JUNE 18, 2021
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The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard
Directed By: Patrick Hughes
Studio: Lionsgate
The world’s most lethal odd couple — bodyguard Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds) and hitman Darius Kincaid (Samuel L. Jackson) — are back on another life-threatening mission. Still unlicensed and under scrutiny, Bryce is forced into action by Darius’s even more volatile wife, the infamous international con artist Sonia Kincaid (Salma Hayek). As Bryce is driven over the edge by his two most dangerous protectees, the trio get in over their heads in a global plot and soon find that they are all that stand between Europe and a vengeful and powerful madman (Antonio Banderas). Joining in the fun and deadly mayhem is Morgan Freeman as… well, you’ll have to see.
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, Richard E. Grant, Frank Grillo, Tom Hopper, Antonio Banderas, and Morgan Freeman
Genre: Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Country: USA | UK (English)
Rating: R (for strong bloody violence throughout, pervasive language, and some sexual content)
Runtime: 99 minutes
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LUCA
Directed By: Enrico Casarosa
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures + Pixar Animation
Set in a beautiful seaside town on the Italian Riviera, Disney and Pixar’s original feature film “Luca” is a coming-of-age story about one young boy experiencing an unforgettable summer filled with gelato, pasta and endless scooter rides. Luca (voice of Jacob Tremblay) shares these adventures with his newfound best friend, Alberto (voice of Jack Dylan Grazer), but all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another world just below the water’s surface.
Starring: Jacob Tremblay, Jack Dylan Grazer, Emma Berman, Marco Barricelli, Saverio Raimondo, Maya Rudolph, and Jim Gaffigan
Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Country: USA (English)
Rating: PG (for rude humor, language, some thematic elements and brief violence)
Runtime: 95 minutes
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The Sparks Brothers
Directed By: Edgar Wright
Studio: Focus Features
How can one rock band be successful, underrated, hugely influential, and criminally overlooked all at the same time? Edgar Wright’s debut documentary THE SPARKS BROTHERS, which features commentary from celebrity fans Flea, Beck, Jack Antonoff, Jason Schwartzman, Neil Gaiman, and more, takes audiences on a musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with brothers/bandmates Ron and Russell Mael celebrating the inspiring legacy of Sparks: your favorite band’s favorite band.
Starring: Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Mike Myers, Fred Armisen, and ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic
Genre: Documentary | Music
Country: USA | UK (English)
Rating: R (for language)
Runtime: 135 minutes
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FATHERHOOD
Directed By: Paul Weitz
Studio: Netflix
A father brings up his baby girl as a single dad after the unexpected death of his wife who died a day after their daughter’s birth.
Starring: Kevin Hart, Alfre Woodard, Frankie R. Faison, Lil Rel Howery, DeWanda Wise, Anthony Carrigan, Melody Hurd, and Paul Reiser
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Country: USA (English)
Rating: PG-13 (for some strong language, and suggestive material)
Runtime: 109 minutes
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Siberia
Directed By: Abel Ferrara
Studio: Lionsgate
Clint is a damaged man who has retreated to a wintry remote mountain cabin where he hopes to find serenity. He runs a modest café where the rare traveler or native of the region visits. But even in his relative isolation he cannot find peace nor escape. On a fateful evening, to confront himself, he begins a journey by dogsled to the world he once knew. He travels through dreams, memory and imagination in an attempt to find his true nature.
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Simon McBurney, Daniel Giménez Cacho, and Anna Ferrara
Genre: Drama | Fantasy | Horror
Country: USA (English)
Rating: R (for strong sexual content, nudity/graphic nudity, some disturbing violence, and bloody images)
Runtime: 92 minutes
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LOVE SPREADS
Directed By: Jamie Adams
Studio: Gravitas Ventures
A film about the second album difficulties being experienced by a popular new girl band, whose lead singer has a creative block, where another band member tries to inject her own writing style and songs and walks out when under-appreciated, and their long-suffering manager is abused by both the band and the record label in equal measure, until a new fresh voice turns up to being the remaining band members back together, whereupon a new album is recorded.
