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A few weeks in the rest of the world (where Russell Crowe’s mystery of anger and encouragement “Unhinged” premiered in several backward territories last month), the United States is slowly seeing theaters reopen in anticipation of Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet,” still dated. optimistically for September 3.
But that doesn’t mean moviegoers don’t have options, opening up to movie parks, virtual theaters, and subscription services.
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With over 30 new videos released in the U.S. This week, Variety is helping you get the most appeal of those options. Choose from everything from blunt dramas, adding moving black story classes “The 24th” and “Emperor”, to action videos like “Cut Throat City” and “Train to Busan” sequel to “Peninsula.” Audiences from the circle of relatives will locate “The Only and Only Ivan” in Disney Plus, while those with a more twisted sensibility will be able to watch an animated film through human-hunter-humans “The Most Dangerous Game”: the Cambodian mystery “The Prey”.
Below are excerpts from the various reviews of those and other movies, or see a more detailed list of videos and TV screens to stream here.
The (Kevin Willmott) Distributor: Vertical Entertainment
Where: Amazon Prime Video
“24th” is a slightly fictional account of the 1917 Camp Logan mutiny, in which an all-black army battalion took up arms on the streets of Houston after multiple incidents of brutality through local police, leading to what was then the largest homicide. trial at American hitale. Backed through charismatic functionality through star and co-designer Trai Byers, “The 24th” can be very didactic and formulated, but discovers a lot of new relevance in a story that deserves to be much better known than it is. – Dennis Harvey
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The August Virgin (Jonus Trueba) Distributor: Outsider Pictures
Where to place it: you can buy from local art artists, adding The Loft Cinema and Outsider Pictures
“The August Virgin” lasts more than two hours, while 80 minutes probably would have worked very well, but the indolent rhythm is The choice of Trueba, and the challenge depends on us to embrace the relaxed atmosphere of the film, to sing in the complexities of what will have to be in Eva’s brain (co-follower Itsaso Arana). He doesn’t communicate much, prefers to listen and yet there are scenes in which he cheers, initiates contact with others, adds an artist of avant-garde functionality, an amateur Reiki practitioner and a strange sullen who sees leaning on the edge of a deserted bridge. . – Peter Debruge Read the full review
Distributor Strike (Taghi Amirani): Self-Editing
Where to place it: to have it in some cinemas and through video-on-demand services
In an earlier interview, Amirani himself jokingly described his years of efforts as “a prequel to Ben Affleck’s”Argo,” a pretty accurate description, except that, instead of a quick political thriller,” Coup 53. occasionally reproduces as a long convention or a formal procedure performed through what looks like an endless chain of talking heads. This educational technique is not bad for a piece of history that is not so well known to the general public, but essential to understand today’s confrontation between Iran and the United States, as well as the scenario in the Middle East. – Tomris Laffly Read the full review
Cut Throat City Distributor (The RZA): Well Go USA
Where: Select AMC cinemas
“Cut Throat City” is not a prank movie. It’s a story of lives lost in the game, seeking salvation anywhere they can. It’s simple to see the elements of a smart movie here: an ambitious drama set in the century-old swamp of New Orleans, a position where cops and criminals have scratched their backs. The film features two rival criminal charges (played through T.I. and Terrence Howard) that hypnotize the camera. However, when those two are not on screen, “Cut Throat City” is a messy and dissatisfied affair, built around a story that is far from convincing. – Owen Gleiberman Read the full review
Desert One (Barbara Kopple) Distributor: Greenwich Entertainment
Where to place it: virtual cinemas across the country
This captivating documentary tells the story of Operation Eagle Claw, Delta Force’s outstanding project that was designed to quickly end the Iranian hostage crisis, interviewing several participants: commanders, soldiers, American hostages, former President Carter. It brings you closer to events. You leave “Desert One” knowing some facets of the hostage crisis in Iran more than before. This makes it a dignified and captivating film. – Owen Gleiberman Read the full review
Emperor (Jayro Bustamante) Distributor: Universal
Where: YouTube
When hitale books talk about the Harpers Ferry raid, they tend to focus on abolitionist leader John Brown, providing an accurate but incomplete picture. “Emperor” emphasizes the narrative, expanding this first story of the “white savior” to come with black men who have joined the cause. In line with Nate Parker’s unfortunate Nat Turner biographical film “The Birth of a Nation,” “Emperor” has discovered a black hero to protect this dark bankruptcy of the American hitale. Large and infrequently too simplistic, any of the films shows a figure forged through the suffering that rises to lead a rebellion. – Peter Debruge Read the full review
The Prey (Jimmy Henderson) Distributor: Dark Star Pictures
Where: Virtual cinemas like Alamo on Demand as of August 21 and Amazon and other VOD providers on August 25.
