Theatrical Releases: Godzilla: King Of The Monsters, Ma, & Rocketman

May 31, 2019 / Leave a Comment

GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS

Directed By: Michael Dougherty
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Official Synopsis: The new story follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species – thought to be mere myths – rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity’s very existence hanging in the balance.

Starring: Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Bradley Whitford, Sally Hawkins, Charles Dance, Thomas Middleditch, Aisha Hinds, O’Shea Jackson Jr., David Strathairn, Ken Watanabe, and Zhang Ziyi

Genre: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Country: USA | Japan (English, Japanese, & Chinese)
Rating: PG-13 (for sequences of monster action violence and destruction, and for some language)
Runtime: 132 minutes

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ROCKETMAN

Directed By: Dexter Fletcher
Studio: Paramount Pictures

Official Synopsis: ROCKETMAN is an epic musical fantasy about the incredible human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years. The film follows the fantastical journey of transformation from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar Elton John. This inspirational story — set to Elton John’s most beloved songs and performed by star Taron Egerton — tells the universally relatable story of how a small-town boy became one of the most iconic figures in pop culture. ROCKETMAN also stars Jamie Bell as Elton’s longtime lyricist and writing partner Bernie Taupin, Richard Madden as Elton’s first manager, John Reid, and Bryce Dallas Howard as Elton’s mother Sheila Farebrother.

Starring: Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Tate Donovan

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MA

Directed By: Tate Taylor
Studio: Universal Pictures

Official Synopsis: Oscar (R) winner Octavia Spencer stars as Sue Ann, a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town (Diana Silvers, Glass), to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting, if younger, friends of her own. She offers the kids the chance to avoid drinking and driving by hanging out in the basement of her home. But there are some house rules: One of the kids has to stay sober. Don’t curse. Never go upstairs. And call her “Ma.” But as Ma’s hospitality starts to curdle into obsession, what began as a teenage dream turns into a terrorizing nightmare, and Ma’s place goes from the best place in town to the worst place on earth.

Starring: Octavia Spencer, Diana Silvers, Juliette Lewis, and Luke Evans

Genre: Horror | Thriller
Country: USA (English)
Rating: R (for violent/disturbing material, language throughout, sexual content, and for teen drug and alcohol use)
Runtime: 110 minutes

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YOMEDDINE

Directed By: A.B. Shawky
Studio: Strand Releasing

Official Synopsis: Beshay — a man cured of leprosy — has never left the leper colony in the Egyptian desert where he has lived since childhood. Following the death of his wife, he finally decides to go in search of his roots. With his meager possessions strapped to a donkey cart, he sets out. Quickly joined by Obama, the Nubian orphan he has taken under his wing, Beshay will cross Egypt and confront the world with all its sorrows, its hardships and moments of grace, in his quest for a family, a place to belong, a little humanity….

Starring: Rady Gamal & Ahmed Abdelhafiz

Genre: Adventure | Comedy | Drama
Country: Egypt | Austria | USA (Arabic)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 96 minutes

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THE FALL OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE

Directed By: Denys Arcand
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

Official Synopsis: Pierre-Paul Daoust, 36, an intellectual with a PhD in philosophy is forced to work as a deliveryman to afford a decent living. One day, while delivering a parcel, he gets caught in a hold up gone terribly wrong: two dead and millions in money bags laying on the ground. Pierre-Paul is confronted with a dilemma: leave empty handed, or take the money and run?

Starring: Maxim Roy, Yan England, Rémy Girard, Anoulith Sintharaphone, Maripier Morin, and Patrick Emmanuel Abellard

Genre: Comedy | Crime
Country: Canada (English & French)
Rating: R (for some strong violence, sexual content/nudity and language)
Runtime: 128 minutes

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DOMINO (2019)

Directed By: Brian DePalma
Studio: Saban Films

Official Synopsis: In a world wracked by terror and suspicion, Copenhagen police officer, Christian (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), seeks justice for his partner’s murder by an ISIS member named Imran. On the hunt for the killer, Christian and a fellow cop are unwittingly caught in a cat and mouse chase with a duplicitous CIA agent (Guy Pearce) who is using Imran as a pawn to trap other ISIS members. Soon Christian is racing against the clock — not only seeking revenge, but to save his own life.

