Looking Back: Adam Frazier Picks His Top 10 Favorite Movies of 2019

Over the last 12 months, I've seen more than 125 new releases — that's over ten days in total spent watching movies — and I'm happy to report that it's been another exceptional year at the multiplex. This year, we got to see vital new work from visionary filmmakers like Bong Joon-ho, Martin Scorsese, Greta Gerwig, Quentin...

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Watch: 'Skywatch' Sci-Fi Short Film + How They Got Jude Law For It

"Initiate Project_Osprey." Skywatch is a fun, gripping sci-fi short film that is worth a quick watch. This is made by independent filmmaker Colin Levy, who previously worked at Pixar as a Camera & Staging Artist before jumping full-time into filmmaking himself. Skywatch isn't just a clever short, it's also a showcase for...

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Looking Back: Sleepy Skunk's 2010s Decade in Review Movie Mashup

"We accept the love we think we deserve." Ten years of dramas. Ten years of action. Ten years of comedy. Ten years of horror. Ten years of indies. Ten years of emotions of every kind. Ten years of excitement. Ten years of cinema. SleepySkunk has put together an epic "Movie Trailer Mashup of the Decade" looking back at the...

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Dafne Keen & Andy Garcia in First Trailer for Road Trip Comedy 'Ana'

"We need a real plan!" Gravitas Ventures has debuted a trailer for a road trip indie comedy adventure titled Ana, about a young woman trying to find her real father on the island of Puerto Rico. The film stars Dafne Keen (the badass girl from Logan) as Ana, who meets a man named Rafa in a chance encounter. Together they embark...

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Watch: Exhilarating 'The 25 Best Films of the Decade' Video Mashup

"Are you ready?" It's the end of another decade! With the 2010s winding down, and the 2020s about to kick off, everyone is looking back at the last 10 years and all the films that are truly worth of being singled out and highlighted as the best of the best. Cinephile and writer Milton Lawson has edited a video called The 25...

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Christina Ricci in '10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up' Trailer

"We really don't know each other at all…" Signature Entertainment in the UK has unveiled an official trailer for an indie romantic comedy titled 10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up. The title is a direct reference to a part of the plot, but it's also a bit too similar to 10 Things I Hate About You to be considered original....

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Official Trailer for Drama 'Skipping Stones' About Struggling with Grief

"I raised him! And it's my job to protect him!" A trailer has debuted for an indie drama called Skipping Stones, arriving in theaters later in 2020. This indie drama originally used the title Skipping Stones to Madonna, but they took out that second name and went with the shorter version for release. The film tells the story...

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Watch: Award-Winning Yarn Puppets Animated Short 'A Love Story'

"Two hearts entwined. Two lives unravelled." Another award-winning short to feature this week. A Love Story is an animated short film that won the prestigious BAFTA Award for Best Animated Short in 2017. It's finally online to watch in full, and it's a lovely 7-minute journey into the surreal world of love. Made by British...

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Short New Trailer for Horror 'The Turning' Featuring Mackenzie Davis

"Bad dreams?" Entertainment One UK has debuted another new official 60-second trailer for the upcoming horror film The Turning, opening in one month at the end of January. This creepy new the-kids-are-not-alright thriller is a modern take on Henry James' novella "The Turn of the Screw". A young governess, Kate, is hired by...

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Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from FirstShowing's Movie Lovers

Joyeux Noel! Gledelig Jul! Frohe Weihnachten! Mele Kalikimaka! From all of us at FirstShowing.net, we want to wish every one our readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays! Whether you're with your family or with friends or whether it's snowing or sunny, we hope you have a wonderful week. For those that follow the...

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Ken Jeong & Parker Posey in Indie Dramedy 'Elsewhere' Official Trailer

"If you really want to honor Lydia's life, maybe the best course of action is for you to… finally live your own." Freestyle Digital Media has unveiled an official trailer for an indie comedy titled Elsewhere, the latest from filmmaker Hernan Jimenez. This just premiered at the Napa Valley Film Festival, and arrives in theaters...

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The First Word Podcast - JJ Abrams' 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker'

"People keep telling me they know me. No one does." Tune in to our latest podcast episode for a discussion about the long-awaited, highly anticipated sci-fi finale Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, directed by J.J. Abrams. The conclusion to Rey and Kylo Ren's stories. For this episode of The First Word podcast, Mike &...

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Witty Second Trailer for Guy Ritchie's Crime Comedy 'The Gentlemen'

"There once was a young and foolish dragon, who came to ask a wise and cunning lion about acquiring his territory." STX Films has debuted a second official trailer for The Gentlemen, the new crime comedy from British filmmaker Guy Ritchie, a return to his London roots following up Disney's Aladdin last year. This is opening...

