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Hello, Review-Verse audience!  Poster of ‘The Dog Stars.’ Courtesy of 20th Century Studios. Today’s subject: Ridley Scott ’s The Dog Stars, based on the novel by Peter Heller. Jacob Elordi as Hig and Josh Brolin as Bangley from ‘The Dog Stars.’ Courtesy of 20th Century Studios. The film took place in 2035. Jacob Elordi from Wuthering Heights starred as mechanic Hig, a survivor of a flu pandemic living with his dog Jasper and former Marine Bangley, played by Josh Brolin of Avengers: Endgame . Despite flying from their base in Erie, CO to Denver for supplies and reflections on his deceased wife, Hig longed to fly to a rumored safe haven in Grand Junction, CO, against Bangley’s protests given the hopelessness since the pandemic. Jasper the dog and Jacob Elordi as Hig from ‘The Dog Stars.’ Courtesy of 20th Century Studios. When Hig decided to finally make his dream a reality, he flew off with Bangley staying behind to defend their base from savages called Reapers. However, his plane ...

Poster for 'The Amateur.' Photo by William Beavers. Good afternoon, readers. On Friday afternoon, April 18, I crossed ' The Amateur' off my watchlist. Rami Malek produced and led the film as a CIA employee new to the field. While I enjoyed Malek's character's intelligence and Volker Bertelmann's good score, I felt 'The Amateur' should've shown Malek's character using hand-to-hand combat. Rami Malek and Rachel Brosnahan as Charlie Heller and Sarah Heller, respectively, from 'The Amateur.' Courtesy of 20th Century Studios.  Malek played Charlie Heller , a mild-mannered CIA cryptographer with a lovely wife named Sarah, played by Rachel Brosnahan from 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'. But Charlie's quiet life ended when Sarah was killed on a business trip. Teaming with a blunt Colonel Henderson , played by Laurence Fishburne , Charlie is forced to take the role of a killer to find the people responsible for Sarah's murder. O...