MAY 20, 2022
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Directed By: Akiva Schaffer
Studio: Disney+
Chip ‘n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers
Thirty years after their popular television show ended, chipmunks Chip and Dale live very different lives. When a cast member from the original series mysteriously disappears, the pair must reunite to save their friend.
Starring: John Mulaney, Andy Samberg, Will Arnett, Eric Bana, Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen, J.K. Simmons, and KiKi Layne
Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Mystery
Rating: PG (for mild action and rude/suggestive humor)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 97 minutes
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Directed By: Simon Curtis
Studio: Focus Features
Downton Abbey: A New Era
From award-winning creator Julian Fellowes comes the motion picture event DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA. The much-anticipated cinematic return of the global phenomenon reunites the beloved cast as they go on a grand journey to the South of France to uncover the mystery of the Dowager Countess’ newly inherited villa.
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern, Allen Leech, Tuppence Middleton, and Maggie Smith
Genre: Drama | Romance
Rating: PG (for some suggestive references, language and thematic elements)
Country: USA | UK (English)
Runtime: 125 minutes
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Directed By: Alex Garland
Studio: A24
Men
In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to have found a place to heal. But someone or something from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her. What begins as simmering dread becomes a fully-formed nightmare, inhabited by her darkest memories and fears in visionary filmmaker Alex Garland’s feverish, shape-shifting new horror film.
Starring: Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Gayle Rankin, and Sonoya Mizuno
Genre: Drama | Horror | International | Sci-Fi
Rating: R (for disturbing and violent content, graphic nudity, grisly images and language)
Country: UK (English)
Runtime: 100 minutes
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Directed By: Carey Williams
Studio: Amazon Studios
Emergency
Ready for a night of legendary partying, three college students must weigh the pros and cons of calling the police when faced with an unexpected situation.
Starring: RJ Cyler, Donald Elise Watkins, Sebastian Chacon, Sabrina Carpenter, and Maddie Nichols
Genre: Comedy | Drama | Thriller
Rating: R (for pervasive language, drug use and some sexual references)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 105 minutes
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Directed by: Richard Wong
Studio: Hulu
The Valet
A movie star enlists a parking valet at a Beverly Hills restaurant to pose as her lover to cover for her relationship with a married man.
Starring: Eugenio Derbez, Samara Weaving, Max Greenfield, and Betsy Brandt
Genre: Comedy | Romance
Rating: PG-13 (for sexual content, some strong language and brief drug material)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: — minutes
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Directed By: Alex Hardcastle
Studio: Netflix
Senior Year
A high-school cheerleader falls into a coma before her prom. Twenty years later, she awakens and wants to return to high school to reclaim her status and become prom queen.
Starring: Rebel Wilson, Sam Richardson, Zoë Chao, Mary Holland, Justin Hartley, Chris Parnell, and Alicia Silverstone
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Rating: R (for sexual material, language and brief teen drinking/drug use)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 111 minutes
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Directed By: Reginald Harkema
Studio: Amazon Studios
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
When his daughter is brutally murdered and legal justice looks unlikely, William Duncan takes the law into his own hands, setting out on a quest for retribution.
Starring: Fred Armisen, Jay Baruchel, Dave Foley, Eddie Izzard, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, Lorne Michaels, and Scott Thompson
Genre: Documentary | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Canada (English)
Runtime: 94 minutes
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Directed By: Machine Gun Kelly & Mod Sun
Studio: Open Road Films
Good Mourning
Follows London Clash, a movie star whose world is turned upside down when he must choose between pursuing his one true love and landing a life-changing, starring role in a major motion picture.
Starring: Pete Davidson, Dove Cameron, Megan Fox, Machine Gun Kelly, Whitney Cummings, and Becky G
Genre: Comedy
Rating: R (for drug use throughout, pervasive language and crude sexual references)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 93 minutes
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Directed By: Ajitpal Singh
Studio: Kino Lorber
Fire In The Mountains
A mother toils to save money to build a road in a mountainous Himalayan village to take her son to physiotherapy. Yet her husband, who believes that a shamanic ritual is the remedy, stands in her way.
Starring: Vinamrata Rai, Chandan Bisht, Harshita Tiwari, Mayank Singh Jaira, and Sonal Jha
Genre: Drama | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: India (Hindi)
Runtime: 84 minutes
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Directed By: Brea Grant
Studio: Epix
Torn Hearts
Follows a country music duo who seek out the private mansion of their idol and end up in a twisted series of horrors that force them to confront the limits they’d go for their dreams.
Starring: Katey Sagal, Shiloh Fernandez, Joshua Leonard, and Abby Quinn
Genre: Drama | Horror | Music | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 97 minutes
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Directed By: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Studio: Big World Pictures
Distant
After losing his factory job, Yusuf (Mehmet Emin Toprak) leaves his Turkish village and travels to Istanbul in search of work. There, he lives with his cousin Mahmut (Muzaffer Özdemir), a well-to-do photographer. Yusuf, who assumed it would be easy to secure a position aboard a ship, has little luck in his job search. As the days go by, Mahmut clashes with his countrified cousin over their vast differences in personality — and, perhaps more so, their uncomfortable similarities.
