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First Take: I Wanna Dance with Somebody - the alternative to that film about avatars

SYNOPSIS: A joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, one of the greatest female R&B pop vocalists o…
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First Take: Matilda the Musical - the exception to the rules (and the Netflix/theatrical window debate)

SYNOPSIS: An adaptation of the Tony and Olivier award-winning musical. Matilda tells the story of an extraordinary girl who, armed with a sharp min…
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First Take: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever- the end of a era, and a tribute to a man who built it

Spoiler free as usual. SYNOPSIS: The people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T'…
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First Take Classics: Friday Night Lights - how to be ready for the weekend

SYNOPSIS: Based on H.G. Bissinger’s book, which profiled the economically depressed town of Odessa, Texas and their heroic high school football tea…
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First Take: The Banshees of Inisherin- awards season begins in true Irish style

SYNOPSIS: Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them. W…
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First Take: Black Adam - tell them the man in black sent you

SYNOPSIS: Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods - and imprisoned just as quickly - Black Adam is fre…
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First Take: Mrs Harris Goes to Paris - haute couture meets post-Covid cinema

SYNOPSIS: A widowed cleaning lady in 1950s London falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress, and decides that she must have one of her own. In any…
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First Take: Don’t Worry Darling - Hollywood should’ve been worried.

SYNOPSIS: A 1950s housewife living with her husband in a utopian experimental community begins to worry that his glamorous company could be hiding di…
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First Take: See How They Run - a murder mystery inside of a murder mystery?

SYNOPSIS: In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is…
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First Take: Bullet Train - who needs strikes when you have guns?

SYNOPSIS: Five assassins aboard a fast moving bullet train find out their missions have something in common. We’ve really seen it all when it comes to…
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First Take: Thor: Love and Thunder - the God of Thunder meets the God Butcher

Spoiler free as usual . Because both Thors would send me to Valhalla. SYNOPSIS: Thor enlists the help of Valkyrie, Korg and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster t…
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First Take: Lightyear - to infinity...

SYNOPSIS: While spending years attempting to return home, marooned Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear encounters an army of ruthless robots commanded by Zur…
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First Take: Minions: The Rise of Gru – No TikTok trends needed to enjoy this one.

SYNOPSIS: The untold story of one 12 year old’s dream to become the world’s greatest supervillain A week ago, the word ‘gentleminion’ was something no…
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First Take: Elvis - Luhrmann takes care of business in style

SYNOPSIS: From his childhood in Tupelo, Mississippi to his rise to stardom starting in Memphis, Tennessee and his conquering of Las Vegas, Nevada, El…
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First Take: Top Gun Maverick - the need for speed is still real

SYNOPSIS: After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a cou…
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First Take: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - is Marvel having a mid-franchise crisis?

Spoiler free as usual.  Because there are other universes which can spoil it for you. SYNOPSIS: Dr. Stephen Strange casts a forbidden spell that opens …
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First Take: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent - where do we even begin?

SYNOPSIS: In this action-packed comedy, Nicolas Cage plays Nick Cage, channeling his iconic characters as he’s caught between a superfan (Pedro Pasca…
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First Take: The Lost City - cheesy fun for all the family

SYNOPSIS: A reclusive romance novelist on a book tour with her cover model gets swept up in a kidnapping attempt that lands them both in a cutthroat …
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Projection Room: The Good Doctors bow out

So, a day we all thought would never happen has actually arrived. We all thought they would deliver on their promise of ‘10 more years’ (which the…
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First Take: The Novice - how to really push yourself too far in sport

SYNOPSIS:  A college freshman joins her university’s rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top…
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First Take: The Batman - he is 15-rated vengeance

Spoiler free as usual . Because we’ll be doing a special podcast for all that. SYNOPSIS: When the Riddler, a sadistic serial killer, begins murdering k…
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First Take: Belfast - powerful, emotive, and potentially the film to beat this awards season

SYNOPSIS: A young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s. We love Ireland here at TheJackSmit HQ. They’ve given…
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First Take: The Power of the Dog - 12 Oscar nominations though...

SYNOPSIS: Charismatic rancher Phil Burbank inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife and her son, Phil torme…
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First Take: Sing 2 - unleash the rants

SYNOPSIS:  Buster Moon and his friends must persuade reclusive rock star Clay Calloway to join them for the opening of a new show. A few years ago the…
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First Take: Licorice Pizza - bold, but very, very different

SYNOPSIS: The story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San…
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