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Take 5: Favourite Openings in Film
A hook. Screenwriters know every script needs one. Some writers who gleefully break the rules, but it’s hard to find a movie that avoids trying to deliver a memorable first scene. It’s the writer and director’s chance to impress. To set a tone. To introduce vital characters. To make your audience react. There are countless…
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TWO HEADS CREEK (2019)
A timid butcher and his drama queen twin sister quit post-Brexit Britain and adventure to Australia in search of their birth mother… but the seemingly tolerant townsfolk are hiding a dark, meaty secret.
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TENET (2020)
A Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.
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BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC (2020)
Once told they’d save the universe during a time-traveling adventure, two would-be rockers find themselves as middle-aged dads still trying to crank out a hit song and fulfil their destiny.
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SHE DIES TOMORROW (2020)
Amy thinks she’s dying tomorrow…and it’s contagious.
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THE FIFTH ELEMENT (1997)
In the future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil at bay.
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THE HIGH NOTE (2020)
A superstar singer and her overworked personal assistant are presented with a choice that could alter the course of their respective careers.
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BLACK TEST CAR (1962) • THE BLACK REPORT (1963)
Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch.
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DESPERADO (1995)
Former musician and gunslinger El Mariachi arrives at a small Mexican border town after being away for a long time. His past quickly catches up with him and he soon gets entangled with the local drug kingpin and his gang.
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PROJECT POWER (2020)
When a pill that gives its users unpredictable superpowers for five minutes hits the streets of New Orleans, a teenage dealer and a local cop must team with an ex-soldier to take down the group responsible for its creation.
