Directed by Richard Linklater and inspired by the unbelievable true story, Hit Man follows Gary Johnson (Glen Powell), a strait-laced psychology professor who discovers he has a hidden talent as a fake hitman, including theatrically imitating his suspects with humorous costumes, accents, and mannerisms. He starts to assume false identities to entrap criminals for the
Two of this year’s Hugo-nominated novellas are included in one short story collection, (Adventures in Space (Short stories by Chinese and English Science Fiction Writers). Both stories also feature Earth’s attempt to seed life on another planet, but in completely different ways. Neither attempt goes to plan, and it’s left up to the reader to
Directed by Doug Liman, Road House follows a troubled Ex-UFC fighter named Elwood Dalton (Jake Gyllenhaal) who takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discover that this paradise is not all it seems. The 1989 original film may have not been exactly cinematic gold by any means but it
Directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan and produced by M. Night Shyamalan, The Watchers follows a 28-year-old artist named Mina (Dakota Fanning) who gets stranded in an expansive, untouched forest in western Ireland. Upon finding shelter, she unknowingly becomes trapped alongside three strangers who are watched and stalked by mysterious creatures each night known as the
“Men find it easier to believe they have been swindled by a witch than outwitted by a woman.” From the grand storytelling tradition of Sinbad the Sailor comes Shannon Chakraborty’s Medieval-era tale of Amina al-Sirafi. Sailor, adventurer, pirate, witch. Famous and infamous (depending on who you talk to) for her ability to fight, explore, steal,
Directed by Sean Durkin, The Iron Claw tells the true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of their domineering father and coach, the brothers seek larger-than-life immortality on the biggest stage in
“I’m going home to the Singing Hills abbey…” Nghi Vo’s latest installment in the Singing Hills Cycle is a bit of a departure from the previous novellas. Cleric Chih isn’t travelling to an exotic location to collect new stories. Instead, they’re returning to the Singing Hills abbey to be reunited with their old friend Cleric
Directed by George Miller, Furiosa is set 15 to 20 years before the events of Mad Max: Fury Road and follows a younger Furiosa (Anya Taylor-Joy) who is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and into the hands of a Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus (Chris Hemsworth). While two Tyrants war
…she didn’t know what had happened to the stranger either, but she found her inclination was that he hadn’t dropped off the edge of the settlement into the featureless and crushing gasses of the planet. Or at least, if he had, it hadn’t been by choice. Humanity has been transplanted to space in Malka Older’s