The Bad Guys (2022)

“Good is no fun at all”

Directed by Pierre Perifel (feature debut)
StarringĀ Sam Rockwell (JoJo Rabbit), Marc Maron (Joker), Awkwafina (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), Craig Robinson (Dolittle), Anthony Ramos (In the Heights), Richard Ayoade (Soul), Zazie Beetz (Deadpool 2), Alex Borstein (Paranorman) and Lilly Singh (Riverdance: The Animated Adventure)

Ahe Bad Guys are a notorious criminal gang, made up of the most hated ans despised species in a world of humans and anthropomorphic animals: smooth-talking thief Mr Wolf (Rockwell), curmudgeonly safe-cracker Mr Snake (Maron), super-hacker Ms Tarantula (Awkwafina), master of disguise Mr Shark (Robinson) and wild-card muscle Mr Piranha (Ramos). Goaded by the dismissal of Mayor Diane Foxington (Beetz), the Bad Guys plan a heist to steal the Golden Dolphin, a philanthropic award due to be given to Professor Marmalade (Ayoade), and a prize that has eluded even the legendary Crimson Paw.

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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)

Directed by Tom Gormican (That Awkward Moment)
Starring Nicolas Cage (Season of the Witch), Pedro Pascal (Kingsman: The Golden Circle), Sharon Horgan (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie), Tiffany Haddish (The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part), Ike Barinholtz (Bright), Alessandra Mastronardi (To Rome With Love), Paco Leon (English language debut), Neil Patrick Harris (Starship Troopers) and Lily Sheen (Underworld: Evolution)

Fading movie star Nic Cage (Cage) is trying to make his comeback (not that he went anywhere,) and neglecting his family – ex-wife Olivia (Horgan) and daughter Addy (Sheen) – as a result. After a movie falls through he considers retiring, despite pressure from his imaginary, scenery swallowing younger self, Nicky (CGI de-aged Cage) and his agent Richard Fink (Harris). Fink books him a gig to make a guest appearance at the birthday party for millionaire superfan Javi Gutierrez (Pascal), and Cage takes the opportunity to get away and decompress in Majorca with Javi and his assistant Gabriela (Mastronardi), only to be recruited by CIA agents Vivian (Haddish) and Martin (Barinholtz), who explain that Javi is the head of a family of gun runners who have kidnapped the daughter (Katrin Vankova, feature debut) of a prominent politician to force him to drop out of an election.

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