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Biography, drama. UK, USA 2018, 135 min. Directed by Bryan Singer. Starring: Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Joseph Mazzello, Mike Myers, Ben Hardy, Aidan Gillen, Tom Hollander. In English with Russian subtitles. The film tells the story of Queen’s origins and path to fantastic fame, from the first meeting of the then-unknown Freddy Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon to their performance at Live Aid, which would go down in the history of rock. At the center of the story is the great and terrible Freddie Mercury himself, brought to life onscreen in a brilliant performance by Rami Malek.
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11:10 | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse |
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Animation. USA 2018, 104 min. Directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey. In English with Russian subtitles. Everyone knows the story of Peter Parker, Spider-Man himself, who saved the world more times than you can could. But as it turns out, there's more like him. There are many universes, and each one has its own Spider-Man. In one of them, the role of superhero is filled by a normal Brooklyn schoolboy, Miles Morales. When the borders between worlds are blurred by a mad scientist's experiment that threatens to destroy all of creation, Miles, Peter, and the other Spideys have to join forces and stop the catastrophe together.
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Animation, comedy, family. USA 2018, 86 min. Directed by Yarrow Cheney, Scott Mosier. Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Cameron Seely, Rashida Jones. In English with Russian subtitles. For their eighth fully animated feature, Illumination and Universal Pictures present The Grinch, based on Dr. Seuss' beloved holiday classic. The Grinch tells the story of a cynical grump who goes on a mission to steal Christmas, only to have his heart changed by a young girl's generous holiday spirit. Funny, heartwarming, and visually stunning, it's a universal story about the spirit of Christmas and the indomitable power of optimism. Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch lends his voice to the infamous Grinch, who lives a solitary life inside a cave on Mt. Crumpet with only his loyal dog, Max, for company. With a cave rigged with inventions and contraptions for his day-to-day needs, the Grinch only sees his neighbors in Whoville when he runs out of food. Each year at Christmas they disrupt his tranquil solitude with their increasingly bigger, brighter, and louder celebrations. When the Whos declare they are going to make Christmas three times bigger this year, the Grinch ...
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23:10 | The Kindergarten Teacher |
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Drama. USA 2018, 97 min. Directed by Sara Colangelo. Starring: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gael García Bernal, Ato Blankson-Wood. In English with Russian subtitles. Lisa is your average wife and mother, living with her husband and family in the New York suburbs. She's been working as a kindergarten teacher for 20 years now, but her life has turned into a banal routine. Her only source of relief are her poetry courses. But neither the charismatic teacher or her loving husband take Lisa's literary attempts seriously, and her teenage children have completely separated themselves from their mother. One day, she hears one of her five-year-old students mumbling something that sounds to her very much like a brilliant poem. The teacher becomes so excited by the boy and his talents that it turns into a real obsession and leads to dangerous consequences.
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