MAY 27, 2022
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Directed By: Joseph Kosinski
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Top Gun: Maverick
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him.
Starring: Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris, Monica Barbaro, and Val Kilmer
Genre: Action | Drama
Rating: PG-13 (for sequences of intense action, and some strong language)
Country: USA | China (English)
Runtime: 131 minutes
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Directed By: Loren Bouchard & Bernard Derriman
Studio: 20th Century Studios
The Bob’s Burgers Movie
The Belchers try to save the restaurant from closing as a sinkhole forms in front of it, while the kids try to solve a mystery that could save their family’s restaurant.
Starring: H. Jon Benjamin, Dan Mintz, Eugene Mirman, Larry Murphy, John Roberts, Kristen Schaal, Zach Galifianakis, and Kevin Kline
Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Musical
Rating: PG-13 (for rude/suggestive material and language)
Country: USA (English & German)
Runtime: 102 minutes
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Directed By: Rick Dugdale
Studio: Lionsgate
Zero Contact
Starring Academy Award® winner Anthony Hopkins, this high-tech thriller chillingly reimagines our isolated, virtual world. Hopkins plays Finley Hart, the eccentric genius behind a global data-mining program. Upon his death, five remote agents — including Finley’s son — are contacted by a mysterious A.I. entity to reactivate the initiative, which may enable time travel. As sinister events occur at each of the agents’ homes, they must decide whether entering their passwords will save the world… or destroy it.
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Adrian Holmes, Lilly Krug, and Tuva Novotny
Genre: Thriller
Rating: R (for some violent content and brief language)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 97 minutes
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Directed By: Alfonso Pineda Ulloa
Studio: Saban Films
There Are No Saints
A man nicknamed “the Jesuit,” is imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit. When his wife is murdered and his son kidnapped and taken to Mexico, he devises an elaborate and dangerous plan to rescue his son and avenge the murder.
Starring: Tim Roth, Neal McDonough, Ron Perlman, Brian Cox, Tommy Flanagan, Shannyn Sossamon, and Paz Vega
Genre: Action | Crime | Thriller
Rating: R (for strong and disturbing violence, language throughout, sexual content, nudity and some drug use)
Country: USA | Mexico (English)
Runtime: 105 minutes
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Directed by: Jonas Carpignano
Studio: Neon
A Chiara
The Guerrasio family and friends gather to celebrate Claudio and Carmela’s oldest daughter’s 18th birthday. There is a healthy rivalry between the birthday girl and her 15-year-old sister Chiara as they compete on the dancefloor. It is a happy occasion, and the close-knit family are on top form. However, everything changes the next day when the father disappears. Chiara, unconvinced by the cover story, starts to investigate. As she gets closer to the truth, she is forced to decide what kind of future she wants for herself.
Starring: Swamy Rotolo, Claudio Rotolo, Grecia Rotolo, and Antonio Rotolo Uno
Genre: Drama | International
Rating: R (for some language and drug content)
Country: Italy | France (Italian)
Runtime: 121 minutes
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Directed By: Vincent Kelner
Studio: Greenwich Entertainment
A Taste of Whale
The fjord’s water, surrounded by stunning green mountains, is turning blood red. It is the “Grind” season again — Faroe Islanders’ ritual slaughter of pilot whales. Two proud Faroese whalers are on one side, two young and passionate Sea Shepherd activists on the other. A Taste of Whale invites you to see past preconceived positions and question what meat-eating is truly about.
Starring: Lamya Essemlali, Rúni Nielsen, Jens Mortan Rasmussen, and Tórik Ábraham Rouah
Genre: Documentary | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: France (English, French, & Faroese)
Runtime: 85 minutes
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Directed By: Bobbi Jo Hart
Studio: Film Movement
Fanny: The Right to Rock
FANNY: The Right to Rock reveals the untold story of a Filipina American garage band that morphed into the ferocious rock group Fanny, who almost became the female Beatles. Features Bonnie Raitt, Joe Elliott.
Starring: Joe Elliott, Bonnie Raitt, Cherie Currie, Todd Rundgren, and Kathy Valentine
Genre: Documentary | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Canada (English)
Runtime: 96 minutes
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Directed By: Sean Patrick Flanery
Studio: Redbud Studios
Frank & Penelope
A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected – as EVERYTHING is now worth dying for.
Starring: Caylee Cowan, Kevin Dillon, Donna D’Errico, Lin Shaye, Johnathon Schaech, and Sean Patrick Flanery
Genre: Thriller
Rating: R (for strong violent content, sexual content, brief nudity, language throughout, sexual assault and some drug use)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 112 minutes
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Directed By: Adam Rehmeier
Studio: Best & Final Releasing
Dinner in America
On the run from the cops, a reckless singer finds sanctuary in the home of an awkward young woman who’s a fan of his punk-rock alter ego.
Starring: Kyle Gallner, Emily Skeggs, Griffin Gluck, Pat Healy, Mary Lynn Rajskub, David Yow, Hannah Marks, Nick Chinlund, and Lea Thompson
Genre: Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 106 minutes
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Directed By: Alicia Oberle Farmer
Studio: Purdie Distribution
Rite of the Shaman
A high school boy must follow in his shaman grandfather’s footsteps to become the beacon of light he was meant to be.
Starring: Tyrell Oberle, Janice Spencer-Wise, Lauren Holdt, and Kim Stone
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 69 minutes
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Directed By: Christine Chen
Studio: Gravitas Ventures
Erzulie
Four women accidentally summon a water goddess while reconnecting at a camp in south Louisiana, and a local decides to capture the goddess for himself.
Starring: Zoe Graham, Timeca M. Seretti, Jason Kirkpatrick, and Elizabeth Trieu
Genre: Adventure | Fantasy
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 86 minutes
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Directed By: Nine Antico
Studio: Strand Releasing
Playlist
Sophie lands a job with a comic book publisher despite being unqualified for the position. However, her newfound security is threatened when she breaks up with her boyfriend, the father of the child she is carrying.
Starring: Sara Forestier, Laetitia Dosch, Bertrand Belin, and Pierre Lottin
Genre: Comedy | Drama | International | Music
Rating: Not Rated
Country: France (French)
Runtime: 84 minutes
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Directed By: Dan Mirvish
Studio: Adventure Entertainment
18 1/2
In 1974, a White House transcriber is thrust into the Watergate scandal when she obtains the only copy of the infamous 18½ minute gap in Nixon’s tapes.
Starring: Willa Fitzgerald, John Magaro, Richard Kind, Jon Cryer, Alanna Saunders, Ted Raimi, and Vondie Curtis-Hall
Genre: Comedy | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 88 minutes
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Directed By: Bradley Jackson
Studio: Fathom Events
Facing Nolan
In the world of Major League Baseball no one has created a mythology like Nolan Ryan. Told from the point of view of the hitters who faced him and the teammates who revered him, Facing Nolan is the definitive documentary of a Texas legend.
Starring: Nolan Ryan
Genre: Documentary
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 102 minutes
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