{"id":59690,"date":"2010-10-04T15:35:08","date_gmt":"2010-10-04T15:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2010\/10\/04\/monsters\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T13:51:18","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T13:51:18","slug":"monsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/monsters\/","title":{"rendered":"Monsters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Monsters_Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 202 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Monsters_Poster-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Monsters_Poster\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-1508\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Release Date:<\/strong> October 29, 2010 (limited)<br \/>\n<strong>Studio:<\/strong> Magnet Releasing (Magnolia)<br \/>\n<strong>Director:<\/strong> Gareth Edwards<br \/>\n<strong>Screenwriter:<\/strong> Gareth Edwards<br \/>\n<strong>Cast:<\/strong> Scoot McNairy, Whitney Able<br \/>\n<strong>Genre:<\/strong> Sci-Fi, Thriller<br \/>\n<strong>MPAA Rating:<\/strong> R (for language)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> Six years ago previously, a NASA probe returning to earth with samples of an alien life form, crashed over Central America. 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