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THE LAST DUEL

» Genre: Drama » Director: Ridley Scott (Bladerunner) » Cast: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Adam Driver

Those who consider Good Will Hunting one of the best films of all time are probably excited at the thought of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck reuniting for this historical drama, based on the book of the same name by Eric Jager. This film tells us all about the last documented duel that took place in France (in the 14th century). The action begins when French noblewoman, Marguerite de Thibouville, says she has been raped by her husband’s best friend, Jacques Le Gris and her husband, knight Jean de Carrouges, challenges his formerl ally to a duel.

THE COURIER

» Genre: Drama » Director: Dominic Cooke (Richard III) » Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley

This cold war thriller is the true story of British engineer, Greville Wynne, who was called upon to serve his country by spying on the KGB. “From now on, you will be selling one thing: the idea that you are an ordinary businessman and nothing more than an ordinary businessman,” M16 officials commanded him, and he took these words seriously, putting his own life at risk and defying the wishes of his family. Wynne gathered and shared top secret information about the KGB’s plans during the Cuban missile crisis.

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA: TRANSFORMANIA

» Genre: Animation » Directors: Derek Drymon (SpongeBob SquarePants) and Jennifer Kluska (Bee Movie) » Voices: Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, Andy Samberg

Van Helsing has been doing a little too much tampering with his ‘Monsterfication Ray’ and one day, he unwittingly transforms all his monster friends into humans and converts Johnny into a monster. The consequences of adapting to a life without powers are disastrous for the ex-monsters, while Johnny, thrilled at his new abilities, races across the globe to find a cure before it’s too late. He enlists the help of the Drac Pack and Mavis, determined to undo the damage caused by the machine invented by his great-grandfather.

VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE

» Genre: Action » Director: Andy Serkis (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) » Cast: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Woody Harrelson

It’s been a year since investigative journalist, Eddie Brock, first became the host of the alien symbiote Venom, which grants him superhuman abilities that transform him into a lethal protector. Brock hopes to reignite his journalistic career by interviewing serial killer Cletus Kasady, who becomes the host of another symbiote and escapes from jail to wreak havoc on citizens. Thankfully, Venom has the support and love of District Attorney Anne Weying, known in the comic kingdom as ‘Bride of Venom’.

THE FRENCH DISPATCH

» Genre: Comedy » Director: Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel) » Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Elisabeth Moss, Léa Seydoux, Saoirse Ronan

A fun comedy-drama written, directed, and produced by the amazing Wes Anderson. The film is “a love letter to journalists set at an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional 20th-century French city”. Based on different events that occurred in Paris at this time, it is centered on an American journalist who creates a magazine in France. Anderson describes the film as “a portrait of this man, of this journalist, who fights to write what he wants to write.” e