Starring: Muzaffer Özdemir, Mehmet Emin Toprak, Zuhal Gencer, and Nazan Kesal
Genre: Drama | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Turkey (Turkish)
Runtime: 109 minutes
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Directed By: Alessandro Celli
Studio: Kino Lorber
Mondocane
Taranto is a ghost town that no one dares to enter. The poorest are left fighting for survival, while gangs are competing for territory. Two thirteen-year-old orphans, who grew up together, dream of joining one of the gangs.
Starring: Dennis Protopapa, Giuliano Soprano, Alessandro Borghi, and Barbara Ronchi
Genre: Action | International | Sci-Fi
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Italy (Italian)
Runtime: 111 minutes
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Directed By: Stefan Forbes
Studio: IFC Films
Hold Your Fire
Brooklyn, 1972. Shu’aib Raheem tried to steal guns for self-defense, starting the longest hostage siege in NYPD history. NYPD psychologist Harvey Schlossberg fought to reform police use of violence and save lives by using words, not guns.
Starring: Shu’aib Raheem and Harvey Schlossberg
Genre: Documentary
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 93 minutes
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Directed By: Qiu Jiongjiong
Studio: Icarus Films
A New Old Play
The leading clown role in a renowned theatre troupe passes on, and is welcomed into the Underworld. As he relives his vivid memories one last time before entering the afterlife, 50 years of art, struggle and love play out against the background of 20th century China’s tumultuous history.
Starring: Tao Gu and Yi Sicheng
Genre: Biography | History | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Hong Kong | France (Chinese)
Runtime: 179 minutes
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Directed By: Zach Carver
Studio: Adventure Entertainment
The Race to Alaska
Documentary shows the hardships and dangers in the Race to Alaska. Set in one of the most complex waterways in the world, many will succumb against winds, currents, whirlpools, fear and fatigue as both character and watercraft are tested.
Starring: —
Genre: Documentary
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 99 minutes
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Directed By: Anthony Banua-Simon
Studio: The Cinema Guild
Cane Fire
Cane Fire examines the past and present of the Hawaiian island of Kauai, interweaving four generations of family history, numerous Hollywood productions, and troves of found footage to create a kaleidoscopic portrait of the economic and cultural forces that have cast Indigenous and working-class residents as “extras” in their own story.
Starring: John Allen, Bam Bam, Anthony Banua-Simon, and Lex Barker
Genre: Documentary
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English & Hawaiian)
Runtime: 90 minutes
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Directed By: Dinesh D’Souza, Debbie D’Souza & Bruce Schooley
Studio: D’Souza Media
2000 Mules
“2000 Mules,” a “documentary” film created by Dinesh D’Souza, exposes widespread, coordinated voter fraud in the 2020 election, sufficient to change the overall outcome. Drawing on research provided by the election integrity group True the Vote, “2000 Mules” offers two types of evidence: geotracking and video.
Starring: Dinesh D’Souza, Catherine Engelbrecht, Gregg Phillips, and Debbie D’Souza
Genre: Documentary
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 89 minutes
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Directed By: Mehdi Avaz
Studio: Netflix
Toscana
When a Danish chef travels to Tuscany to sell his father’s business, he meets a local woman who inspires him to rethink his approach to life and love.
Starring: Cristiana Dell’Anna, Thue Ersted Rasmussen, Sebastian Jessen, and Anders Matthesen
Genre: Drama | International | Romance
Rating: TV-MA
Country: Denmark (Danish & Italian)
Runtime: 90 minutes
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Directed By: Jonathan Zaurin
Studio: New Era Entertainment
Hollow
A series of Gruesome killings is shaking Herefordshire. Beth, a mother in her sixties is showing signs of early Alzheimer. Worried about her, her daughter Jess and son in law Connor, try to find a way to help her. Together they purchase an old house on Wyvern Hill so that she can move in with them and be looked after. However, her symptoms and slow loss of reality render Beth unable to realize that something has moved in with her, observing her every move and preparing in the darkness of Wyvern Hill.
Starring: Pat Garrett, Pete Bird, Ellie Jeffreys, and Ben Manning
Genre: Horror | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: UK (English)
Runtime: 113 minutes
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Directed By: Stuart McDonald
Studio: Netflix
A Perfect Pairing
It follows a hard-driving LA wine-company executive who travels to an Australian sheep station to land a major client and there she ends up working as a ranch hand and sparking with a rugged local.
Starring: Victoria Justice, Adam Demos, Luca Asta Sardelis, and Samantha Cain
Genre: Comedy | Romance
Rating: TV-14
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 81 minutes
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Directed By: Choi Jin-seong
Studio: Netflix
Cyber Hell: Exposing An Internet Horror
Anonymous and exploitative, a network of online chat rooms ran rampant with sex crimes. The hunt to take down its operators required guts and tenacity.
Starring: —
Genre: Documentary | Crime | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: South Korea (Korean)
Runtime: 105 minutes
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