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Shaun (Simu Liu) lives an ordinary life in San Francisco, and works as a valet chauffeur along with his best friend Katy (Awkwafina). After work, they sing their hearts out at karaoke. Everything seems alright, until some vicious gangs threaten to steal his pendant on a bus, forcing him to confess that his real name is Shang-Chi. There are more mysteries revealed about the Ten Rings organization. When Shang-Chi confrontsβ¦
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Romance lists!
Ritchie: "I wanna be anyone. I wanna be Hamlet, I wanna be Romeo. But if I said Iβm gay, Iβd be just the clown."
Itβs a Sin is one of the best miniseries ever, particularly for its authentically powerful depictions of queer communities in London spanning from 1981 to 1991! A heartfelt, hilarious and poignant drama that chronicles the friendship among four friends during the AIDS epidemic inβ¦
Set in 1990's New York City, a promising young theatre composer, Jonathan Larson, attempts to complete his long overdue breakthrough musical before his 30th birthday. As the clock ticks, he navigates love and friendship, while balancing his pressures of life as an artist.
Lin-Manuel Miranda's directorial debut Tick, Tick... Boom! is an incredible tribute to the late creator of Rent. The film chronicles Larson's struggles of writing a musical, being broke, working at a diner and dealing with his relationshipβ¦
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Choose life. Choose a family. Choose a lifestyle. Choose friends. Choose a gang. Choose to disobey the rules. Choose to break the laws. Choose against your religion. Choose to have sex with the infamous inmate. Choose to escape from a homophobic country. Choose life.
Written and directed by Darko Ε tante, Posledice (Consequences) follows 18-year-old Andrej sent to a testosterone-filled youth detention centre, while struggling with his repressed homosexuality amongst juvenile delinquents with toxic masculinity.
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TIFF 2020!
Chloe Zhao gains international recognition with her award-winning indie hit, The Rider, which is a beautiful prairie drama. Adapting Jessica Bruderβs non-fiction book, Zhao writes, directs, and edits Nomadland, starring Frances McDormand as Fern who is independent and strong, working itinerant jobs and living a life on the road alone.
Fern loses everything during the recession in Empire, Nevada, which is a small townβ¦
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22: Is all this living really worth dying for?
Directed and co-written by Pete Docter, Soul is Pixarβs newest animated fantasy comedy. It follows Joe Gardner (Jamie Foxx), a middle school music teacher, who is persistent to pursue his passion in music, but gets into an accident that separates his body from his soul. As Joe embarks on a journey to find his way back to the Earth for his life-changingβ¦
