JULY 29, 2022
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Directed By: Jared Stern
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
DC League of Super-Pets
Krypto the Super-Dog and Superman are inseparable best friends, sharing the same superpowers and fighting crime side by side in Metropolis. However, Krypto must master his own powers for a rescue mission when Superman is kidnapped.
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Kate McKinnon, John Krasinski, Vanessa Bayer, Natasha Lyonne, Diego Luna, Thomas Middleditch, Ben Schwartz, and Keanu Reeves
Genre: Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Rating: PG (for action, mild violence, language and rude humor)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 106 minutes
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Directed By: B.J. Novak
Studio: Focus Features
Vengeance
A radio host from New York City attempts to solve the murder of a girl he hooked up with and travels down south to investigate the circumstances of her death and discover what happened to her.
Starring: BJ Novak, Boyd Holbrook, Dove Cameron, Issa Rae, and Ashton Kutcher
Genre: Comedy | Mystery | Thriller
Rating: R (for language and brief violence)
Country: USA (Eng;ish)
Runtime: 94 minutes
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Directed By: Andrew Semans
Studio: IFC Films
Resurrection
Margaret’s life is in order. She is capable, disciplined, and successful. Soon, her teenage daughter, who Margaret raised by herself, will be going off to a fine university, just as Margaret had intended. Everything is under control. That is, until David returns, carrying with him the horrors of Margaret’s past.
Starring: Rebecca Hall, Grace Kaufman, Michael Esper, and Tim Roth
Genre: Crime | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 103 minutes
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Directed By: Anna Gutto
Studio: Lionsgate
Paradise Highway
A truck driver has been forced to smuggle illicit cargo to save her brother from a deadly prison gang. With FBI operatives hot on her trail, Sally’s conscience is challenged when the final package turns out to be a teenage girl.
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Juliette Binoche, Frank Grillo, Cameron Monaghan, and Hala Finley
Genre: Thriller
Rating: R (for language throughout and some violence)
Country: USA | Germany (English)
Runtime: 115 minutes
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Directed by: Lena Dunham
Studio: Utopia
Sharp Stick
Sarah Jo is a naive 26-year-old living on the fringes of Hollywood with her mother and sister. She just longs to be seen. When she begins an affair with her older employer, she is thrust into an education on sexuality, loss and power.
Starring: Kristine Froseth, Jon Bernthal, Luka Sabbat, Scott Speedman, Lena Dunham, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Taylour Paige, and Jennifer Jason Leigh
Genre: Comedy
Rating: R (for strong sexual content, some nudity, language throughout and drug use)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 86 minutes
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Directed By: Ron Howard
Studio: United Artists Releasing
Thirteen Lives
A rescue mission is assembled in Thailand where a group of young boys and their soccer coach are trapped in a system of underground caves that are flooding.
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton, and Tom Bateman
Genre: Biography | Drama | International | Thriller
Rating: PG-13 (for some strong language and unsettling images)
Country: UK (English)
Runtime: 147 minutes
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Directed By: Max Walker-Silverman
Studio: Bleecker Street
A Love Song
At a campground in the rural West, a woman waits alone for an old flame from her past to arrive, uncertain of his intentions while bashful about her own.
Starring: Dale Dickey and Wes Studi
Genre: Romance
Rating: PG (for mild thematic elements)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 81 minutes
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Directed By: Quinn Shephard
Studio: Searchlight Pictures + Hulu
Not Okay
An ambitious young woman (Zoey Deutch) finds followers and fame when she poses as the survivor of a deadly attack, but she soon learns that online notoriety comes with a terrible price.
Starring: Zoey Deutch, Dylan O’Brien, Mia Isaac, and Embeth Davidtz
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Rating: R (for language throughout, drug use and some sexual content)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 100 minutes
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Directed By: Clio Barnard
Studio: Greenwich Entertainment
Ali & Ava
ALI and AVA, both lonely for different reasons, meet and sparks fly. Over a lunar month a deep connection begins to grow, despite the legacy of AVA’s past relationship, and ALI’s emotional turmoil at the breakdown of his marriage.
Starring: Adeel Akhtar, Claire Rushbrook, Ellora Torchia, Shaun Thomas, and Natalie Gavin
Genre: Drama | International | Romance
Rating: Not Rated
Country: UK (English)
Runtime: 95 minutes
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Directed By: John Campopiano & Chris Griffiths
Studio: Cinedigm
Pennywise: The Story of IT
This in-depth look at the 1990 mini-series based on Stephen King’s iconic novel features interviews with many of the cult classic’s key players, including director Tommy Lee Wallace and cast members Seth Green, Richard Thomas, and Tim Curry, who portrayed the notorious monster clown, Pennywise.
Starring: Tim Curry, Seth Green, Richard Thomas, Emily Perkins, and Dennis Christopher
Genre: Documentary | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: UK (English)
Runtime: 105 minutes
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Directed By: Jay Giannone
Studio: Gravitas Ventures
It Snows all the Time
Paul did everything he could to keep his mind healthy, so his Dementia diagnosis at age 58 was the last thing anyone expected. As his disease progresses, his family comes together to decide what to do. Confusion, commitment, love, and one last fishing trip bring him closer to his wife and children.
Starring: Lesley Ann Warren, Taryn Manning, Brett Cullen, Erin Cahill, and Tatyana Ali
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 90 minutes
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Directed By: Addison Heimann
Studio: XYZ Films
Hypochondriac
Will, a young Hispanic gay potter, is one gregarious guy. His boss is terrible, but he’s got a great boyfriend and a great job. Unfortunately, behind that veneer is a dark past of violence and mental illness that he is desperate to keep hidden. When his bipolar mother comes out of the woodwork after ten years of silence, he begins exhibiting unexplainable symptoms and spirals into an obsession, determined to solve this mystery of his own.
