OCTOBER 8, 2021
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No Time To Die
Directed By: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Studio: MGM Studios
In No Time To Die, Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.
Starring: Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Christoph Waltz, Rory Kinnear, Ralph Fiennes, Rami Malek, Lashana Lynch, Billy Magnussen, and Ana de Armas
Genre: Action | Adventure | Thriller
Country: USA | UK (English, French, Italian, & Russian)
Rating: PG-13 (for sequences of violence and action, some disturbing images, brief strong language and some suggestive material)
Runtime: 163 minutes
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LAMB
Directed By: Valdimar Jóhannsson
Studio: A24
A childless couple, María and Ingvar discover a mysterious newborn on their farm in Iceland. The unexpected prospect of family life brings them much joy, before ultimately destroying them.
Starring: Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Ingvar Sigurdsson, and Ester Bibi
Genre: Drama | Horror | Mystery
Country: Iceland | Sweden | Poland (Icelandic)
Rating: R (for some bloody violent images and sexuality/nudity)
Runtime: 106 minutes
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MASS
Directed By: Fran Kranz
Studio: Bleecker Street
Years after an unspeakable tragedy tore their lives apart, two sets of parents (Jason Isaacs and Martha Plimpton, Reed Birney and Ann Dowd) agree to talk privately in an attempt to move forward. In Fran Kranz’ writing and directing debut, he thoughtfully examines their journey of grief, anger and acceptance by coming face-to-face with the ones who have been left behind.
Starring: Reed Birney, Ann Dowd, Jason Isaacs, and Martha Plimpton
Genre: Drama
Country: USA (English)
Rating: PG-13 (for thematic content and brief strong language)
Runtime: 110 minutes
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Muppets Haunted Mansion
Directed By: Kirk R. Thatcher
Studio: Disney+
The Great Gonzo – world famous daredevil artiste, has done it all, seen it all, and survived it all. But on Halloween night, the fearless Gonzo takes on the greatest challenge of his life by spending one very daring night in the most grim grinning place on Earth …The Haunted Mansion.
Starring: Will Arnett, Taraji P. Henson, Darren Criss, Yvette Nicole Brown, and Ed Asner
Genre: Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Country: USA (English)
Rating: TV-PG
Runtime: 52 minutes
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South Of Heaven
Directed By: Aharon Keshales
Studio: RLJE Films
Convicted felon Jimmy (Jason Sudeikis) gets early parole after serving twelve years for armed robbery. Upon his release he vows to give his girlfriend Annie (Evangeline Lilly), who is dying of cancer, the best last year of her life. But things are never that simple, and when he is given a “side job” from his parole officer (Shea Whigham), it sets off a series of events that leaves Jimmy in the crosshairs of a local crime boss (Mike Colter). Now, he must stop at nothing to save Annie and fight for whatever time they have left.
Starring: Jason Sudeikis, Evangeline Lilly, Shea Whigham, Mike Colter, and Michael Paré
Genre: Action | Crime | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 120 minutes
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Survive The Game
Directed By: James Cullen Bressack
Studio: Lionsgate
Bruce Willis (Pulp Fiction) and Chad Michael Murray (“Riverdale”) star in this explosive crime-thriller. When cop David (Willis) is injured in a drug bust gone wrong, his partner, Cal, pursues the two criminals who shot him to a remote farm owned by troubled vet Eric (Murray). As Cal and Eric plot their defense, more of the gang arrives — along with a wounded David — and, outnumbered, the three heroes must use stealth, smarts, and marksmanship to take down the drug-dealing mob.
Starring: Bruce Willis, Chad Michael Murray, Sarah Roemer, Donna D’Errico, and Zack Ward
Genre: Action | Thriller
Country: USA (English)
Rating: R (for violence, and language throughout)
Runtime: 97 minutes
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MADRES
Directed By: Ryan Zaragoza
Studio: Amazon Studios
Beto (Tenoch Huerta) and Diana (Ariana Guerra), a young Mexican-American couple expecting their first child, move to a small town in 1970’s California where Beto has been offered a job managing a farm. Isolated from the community and plagued by confusing nightmares, Diana explores the rundown company ranch where they reside, finding a grisly talisman and a box containing the belongings of the previous residents. Her discoveries will lead her to a truth much stranger and more terrifying than she could have possibly imagined.
Starring: Jason Bayle, Betsy Borrego, Kerry Cahill, Elpidia Carrillo, and Sam Fisicaro
Genre: Horror
Country: USA (English & Spanish)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 83 minutes
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Fever Dream
Directed By: Claudia Llosa
Studio: Netflix
A young woman lies dying far from home. A boy sits beside her. She is not his mother. He is not her child. Together, they tell a haunting story of broken souls, an invisible threat, and the power and desperation of family. Based on the internationally critically acclaimed novel by Samanta Schweblin.
