APRIL 30, 2021
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THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES
Directed By: Mike Rianda
Studio: Netflix
Young Katie Mitchell embarks on a road trip with her proud parents, younger brother and beloved dog to start her first year at film school. But their plans to bond as a family soon get interrupted when the world’s electronic devices come to life to stage an uprising. With help from two friendly robots, the Mitchells must now come together to save one another — and the planet — from the new technological revolution.
Starring: Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Mike Rianda, Eric Andre, Olivia Colman, Fred Armisen, Beck Bennett, John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, Blake Griffin, and Conan O’Brien
Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi
Country: USA | Canada | France (English)
Rating: PG (for action and some language)
Runtime: 114 minutes
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TOM CLANCY’S WITHOUT REMORSE
Created By: Stefano Sollima
Studio: Amazon Studios
An elite Navy SEAL uncovers an international conspiracy while seeking justice for the murder of his pregnant wife in Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse, the explosive origin story of action hero John Clark — one of the most popular characters in author Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan universe. When a squad of Russian soldiers kills his family in retaliation for his role in a top-secret op, Sr. Chief John Kelly (Michael B. Jordan) pursues the assassins at all costs. Joining forces with a fellow SEAL (Jodie Turner-Smith) and a shadowy CIA agent (Jamie Bell), Kelly’s mission unwittingly exposes a covert plot that threatens to engulf the U.S. and Russia in an all-out war. Torn between personal honor and loyalty to his country, Kelly must fight his enemies without remorse if he hopes to avert disaster and reveal the powerful figures behind the conspiracy.
Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Luke Mitchell, Jack Kesy, Brett Gelman, Lauren London, Colman Domingo and Guy Pearce
Genre: Action | Adventure | Thriller | War
Country: USA (English)
Rating: R (for violence)
Runtime: 109 minutes
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THINGS HEARD & SEEN
Directed By: Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini
Studio: Netflix
Catherine Clare (Academy Award®-nominee Amanda Seyfried) reluctantly trades life in 1980s Manhattan for a remote home in the tiny hamlet of Chosen, New York, after her husband George (James Norton) lands a job teaching art history at a small Hudson Valley college. Even as she does her best to transform the old dairy farm into a place where young daughter Franny will be happy, Catherine increasingly finds herself isolated and alone. She soon comes to sense a sinister darkness lurking both in the walls of the ramshackle property-and in her marriage to George.
Starring: James Norton, Ana Sophia Heger, Amanda Seyfried, Kristin Griffith, Ben Graney, Dan Daily, and F. Murray Abraham
Genre: Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Country: USA (English)
Rating: TV-MA
Runtime: 121 minutes
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THE VIRTUOSO
Directed By: Nick Stagliano
Studio: Lionsgate
Danger, deception, and murder descend upon a sleepy country town when a professional assassin (Anson Mount) accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic mentor and boss (Oscar® winner Anthony Hopkins). Given only where and when along with a cryptic clue, the methodical hit man must identify his mysterious mark from among several possible targets, including a local sheriff (David Morse). Meanwhile, a chance encounter with an alluring woman (Abbie Cornish) at the town’s rustic diner threatens to derail his mission in this noir-style cloak-and-dagger thriller.
Starring: Anson Mount, Abbie Cornish, Anthony Hopkins, David Morse, Eddie Marsan, and Richard Brake
Genre: Action | Crime | Thriller
Country: USA (English)
Rating: R (for violence, sexuality/nudity and language)
Runtime: 110 minutes
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Four Good Days
Directed By: Rodrigo Garcia
Studio: Vertical Entertainment
In an emotional journey based on a true story by Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post writer Eli Saslow, 31-year-old Molly begs her estranged mother Deb for help fighting a fierce battle against the demons that have derailed her life. Despite all she has learned over a decade of disappointment, grief and rage, Deb throws herself into one last attempt to save her beloved daughter from the deadly and merciless grip of heroin addiction. Powerhouse performances from Glenn Close and Mila Kunis anchor director Rodrigo García’s poignant and unpredictable chronicle of mother and daughter fighting to regain the love and trust that once held them together.
Starring: Mila Kunis, Glenn Close, Stephen Root, Carla Gallo, Michael Hyatt, and Chad Lindberg
Genre: Drama
Country: USA (English)
Rating: R (for drug content, language throughout and brief sexuality)
Runtime: 100 minutes
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The Outside Story (2021)
Directed By: Casimir Nozkowski
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Brian Tyree Henry takes on his first big screen lead role as Charles Young, a broken-hearted video editor. Perceiving a betrayal of trust as a sign his girlfriend Isha (Sonequa Martin-Green) is leaving him, Charles preemptively blows up his relationship and sequesters himself at home. The fates do not comply and Charles locks himself out of his apartment. Stumbling into a transformational, timely odyssey exploring his community, Charles meets a dynamic ensemble of previously avoided neighbors (including Sunita Mani, Olivia Edward and Asia Kate Dillon) who show him everyone’s got issues and it never helps to keep them all locked up.