Starring: Alia Shawkat, Eiza González, Chanel Cresswell, Nick Helm, Dolly Wells and Tara Lee
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 93 minutes
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Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It
Directed By: Mariem Pérez Riera
Studio: Roadside Attractions
Over a 70+ year career, Rita Moreno defied both her humble upbringing and relentless racism to become a celebrated and beloved actor, one of the rare EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) Award Winners of our time. Born into poverty on a Puerto Rican farm, Moreno and her seamstress mother immigrated to New York City when Moreno was five years old. After studying dance and performing on Broadway, Moreno was cast as any ethnic minority the Hollywood studios needed filled, be it Polynesian, Native American or Egyptian. Despite becoming the first Latina actress to win an Academy Award for her role as Anita in “West Side Story” (1961), the studios continued to offer Moreno lesser roles as stereotypical ethnic minorities, ignoring her proven talent. RITA MORENO: JUST A GIRL WHO DECIDED TO GO FOR IT illuminates the humor and the grace of Moreno, as well as lesser-known struggles faced on her path to stardom, including pernicious Hollywood sexism and abuse, a toxic relationship with Marlon Brando, and serious depression a year before she emerged an Oscar winner. Moreno’s talent and resilience triumphed over adversity, as she broke barriers, fought for representation and forged the path for new generations of artists.
Starring: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Rita Moreno, Morgan Freeman, Whoopi Goldberg, and Eva Longoria
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA (English)
Rating: PG-13 (for mature thematic content, some strong language including a sexual reference, and suggestive material)
Runtime: 90 minutes
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Gaia
Directed By: Jaco Bouwer
Studio: Madman Films
An injured forest ranger on a routine mission is saved by two off-the-grid survivalists. What is initially a welcome rescue grows more suspicious as the son and his renegade father reveal a cultish devotion to the forest. When their cabin is attacked by a strange being it’s clear there is a far greater threat in this unrelenting wilderness.
Starring: Monique Rockman, Carel Nel, Alex van Dyk, and Anthony Oseyemi
Genre: Drama | Fantasy | Horror | International
Country: South Africa (English & Afrikaans)
Rating: R (for some violence and bloody images, sexual content, nudity and language)
Runtime: 96 minutes
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Les Notres
Directed By: Jeanne Leblanc
Studio: Oscilloscope Laboratories
To the tight-knit community of Sainte-Adeline, Quebec, Magalie appears as a normal suburban high school sophomore surrounded by friends. But this popular teenage girl is harboring a shocking secret: she’s pregnant. When Magalie refuses to identify the father, suspicions among the townsfolk come to a boiling point and the layers of a carefully maintained social varnish eventually crack.
Starring: Emilie Bierre, Marianne Farley, Judith Baribeau, andd Paul Doucet
Genre: Drama | International
Country: Canada (French)
Rating: PG-13 (for drug use, suggestive material and some language)
Runtime: 100 minutes
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Summer of 85
Directed By: François Ozon
Studio: Music Box Films
When Alexis capsizes off the coast of France, David comes to the rescue and opens his eyes to a new horizon of friendship, art and sexual bliss.
Starring: Félix Lefebvre, Benjamin Voisin, Philippine Velge, and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Genre: Drama
Country: France (French & English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 90 minutes
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A Father’s Legacy
Directed By: Jason Mac
Studio: Cinedigm
After years of searching for his father, a young man, on the run from the law, finds his way into the life of a secluded old man in the woods. As the days go by and secrets about their past are revealed, they realize they may not have been looking for each other but they were brought together for a reason.
Starring: Tobin Bell, Jason Mac, Rebeca Robles, Michael Aaron Milligan, and Gregory Alan Williams
Genre: Drama
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 90 minutes
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The Birthday Cake
Directed By: Jimmy Giannopoulos
Studio: Screen Media Fi;ms
On the 10th anniversary of his father’s mysterious death, Gio brings a birthday cake to a memorial celebration hosted by a mafia boss. His life soon begins to change as he pieces together what really happened to his dad all those years ago.
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Val Kilmer, William Fichtner, Ashley Benson, Aldis Hodge, Emory Cohen, Paul Sorvino, and Shiloh Fernandez
Genre: Crime | Thriller
Country: USA (English)
Rating: R (for pervasive language, violence, some sexual references, nudity and drug use)
Runtime: 83 minutes
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Girl Next
Directed By: Larry Wade Carrell
Studio: Gravitas Ventures
A young woman, Lorian West, is abducted by a strange group of human traffickers who use drug and trauma-based mind control to turn women into sex slaves called “Sofia” dolls. Trapped in a waking nightmare Lorian fights to resist the programming. She searches for a way to escape her fate, to avoid becoming “Girl Next”.