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Official US Trailer for Religious Drama 'Corpus Christi' from Poland

"To forgive doesn't mean to forget." Film Movement has unveiled the US trailer for an indie drama from Poland titled Corpus Christi, which was one of the big discoveries at the Venice Film Festival earlier this fall. It also played at the Toronto Film Festival, and is Poland's submission to the Academy Awards. Inspired by...

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Terry Crews & Ludacris in First Trailer for Action Drama 'John Henry'

"Trust me… I'm not a killer. I'm John Henry." Saban Films has revealed an official trailer for an indie action drama titled John Henry, set to drop into theaters + on VOD coming up in January. Terry Crews stars as the titular John Henry, some kind of big brute who lives in South Los Angeles taking care of his father. His is...

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Official Trailer for Hoax-Busting Horror Film 'Get Gone' with Lin Shaye

"If you create a beast, you best learn how to ride it." 1091 Media has debuted an official trailer for a horror thriller titled Get Gone, which premiered at the Action On Film Festival earlier this year. The film's selling point is this creepy mask, which seems to be a part of the killers' costume. A hoax-busting group goes...

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Donnie Yen in Final Trailer for 'Ip Man 4: The Finale' In Theaters Soon

"Strangers in a strange land." Well Go USA has released another full-length, final trailer for Ip Man 4: The Finale, opening in theaters next week on Christmas Day. That's right - Ip Man is a cinema Christmas present! This is the fourth (and final) film in the Ip Man series that first kicked off in 2008 with Donnie Yen starring...

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One More US Trailer for Wonderful Dance Film 'And Then We Danced'

"Dancing isn't for you, don't you get it?" Music Box Films has released an official US trailer for the indie Georgian dance film And Then We Danced, which was Sweden's official film submission to the Academy Awards this year (sadly it did not make the shortlist). The story is about a carefree dancer named Irakli who arrives...

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Official US Trailer for Michael Angelo Covino's Bromance 'The Climb'

"He's gotta go…" Sony Classics has debuted an official US trailer for the indie film The Climb, originally based on the short film of the same name also by the same director. The film starts out with one long scene - two friends are riding bikes together in Europe. One of them reveals he slept with the other's wife, and then...

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First Trailer for 'Downhill' Remake of 'Force Majeure' with Will Ferrell

"Every day is all we have." Fox Searchlight has unveiled the first trailer for the film Downhill, an English-language remake of the beloved dark comedy Force Majeure made by Ruben Östlund. Set at a ski resort in the Alps (filmed in Austria), the movie is about a family that narrowly escapes an avalanche. Everything is then...

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Jennifer Hudson is Aretha Franklin in Teaser Trailer for 'Respect' Movie

"Find out what it means to me!" MGM has revealed an official trailer for a biopic film titled Respect about the life of legendary singer Aretha Franklin. The film stars Jennifer Hudson as the singer, and it aims to tell her entire life story - from her start as a child singing in her father's church's choir to her superstar...

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Official US Trailer for Koreeda's 'The Truth' with Deneuve & Binoche

"I'm on the verge… of forgiving you." IFC Films has debuted the official US trailer for the latest film from acclaimed / beloved Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, who also won the Cannes Palme d'Or last year for Shoplifters. He premiered his latest film titled The Truth (also known as Shinjitu in Japanese, or La vérité...

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Elijah Wood in Official Trailer for Extra Strange Film 'Come To Daddy'

"I need to know why you sent that letter!" Saban Films has unveiled an official trailer for a strange, wacky little indie film titled Come To Daddy. It's not really horror, it's not really drama, it's one of these peculiar films that keeps going to weird places and you have no idea what is about to happen next. Come To Daddy...

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Review: 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' is Strong with the Force

Co-written and directed by filmmaker J.J. Abrams (Mission: Impossible III, Star Trek, Super 8, Star Trek Into Darkness, Episode VII - The Force Awakens), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is the third entry in this current Star Wars trilogy featuring Rey, Finn, Poe, and Kylo Ren. It ends the trilogy also featuring Abrams' Star...

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First Official Trailer Debuts for Christopher Nolan's Next Movie 'Tenet'

"All I have for you is a word: Tenet. It'll open the right doors. Some of the wrong ones, too…" Warner Bros has unveiled the first full trailer for Christopher Nolan's new movie, Tenet. There's also an extended Nolan prologue for Tenet playing in IMAX in front of Star Wars. No one entirely knows what Tenet is about yet, though...

