Murder at Yellowstone City

Following the decline of the former gold rush boomtown of Yellowstone City, Montana, residents have fallen on hard times. However, when prospector Dunnigan (McGowan) finally strikes gold and reinvigorates the town's hope, things look as though they could finally turn around. When Dunnigan is found murdered the day following his discovery, Sheriff Ambrose (Byrne) only has one suspect in mind: a poor soul who, by sheer coincidence, wandered into town on the same day, freed slave Cicero (Mustafa). As the town comes together to solve a senseless murder, tumultuous pasts and secrets are revealed.

Director: Richard Gray. Stars: Isaiah Mustafa, Zach McGowan, Gabriel Byrne, Thomas Jane, Ron Garritson, John Ales, Aimee Garcia, Richard Dreyfuss, Lew Temple, Nat Wolff. 2022. 127 mins. Western.

Nitram

When social outcast and intellectually disabled young adult Nitram (Landry Jones) is refused a surfboard by his mother (J. Davis), he begins mowing neighborhood lawns in suburban Tasmania to earn money. Mowing the lawn of a wealthy former actress named Helen (E. Davis), the two become an unlikely pair, joined together by their perceived slights in life. When a mysterious death befalls Helen, she leaves her vast fortune to Nitram, but chaos, trauma and despair soon follow.

Director: Justin Kurzel. Stars: Caleb Landry Jones, Judy Davis, Anthony LaPaglia, Essie Davis, Phoebe Taylor, Sean Keenan, Conrad Brandt. 2021. 112 mins. Drama.

Hot Seat

Hacker-turned-cybersecurity-expert Orlando Friar's (Dillon) life takes a dramatic and deadly turn when he finds a bomb strapped under his office chair. He is soon tasked with using his hacker skills to break into banking institutions and steal digital funds or else face the unimaginable: his daughter's murder. Friar's only hope to get out of this situation alive is explosives expert Wallace Reed (Gibson), who must navigate a booby-trapped building to save Friar and his daughter and put an end to a criminal's reign of terror.

Director: James Cullen Bressack. Stars: Mel Gibson, Michael Welch, Shannen Doherty, Kevin Dillon, Sam Asghari, Kate Katzman, Eddie Steeples, Lydia Hull. 2022. 99 mins. Action.