“The Prey” takes the ancient story “The Most Dangerous Game” for a walk through the jungle of Cambodia. Focused on a policeman unjustly imprisoned and chased through cobraed monsters who are shot while hunting humans, this survival mystery brings nothing new to the table, yet the frequency and quality of their shootings and martial arts fights deserve to stay to the fullest of the action. . Happy fans. “The Prey” cannot fit in with “Jailbreak” out of sheer emotion, but suggests that with more original and ambitious material, Henderson can become a genuine force in Asian genre cinema. – Richard Kuipers Read the full review
Random Acts of Violence (Jay Baruchel) Distributor: Shudder
Where: Shudder
Life imitates art by imitating life in “Random Acts of Violence”. In this adaptation of the graphic novel, the author of a comic e-book discovers that he is followed by a real-life demon who commits crimes that he had fictional of the exploits of a serial killer a few years earlier. What was already quite multimedia-goal in its original published incarnation becomes a little like this here, as a de facto slasher film filtered through a comic sensibility dramatizes a comic strip that itself was a tribute to slasher films. – Dennis Harvey Read the full review
Skin: A Story of Nudity in Movies (Danny Wolf) Distributor: Quiver Distribution
Where: Amazon Prime Video
Even those who take themselves into consideration as experts in the box will find a provocative treasure trove of photographs and anecdotes in this airy, open and encyclopedic collection in all the tactics in which cinema has celebrated, exploited and negotiated the force of the naked. Body. The film begins with a montage of actors and administrators (Sean Young, Eric Roberts, Peter Bogdanovich) who recall the first film they saw that contained nudity, and which allows the film, in its beginnings, to jump through some of Nudity’s films. The biggest tubes. – Owen Gleiberman Read the full review
Tesla (Michael Almereyda) Distributor: IFC Films
Where: Amazon Prime Video
Inventor Nikola Tesla is more popular today than when he died penniless in a New York hotel in 1943. Ethan Hawke, a great and ideal child, brings brain boredom to this theatrical biographical film, which dances waltzes through Serbian immigrant associations with Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse and JP Morgan, and his rumors of flirting with Morgan’s daughter Anne and actress Sarah Bernhardt. If there’s a wonderful concept in “Tesla,” it’s hard to see, and not just because the film is claustrophobically placed inside and lit up with candles, matches and incandescent bulbs. – Amy Nicholson Read the full review
Train to Busan presents: Peninusla (Yeon Sang-ho) Distributor: Well Go USA
Where: Select AMC cinemas
According to Yeon’s cynical worldview, dark-hearted humans can be far more frightening than the undead. The same goes for the director’s unsightly and unsightly “Peninsula”, which resumes four years later with a much darker view of the country. It’s not that zombies are a risk (there’s said to be an infinite amount of them hidden there), but they’re almost incidental in a sequel that strives to create yet an “Mad Max” feel, pitting 4 desperate people who oppose the armed humans who now run Incheon. . – Peter Debruge Read the full review
Unhinged Distributor (Derrick Borte): Solstice Studios
Where: Select AMC cinemas
Even before the title credits gave the impression on the screen, the film had already kept its promise: the maniac of fury on the road, Russell Crowe, was really disturbed. From there, the mystery can never pass beyond the striking and macabre charm of this first scene. This equates to a structural calculation error: if you start your film with a maniac with the composite psyometer up to 11, there’s nowhere to pass an aspect to yet. And even though it can still cause impressive damage in appearance, as “Unhinged” continues to show in a series of superbly choreographed car chases woven into tracks, dramatic rewards are rare. – Guy Lodge Read the full review
Words on the walls of the bathrooms (Thor Freudenthal) Distributor: Attractions on the road
Where: some cinemas
A young man’s film for the intellectual fitness consciousness, this sly and well-acted adaptation of Julia Walton’s popular novel complicates the problems and pitfalls typical of coming of age with the disorienting realities of schizophrenia diagnosed through the hero, giving an uncomplicating and unfament remedy. to the popular genre scenarios, from dream graduation night to the poignant end-of-study speech along the way. If “Words on the bathroom walls” touches its center at the end, there is an informal glow to take off first. – Guy Lodge Read the full review
Chemical Hearts (Richard Tanne)
Where: Amazon Prime Video
With its sadcore styles, quotes from Pablo Neruda and independent soundtrack, the film can’t help but look like the millennial ideal of what has been the first love. “Chemical Hearts” relies heavily on its tracks to make it a more moving symbol than a moodboard. Lili Reinhart (“Riverdale”) and Austin Abrams (“Euphoria”), as worried lovers of their third year who suffer with oversized emotional baggage to carry their appointments to graduation day, have a courageous and sensitive interaction with skinny characters who are left feeling. – Guy Lodge Read the full review
Work it (Laura Terruso)
Where: Netflix streaming
Occasionally, a film mimics the flaws and charms of its protagonist’s adventure to an incredible degree. Like top student Quinn Ackermann, two feet away who is taking on great dance elegance to enter his first-elegant college, “Work It” feels too crowded in the hope of success. Disney Channel pop star Sabrina Carpinput leads a cast of charming friends, many of whom have enthusiastic followers and on social media made up of others who would possibly not suffer from gender fatigue after years of videos that have made this song. and Dance Best Array – Lisa Kennedy Read the full review
The One and Ivan (Thea Sharrock)
Where: Disney Plus
It’s finding a conventional children’s film as rough, comfortable and quiet of yesteryear as “The One Ivan.” In fact, we are so used to seeing children’s entertainment powered by the ADD pulse that you might think, for a while, that not much happens in the film, that you take your time for no reason. But “The One Ivan” is movingly paying off. Based on a captivating true story, it tells the story of a silver-backed gorilla, Ivan (voiced by Sam Rockwell), who dreams of being free. – Owen Gleiberman Read the full review
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