“Iconoclast”
Gabriel Basso writes, directs, produces, and stars in this psychological thriller, with Courtney Eaton, Rain Spencer, and Noah Centineo co-starring. The film follows a reclusive loner whose obsession with a live-streaming influencer leads him to make a series of unsettling choices. Basso has become a streaming-era action lead thanks to “The Night Agent,” but this sounds more contained and unstable: a thriller about isolation, parasocial fixation, and digital self-erasure.
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“Gail Daughtry And The Celebrity Sex Pass”
David Wain directs, co-writes, and produces this comedy, with Ken Marino co-writing, producing, and starring alongside Zoey Deutch, Jon Hamm, and John Slattery. After her fiancé uses their “celebrity sex pass,” Midwestern hair stylist Gail Daughtry sets out on a revenge journey. Wain and Marino have spent decades turning committed stupidity into comic escalation, and this sounds like a broad, showbiz-adjacent farce with enough cast firepower to justify the chaos.
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“Unidentified”
Haifaa Al Mansour writes, directs, and produces this Saudi crime thriller starring Mila Al Zahrani and Shafi Al Harthi. The film follows one woman’s search for justice after a teenage girl’s body is discovered in the desert. Al Mansour’s “Wadjda” remains a landmark of Saudi cinema, and this procedural setup allows her to build suspense while continuing to examine women navigating restrictive social systems, institutional pressure, and gendered power.
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“Seven O’Clock Breakfast Club For The Brokenhearted”
Lim Sun-ae writes and directs this Seoul-set romance starring Suzy, Lee Jin-wook, Yoo Ji-tae, and Keum Sae-rok. The film follows two wandering souls as they navigate love, loss, and the search for closure. The title is a mouthful, but the emotional pitch is clear: damaged people, early-morning ritual, and heartbreak as a place people keep returning to until they understand it. The cast gives the film an obvious K-drama and Korean-cinema appeal.
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“Never Change!”
Marty Schousboe directs “Never Change!,” written by John Reynolds and starring Reynolds, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Carmen Christopher, Jo Firestone, and Gary Richardson. Because of a legal loophole, the Class of 2008 has to return to high school in their mid-30s, bringing adult baggage back into teenage hallways. It is a deliberately stupid premise, which is the point. Reynolds, Firestone, and Black-D’Elia are well-matched to deadpan absurdity and escalating embarrassment.
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