Why it’s great: Fans of the La La Land's Technicolor whimsy, the bizarrerie of Amélie, and/or the low-key hijinks of Wallace and Gromit cartoons should seek out the latest from 'Abel and Gordon,' an old-meets-new comedy starring the director couple as a Canadian woman desperate to find her missing aunt, and the free-wheeling tramp who injects himself into the search to varying degrees of helpfulness. Where to see it right now: Stream on Amazon Prime rent on iTunes, Amazon Video, VUDU, and YouTube ( watch the trailer) Oscilloscope LaboratoriesĬast: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Emmanuelle Riva, Pierre Richardĭirector: Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon ( The Fairy) By the end of Free Fire, limbs are torn through, blood is spilled, and your jaw is on the floor. Each insult exacerbates the standoff, which Wheatley orchestrates with wailing bullets, chaotic camerawork, and salvos of clever banter, blurted out as the actors squirm across dirt floors to safety.

What should be just-another-illegal-gun-deal-by-the-docks between a group of IRA fighters (led by Murphy), a skeezy arms dealer (Copley), and two American representatives for the respective parties (Larson and Hammer) explodes into a firefight when one lower-rung goon accuses another of assaulting his sister at a bar the night prior. Why it’s great: Cast from the molten barrels of Charles Bronson's many Smith & Wessons, this frenetic '70s throwback plays out as one prolonged shootout. Cast: Brie Larson, Sharlto Copley, Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy

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