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THE STORY – Julia, a gifted mathematician, navigates the cutthroat world of academia. Pascal, a teaching assistant, recruits her to join an exclusive training program for the prestigious and notoriously difficult Putnam mathematics competition. THE CAST – Chase Infiniti, Christopher Briney,...

For this week’s main podcast review, Dan Bayer, Cody Dericks, and Brendan Hodges joined me before I left for Telluride/TIFF to review and discuss the latest film from South Korean filmmaker Na Hong-jin, “Hope,” starring Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Jung Ho-yeon, Taylor Russell, Cameron...

THE STORY – Filmed over 25 years, it traces the lives of two inseparable cousins, Guillermina and Belinda, as they grow up in the vast Argentine Pampas. THE CAST – Guillermina Aranciaga & Belinda Stutz THE TEAM – Alessandra Sanguinetti (Director)...

THE STORY – Chronicles the daredevil stuntman Ken Carter’s quest to execute a bold stunt of launching a rocket car across the St. Lawrence River from Canada to the United States in the 1970s, facing absurd challenges along the way. THE...

THE STORY – A washed up girl band singer seeks redemption by tutoring a group of outcast girls to pop stardom. THE CAST – Rebel Wilson, Randall Park, Sheridan Smith, Melanie Chisholm, Nicole Scherzinger, Jamie-Lee O’Donnell, Shaznay Lewis, Ashley Roberts, Judi...

THE STORY – A small suburban community is shaken by an alleged sexual assault on a teenage boy, committed by two other boys. Successful real estate agent Anne Sofie discovers that her son is involved. She must protect him and the...

THE STORY – In 1974 Apartheid South Africa, an idyllic summer holiday is derailed when 11-year-old Marnus sets off a chain of events that shatters his family’s carefully maintained facade. THE CAST – Dawian van der Westhuizen, Hilton Pelser, Maude Sandham,...

THE STORY – A New York Times journalist tracks down a potential Nazi officer living secretly in Queens, New York. But when he befriends the suspect’s elegant and charming wife, the implications of his investigation become much more unsettling. THE CAST...

THE STORY – A hardworking single mother is filled with romantic hope when she meets a kind local man, until an unspeakable tragedy upends her life forever. THE CAST – Erin Doherty, James McAvoy, Liv Hill & Smylie Bradwell THE TEAM...

THE STORY – Set in 1974, a news editor investigates unanswered questions surrounding the attempted assassination of South Korean President Park Chung-hee on August 15, while a police inspector and journalist witness the incident. THE CAST – Yoo Hai-jin, Park Hae-il,...