Starring: Marcus Jean Pirae, Paula Marcenaro Solinger, and Rachel Alig
Genre: Horror
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 102 minutes
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Sweat
Directed By: Magnus von Horn
Studio: Mubi
Beloved fitness influencer Sylwia seemingly has it made: hundreds of thousands of social media followers, endorsement deals, photo spreads in magazines. But as she starts to share more and more online, the rising pressure from concerned sponsors and increasingly obsessive fans forces her to confront her deepest insecurities and the exhaustive demands of her lifestyle.
Starring: Magdalena Kolesnik, Julian Swiezewski, Aleksandra Konieczna and Zbigniew Zamachowski
Genre: Drama | International
Country: Poland | Sweden (Polish & English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 106 minutes
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Sweet Thing
Directed By: Alexandre Rockwell
Studio: Film Movement
The story revolves around the two siblings and their struggle to find solid ground in the homes of Adam, their alcoholic father, and Eve, their negligent mother. The children ultimately run away and find a temporary life for themselves around the town of New Bedford, MA. What begins as a disturbing family drama becomes a rousing childhood adventure that, though tragic, is a deeply moving and hopeful testament to the poetry of adventure and the imagination of childhood.
Starring: Lana Rockwell, Nico Rockwell, Jabari Watkins, M.L. Josepher, Karyn Parsons, and Will Patton
Genre: Drama
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 91 minutes
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American Badger
Directed By: Kirk Caouette
Studio: Cranked Up Films
The lives of a reclusive hitman and an abused sex worker collide in this action packed spectacle of deceit, redemption, and revenge.
Starring: Kirk Caouette, Andrea Stefancikova, and Michael Kopsa
Genre: Action | International
Country: Canada (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 89 minutes
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A Crime On The Bayou
Directed By: Nancy Buirski
Studio: Shout Studios
A Crime on the Bayou is the story of Gary Duncan, a Black teenager from Plaquemines Parish, a swampy strip of land south of New Orleans. In 1966, Duncan tries to break up an argument between white and Black teenagers outside a newly integrated school. He gently lays his hand on a white boy’s arm. The boy recoils like a snake. That night, police burst into Duncan’s trailer and arrest him for assault on a minor. A young Jewish attorney, Richard Sobol, leaves his prestigious D.C. firm to volunteer in New Orleans. With his help, Duncan bravely stands up to a racist legal system powered by a white supremacist boss to challenge his unfair arrest. Their fight goes all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, and their lifelong friendship is forged.
Starring: Gary Duncan, Richard Sobol, Lolis Eric Elie, and Robert A. Collins
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 89 minutes
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Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
Directed By: Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Studio: Kino Lorber
The work, lives, and personal journeys of iconic American artists Truman Capote and Tennesee Williams coalesce with creative combustion in this innovative dual-portrait documentary. Filmmaker Lisa Immordino Vreeland distills the loves, fears, and artistic achievements of these masters via an array of archival materials, film clips, and vibrant voiceover work from Jim Parsons and Zachary Quinto as Capote and Williams, respectively. Packed with pearls of wisdoms and eloquent observations, the film celebrates the sometimes tumultuous friendship of the titular writers through the ages, while honoring the way their queer identity informed their world-renowned artistic achievements and relationships with their family, confidants, and — most significantly — each other.
Starring: Truman Capote, Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, and Tennessee Williams
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 86 minutes
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Stalker
Directed By: Tyler Savage
Studio: Vertical Entertainment
In the wake of a messy break-up, Andy Escobedo decides to start fresh, relocating from Austin to Los Angeles. Eager to make new connections, he befriends Roger, an unusual rideshare driver. But when Roger’s behavior gets too strange for comfort, Andy blows him off, choosing to focus on a budding relationship with his new girlfriend, Sam. This unhinges Roger, who begins to torment Andy, ensuring that his stay in L.A. is short-lived.
Starring: Christine Ko, Vincent Van Horn, Michael Lee Joplin, and Dusty Sorg
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 90 minutes
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Take Back
Directed By: Christian Sesma
Studio: 101 Films
Zara and Brian are living the perfect small-town life when Zara heroically foils a robbery and becomes headline news. This unwanted notoriety draws elements of Zara’s mysterious past back into her life, putting the lives of her family in danger. When Zara and Brian’s daughter is kidnapped by a sadistic gang of people traffickers led by the vicious Patrick, the pair face a race against time to save her life. With Det. Chalmers also on Patrick’s trail, Zara and Patrick’s paths collide in a final stand-off in the desert.