Starring: Zach Villa, Devon Graye, Madeline Zima, Yumarie Morales, Debra Wilson, and Peter Mensah
Genre: Drama | Horror | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 97 minutes
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Directed By: Zhor Fassi-Fihri
Studio: Saban Films
The Moderator
When the senseless murder of her friends is left unsolved, a covert assassin decides to take justice into her own hands. Discovering the crimes were just the latest in a long streak of sadistic murders by an underground crime syndicate, she will take no prisoners in her blood-soaked mission for revenge as she hunts them down, one target at a time.
Starring: Irma Lake, Robert Knepper, Gary Dourdan, and Michael Patrick Lane
Genre: Action | Drama | Thriller
Rating: R (for violence, sexual assault, language, some sexual content and brief drug use)
Country: USA | Morocco (English)
Runtime: 82 minutes
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Directed By: Ayoka Chenzira
Studio: Kino Lorber
Alma’s Rainbow
(1994 RE-RELEASE)
Alma’s Rainbow is a coming-of-age comedy-drama about three Black women living in Brooklyn. Ayoka Chenzira’s feature film explores the life of teenager Rainbow Gold who is entering womanhood and navigating conversations and experiences around standards of beauty, self-image, and the rights Black women have over their bodies. Rainbow attends a strict parochial school, studies dance, and is just becoming aware of boys. She lives with her strait-laced mother Alma Gold, who runs a hair salon in the parlor of their home. When Alma’s free-spirited sister Ruby arrives from Paris after a 10-year absence, the sisters clash over what constitutes the “proper” direction Rainbow’s life should take. Alma has fooled herself into believing she has no need of male companionship and advises her daughter to follow her example. Ruby encourages both her niece and her sister to embrace life – and love – fully and joyfully.
Starring: Kim Weston-Moran and Victoria Gabrielle Platt
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 85 minutes
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Directed By: Ben Lewin & Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum
Studio: Netflix
Purple Hearts
In spite of their many differences, Cassie, a struggling singer-songwriter, and Luke, a troubled Marine, agree to marry solely for military benefits. But when tragedy strikes, the line between real and pretend begins to blur.
Starring: Sofia Carson, Nicholas Galitzine, Anthony Ippolito, and Linden Ashby
Genre: Drama | Music | Romance
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 122 minutes
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Directed By: Kim Han-min
Studio: Well Go USA
Hansan: Rising Dragon
A prequel to THE ADMIRAL: ROARING CURRENTS–the most-watched film in Korean cinema history–HANSAN: RISING DRAGON depicts the historical Battle of Hansando. In 1592, admiral Yi Sun-sin and his fleet face off against the might of the invading Japanese navy and its formidable warships. As the Korean forces fall into crisis, the admiral resorts to using his secret weapon, the dragon head ships known as geobukseon, in order to change the tide of this epic battle at sea.
Starring: Park Hae-il, Taecyeon, Yo-Han Byun, and Sung-Ki Ahn
Genre: Action | Drama | History | International | War
Rating: Not Rated
Country: South Korea (Korean)
Runtime: 130 minutes
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Directed By: Anita Rocha da Silveira
Studio: Music Box Films
Medusa
In order to resist temptation, Mariana and her girlfriends try their best to control everything and everyone around them. However, the day will come when the urge to scream will be stronger than it ever has been.
Starring: Mari Oliveira, Lara Tremouroux, Joana Medeiros, and Felipe Frazão
Genre: Fantasy | Horror | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Brazil (Portuguese)
Runtime: 127 minutes
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Directed By: Andrew Traucki
Studio: RLJE Films + Shudder
The Reef: Stalked
After her sister’s murder, Nic, her younger sister and two friends seek solace through a Pacific island kayaking adventure. Hours into the trip the women are stalked by a shark and must band together, face their fears and save each other.
Starring: Teressa Liane, Ann Truong, Saskia Archer, Kate Lister, and Tim Ross
Genre: Horror | International | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Australia (English)
Runtime: 93 minutes
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Directed By: John Mathis
Studio: TriCoast Worldwide
Where’s Rose
When a little girl is found after going missing, only her older brother recognizes the evil force that has returned in her place.
Starring: Ty Simpkins, Anneliese Judge, Skyler Elyse Philpot, and Cara AnnMarie
Genre: Horror | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 83 minutes
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Directed By: Jason Sherman
Studio: Level 33 Entertainment
My Tree
My Tree follows Jason Sherman’s journey to find the tree that was planted in his name in Israel many years earlier. When he discovers that it stands on the remains of a Palestinian village that was destroyed in 1967, he embarks on another journey — to determine his responsibility in helping to cover up the destruction.
Starring: Jason Sherman, Jamie Sherman, Rick Sherman, Gayle Kertzman, Lilian Comfield, and Orit Fooks
Genre: Documentary | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Canada (English)
Runtime: 102 minutes
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Directed By: Alex Lee Moyer
Studio: Play Nice
Alex’s War
Who is Alex Jones? Looking past caricature to a human character study, Alex’s War uses unprecedented access to examine the rollercoaster career of America’s most infamous, charismatic and divisive public figure.
Starring: Alex Jones, Owen Shroyer, Ali Alexander, Rex Jones, and Rob Dew
Genre: Documentary
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 135 minutes
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