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Keira Knightley & Gugu Mbatha-Raw in UK Trailer for 'Misbehaviour'

"Why should any woman have to earn her place in the world by looking a particular way?" Pathe UK has debuted the first full UK trailer for a film called Misbehaviour (that extra "u" is part of the UK spelling), a quirky comedy about badass women fighting back in the 70s. The film tells the true story of what happened during...

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First Trailer for Eliza Hittman's Film 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always'

"I want to make sure that you're safe." Focus Features has unveiled the first trailer for a film titled Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always, the latest feature made by writer/director Eliza Hittman (she also made It Felt Like Love and Beach Rats). This is premiering at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival in January, then arriving...

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Lana Condor Returns in 'To All The Boys P.S. I Still Love You' Trailer

"I promise I am not going to break your heart." Netflix has debuted the first trailer for romantic comedy To All The Boys P.S. I Still Love You, the highly anticipated sequel to To All the Boys I've Loved Before. It was a big hit for Netflix and became an instant favorite, pushing this sequel right into development. P.S. I...

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Amy Adams in Full Trailer for Joe Wright's 'The Woman in the Window'

"Don't go looking into other people's houses - you won't like what you see…" 20th Century Fox has unveiled the first official trailer for Joe Wright's latest film, a crime mystery titled The Woman in the Window. Not to be confused with The Girl on the Train or the horror film The Witch in the Window. This thriller is about...

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First Trailer for Action Thriller 'Disturbing the Peace' with Guy Pearce

"There ain't nothing else to steal here." Momentum Pics has unveiled the official trailer for an indie crime thriller titled Disturbing the Peace, from director York Alec Shackleton. The film stars Guy Pearce in another leading role as a small town marshal named Jim Dillon, who hasn't carried a gun since he left the Texas...

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Zoey Deutch in Full-Length Trailer for Indie Crime Comedy 'Buffaloed'

"There's an amazing feeling you get when you find your true calling." Magnolia has released the full-length official trailer an indie crime-ish comedy titled Buffaloed, which we featured the teaser for just yesterday. This premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year, and is opening in theaters this February. Set...

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First Full Trailer for Monster + Break Up Horror Film 'After Midnight'

"You see what it did to my door?!" Cranked Up Films has debuted an official trailer for an indie horror film titled After Midnight, a creature feature from director Jeremy Gardner (The Battery, Tex Montana Will Survive) and producers Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead. This mumblecore-esque horror also stars Jeremy Gardner...

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One Final Intense Trailer for Sam Mendes' The Great War Movie '1917'

"If we're not clever about this, no one will get to your brother!" Starting next week, Universal will release Sam Mendes' intense war movie 1917 in theaters worldwide. The nerve-racking film has been picking up numerous nominations and awards already, and is harrowing experience to see on the big screen. If you still need...

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First Announcement Teaser for John Krasinski's 'A Quiet Place: Part II'

Shhhhhhhh. Paramount Pictures has revealed an announcement teaser trailer for A Quiet Place: Part II, the sequel to John Krasinski and Emily Blunt's sci-fi monster thriller A Quiet Place from 2018. The sequel picks up right where the first film left off. Following the traumatic events at home (seen in the first movie), the...

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Real Flying Featurette About Tom Cruise Filming 'Top Gun: Maverick'

"It is aggressive. You can't act that!" Paramount Pictures has revealed a new featurette about the making of Top Gun: Maverick, following the fantastic full trailer earlier this week. If you aren't sold on this sequel yet, you will be after this. The video shows us how they filmed this movie by mounting cameras inside actual...

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Official Trailer for Russian Video Game Sci-Fi Movie 'A Rough Draft'

"This world belongs to me!" High Octane Pictures has released an official trailer for a Russian sci-fi movie titled A Rough Draft, formerly known as just The Draft. This super trippy, weird techno-thriller is about a video game designer who is stripped of his identity and then recruited by a mysterious group to be the gatekeeper...

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First Teaser Trailer for Crime Comedy 'Buffaloed' Starring Zoey Deutch

"Are you a hustler?" Magnolia Pics has debuted a short teaser trailer for an indie crime-ish comedy titled Buffaloed, which first premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year. The title is seemingly just a reference to the character being stuck in Buffalo, NY, and wanting to get out for good. Set in the underworld...

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New Trailer for 4K Restoration of Steven Soderbergh's Film 'The Limey'

"Tell me about Jenny!" A new trailer has launched for the 4K restoration, 20th anniversary re-release of one of Steven Soderbergh's forgotten early films called The Limey. This "pulp revenge" tale is about a volatile, dangerous Englishman who goes to Los Angeles to find the man he considers responsible for his daughter's death....