Starring: Maria Valverde, Dolores Fonzi, German Palacios, Guillermo Pfening and Emilio Vodanovich
Genre: Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Country: USA (English)
Rating: R (for brief sexuality and nudity)
Runtime: 93 minutes
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American Insurrection
Directed By: William Sullivan
Studio: Saban Films
In this America, a civilian militia — the self-proclaimed “Volunteers” — have started tracking any person who is not white, straight and cisgender through a barcoding system. Desperate to escape the escalating violence and oppression, a group of friends try to escape over the border into Canada.
Starring: Nadine Malouf, Nick Westrate, Brandon Perea, and Sarah Wharton
Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi
Country: USA (English)
Rating: R (for some strong violence, language throughout and some sexuality)
Runtime: 115 minutes
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Golden Voices
Directed By: Evgeny Ruman
Studio: Music Box Films
Raya and Victor built a shared career as the Soviet Union’s most beloved film dubbers. As the USSR collapses, the Jewish couple must immigrate to Israel and reinvent themselves to find employment. A charming comedy about disrupting dynamics, starting anew, and rediscovering yourself in the most unexpected places, GOLDEN VOICES is also a stirring tribute to the redemptive power of cinema.
Starring: Mariya Belkina, Vladimir Friedman, Evelin Hagoel, Uri Klauzner, and Elizabeth Kon
Genre: Comedy | Drama | International | Romance
Country: Israel (Russian & Hebrew)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 88 minutes
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KNOCKING
Directed By: Frida Kempff
Studio: Signature
After suffering a traumatic incident, Molly (Cecilia Milocco) moves into a new apartment to begin her path to recovery, but it’s not long after her arrival that a series of persistent knocks and screams begin to wake her up at night. Molly’s new life begins to unravel as the screams intensify and no one else in the building believes or is willing to help her.
Starring: Cecilia Milocco, Krister Kern, Albin Grenholm, Ville Virtanen and Alexander Salzberger
Genre: International | Thriller
Country: Sweden (Swedish)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 78 minutes
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Silent Hours
Directed By: Mark Greenstreet
Studio: Gravitas Ventures
Private detective John Duval, an ex-lieutenant commander in the Royal Navy and Naval Intelligence, finds himself the prime suspect in a police hunt for a sexual killer when three women are brutally murdered.
Starring: James Weber Brown, Indira Varma, Dervla Kirwan and Hugh Bonneville.
Genre: International | Thriller
Country: UK (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 120 minutes
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Christmas Collision
Directed By: Lana Read
Studio: Gravitas Ventures
Theodora, a time consumed professional crosses paths with Charlie, a writer, when she travels to his hometown for business just before Christmas. Both are taken by surprise when unexpected circumstances present themselves.
Starring: Michael Paré, Vernon Wells, John Wells, Sebrina Scott, and Dakota Phillips
Genre: Drama | Romance
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 95 minutes
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THE RESCUE
Directed By: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin
Studio: National Geographic
The Rescue chronicles the enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand. Using a wealth of never-before-seen material and exclusive interviews, E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin keep viewers on the edge of their seats as they bring alive one of the most perilous and extraordinary rescues in modern times, shining a light on the high-risk world of cave diving, the astounding courage and compassion of the rescuers, and the shared humanity of the international community that united to save the boys.
Starring: Jim Warny, John Volanthen, Thanet Natisri, Mikko Paasi, and Derek Anderson
Genre: Documentary | Drama
Country: USA | UK (English)
Rating: PG (for thematic material involving peril and some language)
Runtime: 114 minutes
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Delphine’s Prayers
Directed By: Rosine Mfetgo Mbakam
Studio: Icarus Films
This film is the portrait of Delphine, a young Cameroonian girl who, after the death of her mother and the abandonment of her father’s parental responsibilities, was raped at the age of 13. She sinks into prostitution to support herself and her daughter. She ends up marrying a Belgian man who is three times her age, hoping to find a better life in Europe for her and her daughter. Seven years later, the European dream has faded and her situation has only gotten worse. Delphine, like others, is part of this generation of young African women crushed by our patriarchal societies and left with this Western sexual colonization as the only means of survival. Through her courage and strength, Delphine exposes these patterns of domination that continue to lock up African women.
Starring: Delphine
Genre: Documentary
Country: Cameroon | Belgium (French)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 90 minutes
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Detention
Directed By: John Hsu
Studio: Dekanalog
In 1962 Taiwan, a group of students join an underground book club hosted by their counselor. One day, the counselor vanishes into thin air, and the student’s search for him takes them to a realm dominated by ghosts and spirits.
