We have collected for you the hottest new releases that have recently shone on the big screens.
In this selection you will find everything: impressive premieres from Apple TV, real Russian films, a gripping thriller and a heartfelt chamber drama.
Now you can watch all of these in the comfort of your own home – get ready for an evening of films filled with vivid emotions and unexpected plots.
1. Twister 2 (2024)
Original title: Twisters
Genre: action, thriller
Audience rating: ⭐️ 6.6 (KinoPoisk), ⭐️ 6.9 (IMDb)
Country: USA
Director: Lee Isaac Chung
Starring: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea
About what: Meteor student Kate, along with her boyfriend and friends, chases tornadoes in her native Oklahoma for her school project. She has developed an idea to spray a mixture inside the vortex, which, according to her theory, can destroy the tornado. However, nature turns out to be stronger: three participants, including Kate’s boyfriend, are defeated, and of the entire team, only Kate and Javi remain alive.
Five years later, Javi finds Kate working in an office in New York City and convinces her to take a short trip to Oklahoma. As tornado season begins, Javi now has a bigger and more serious team. Upon arrival, they immediately encounter the same problems with many brave vloggers, chief cowboy weatherman Tyler.
Where to watch: Rutube
2. The Masterminds (2024)
Original title: The Instigators.
Genre: action, thriller, drama, comedy, crime
Audience rating: ⭐️ 6.5 (KinoPoisk), ⭐️ 6.2 (IMDb)
Country: USA
Director: Doug Liman
Starring: Matt Damon, Casey Affleck, Hong Chau, Jack Harlow
About what: Rory, a former infantryman with child support and a mortgage debt, and Cobby, recently released from prison and in dire need of money, decide to bank on a robbery.
However, their plan is realized, and now they have to escape from the police, tenacious bureaucrats and a vengeful gangster boss, taking psychotherapist Rory with them.
Where to watch: Apple TV
3. Show Me the Moon (2024)
Original title: Fly with me to the moon
Genre: melodrama, comedy
Audience rating: ⭐️ 7.0 (KinoPoisk), ⭐️ 6.8 (IMDb)
Country: USA, UK
Director: Greg Berlanti
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Woody Harrelson, Ray Romano
About what: 1960s, the space race between the USSR and the USA. Kelly Jones is a marketing specialist who is recruited by the first manned flight to the Moon.
In case the Apollo 11 crew does not reach their destination, marketers decide to film footage of the astronauts landing on the lunar surface themselves.
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4. My Favorite Champion (2024)
Genre: family, adventure, drama
Audience rating: 7.1 (KinoPoisk), ⭐️ 2.2 (IMDb)
Country: Russia
Director: Alexander Danilov
Starring: Vasilisa Korostyshevskaya, Ekaterina Vilkova, Lyudmila Artemyeva, Ilya Lyubimov, Egor Beroev
About what: Sasha’s best friend is Jonathan the horse. Only he can share the joys, losses and hopes of the 13-year-old girl. Sasha’s classmates do not understand her, and her mother, who accidentally told the girl about her father, considers the obstinate horse a burden to the family. And only her grandmother is ready to support Sasha in her desire to save the horse.
To achieve this, the young athlete and Jonathan will have to go through a long path leading to great victories and new discoveries.
Where to watch: Okko
5. Major Grom: The Game (2024)
Genre: action, adventure
Audience rating: 7.7 (KinoPoisk), ⭐️ 6.6 (IMDb)
Country: USA
Director: Oleg Trofim
Starring: Tikhon Zhiznevsky, Alexander Seteikin, Alexey Maklakov, Lyubov Aksenova, Sergey Goroshko
About what: Police Major Igor Grom is known throughout St. Petersburg for his assertive character and uncompromising stance on entertainment of all kinds. Incredible strength, an analytical mind, and incorruptibility — all of this makes Major Grom a true superhero. His life is ideal: during the day, he catches criminals with his partner Dima Dubin, and in the evenings he spends time with journalist Yulia Pchyolkina.
The complete idyll is interrupted by the appearance in the city of a mysterious villain calling himself the Ghost. He offers Grom to play a dangerous game, the stake in which is the lives of ordinary people.
Where to watch: Kinopoisk
6. Daddy (2023)
Original title: Daddio
Genre: drama
Audience rating: ⭐️ 6.8 (KinoPoisk), ⭐️ 6.6 (IMDb)
Country: USA
Director: Christy Hall
Starring: Dakota Johnson, Sean Penn, Marcos Antonio Gonzalez, Zola Lloyd
About what: The story takes place in New York and is a dialogue between a taxi driver and a passenger. During the taxi ride, they discuss various aspects of life, touching on themes of loneliness, human relationships and personal trauma.
The film focuses on the emotional and personal conditions of the environment, creating a reliable and atmospheric gazebo that reveals their inner part.
Where to watch: RuTube
7. Maxine XXX (2024)
Original title: MaXXXine
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Audience rating: ⭐️ 6.4 (KinoPoisk), ⭐️ 6.4 (IMDb)
Country: USA, UK, New Zealand
Director: Ti West
Starring: Mia Goth, Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumnee, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale
About what: Hollywood, 1985. Maxine, a survivor of that bloody massacre on a Texas farm, has already made a name in adult films and is now trying her hand at big-time cinema.
A girl gets the lead role in the sequel to our dream horror movie, when suddenly someone starts killing her friends.
Where to watch: Kinopoisk
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