Starring: Brian Tyree Henry, Sunita Mani, Sonequa Martin-Green, Olivia Edward, Asia Kate Dillon, Maria Dizzia, and Rebecca Naomi Jones
Genre: Drama
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 85 minutes
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Percy vs. Goliath
Directed By: Clark Johnson
Studio: Saban Films
Academy Award® Winner Christopher Walken, Zach Braff and Christina Ricci star in the true story of a small-town farmer taking on one of the largest agricultural and food manufacturing corporations. Percy Schmeiser (Walken), a third-generation farmer, is sued by a corporate giant for allegedly using their patented seeds. With little resources to fight the giant legal battle, Percy joins forces with up-and-coming attorney Jackson Weaver (Braff) and environmental activist Rebecca Salcau (Ricci) to fight one of the most monumental cases all the way up to the Supreme Court.
Starring: Christopher Walken, Christina Ricci, Zach Braff, Luke Kirby, Adam Beach, Martin Donovan, Roberta Maxwell and Peter Stebbings
Genre: Biography | Drama | International
Country: Canada (English)
Rating: PG-13 (for some thematic elements)
Runtime: 99 minutes
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Separation
Directed By: William Brent Bell
Studio: Briarcliff Entertainment
A lonely little girl finds solace in her artist father and the ghost of her dead mother.
Starring: Rupert Friend, Mamie Gummer, Madeline Brewer, Violet McGraw, Simon Quarterman, and Brian Cox
Genre: Horror
Country: USA (English)
Rating: R (for language, some violence and brief drug use)
Runtime: 107 minutes
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Eat Wheaties!
Directed By: Scott Abramovitch
Studio: Screen Media Films
Sid Straw leads a dull life until he accidentally stalks an old college classmate, actress Elizabeth Banks, on social media. With each failed attempt to prove he knows her, Sid rediscovers more of himself and the true meaning of friendship.
Starring: Tony Hale, Danielle Brooks, Alan Tudyk, Sarah Chalke, Paul Walter Hauser, Lamorne Morris, and Sarah Goldberg
Genre: Comedy | International
Country: Canada (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 88 minutes
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LIMBO
Directed By: Ben Sharrock
Studio: Focus Features
Recently nominated for two BAFTA® awards for Best British Film and Best Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, LIMBO is a wry and poignant observation of the refugee experience, set on a fictional remote Scottish island where a group of new arrivals await the results of their asylum claims. It centers on Omar, a young Syrian musician who is burdened by his grandfather’s oud, which he has carried all the way from his homeland. Reflecting the complexity of the movement of people across borders has been a long-held passion for director and writer Ben Sharrock, who spent time working for an NGO in refugee camps in southern Algeria and living in Damascus in 2009 shortly before the outbreak of the Syrian civil war. There, he formed a network of friends whose personal stories inspired the film.
Starring: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Kenneth Collard, Amir El-Masry, Vikash Bhai, and Ola Orebiyi
Genre: Drama | International
Country: UK (English & Arabic)
Rating: R (for language)
Runtime: 104 minutes
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About Endlessness
Directed By: Roy Andersson
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
ABOUT ENDLESSNESS is a reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendor and banality. We wander, dreamlike, gently guided by our Scheherazade-esque narrator. Inconsequential moments take on the same significance as historical events: a couple floats over a war-torn Cologne; on the way to a birthday party, a father stops to tie his daughter’s shoelaces in the pouring rain; teenage girls dance outside a cafe; a defeated army marches to a prisoner-of-war camp. Simultaneously an ode and a lament, ABOUT ENDLESSNESS presents a kaleidoscope of all that is eternally human, an infinite story of the vulnerability of existence.
Starring: Bengt Bergius, Anja Broms, Tatiana Delaunay, Jan-Eje Ferling, and Lotta Forsberg
Genre: Drama | Fantasy | International
Country: Sweden | Germany | Norway | France (Swedish)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 78 minutes
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THE RESORT
Directed By: Taylor Chien
Studio: Vertical Entertainment
Four friends head to Hawaii to investigate reports of a haunting at an abandoned resort in hopes of finding the infamous Half-Faced Girl. When they arrive, they soon learn you should be careful what you wish for.
