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‘NOVOCAINE’: When a Man Loves A Woman

Directors: Dan Berk, Robert Olsen
Writer: Lars Jacobson
Starring: Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, Ray Nicholson, Jacob Batalon, Betty Gabriel, Matt Walsh
Run time:1 hour 51 minutes
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime-romance-thriller
Rating: R
Country United States
Language: English

Directors Dan Berk and Robert Olsen’s action thriller tells the story of Nathan Caine (Jack Quaid) a bank executive with a congenital insensitivity to pain (CIP), who puts his inability to feel to good use in order to rescue his girlfriend Sherry (Amber Midthunder) who is taken hostage by bank robbers. The film also stars Ray Nicholson, Jacob Batalon, Betty Gabriel, and Matt Walsh.

Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Directors: Dan Berk, Robert Olsen
Writer: Lars Jacobson
Producers: Joby Harold, Tory Tunnell, Drew Simon
Production companies: Infrared Pictures, Safehouse Pictures, Circle of Confusion
Starring: Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, Ray Nicholson, Jacob Batalon, Betty Gabriel, Matt Walsh
Cinematographer: Jacques Jouffret
Editor: Christian Wagner
Music: Lorne Balfe, Andrew Kawczynski

‘BLACK BAG’ Starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender in Theaters May 31st

Release date: May 31, 2025

Director: Steven Soderberg
Writer: David Koepp
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender, Marisa Abela, Tom Burke, Naomie Harris, Regé-Jean Page, and Pierce Brosnan
Genre: Spy Thriller
Run time: 1 hour 34 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English

Director Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Black Bag’ follows intelligence officer Kathryn St. Jean Woodhouse (Cate Blanchett), who our country believes has betrayed our nation, and her husband, George Woodhouse (Michael Fassbender) also an agent, must decide where to place his loyalty.

Clarissa Dubose (Marisa Abela), Freddie Smalls ( Tom Burke), Dr. Zoe Vaughan (Naomie Harris), Col. James Stokes (Regé-Jean Page), Arthur Steiglitz (Pierce Brosnan), Meacham (Gustaf Skarsgård)

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Distributor: Focus Features in United States
Universal Pictures International
Director: Steven Soderberg
Writer: David Koepp
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender, Marisa Abela, Tom Burke, Naomie Harris, Regé-Jean Page, and Pierce Brosnan
Producers: Casey Silver, Gregory Jacobs
Music: David Holmes
Production company : Casey Silver Productions

‘LOCKED’ Starring Anthony Hopkins in Theaters March 21st

Release date March 21, 2025

Director: David Yarovesky
Screenplay: Michael Arlen Ross
Based on 4x4 by Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Bill Skarsgård, Ashley Cartwright, Michael Eklund, Navid Charkhi
Genre: Action, Thriller
Rating; R
Run time: 1 hour 33 minutes
Country: United States
Language:English

Director David Yarovesky’s ‘LOCKED’ follows a thief whose run-of-the-mill robbery turns into a nightmare. William (Anthony Hopkins), Eddie Barrish (Bill Skarsgård), Sarah (Ashley Cartwright), Karl Michael Eklund (Michael Eklund )and Butter (Navid Charkhi.)

Release date March 21, 2025
Distributor: The Avenue
Producers: Zainab Azizi, Sam Raimi, Ara Keshishian, Petr Jákl
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Bill Skarsgård, Ashley Cartwright, Michael Eklund, Navid Charkhi
Cinematographer: Michael Dallatorre
Music: Timothy Williams
Production companies: ZQ Entertainment, Raimi Productions

2025 Oscar Winners: A Complete List

See the full list of the 97th Oscar Winners Below!

