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Keanu Reeves is back in the sci-fi genre in Entertainment Studios’ “Replicas,” an upcoming thriller from director Jeffrey Nachmanoff. Nachmanoff last directed a full length film in 2013 with the Arnold Schwarzenegger starred “The Last Stand.”

Based on the creepy trailer, the film seems to have plenty of horror elements. Here we see Reeves’ Will Foster character attempt to bring back his family to life after a tragic car accident. “We’re going to replicate the human mind,” says Reeves’ Will Foster. “We are going to take his biological brain, imprinted that of a synthetic brain.”

But as see in the clip, things go horribly wrong and violent after synthetic body and the human mind struggle to co-exist. “Who am I,” the replica says.

Reeves has had success in the sci-fi and thriller genre before including the highly successful “The Matrix” film series, 2008’s Scott Derrickson directed “The Day the Earth Stood Still”.

He’s had career revival the past few years following the success of the neo-noir action thriller “John Wick” (2014) and its sequel “John Wick: Chapter 2” (2017).

“Replicas” also stars Alice Eve, John Ortiz. The film has not been given an official US release date. A peek at its IMDB page shows the film lands in a few European countries later this year.

Here is the film’s (spoilerific) synopsis:
In this sci-fi thriller, neuro-scientist William Foster (Keanu Reeves) is on the verge of successfully transferring human consciousness into a computer when his family is tragically killed in a car crash. Desperate to resurrect them, William recruits fellow scientist Ed Whittle (Thomas Middleditch) to help him secretly clone their bodies and create replicas. But he soon faces a “Sophie’s choice” when it turns out that they can only bring three of the four family members back to life.

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Universal Pictures has launched the international trailer for the Ryan Gosling starrer “First Man” and it features some of the more thrilling aspects about the astronaut’s journey into space. “The most dangerous mission in human history,” it says on the trailer.

The film is getting plenty of acclaim lately after its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, including Gosling for his role as Neil Armstrong, the astronaut referred on the film’s title as the first man to walk on the moon.

The film is based on the book “First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong” by James R. Hansen, and is written by Josh Singer, who won an academy award for Best Original Screenplay for Spotlight.

This is Gosling and director Damien Chazelle’s follow-up to “La La Land,” which earn a record-tying 14 Oscar nominations last year.

“First Man” is set to be released by Universal Pictures on October 12, 2018.

Here’s the film’s official synopsis:

On the heels of their six-time Academy Award®-winning smash, La La Land, Oscar®-winning director Damien Chazelle and star Ryan Gosling reteam for Universal Pictures’ First Man, the riveting story behind the first manned mission to the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the decade leading to the historic Apollo 11 flight. A visceral and intimate account told from Armstrong’s perspective, based on the book by James R. Hansen, the film explores the triumphs and the cost—on Armstrong, his family, his colleagues and the nation itself—of one of the most dangerous missions in history.

Written by Academy Award® winner Josh Singer (Spotlight, The Post), the epic drama of leading under the pressure of grace and tragedy is produced by Wyck Godfrey & Marty Bowen (The Twilight Saga, The Fault in Our Stars) through their Temple Hill Entertainment banner, alongside Isaac Klausner (Love, Simon) and Chazelle. Steven Spielberg, Adam Merims and Singer executive produce, while DreamWorks Pictures co-finances the film.

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Giving new life to the E. T. A. Hoffmann’s classic holiday story, Walt Disney Pictures has just released the final trailer for “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” and it looks magical.

“The legend you know has a dark side,” it says on the trailer, where the film’s young lead Clara is lead to a trip into the four realms: The Land of Snowflakes, The Land of Flowers, The Land of Sweets, and the mysterious last realm ruled over by Mother Ginger.

This latest big screen Disney adaptation is full of stars in the cast, which includes Mackenzie Foy (as the lead in the movie as Clara) Keira Knightley the Sugar Plum Fairy, and Helen Mirren as the villainous Mother Ginger. Also in the film are Matthew Macfadyen, Eugenio Derbez, Richard E. Grant, Misty Copeland, and Morgan Freeman.

There is also enormous talent behind the camera of the film, with Joe Johnston (Jurassic Park III, Captain America: The First Avenger) and academy award nominated director Lasse Hallström (The Cider House Rules, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Chocolat) co-directing.

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures is set to release “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” on November 2, 2018.

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The latest teaser trailer for “Ben Is Back” left us wondering what happens after mother and son reunites on Christmas Eve.

Julia Roberts, who’s had great success in family dramas, and especially following last year’s unexpected massive hit “Wonder,” plays Lucas Hedges’ mother Holly Burns. Hedges recently had a string of successes following Manchester by the Sea, Lady Bird and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

The film looks to be another big acting showcase for the two, and the film’s release date certainly helps its awards season potential. The film will have its world premiere in September at the Toronto Film Festival.

Ben is Back co-stars Courtney B. Vance and Kathryn Newton. Peter Hedges, Lucas’ father, wrote and directed the film. Peter’s directorial efforts include “Dan in Real Life” and “The Odd Life of Timothy Green.”

“Ben Is Back” is set to be released by LD Entertainment, Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions in theaters on December 7. Watch the trailer below.

