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A Haunting in Venice Rating

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A Haunting in Venice Genre Films, Mark Gordon Pictures, Scott Free Productions 20th Century Studios My Rating 6/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating   65% Release date September 15, 2023 Description Hercule Poirot, now retired, must solve the murder of a guest at a séance he attended Directed by Kenneth Branagh Screenplay by Michael Green Based on Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie Produced by Ridley Scott, Kenneth Branagh, Judy Hofflund and Kevin J. Walsh Starring Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot Kyle Allen as Maxime Gerard Camille Cottin as Olga Seminoff Jamie Dornan as Leopold Ferrier's father Tina Fey as Ariadne Oliver Jude Hill as Leopold Ferrier Ali Khan as Nicholas Holland Emma Laird as Desdemona Holland Kelly Reilly as Rowena Drake Riccardo Scamarcio as Vitale Portfoglio Michelle Yeoh as Joyce Reynolds Cinematography Haris Zambarloukos Edited by Lucy Donaldson Music by Hildur Guðnadóttir

American Born Chinese (2022)

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American Born Chinese 20th Television/Disney Branded Television/Walt Disney Television Disney+ Starring Michelle Yeoh as "Guanyin" Ben Wang as "Jin Wang"  Yeo Yann Yann as Jin's mom, "Christine Wang" Chin Han as Jin's father, "Simon Wang"  Daniel Wu as Sun Wukong "The Monkey King" Ke Huy Quan as "Freddy Wong" Jim Liu as "Wei-Chen" Sydney Taylor as "Amelia" Directed by  Destin Daniel Cretton Executive Producers Destin Daniel Cretton, Asher Goldstein, Jake Kasdan, Melvin Mar, Gene Luen Yang, Charles Yu and Kelvin Yu Co-executive producer Lana Cho

Film Review: Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

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Everything Everywhere All at Once AGBO/Ley Line Entertainment/IAC Films/Year Of The Rat A24/Elevation Pictures Release date In Toronto and Vancouver on April 1 and expanding April 8 #whatonwhatsgood Express Review (by: Jovin Tardif) That was fun.  Where do I start?  Essentially 'Everything, Everywhere All at Once' is a story about a mother, Evelyn Wang (Michelle Yeoh), who is overwhelmed.  She is struggling to connect with her husband Waymond Wang (Ke Huy Quan), her daughter Joy Wang (Stephanie Hsu), and her strict father (James Hong).  On top of that, she has financial issues with her business (laundromat) and feels all alone.   The family has to meet up with IRS agent Deirdre Beaubeirdra (Jamie Lee Curtis) to resolve their money troubles.  Once they are on the elevator at the IRS office, we are introduced to a multiverse through the character of Waymond.  He is there to ask Evelyn to save the universe. She can explore different universes...

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Marvel Studios Walt Disney Studios Release date: 09/03/2021 Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings on Blu-ray, DVD, 4K Ultra HD and Digital on 11/30/2021 (Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment) My IMDB Rating - 8/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating: 77% Express Review Shaun (Simu Liu) and his best friend Katy (Awkwafina) have a pretty easy-going life parking cars in San Francisco.  One day, Shaun is attacked on a bus by a gang and they steal a pendant that his mother had given him.  He defends himself to perfection against these thugs making Katy wonder who Shaun really is.  He decides to tell Katy about his past and his family.    She learns about his unstable...mystical...1000-year-old warlord...leader of the Ten Rings organization...father Wenwu (Tony Leung) and his deceased mother Ying Li (Fala Chen). Before her death, she gave birth to a son and daughter.  His dad decided to train him to be a killer and ...

Film Review Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)

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Minions: The Rise of Gru Illumination Universal Pictures Release date  July 1, 2022 Social media #Minions #TheRiseofGru #Illumination Genres Action-Comedy   Steve Carell (Gru) discusses Minions: The Rise of Gru Minions: The Rise of Gru has to do with a young Gru who is trying to assert his dominance as one of the up-and-coming villains in the world. He has an interview with the vicious 6 who are the main villains of the day, to try to join their group. They deny him. So in order to show them what he is worth, he steals this a very important gem. At that point the movie, the movie launches into mayhem.  A true villain is somebody who is ultimately not a very good person. I think at his core Gru is a very good person.  He's a good dad, he's a good husband.   He's a quirky dude. He loves the life of villainy, but in the reality, he's kind of a pussycat.  It's interesting to see sort of the genesis of like what you know where he started, and what h...

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