Starring: Bianca Haase, Brock O’Hurn, Michael Vlamis, Michelle Randolph, and Romualdo Castillo
Genre: Horror
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 75 minutes
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Three Pints and A Rabbi
Directed By: Richard J. Perry
Studio: Gravitas Ventures
When three dazed and confused strangers wake up in a pub to a dead woman lying on the table with hefty chunks of flesh missing, they must figure out what happened to her in order to ensure they don’t meet the same fate.
Starring: Amanda Abbington, Michael Maloney, Jordan Stephens, and Hannaj Bang Bendz
Genre: Fantasy | International | Mystery
Country: UK (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 73 minutes
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Berlin Alexanderplatz
Directed By: Burhan Qurbani
Studio: Kino Lorber
An African immigrant struggles to make a new life for himself in the big city in director-co-writer Burhan Qurbani’s (We Are Young. We Are Strong.) audacious, neon-lit reinterpretation of Alfred Döblin’s 1929 novel. After surviving his perilous journey, Francis vows to be a good man, but he soon realizes how difficult it is to be righteous while undocumented in Germany — without papers, without a nationality, and without a work permit. When he receives an enticing offer for easy money from the psychopathic gangster Reinhold (Albrecht Schuch), Francis initially resists temptation, but eventually he is sucked into Berlin’s underworld and his life spirals out of control.
Starring: Welket Bungué, Albrecht Schuch, Jella Haase, Annabelle Mandeng, and Joachim Król
Genre: Drama | International
Country: Germany | Netherlands | France | Canada (Soninke, Portuguese, German, & English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 183 minutes
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Cliff Walkers
Directed By: Zhang Yimou
Studio: CMC Pictures
Based on the script by Quan Yongxian, CLIFF WALKERS is director Zhang Yimou’s first foray into the spy genre. Set the puppet state of Manchukuo in the 1930s, the film follows four Communist party special agents who return to China after receiving training in the Soviet Union. Together, they embark on a secret mission code-named “Utrennya.” After being sold out by a traitor, the team find themselves surrounded by threats on all sides from the moment they parachute into the mission. Will the agents break the impasse and complete their mission? On the snowy grounds of Manchukuo, the team will be tested to their limit.
Starring: Haocun Liu, Hailu Qin, Hewei Yu, Yi Zhang, and Yawen Zhu
Genre: International | Thriller
Country: China (Mandarin)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 120 minutes
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GOLDEN ARM
Directed By: Maureen Bharoocha
Studio: Utopia
When her best friend Danny ropes her into taking her spot at the Women’s Arm Wrestling Championship, nice girl baker Melanie must trade whisks for barbells as she trains to face off with the reigning champ for a chance at newfound badassery and the grand prize.
Starring: Mary Holland, Betsy Sodaro, Olivia Stambouliah, Eugene Cordero, and Ron Funches
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 91 minutes
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Triumph (2021)
Directed By: Brett Leonard
Studio: Digital Ignition Entertainment
Inspired by a real story, a determined high school senior strives to be a wrestler one last time despite having cerebral palsy and goes to extreme lengths, crushing obstacles and inspiring others along his journey to prove his abilities.
Starring: RJ Mitte, Johnathon Schaech, Terrence Howard, Colton Haynes, and Grace Victoria Cox
Genre: Drama
Country: USA (English)
Rating: PG-13 (for language)
Runtime: 100 minutes
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Walking With Herb
Directed By: Ross Kagan Marks
Studio: Pinnacle Peak Pictures
Amid a crisis of faith, an amateur golfer receives a startling message from God on his computer screen.
Starring: Edward James Olmos, George Lopez, Kathleen Quinlan, Jessica Medoff, Billy Boyd, and Christopher McDonald
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA (English)
Rating: PG (for some mature thematic elements and brief language)
Runtime: 110 minutes
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Carl Jackson’s LAX
Directed By: Carl Jackson
Studio: Carl Jackson Motion Pictures
From filmmaker, Carl Jackson comes his 11th film. John is an American author and is one of the best-selling writers of all time. Selling over 150 million copies in 32 languages John is at the top of his craft. In the middle of a promotional tour for his latest best-seller, John decides to fly home to see his wife for a few hours. But on John’s arrival, his wife Kelly has questions about their marriage that makes for a thought-provoking ride home.
Starring: Andrea McClew and Carl Jackson
Genre: Drama | Family | Romance
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 100 minutes
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Counting Bullets
Directed By: Travis Mills
Studio: Running Wild Films
One of 12 westerns in 12 months, Counting Bullets tells the story of a small group of cavalry soldiers who are pinned down in a canyon by the enemy. Over the course of a few days, they are forced to face their differences and rely on each of their instincts to survive.
Starring: Travis Mills, John Marrs, Ernest Marsh, Elley Ringo, and John Charles Dickson
Genre: Action | Western
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: — minutes
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