Starring: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Carice van Houten, and Guy Pearce

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FOR THE BIRDS

Directed By: Richard Miron
Studio: Dogwoof

Official Synopsis: In Richard Miron’s surprising and empathetic For the Birds, we follow an unusual woman named Kathy who lives with 200 pet chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys. What starts as a story seemingly about Kathy’s battle with local animal advocacy groups slowly transforms into an intimate drama about her relationship with her husband Gary, and the toll the birds have taken on their marriage and her well-being. Filmed over the course of five years, this sensitive tale of one woman’s world breaking down–poignant and absorbing in equal measure–is ultimately one of hope about the possibility of regaining one’s life.

Starring: William Brenner, Gary Murphy, and Kathy Murphy

Genre: Documentary | Drama
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 92 minutes

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FREE TRIP TO EGYPT

Directed By: Ingrid Serban
Studio: Kindness Films

Official Synopsis: Seeking to build a bridge of mutual understanding and friendship, an entrepreneur of Muslim faith decides to reach out to the very people who fear him. Traveling across the U.S. to find Americans concerned about an Islamic threat, Tarek Mounib makes them an intriguing offer… a Free Trip to Egypt.

Starring: Adam Saleh, Jenna Day, Ahmed Hassan, and Brian Kopilec

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LETO

Directed By: Kirill Serebrennikov
Studio: Gunpowder & Sky

Official Synopsis: Avant-garde Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov (The Student) returns to the big-screen with a tribute to the early years of Russian rock. Leningrad, in the summer, early eighties. Smuggling LP’s by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Perestroika. Mike and his beautiful wife Natasha meet with young Viktor Tsoï. Together with friends, they will change the trajectory of rock n’roll music in the Soviet Union.

Starring: Teo Yoo, Irina Starshenbaum, Roman Bilyk, Alexandr Gorchilin, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, and Nikita Efremov

Genre: Biography | Music | Romance
Country: Russia | France (Russian & English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 126 minutes

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TOO LATE TO DIE YOUNG

Directed By: Dominga Sotomayor Castillo
Studio: Kimstim

Official Synopsis: Democracy comes back to Chile during the summer of 1990. In an isolated community, Sofía (16), Lucas (16) and Clara (10), face their first loves and fears, while preparing for New Year’s Eve. They may live far from the dangers of the city, but not from those of nature.

Starring: Demian Hernández, Antar Machado, Magdalena Tótoro, Matías Oviedo, Andrés Aliaga, Antonia Zegers, and Alejandro Goic

Genre: Drama
Country: Chile | Brazil | Argentina | Netherlands | Qatar (Spanish)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 110 minutes

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ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE

Directed By: Nahnatchka Khan
Studio: Netflix

Official Synopsis: Childhood sweethearts have a falling out and don’t speak for 15 years. They reconnect as adults when Sasha, now a celebrity chef opening a restaurant in San Francisco, runs into Marcus, a happily struggling musician still living at home working for his dad.

Starring: Ali Wong, Randall Park, Keanu Reeves, Michelle Buteau, Vivian Bang, Karan Soni, Daniel Dae Kim, and Casey Wilson

Genre: Comedy | Romance
Country: USA (English)
Rating: PG-13 (for sexual content, drug use/references, and language)
Runtime: 102 minutes

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MOUTHPIECE

Directed By: Patricia Rozema
Studio: levelFILM

Official Synopsis: MOUTHPIECE is a powerful, amusing and highly original look into the conflicted psyche of Cassandra Haywood a fiercely independent millennial woman. Cass is a single writer who lives by her own rules. She’s also a bit of a disaster. Following the sudden death of her mother, Elaine (Maev Beaty) she finds herself in crisis, unable to think straight, with a debate raging inside her head. This movie makes that invisible conflict visible: Cassandra (Amy Nostbakken & Norah Sadava) battles it out while figuring out what to say at her mother’s funeral. What unfolds is a wild careening through grief, anger, hypocrisy, sex and self-sabotage in an exploration of the messy contemporary lives of women from both generations. Raucous jokes, musical numbers and heart breaking memories add up to a deeply moving and political portrait of a mother and a daughter as seen through the eyes of one conflicted young woman.

