who was also known to be a flirt. Shocked at her boyfriend’s infidelity – Vijay insists the two had consensual sex – but also convinced of his…

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Uncut Gems - *****

Uncut Gems – *****

Uncut Gems (Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie, 2019) – All Foreign Rights – Thriller

Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler) is a small-time New York City jeweler and a compulsive gambler who dreams of striking it big but is also saddled with massive gambling debts. He sees his latest opportunity to score big in the form of a rock he bought from Ethiopia which contains several uncut opals. When the rock arrives…

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Ghost Stories - **

Ghost Stories – **

Ghost Stories (Various Directors, 2020) – Full Original – Horror

Ghost Stories is made up of four untitled individual short films made by four different directors. For this reason, I here present reviews of each individual film followed by an assessment of how the film works on the whole. Before launching into those reviews, it is important to note that the film is the third in a series of films…

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Street Flow - **½

Street Flow – **½

Banlieusards (Kery James and Leïla Sy, 2019) – Full Original – Coming of Age Drama

Reported Budget: €2 million

Street Flow tells the story of three brothers growing up in a banlieue, a public housing project in the Parisian suburbs. The brothers – whose parents emigrated to France from Mali – are Demba (Kery James), a powerful local drug dealer; Soulaymaan (Jammeh Diangana), a law student at a…

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