FIRST MAN: A Beautifully-Directed, Written, and Acted Intimate Look at the Brilliance and Flaws of Neil Armstrong

Genre: Biography, Drama, History

Produced by: Ryan Gosling, Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, Damien Chazelle

Directed by: Damien Chazelle

Written by: Josh Singer

Production Company: Universal Pictures

Starring: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Patrick Fugit, Ciaran Hinds, Ethan Embry, Shea Whigham, Corey Stoll, Pablo Schreiber  

Runtime: 141 minutes                 

SYNOPSIS: 

Set during the 1960’s, First Man tells the untold story of real-life American hero/astronaut Neil Armstrong (Ryan Gosling) leading up to the Moon landing, and how his private human struggle intersects with one of the most revolutionary moments in both American and space exploration history. 

VENOM: Tom Hardy is Good and Bad in This Generic Superhero Mess

Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Produced by: Amy Pascal, Avi Arad, Matthew Tolmach

Directed by: Ruben Fleischer

Written by: Jeff Pinkner, Scott Rosenberg, Kelly Marcel

Production Company: Sony Pictures, Marvel

Starring: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Jenny Slate, Riz Ahmed, Woody Harrelson                          Runtime: 112 minutes

SYNOPSIS: 

Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy), an investigative journalist, is obsessed with taking down Carlton Drake (Riz Ahmed), a space magnate who’s been using humans as part of a shady experiment involving an alien parasite called the Symbiote. Needing more than just his hard-as-nails investigative skills to stop Drake, Brock might have just found his answer when one of Drake’s symbiotes accidentally enters his body, granting him not only with superpowers, but also access to the darker, violent side of his personality: “Venom”.