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Crime, Drama, Thriller

AFTER THE HUNT (2025): New Trailer Starring Ayo Edebiri, Julia Roberts, Chloë Sevigny, Andrew Garfield…

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After The Hunt (2025), Andrew Garfield, Amazon MGM Studios
After The Hunt (2025), Andrew Garfield, Amazon MGM Studios

After the Hunt has Julia Roberts playing a college professor who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads, after her star student accuses a colleague of assault.

Directed by Luca Guadagnino, additional key cast includes Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield and Chloë Sevigny.

This cast is quite the pleasant surprise. I look forward to Roberts, Edebiri and Garfield playing seemingly unlikable characters.

Also, this already appears to be quite well-written, which is great. I mean, it should be fun to watch a Gen X, Gen Z and a Millennial in intellectual battle, no?

Thaddea Graham, Bella Glanville, Will Price, Lio Mehiel, Christine Dye, Ariyan Kassam, Cameron Krogh Stone, Nigel Finnissy and Summer Knox also star.

After the Hunt Release Dates: October 17th, 2025 (US)…

Happy Film Loving,

G

Drama

BEN IS BACK (2018): New Trailer From Julia Roberts, Kathryn Newton, Lucas Hedges…

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Ben Is Back (2018), Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges
Ben Is Back (2018), Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges

Written/directed by Peter Hedges, Ben Is Back is a new drama about a son who returns home to his unsuspecting family on a fateful Christmas Eve.

His wary mother welcomes him but finds that she must do everything in her power to avoid the family’s downfall in the next twenty four hours, for her beloved son is still very much in harm’s way.

Julia Roberts, Kathryn Newton and Lucas Hedges star.

I’m interested because it’s Roberts. I’m also curious about Ben and I’m currently having fun trying to figure out ‘what his deal is.’ Did somebody say drugs?

Courtney B. Vance, Tim Guinee, Faith Logan, Candace Smith, Marquise Vilson and Jakari Fraser also star.

Ben Is Back Release Dates: December 7th, 2018 (US)…

Happy Film Loving,

G

Drama

WONDER (2017): New Trailer From Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, Jacob Tremblay…

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Wonder (2017), Owen Wilson, Julia Roberts
Wonder (2017), Owen Wilson, Julia Roberts

In Wonder, the latest movie from Julia Roberts, Jacob Tremblay and Owen wilson, August (Auggie) Pullman is a boy with facial differences who enters fifth grade at a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

Jacob Tremblay is such a great young talent. He, along with Roberts and Wilson, are great reasons to watch this movie. It also helps that the film is based on R.J. Palacio’s bestselling book of the same name. I don’t recall the last time I watched Wilson in a non-comedy role, so this should be interesting.

Wonder Release Dates: November 17th, 2017 (US); December 4th, 2017 (UK); January 8th, 2018 (GER)…

Daveed Briggs, Millie Davis, Sonia Braga and Emma Tremblay also star while Stephen Chbosky directs.

Happy Film Loving

G

Drama, No Spoiler Reviews, Thriller

MONEY MONSTER (2016): The Thing I Liked…

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Money Monster (2016), Jack O'Connell
Money Monster (2016), Jack O’Connell

Money Monster is not on my list of favourite thrillers, because even though the cast is stellar, the story and its execution proved not completely worthy of their efforts. There were a few somewhat thrilling moments, but nothing proved enough to make the film everything that the trailer had me hoping for.

Jack O’Connell (Kyle) and Julia Roberts are my favourite things about the Jodie Foster-directed film. Not to say that George Clooney was bad, but I must confess that his character’s dance moves at the start of the film were especially awkward. So much so that, however unfair this may sound, having to witness those moves made me lose quite a bit of respect for the entire production as a whole.

I doubt that anyone will be missing much if they don’t bother with Money Monster. O’Connell’s performance and the resolution of Kyle’s story is the reason I kept watching to the very end. How could I not after experiencing his great work in  Starred Up (2013)? 

Here’s a little taster of what it’s like when Clooney’s character breaks into dance. Deliberately awkward or not, I doubt that it helped the movie.

Money Monster (2016), George Clooney
Money Monster (2016), George Clooney

Watch Money Monster if you really, really must.

Happy Film Loving,

G

Mystery, No Spoiler Reviews, Thriller

SECRET IN THEIR EYES (2015): The Things I Liked…

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Secret In Their Eyes (2015), Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Secret In Their Eyes (2015), Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Chiwetel Ejiofor

Directed by Billy Ray; Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Alfred Molina are the stars of Secret in Their Eyes. A story about a group of FBI Investigators; a close-knit team for whom everything changes when they learn the identity of the victim of their new murder case.

Ray’s movie follows the events and decisions that end up leading to a surprising, yet understandable conclusion, the revelation of which is a key highlight.

Seeing evidence of the depth of the friendships between the main protagonists – before, during and after the central crime is the thing I enjoyed most about Secret in Their Eyes.

One more great moment would have been when the audience learns of the victim’s identity. But…! that little nugget was unfortunately given away for free in the trailer.

Secret In Their Eyes could have been a better movie. The cast performed well but I think they were let down by post-production, namely what felt like an awkward overuse of flashbacks and the far too revealing trailer edit. Still, watch it if you’re curious enough.

Happy Film Loving,

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