Alex, a New York financier separated from his wife Tess, feels lost and lonely. To avoid an entrance fee, he signs up for a bar’s open-mic night and becomes unexpectedly energized after venting on stage. His standup-as-therapy approach helps Tess regain drive after losing it following motherhood. The relationship story is messy and nuanced, with comedy club scenes boosted by real-life performers. Separately, Jack Ryan: Ghost War follows CIA analyst Jack Ryan as he teams with an MI6 agent to pursue a rogue black ops operative across London and Dubai. My Favourite Cake presents a bittersweet Tehran widow’s encounter with an elderly taxi driver, set against a backdrop of controversy involving its directors.
"Alex, separated from wife Tess (Laura Dern) and feeling lost and lonely, signs up for a bar's open-mic night to avoid the entrance fee and is unexpectedly energised after going on stage to vent about his life. His joie de vivre as he pursues standup-as-therapy rubs off on ex-volleyball star Tess, who has lost her own drive after becoming a mother. As a dissection of a relationship, it's satisfyingly messy and nuanced, while a host of real-life acts make the comedy club scenes zing."
"Krasinski's CIA analyst Jack Ryan offers an interesting contrast to the haunted Cruise: a more relaxed spook, he has a sturdy moral compass and a nice line in rather British understatement. Here, Ryan teams up with Sienna Miller's MI6 agent to pursue Max Beesley's rogue black ops operative Ethan Hunt if he'd gone to the dark side from London to Dubai. Out now, Prime Video."
"Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha, the directors of this glorious, surprising film, were given 14-month suspended sentences last year for obscene content and propaganda against the Iranian state. On the surface, the bittersweet story of a 70-year-old Tehran widow (Lili Farhadpour) and her encounter with an elderly taxi driver (Esmaeel Mehrabi) seems inoffensive. But it prov"
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