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The Right One
Struggling to escape her writer's block with the deadline for submitting pages to her publisher fast approaching, Sara (Coleman) and her friend and publisher, Kelly (Shlesinger), visit an art gallery. On their outing, the pair happen upon a handsome, free-spirited art critic (Thune) standing on a bench giving an impassioned plea and Sara is instantly transfixed. When Sara comes across the handsome stranger again, wearing a cowboy outfit and busking, she develops a need to learn more about this mysterious man with many personas. As she learns more about him, the pair's relationship, along with Sara's stagnant creativity, begins to grow.
Director: Ken Mok. Stars: Cleopatra Coleman, Nick Thune, Iliza Shlesinger, David Koechner, Leanne Lapp, M.J. Kokolis, Trezzo Mahoro, Tarun Keram, Lauren McGibbon. 2021. 95 mins. Comedy.
Sputnik
After a spaceship malfunctions upon re-entering Earth's atmosphere in 1983, the sole survivor, cosmonaut Konstantin (Fyodorov), remains under constant observation in an isolated military facility. When Dr. Tatyana Klimova (Akinshina) is called in to consult on his condition, she is not made aware of the true reason for his quarantine: he has brought back an extraterrestrial life form in his body that feeds on living humans. Director: Egor Abramenko. Stars: Oksana Akinshina, Fedor Bondarchuk, Pyotr Fyodorov, Anton Vasilev, Aleksey Demidov, Anna Nazarova, Aleksandr Marushev. 2020. 113 mins. Horror.