New Movies Premiering This Friday: Crime Drama, Supernatural Horror, Animated Comedy, and Romantic Reboot

a Chicago-based criminal drama. A supernatural horror movie starring an actor who has won an Oscar. a contemporary revival of a well-known romantic comedy. A talking-free animated movie. This Friday, a number of films are slated to open in theaters. Everything you require is provided here.

Bicycle Riders (in English)

Lead director: Jeff Nichols

Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Michael Shannon, Mike Faist, Tom Hardy, and Norman Reedus in the cast

Inspired by Danny Lyon's 1967 photo-book of the same name, which chronicled the lives of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club from McCook, Illinois, The Bikeriders is a crime thriller. The film, which takes place in Chicago in the 1960s, follows the rise of the Vandals MC, an outlaw motorcycle gang. The film, which is told from the viewpoints of the club's members and their families, shows how the organization changes over the course of ten years from a haven for misfits to an organized crime syndicate, endangering the vision of its original founder.

The Exorcist (Dutch)

Behind the camera: Joshua John Miller

Russell Crowe, Sam Worthington, Adam Goldberg, Adrian Pasdar, Chloe Bailey, Ryan Simpkins, and David Hyde Pierce are in the cast.

Russell Crowe plays Anthony Miller in the supernatural horror film The Exorcism. Miller's mental breakdown while filming a horror movie worries his daughter Lee (Ryan Simpkins). Anthony replaces an actor who suffered a personal tragedy in a horror movie, according to the teaser. As Anthony explores the character more, odd things start happening all around him. It also draws attention to Miller's tumultuous relationship with his daughter Lee, who worries more and more about his unpredictable behavior and stopping his medicine. She goes to a priest in desperation for assistance.

Dreams of a Robot (English)

Behind the camera: Pablo Berger

Robot Dreams is an animated tragicomedy film directed by Pablo Berger that is based on the same-titled 2007 comic book by Sara Varon. There is no conversation in the movie. Robot Dreams debuted in 2023 at the 76th Cannes Film Festival and received a nomination for the 96th Academy Awards' best animated feature category. The narrative, which takes place in Manhattan in the 1980s, centers on a dog who commands a robot friend, only for the robot to rust and end up abandoned on a beach. The original robot, which was fixed by a raccoon, decides not to rejoin with the dog and instead finds satisfaction in new partnerships, while the dog moves on with a new robot.

Hindi: Ishq Vishk Rebound

Behind the camera: Nipun Dharmadhikari

Jaanam Raaj, Pashmina Roshan, Jibraan Khan, Naila Grrewal, and Rohit Saraf comprise the cast.

Ishq Vishk A contemporary remake of the 2003 romance comedy Ishq Vishk, which served as Shahid Kapoor's Bollywood premiere, is called Rebound. Jibraan Khan, Pashmina Roshan, Rohit Saraf, and Naila Grrewal play the key characters in the new movie. It centers on two couples figuring out how to date in today's complicated world. The narrative explores the four young characters' emotional highs and lows as they deal with breakups and comebacks.

Pushtani in Hindi

Lead director: Vinod Rawat

Cast: Nitin Goel, Rita Heer, Hemant Pandey, Rajkummar Rao, and Vinod Rawat

Pushtaini, directed by first-time filmmaker Vinod Rawat, who has coached actors in Bollywood such as Hrithik Roshan, is about an ambitious actor named Bhuppi (Rawat), who comes to Mumbai to establish himself. He eventually gets cast with Rajkummar Rao in a movie, but at first he's too afraid to act. Bhuppi is blackmailed by his purported friend Sumit (Nitin Goel), who has access to a video of Bhuppi that could ruin his career, once he finally delivers a sequence that works. Bhuppi is compelled by this situation to return to his Uttarakhand homeland in order to collect his inheritance. But since his sudden departure, a lot has happened, and Bhuppi now needs to face his history and get past many challenges to take back what is rightfully his.

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