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First Trailer for Rose Glass' Pious Horror Film 'Saint Maud' from A24

"It takes nothing special to mop up after the dying… But to save a soul – that's quite something." A24 has unveiled the first official trailer for an indie horror film titled Saint Maud, which originally premiered at the Toronto Film Festival earlier this fall in the Midnight Madness category. It also played at Fantastic Fest,...

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Yet Another Full-Length Trailer for Pixar's Fantasy Adventure 'Onward'

"I told them about the map! I told them about the gem! I told them about the curse!" Disney has released one more official US trailer for Pixar's Onward - their next big movie, both written and directed by Dan Scanlon (of Monsters University). This is technically the fourth trailer we've posted, including the original teaser...

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Freya Tingley in Official Trailer for Dark Violinist Thriller 'The Sonata'

"If the notes are played with exactly the right pitch, they could conjure and seduce the antichrist." Screen Media has unveiled an official trailer for indie horror-thriller The Sonata, which premiered at numerous genre film festivals last year - including Fantasporto, Fantafestival, and FrightFest. The film stars Australian...

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Amusing Trailer for Road Trip Sex Comedy Remake 'Come As You Are'

"To our boners!" Samuel Goldwyn Films has unveiled an official trailer for an indie sex comedy titled Come As You Are, which first premiered at the SXSW Film Festival earlier this year. It also went on to play at the Traverse City, Calgary, Tallgrass, Philadelphia, and Napa Valley Film Festivals throughout the past year. This...

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Fun International Trailer for Austen's 'Emma' with Anya Taylor-Joy

"Who can think of Miss Smith when Miss Woodhouse in near?" Universal UK has debuted a funny official international trailer for Emma, a new adaptation of the classic Jane Austen comedic book about happiness, love and romance. The novel was adapted once before in 1996 into Emma starring Gwyneth Paltrow; and was re-interpreted...

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Second Trailer for Joe Kosinski's 'Top Gun: Maverick' with Tom Cruise

"Good morning aviators! This is your captain speaking. Today's exercise is dog fighting." Paramount has debuted the second official trailer for Top Gun: Maverick, following the exhilarating teaser trailer from earlier this year. And wow wow wow - this looks better than ever! That cockpit footage!! Holy smokes. I'm all in!...

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Watch: Clever 'Star Wars: Origins' Fan Film Reimagines Earth's History

"The Saga You Know, The Origins You Don't…." This is the week where we all finally get to experience the grand finale in the Skywalker saga, with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker opening in theaters soon. If you're in need of a hearty Star Wars boost to get you in the right mood, or just want to explore some more Star Wars...

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New Trailer for James Ivory's 'The Europeans' Restoration Re-Release

"I want you to make me a promise: not to get excited." Cohen Media Group & Cohen Film Collection have debuted an official trailer for a 2K restoration re-release of the classic 1979 film The Europeans, the first in James Ivory's Henry James triptych. Set in the fall of 1850, a few miles outside Boston. The household of...

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Watch: 80s Action Comedy Short 'Pizza Time' from Director Ryan Polly

"Round 3, fight!" It's Pizza Time! Order yourself a pie and enjoy this action comedy short film. Pizza Time is the latest short made by filmmaking collective Maker Table, based out of Dallas, TX - we also featured their horror short Monitor last year. This incredibly fun 80s throwback is about a legendary pizza delivery driver,...

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Weird Trailer for 'VHYes' - Bizarre Retro Comedy Shot Entirely on VHS

"This is the beginning of the fall of mankind." Oscilloscope Labs has debuted an official trailer for VHYes, described as a "bizarre retro comedy" made by filmmaker Jack Henry Robbins. Shot entirely on VHS and Beta, the feature film follows 12-year-old Ralph as he accidentally records home videos and his favorite late night...

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Justin Long in Another Wild Trailer for Trippy Indie Thriller 'The Wave'

"The universe is trying to tell you something - pay attention!" Oh yeah - take a big hit of this! Epic Pictures has debuted a full-length official trailer for a wacky, mesmerizing psychedelic thriller titled The Wave, the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Gille Klabin. This already premiered at Fantastic Fest and Screamfest...

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Trailer for Animated Doc Film 'Liyana' Telling an Original African Tale

"Don't be afraid. Be brave." Passion River Films is highlighting one of their best releases from this fall, an animated documentary film titled Liyana. This originally premiered in 2017, but since then has picked up over 35 Jury & Audience Awards from numerous festivals all over the world. After playing at various fests...

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