Theatrical Releases: Frozen II & A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

November 22, 2019 / Leave a Comment

FROZEN II

Directed By: Jennifer Lee & Chris Buck
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures

Official Synopsis: Why was Elsa born with magical powers? The answer is calling her and threatening her kingdom. Together with Anna, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven, she’ll set out on a dangerous but remarkable journey. In “Frozen,” Elsa feared her powers were too much for the world. In “Frozen 2,” she must hope they are enough.

Starring: Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Santino Fontana, Ciarán Hinds, Alan Tudyk, Sterling K. Brown, Evan Rachel Wood, Alfred Molina, Martha Plimpton, Jason Ritter, Rachel Matthews, and Jeremy Sisto

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A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Directed By: Marielle Heller
Studio: TriStar Pictures

Official Synopsis: Tom Hanks portrays Mister Rogers in A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, a timely story of kindness triumphing over cynicism, based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Tom Junod. After a jaded magazine writer (Emmy winner Matthew Rhys) is assigned a profile of Fred Rogers, he overcomes his skepticism, learning about empathy, kindness, and decency from America’s most beloved neighbor.

Starring: Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal, Caitriona Balfe, Tracy Letts, Josh Lucas, Noah Jupe, Remo Girone, and Ray McKinnon

Genre: Biography | Drama
Country: USA | China (English)
Rating: PG (for some strong thematic material, a brief fight, and some mild language)
Runtime: 108 minutes

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21 BRIDGES

Directed By: Brian Kirk
Studio: STXfilms

Official Synopsis: 21 BRIDGES follows an embattled NYPD detective (Chadwick Boseman), who is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy. As the night unfolds, lines become blurred on who he is pursuing, and who is in pursuit of him. When the search intensifies, extreme measures are taken to prevent the killers from escaping Manhattan as the authorities close all 21 BRIDGES to prevent any entry or exit from the iconic island.

Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Sienna Miller, Keith David, and J. K. Simmons

Genre: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Country: USA (English)
Rating: R (for violence and language throughout)
Runtime: 99 minutes

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DARK WATERS

Directed By: Todd Haynes
Studio: Focus Features

Official Synopsis: Inspired by a shocking true story, a tenacious attorney (Mark Ruffalo) uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths due to one of the world’s largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything — his future, his family, and his own life — to expose the truth.

Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Victor Garber, Mare Winningham, William Jackson Harper, and Bill Pullman

Genre: Biography | Drama | History
Country: USA (English)
Rating: PG-13 (for thematic content, some disturbing images and strong language)
Runtime: 126 minutes

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HALA

Directed By: Minhal Baig
Studio: Apple TV+

Official Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Pakistani American teenager Hala (Geraldine Viswanathan) struggles to balance desire with her familial, cultural and religious obligations. As she comes into her own, she grapples with a secret that threatens to unravel her family.

Starring: Geraldine Viswanathan, Jack Kilmer, Gabriel Luna, Purbi Joshi, Azad Khan, and Anna Chlumsky

Genre: Drama
Country: USA (English)
Rating: R (for a scene of sexuality)
Runtime: 94 minutes

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SHOOTING THE MAFIA

Directed By: Kim Longinotto
Studio: Cohen Media Group

Official Synopsis: Sicilian photographer Letizia Battaglia began a lifelong battle with the Mafia when she first dared to point her camera at a brutally slain victim. A woman whose passions led her to abandon traditional family life and become a photojournalist in the 1970s–the first female photographer to be employed by an Italian daily newspaper–Battaglia found herself on the front lines during one of the bloodiest chapters in Italy’s recent history. She fearlessly and artfully captured everyday Sicilian life–from weddings and funerals to the grisly murders of ordinary citizens–to tell the narrative of how the community she loved in her native Palermo was forced into silence by the Cosa Nostra. Weaving together Battaglia’s striking black-and-white photographs, rare archival footage, classic Italian films, and the now 84-year-old’s own memories, Shooting the Mafia paints a portrait of a remarkable woman whose whose bravery and defiance helped expose the Mafia’s brutal crimes.

Starring: Letizia Battaglia

Genre: Documentary | Biography | International
Country: Ireland (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 94 minutes

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WHEN LAMBS BECOME LIONS

Directed By: Jon Kasbe
Studio: Oscilloscope Laboratories

Official Synopsis: In the Kenyan bush, a small-time ivory dealer fights to stay on top while forces mobilize to destroy his trade. When he turns to his younger cousin, a conflicted wildlife ranger who hasn’t been paid in months, they both see a possible lifeline. The plummeting elephant population in Africa has captured the attention of the world, and as the government cracks down, both poachers and rangers face their own existential crises–what is the value of elephant life relative to human life? And can we understand these hunters who will risk death, arrest, and the moral outrage of the world to provide for their families? Director Jon Kasbe followed the subjects of WHEN LAMBS BECOME LIONS over a three-year period, gaining an extraordinary level of access and trust on both sides of the ideological and ethical spectrum as he became part of their everyday lives. The result is a rare and visually arresting look through the perspectives and motives of the people at the epicenter of the conservation divide.

Genre: Documentary
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 79 minutes

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3022

Directed By: John Suits
Studio: Saban Films

Official Synopsis: A group of astronauts living in the haunting emptiness of deep space awake to find earth has suffered an extinction level event.

