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American Fiction Orion Pictures, MRC Film, T-Street Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release date September 8, 2023 (TIFF) November 17, 2023 My Rating   8/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating   75% Running time 117 minutes Description AMERICAN FICTION is Cord Jefferson's hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, Monk uses a pen name to write an outlandish “Black” book of his own, a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain. Written for the Screen and Directed by   Cord Jefferson Based upon the novel ‘Erasure’ by  Percival Everett Genres Comedy/Drama Starring Jeffrey Wright as Thelonious "Monk" Ellison Tracee Ellis Ross Erika Alexander Leslie...

Barbie LuckyChap Entertainment, Mattel Films, Heyday Films Warner Bros. Pictures Release date July 21, 2023 Directed by Greta Gerwig Written by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach Based on Barbie by Mattel Produced by Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley, Robbie Brenner, David Heyman, Ynon Kreiz and Josey McNamara Starring Margot Robbie as Barbie Issa Rae as President Barbie Alexandra Shipp as Writer Barbie Emma Mackey as Physicist Barbie Ana Cruz Kayne as Judge Barbie Ritu Arya as Journalist Barbie Nicola Coughlan as Diplomat Barbie Dua Lipa as Mermaid Barbie Kate McKinnon as Gymnast Barbie Hari Nef as Doctor Barbie Sharon Rooney as Lawyer Barbie Ryan Gosling as Ken Simu Liu Kingsley Ben-Adir Ncuti Gatwa Scott Evans Will Ferrell as the toy company CEO Helen Mirren as the narrator Emerald Fennell as Midge Michael Cera as Allan Jamie Demetriou as a toy company employee Connor Swindells as a toy company intern America Ferrera  Ariana Greenblatt Rhea Perlman John Cena  Marisa Ab...

Vengeance Blumhouse Productions, Divide/Conquer Focus Features Release date 29 July 2022  Ashton Kutcher who plays "Quentin Sellers" discusses Vengeance The narrative is there's an East Coast New Yorker Playboy Podcaster who gets an urgent call that his girlfriend has passed away, and he should come to the funeral, but he didn't have a girlfriend. He thinks that it would be a great story for his podcast to go and find out about what happened to this girl.  He ends up falling in love with a girl that he never knew.  My initial thoughts when I read the script were that this is the most brilliant script I've read in 10 years, I was excited that it came from my friend B. J. Novak.   I think, Quentin, my character, represents the subtle pursuit of fame through arts and storytelling. I was blown away by working with B. J. Novak.  His notes when I was on set, were spot on.  They were direct, they were succinct, and they were actionable.  I'm really e...