Here’s the film’s official synopsis:

19 year-old Ben Burns (Lucas Hedges) unexpectedly returns home to his family’s suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben’s mother, Holly (Julia Roberts), is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son staying clean. Over a turbulent 24 hours, new truths are revealed, and a mother’s undying love for her son is tested as she does everything in her power to keep him safe. Ben is Back also stars Courtney B. Vance (“The People V. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”) and Kathryn Newton (Lady Bird).”

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Amazon Studios has released a new trailer for its forthcoming supernatural horror film “Suspiria” which gives us a clearer idea of what the filmmakers has in store.

Directed by “Call Me by Your Name” helmer Luca Guadagnino, a clear shift of style for the director, “Suspiria” is a remake of the eponymous 1977 Italian horror classic starring Jessica Harper and directed by Dario Argento. Harper is back the new film in a secondary role.

Dakota Johnson will play Harper’s role as a student who travels to Europe to perfect her dancing in a renowned dance academy, while Swinton will play Madame Blanc, the vice-directress of the academy. Chloë Grace Moretz is the dance student who disappears. The film is scored by Thom Yorke of Radiohead.

“Suspiria” is due out on November 2. Here is the film’s official synopsis:

A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the troupe’s artistic director (Tilda Swinton), an ambitious young dancer (Dakota Johnson), and a grieving psychotherapist (Lutz Ebersdorf). Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.

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Academy Award winning director Alfonso Cuaron is back in his first film since sci-fi epic “Gravity.” Netflix has released the first teaser trailer for “Roma,” a story which chronicles a tumultuous year in the life of a middle-class family in Mexico City in the early 1970s.

Said to be Cuaron’s most personal film yet, “Roma” is filmed in black-and-white which perfectly complement’s the film’s ’70s setting.

The much buzzed-about family drama was also written, co-edited, co-photographed, co-produced Alfonso Cuarón and stars Yalitza Aparicio, Marco Graf, Marina de Tavira, Enoc Leaño, Daniela Demesa and Daniel Valtierra.

Roma is set to have its world premiere later this month on August 30, 2018 at the Venice Film Festival, and then followed by screenings at Toronto International Film Festival before it debuts on Netflix and in select theaters this fall, though no specific date has been announced.

Here’s the official synopsis for “Roma”:

A vivid portrayal of domestic strife and social hierarchy amidst political turmoil, ROMA follows a young domestic worker Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio) from Mixteco heritage descent and her co-worker Adela (Nancy García), also Mixteca, who work for a small family in the middle-class neighborhood of Roma. Mother of four, Sofia (Marina de Tavira), copes with the extended absence of her husband, Cleo faces her own devastating news that threatens to distract her from caring for Sofia’s children, whom she loves as her own. While trying to construct a new sense of love and solidarity in a context of a social hierarchy where class and race are perversely intertwined, Cleo and Sofia quietly wrestle with changes infiltrating the family home in a country facing confrontation between a government-backed militia and student demonstrators.

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Directed by Peter Farrelly, the film tells the real-life story of Italian-American bouncer Tony Lip (Viggo Mortensen) and his tour with renowned classical pianist Dr. Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) during the 1960s.

Peter Farrelly (known for gross-out comedies which he directed with his brother Bobby Farrelly) also wrote the screenplay with Brian Hayes Currie and Nick Vallelonga.

“Green Book” is set to have its world premiere next month at the Toronto International Film Festival and will be released theatrically by Universal Pictures on Nov. 21. Watch the trailer above.

Here is the film’s official synopsis:

When Tony Lip (Mortensen), a bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley (Ali), a world-class Black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South, they must rely on “The Green Book” to guide them to the few establishments that were then safe for African-Americans. Confronted with racism, danger as well as unexpected humanity and humor—they are forced to set aside differences to survive and thrive on the journey of a lifetime.

John Carpenter’s “The Fog” to haunt theaters again halloween week. New 4K restoration will roll in October 26 with NYC, LA and Chicago Runs. Screening across U.S. at Alamo Drafthouse Circuit and other venues.

New York based Rialto Pictures will release John Carpenter’s landmark horror movie THE FOG on October 26, in its first-ever major restoration. The horror classic, in a full 4K restoration from Studiocanal, opens October 26 for limited runs at the Metrograph, in New York, Landmark’s Nuart in Los Angeles, and The Music Box Theatre in Chicago.

Additional screenings will occur during the week of Halloween throughout the Alamo Drafthouse circuit and other specialty theaters.

Carpenter’s first post-Halloween venture into the H.P. Lovecraft-inspired, apocalyptic vein that he would continue to mine in films like The Thing (1982) and Prince of Darkness (1987), THE FOG depicts the seaside California town of Antonio Bay in the grips of an ancient curse and a creeping mist. Drenched in malevolent atmosphere and packing an ensemble cast that includes Adrienne Barbeau, Tom Atkins, Hal Holbrook and the mother-daughter duo of Janet Leigh and Jamie Lee Curtis, this is the director at his ingenious, chilling best, servicing a contemporary taste for gore while simultaneously evoking the spirit of Val Lewton.

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