Starring: Miranda Cosgrove, Kate Walsh, Omar Epps, Angus Macfadyen, Jorja Fox, and Enver Gjokaj

Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA (English)
Rating: R (for language and some violence)
Runtime: 91 minutes

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AGE OUT

Directed By: A.J. Edwards
Studio: Gravitas Ventures

Official Synopsis: AGE OUT is a passionate portrait of youth set in Waco, Texas. Forced out of foster care at age 18, Richie Wincott (Tye Sheridan) collides with the perils and temptations of a life apart. Becoming a prime suspect in a botched robbery, he discovers an impossible love in an unlikely friend. AGE OUT is a humane story about love, loss, wrongdoing, and redemption.

Starring: Tye Sheridan, Imogen Poots, Caleb Landry Jones, Jeffrey Wright, and Brett Butler

Genre: Crime | Drama
Country: USA (English)
Rating: PG-13 (for thematic content involving disturbing and violent behavior)
Runtime: 91 minutes

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THE COURIER

Directed By: Zackary Adler
Studio: Lionsgate

Official Synopsis: This intense action-thriller unfolds in real time as two embattled souls fight for their lives. Academy Award (R) winner Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight franchise) stars as a vicious crime boss out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier (Olga Kurylenko, Quantum of Solace) to unknowingly deliver a poison-gas bomb to slay Nick, but after she rescues Nick from certain death, the duo must confront an army of ruthless hired killers in order to survive the night.

Starring: Gary Oldman, Olga Kurylenko, William Moseley, Dermot Mulroney, Alicia Agneson, Amit Shah, and Calli Taylor

Genre: Action | Drama | Thriller
Country: USA | UK (English)
Rating: R (for strong violence including bloody images, and language throughout)
Runtime: 99 minutes

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CITIZEN K

Directed By: Alex Gibney
Studio: Greenwich Entertainment

Official Synopsis: Oscar (R) winning writer/director Alex Gibney’s revelatory CITIZEN K is an intimate yet sweeping look at post-Soviet Russia from the perspective of the enigmatic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a former oligarch turned political dissident. Benefitting from the chaos that ensued after the dissolution of the U.S.S.R., Khodorkovsky was able to amass a fortune in financing and oil production and became the richest man in Russia. But when he accused the new Putin regime of corruption, Khodorkovsky was arrested, his assets were seized and following a series of show trials, he was sentenced to more than ten-years in prison. Today, as an exile living in London, he continues to speak out against Putin’s two-decade stranglehold on power. Expertly researched and photographed, Gibney uses Khodorkovsky’s story as a way to explore the complex interplay between oligarchy and government and its destructive effect on democracy, in Russia and beyond.

Starring: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Vladimir Putin, Leonid Nevzlin, Boris Berezovsky, Igor Malashenko, Boris Yeltsin, and Alex Gibney

Genre: Documentary
Country: USA | UK (English & Russian)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 128 minutes

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VARDA BY AGNÈS

Directed By: Agnès Varda
Studio: Janus Films

Official Synopsis: An unpredictable documentary from a fascinating storyteller, Agnès Varda’s new feature documentary sheds light on her experience as a director, bringing a personal insight to what she calls “cine-writing”.

Starring: Agnès Varda

Genre: Documentary | Biography | International
Country: Franch (English & French)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 115 minutes

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DEPECHE MODE: SPIRITS IN THE FOREST

Directed By: Anton Corbijn
Studio: Trafalgar Releasing

Official Synopsis: Across 2017/2018 Depeche Mode embarked on their Global Spirit Tour, in which they performed to more than 3 million fans at 115 shows across the globe. This new visually-striking film, directed by award-winning filmmaker and longtime artistic collaborator Anton Corbijn, captures the energy and spectacle of the band’s performance from the tour along with a deeper look into how their music and shows have been woven into the fabric of their fans’ lives.

Starring: Depeche Mode, Bismarck, Daniel Cassus, Andrew Fletcher, David Gahan, and Martin Gore

Genre: Documentary | Music
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 83 minutes

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SAINT CLOUD HILL

Directed By: Sean Clark & Jace Freeman
Studio: Indie Rights

Official Synopsis: Captain Chris Scott rallies a colony of tent residents to defend their provisional homes against the forces of gentrification. Saint Cloud Hill dives deep into the tragic personal experiences of a displaced community losing its last remnant of stability.

Starring: Chris Scott

Genre: Documentary
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 79 minutes

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ANGELFISH

Directed By: Peter Lee
Studio: Dark Star Pictures

Official Synopsis: Summer in the Bronx, 1993. Brendan is a troubled but hard-working high school drop-out with a manipulative mother and a brother on the verge of self-destruction. Eva is a bright, young woman about to start college in the fall, but with the pressure to make her family proud clashing with her own secret hopes and dreams for the future. Sparks fly when the two meet, and their respective worlds collide. As the young couple’s relationship develops, their home lives and dreams for the future threaten to tear their new and fragile love apart.

Starring: Jimi Stanton, Princess Nokia, Stanley Simons, Erin Davie, Rosie Berrido, Sebastian Chacon, and Sandy Tejada

Genre: Drama | Romance
Country: USA (English & Spanish)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 96 minutes