Starring: Gingle Wang, Meng-Po Fu, Jing-Hua Tseng, and Cecilia Choi
Genre: Horror | International | Mystery | Thriller
Country: Taiwan (Mandarin)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 102 minutes
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Hell Or High Seas
Directed By: Glenn Holsten
Studio: Rock Salt Releasing
U.S. Navy veteran Taylor Grieger and writer Stephen O’Shea embark on the adventure of a lifetime — sailing around the treacherous waters of Cape Horn.
Starring: Stephen O’Shea, John Rose, and Taylor Grieger
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 90 minutes
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Prism
Directed By: An van Dienderen, Éléonore Yaméogo, & Rosine Mfetgo Mbakam
Studio: Icarus Films
PRISM explores the legacy and effects of the racism inherent in photographic technology, which was developed with white skin in mind.
Starring: Sylvestre Amoussou, Jean-Dominique Burton, David Fricker, and Tella Kpomahou
Genre: Documentary | International
Country: Belgium (English & French)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 78 minutes
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Suzanna Andler
Directed By: Benoît Jacquot
Studio: Icarus Films
Trapped in marriage to a wealthy, unfaithful businessman, a middle aged mother takes a break and goes with her young lover to a Riviera beach house where she plans a family vacation for the summer.
Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Niels Schneider, Nathan Willcocks, and Julia Roy
Genre: Drama | International
Country: France (French)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 91 minutes
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The Gig Is Up
Directed By: Shannon Walsh
Studio: Gravitas Ventures
A very human tech doc, THE GIG IS UP uncovers the real costs of the platform economy through the lives of workers from around the world for companies including Uber, Amazon and Deliveroo. From delivering food and driving ride shares to tagging images for AI, millions of people around the world are finding work task by task online. The gig economy is worth over 5 trillion USD globally, and growing. And yet the stories of the workers behind this tech revolution have gone largely neglected. Who are the people in this shadow workforce?
Starring: —
Genre: Documentary | International
Country: France | Canada (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 88 minutes
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Vengeance Is Mine
Directed By: Hadi Hajaig
Studio: Vertical Entertainment
Harry is a broken man who’s struggling to come to terms with the murder of his wife and daughter five years earlier. When Harry discovers the whereabouts of the killers, he awakens from his grief and resolves to never stop until they’re all dead.
Starring: Matt Bainbridge, Philip Bulcock, Clint Clarke, and Faruk Dogan
Genre: Action | International | Thriller
Country: UK (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 85 minutes
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The Secret of Sinchanee
Directed By: Steven Grayhm
Studio: Vertical Entertainment
An industrial tow truck driver suffering from insomnia returns to his childhood home after the untimely death of his father, to discover that a paranormal presence has been living in the house and haunting the sacred land it was built on.
Starring: Laila Lockhart Kraner, Steven Grayhm, Rudy Reyes, Tamara Austin, and Chris Neville
Genre: Horror
Country: USA (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 115 minutes
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My Country, My Parents
Directed By: Teng Shen, Jing Wu, Zheng Xu, & Ziyi Zhang
Studio: CMC Pictures
Included as the third installment of “National Day Celebration” trilogy with My People, My Country (2019) and My People, My Homeland (2020), My Country, My Parents focuses on four Chinese families in four different eras. Combined with 4 stories, through the perspective of “home” and “country”, representing several generations of our predecessors’ dedication and sacrifice. The whole movie bring back the audiences to the collective memories of our country, as well as the ordinary and great parental affection between every generation.
Starring: Jing Wu, Ziyi Zhang, Zheng Xu, Teng Shen, and Lei Wu
Genre: Drama | International
Country: China (Mandarin)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 157 minutes
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A Living Dog
Directed By: Daniel Raboldt
Studio: Nocturnus Films
The war between mankind and machines has begun. And we are about to lose it. Every communication between humans has been made impossible by the enemy who learned to react to human voice patterns. So if you speak or even whisper — you die. The deserter Tomasz doesn’t want to be a hero any more. With a stolen vehicle he escapes from the battle into the vast emptiness of the Scandinavian forests. Always running, always hiding he hopes to survive as long as possible. But then he meets Lilja, a Russian resistance fighter who hasn’t given up and follows a desperate and suicidal plan to fight the superior machines. With every minute that passes the machines get closer, searching for the last remains of the human race.
Starring: Stefan Ebel, Siri Nase, Nikolai Will, and Michelle Wiesemes
Genre: Action | International | Sci-Fi
Country: Germany (English)
Rating: Not Rated
Runtime: 94 minutes
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