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Alan Turning Biopic ‘The Imitation Game’ Gets Two Trailers, Lots of Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch / The Imitation Game

Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Alan Turing, the father of modern computing. A period piece featuring a great cast and a protagonist who struggles against adversity (more on that in a moment) during World War 2? I think I smell an Oscar contender.

We have not one but two trailers after the jump, one from Weinstein Company in the US and one from Studio Canal in the UK.

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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Trailer + Poster Look Nothing Like Jack Ryan But Maybe That’s OK

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

I kind of missed this one last week but there’s a reboot of the Jack Ryan franchise, created by [recently deceased autho Tom Clancy](https://awesomefriday.ca/2013/10/not-awesome-tom-clancy-has-passed-away/). The books have been brought to the screen a bunch of times and Jack Ryan has been played by a bunch of actors. This time around it’s Chris Pine and it appears to a) not really resemble Jack Ryan and b) look like it might be fun anyway. Let’s watch!

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