Starring: Amy Nostbakken, Norah Sadava, Ari Cohen, Ishan Davé, David Kohlsmith, Paloma Nuñez, and Maev Beaty

Genre: Drama
Country: Canada (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 91 minutes

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FIND ME

Directed By: Tom Huang
Studio: Stoddard Temple Productions

Official Synopsis: An emotionally wounded accountant breaks away from his routine to find his missing friend, who has left clues throughout National Parks across the West.

Starring: Tom Huang, Sara Amini, Krizia Bajos, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Mike Rock, and Jaycie Dotin

Genre: Drama
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 103 minutes

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LONERS

Directed By: Eryc Tramonn
Studio: Indie Rights

Official Synopsis: In this biting satire set in the very near future, an ensemble of eccentric loners is forced to endure a government-mandated group therapy class called “Lone-Anon” as part of the “War on Loneliness,” a misguided initiative to stem the growing tide of American violence. Led by an ineffectual therapist whose exercises become increasingly comical, the loners are thrust into a government conspiracy to justify its failing program. Now, in order to avoid being the latest introverts abducted by mysterious operatives, the group will have to do what terrifies them the most: stand up for their right to be alone, together.

Starring: Brenda Davidson, Brian Letscher, David Christian Welborn, Melissa Paladino, and Tyson Turrou

Genre: Comedy
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 91 minutes

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RENEGADE DREAMERS

Directed By: Karen Kramer
Studio: Karen Kramer Films

Official Synopsis: Renegade Dreamers, a timely new documentary by Karen Kramer, chronicles the artists of today carrying on the tradition of the Beat poets and radical folk singers of New York City’s legendary Greenwich Village who challenged the status quo.

Starring: Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg, Wavy Gravy, Joan Baez, Woody Guthrie, Maria Muldaur, and Tom Paxton

Genre: Documentary
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 72 minutes

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LEAVING HOME, COMING HOME: A PORTRAIT OF ROBERT FRANK

Directed By: Gerald Fox
Studio: Greenwich Entertainment

Official Synopsis: Completed in 2004, Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank was the first ever feature-length documentary about the legendary Swiss-American photographer and filmmaker. Originally deemed too personal to be shown widely, the film has just been authorized by Frank for theatrical release. Shot in cinema-verité style between New York and Nova Scotia, where Frank now lives, the film captures Frank reflecting on a lifetime of image making that most famously produced “The Americans,” probably the most influential photographic book of the last sixty years. From the Lower East Side to Coney Island, Frank revisits places where he lived and photographed, unsentimentally yet humorously noting the erosion of the New York he once knew. He recalls his collaborations with the Beat generation, including his film Pull my Daisy, narrated by Jack Kerouac, as well as his infamous Cocksucker Blues with The Rolling Stones. Affectionate conversations with Frank’s second wife, the vibrant artist June Leaf, reveal decades of closeness, creative exchange and support through the intense tragedies of Frank’s life. In rare moments of vulnerability, Frank speaks movingly about these tragedies and his attempts to cope through his deeply personal photography and films. Unembellished and unflinching, this portrait captures the life and art of one of the most significant and uncompromising artists of the 20th century.

Starring: Robert Frank

Genre: Documentary
Country: UK (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 86 minutes

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THE GARDEN

Directed By: Derek Jarman
Studio: Channel 4

Official Synopsis: Director Derek Jarman takes the viewer for a walk around his own garden in rural England for this non-narrative film. Many of the scenes depict the Passion of Christ, but the sufferings are instead visited upon a gay couple. Jarman then assaults the senses with a series of images, including a campy version of the song Think Pink from Funny Face.

Starring: Tilda Swinton, Johnny Mills, Philip MacDonald, Pete Lee-Wilson, Spencer Leigh, Derek Jarman, John Mills, Jody Graber, and Kevin Collins

Genre: Drama
Country: UK | Germany | Japan (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 90 minutes

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MAYDAY LIFE 3D

Directed By: Muh Chen
Studio: China Lion Film Distribution

Official Synopsis: Linked together by four different stories, megaband Mayday plays their famous music, recorded live from 55 cities on 4 continents and filmed over 2 years for over 4 million audience members. Feel the mesmerizing electricity of one of Asia’s biggest and most popular bands as Mayday guides you through their “Life Tour” in this 3D spectacle!

Starring: Mayday, Bo Huang, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Ashin, Matthew Yen-Shen Tsai, Shang-Yi Wen, and Chin-Hang Shih

Genre: Music
Country: China | Taiwan (Mandarin)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 113 minutes

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