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Michael Jai White, James Russo, and Gillian White
Genre: Action | Thriller
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 89 minutes
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Our Ladies
Directed By: Michael Caton-Jones
Studio: Sony Pictures
Catholic school girls board the bus to Edinburgh, Scotland, to compete in a choir competition, but they’re more interested in drinking and partying than singing.
Starring: Tallulah Greive, Abigail Lawrie, Rona Morison, Sally Messham, Marli Siu and Eve Austin
Genre: Comedy | Drama | International
Country: UK (English)
Rating: R (for sexual content, language throughout, brief graphic nudity, and teen drinking and drug use)
Runtime: 105 minutes
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ROLLERS
Directed By: Isaiah Smallman
Studio: Mama Bear Studios
Rufus Paisley is a closet alcoholic and everything he loves is smashed together into one place: Rollers. He gave up a promising career as a musician in order to keep it alive, but the historic venue, once owned by his parents, is in trouble and he’s running out of ways to save it, and himself. His friends urge him to move on, but can he?
Starring: Kevin Bigley, Vicky Jeudy, Courtney Dietz, and Kate Cobb
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 101 minutes
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Crack House of the Dead
Directed By: Jason Toler
Studio: Sunrayz International Films
On the dawn of a zombie outbreak an undercover drug deal goes wrong forcing the cop, the dealer, and others urban misfits to take refuge in the last safe place in the city – a Crack House.
Starring: Steve Crest, Jason Toler, John Davis Walker, and Katarina Law
Genre: Action | Horror
Country: USA (English)
Rating: R (for violence and gore, a rape, strong sexual content, graphic nudity, pervasive language and drug content)
Runtime: 86 minutes
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School’s Out Forever
Directed By: Oliver S. Milburn
Studio: Rebellion Developments Ltd
No sooner has 15-year-old Lee Keegan been expelled from his private school than an apocalyptic event wipes out most of the world’s population. With his father dead and mother trapped abroad, Lee is given one instruction: go back to school. But safety and security at St. Mark’s School for Boys is in short supply. Its high walls can’t stop the local parish council from forming a militia and imposing martial law, while inside the dorms the end of the world is having a dangerous effect on his best friend and his unrequited crush on the school nurse isn’t helping him concentrate on staying alive.
Starring: Anthony Head, Samantha Bond, Alex Macqueen, and Jasmine Blackborow
Genre: Comedy | Drama | Horror | International | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Country: UK (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 105 minutes
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Finding Ophelia
Directed By: Stephen Rutterford
Studio: Indie Rights Movies
William Edgar inhabits a strange dream-like reality. His obsession with a mysterious woman leads down a bizarre path full of signs and wonders. Sometimes finding the girl of your dreams can be a nightmare.
Starring: Dan EwJimmy Levar, Ira Grossman, Alexandra Lyon, and Alexandria Isola
Genre: Fantasy | Horror | Mystery
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 73 minutes
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Blood Pageant
Directed By: Harvey Lowry
Studio: Vision Films
What begins as a million-dollar reality show competition between seven beautiful women turns into a battle for life itself when one contestant uses magic to gain an edge over the competition. An ancient curse dating back to the Salem Witch Trials is unleashed and the competition becomes a pageant of death, destruction, and evil forces. Forget about who will win — who will survive?
Starring: Danielle C. Ryan, Stephen Baldwin, Snoop Dogg, Beverley Mitchell, and Matthew Marsden
Genre: Horror | Thriller
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 115 minutes
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The Serpent
Directed By: Gia Skova
Studio: Gulf Film
Agent Lucinda Kavsky is highly trained and one of the CIA’s most lethal weapons. When she’s given a special assignment that takes a disastrous turn, she comes to find out she is being set up by her own agency. As she unravels their horrendous plot, she uncovers a web of lies and secrecy that expose a massive conspiracy.
Starring: Gia Skova, Travis Aaron Wade, Alexandra Tebano, and Craig Conway
Genre: Action | Comedy | Horror | Mystery
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 89 minutes
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