Best Picture Winners
“Anora” - WINNER
“The Brutalist”
“A Complete Unknown”
“Conclave”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Pérez”
‘I’m Still Here”
“Nickel Boys”
“The Substance”
“Wicked”

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Mikey Madison, “Anora” - WINNER
Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked”
Karla Sofía Gascón, “Emilia Pérez”
Demi Moore, “The Substance”
Fernanda Torres, “I’m Still Here”

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist” - WINNER
Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown”
Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”
Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave”
Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice”

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Zoe Saldana, “Emilia Perez” - WINNER
Monica Barbaro, “A Complete Unknown”
Ariana Grande, “Wicked”
Felicity Jones, “The Brutalist”
Isabella Rossellini, “Conclave”

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain” - WINNER
Yura Borisov, “Anora”
Edward Norton, “A Complete Unknown”
Guy Pearce, “The Brutalist”
Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice”

Best Director
Sean Baker, “Anora” -WINNER
Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist
James Mangold, “A Complete Unknown”
Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Perez”
Coralie Fargeat, “The Substance”

Best Original Screenplay
“Anora” Sean Baker — WINNER
“The Brutalist”
“A Real Pain”
“September 5”
“The Substance”

Best Adapted Screenplay
"Conclave," Peter Straughan — WINNER
“A Complete Unknown”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Nickel Boys”
“Sing Sing”

Best Animated Feature Film
“Flow” - WINNER
“Inside Out 2”
“Memoir of a Snail”
“Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
“The Wild Robot”

Best Cinematography
“The Brutalist,” Lol Crawley — WINNER
“Dune: Part Two”
“Emilia Perez”
“Maria”
“Nosferatu”

Best Costume Design
“Wicked” Paul Tazewell - WINNER
“A Complete Unknown”
“Conclave”
“Gladiator 2”
“Nosferatu”

Best Sound
“Dune: Part Two” - WINNER
“A Complete Unknown”
“Emilia Perez”
“Wicked”
“The Wild Robot”

Best Live Action Short Film
“I’m Not a Robot” - WINNER
“A Lien”
“Anuja”
“The Last Ranger”
“The Man Who Would Not Remain Silent”

Best Animated Short Film
“In the Shadow of the Cypress” - WINNER
“Beautiful Men”
“Magic Candies”
“Wander to Wonder”
“Yuck!”

Best Original score
“The Brutalist,” Daniel Blumberg — WINNER
“Conclave”
“Emilia Pérez”
“Wicked”
“The Wild Robot”

Best Original Song
"El Mal," "Emilia Pérez" (Clement Ducol, Camille & Jacques Audiard) — WINNER
“The Journey” from “The Six Triple Eight”
“Like a Bird” from “Sing Sing”
“Mi Camino” from “Emilia Perez”
“Never Too Late” from “Elton John: Never Too Late”

Best Documentary Feature Film
"No Other Land," Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor - WINNER
“Black Box Diaries”
“Porcelain War”
“Soundtrack To A Coup D’Etat”
“Sugarcane”

Best Documentary Short Film
“The Only Girl in the Orchestra” - WINNER
“Death by Numbers”
“I Am Ready, Warden”
“Incident”
“Instruments of a Beating Heart”

Best International feature Film
“I’m Still Here,” (Brazil) - WINNER
“The Girl With The Needle” (Denmark)
“Emilia Perez” (France)
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” (Germany)
“Flow” (Latvia)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
“The Substance” - WINNER
“A Different Man”
“Emilia Perez”
“Nosferatu”
“Wicked”

Best Production Design
"Wicked," Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales — WINNER
“The Brutalist”
“Conclave”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Nosferatu”

Best Film Editing
“Anora,” Sean Baker – WINNER
"Conclave," Peter Straughan
“The Brutalist”
“Conclave”
“Emilia Perez”
“Wicked”

Best Visual Effects
“Dune: Part Two” - WINNER
“Alien: Romulus”
“Better Man”
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
“Wicked”

Best live-action short
"I'm Not a Robot" — Winner
"A Lien"
"Anuja"
"The Last Ranger"
"The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent"