SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
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Directed By: Parker Finn
Studio: Paramount Pictures
SMILE
After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can’t explain. As an overwhelming terror begins taking over her life, Rose must confront her troubling past in order to survive and escape her horrifying new reality.
Starring: Sosie Bacon, Jessie T. Usher, Kyle Gallner, Caitlin Stasey, Kal Penn and Rob Morgan
Genre: Horror
Rating: R (for strong violent content and grisly images, and language)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 115 minutes
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Directed By: Nicholas Stoller
Studio: Universal Pictures
BROS
From the ferocious comic mind of Billy Eichner and the hitmaking brilliance of filmmakers Nicholas Stoller and Judd Apatow, comes Bros, a smart, swoony and heartfelt comedy about finding sex, love and romance amidst the madness.
Starring: Luke Macfarlane, Bowen Yang, Harvey Fierstein, Ts Madison, Monica Raymund, Guillermo Díaz, Guy Branum, Amanda Bearse, and Jim Rash
Genre: Comedy | Romance
Rating: R (for strong sexual content, language throughout and some drug use)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 115 minutes
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Directed By: Anne Fletcher
Studio: Disney+
Hocus Pocus 2
It’s been 29 years since someone lit the Black Flame Candle and resurrected the 17th-century sisters, and they are looking for revenge. Now it is up to three high-school students to stop the ravenous witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc on Salem before dawn on All Hallow’s Eve.
Starring: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Doug Jones, Whitney Peak, Lilia Buckingham, Belissa Escobedo, Hannah Waddingham, Tony Hale, and Sam Richardson
Genre: Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Rating: PG (for action, macabre/suggestive humor and some language)
Country: USA (English & Ukrainian)
Runtime: 107 minutes
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Directed By: Peter Farrelly
Studio: Apple Original Films
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
To show support for his neighborhood friends serving in Vietnam, Chickie Donohue (Zac Efron) decides to do something totally outrageous: travel to the frontline by himself to bring the soldiers a little piece of home — their favorite can of American beer. However, what started as a well-meaning journey quickly turns into the adventure of a lifetime as Chickie confronts the reality of this controversial war and his reunions with his childhood buddies thrust him into the complexities and responsibilities of adulthood. Based on an incredible true story, “The Greatest Beer Run Ever” is a heartfelt coming-of-age tale about friendship, loyalty and sacrifice.
Starring: Zac Efron, Russell Crowe and Bill Murray
Genre: Adventure | Comedy | Drama | War
Rating: R (for language and some war violence)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 126 minutes
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Directed by: Saela Davis & Anna Rose Holmer
Studio: A24
God’s Creatures
In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong. A lie she tells for him rips apart their family and close-knit community in this tense, sweepingly emotional epic.
Starring: Emily Watson, Paul Mescal, Aisling Franciosi, Declan Conlon, Toni O’Rourke, Marion O’Dwyer, Brendan McCormack, and Lalor Roddy
Genre: Drama
Rating: R (for language)
Country: USA | UK | Ireland (English)
Runtime: 94 minutes
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Directed By: Rob Zombie
Studio: Netflix
The Munsters
Lily is a typical 150-year-old lovelorn vampire who’s looking for the man of her nightmares — until she lays her eyes on Herman, a 7-foot-tall green experiment with a heart of gold. It’s love at first shock as these two ghouls fall fangs over feet for each other in a Transylvanian romance. Unfortunately, it’s not all smooth sailing in the cemetery as Lily’s father has other plans for his beloved daughter’s future, and they don’t involve her new bumbling beau.
Starring: Jeff Daniel Phillips, Sheri Moon Zombie, Daniel Roebuck, Sylvester McCoy as Igor and Richard Brake
Genre: Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi
Rating: PG (for macabre and suggestive material, scary images and language)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 109 minutes
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Directed By: Maya Forbes & Wallace Wolodarsky
Studio: Lionsgate + Roadside Attractions
The Good House
The Good House follows Hildy Good (Sigourney Weaver), a wry New England realtor and descendant of the Salem witches, who loves her wine and her secrets. Her compartmentalized life begins to unravel as she rekindles a romance with her old high-school flame, Frank Getchell (Kevin Kline), and becomes dangerously entwined in one person’s reckless behavior. Igniting long-buried emotions and family secrets, Hildy is propelled toward a reckoning with the one person she’s been avoiding for decades: herself.
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, and Beverly D’Angelo
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Rating: R (for brief sexuality and language)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 114 minutes
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Directed By: David Poag
Studio: Strike Back Studios
Spirit Halloween The Movie
When a Spirit Halloween Store opens in a deserted strip mall, three middle school friends who think they’ve outgrown trick or treating make a dare to spend the night locked inside the store Halloween night. But they soon find out that the store is haunted by an angry evil spirit who has possessed the creepy animatronic characters. The kids will need to embark on a thrilling and spooky adventure in order to survive the night and avoid becoming possessed themselves.
Starring: Christopher Lloyd and Rachael Leigh Cook
Genre: Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Rating: PG-13
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 87 minutes
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Directed By: Walter Hill
Studio: Quiver Distribution
Dead for a Dollar
When it appears a young woman has run off with an army deserter, a hired gun, Max, is contracted to go after them and bring her home. Finding out that she fled from an abusive husband, Max is faced with the choice to finish the job or look the other way while ruthless assassins and his longtime rival, Joe, close in.
Starring: Christoph Waltz, Willem Dafoe, Rachel Brosnahan, Brandon Scott, Warren Burke, Benjamin Bratt, and Hamish Linklater
Genre: Thriller | Western
Rating: R (for violence, some sexual content/graphic nudity and language)
Country: USA | Canada (English)
Runtime: 105 minutes
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Directed By: Chris von Hoffmann
Studio: Lionsgate
Devil’s Workshop
In this chilling psychological thriller featuring Emile Hirsch, struggling actor Clayton is desperate for a role as a demonologist. He contacts Eliza, an expert in devil lore, to help him prepare and spends the weekend at her home. Eliza forces Clayton to confront his troubling past, perform dark rituals, and sacrifice a goat. Does she want to help Clayton, seduce him–or destroy him? The shocking climax will set your soul ablaze.
Starring: Radha Mitchell, Timothy Granaderos, Emile Hirsch, and Sarah Coffey
Genre: Drama | Horror
Rating: R (for violent content, language throughout, drug use, some sexual material and nudity)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 86 minutes
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Directed By: Kristina Buozyte & Bruno Samper
Studio: IFC Films
VESPER
After the collapse of Earth’s ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her Father, must use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the future.
Starring: Raffiella Chapman, Eddie Marsan, Rosie McEwen and Richard Brake
Genre: Adventure | Drama | International | Sci-Fi
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Lithuania | France | Belgium (English)
Runtime: 114 minutes
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Directed By: Hannah Barlow & Kane Senes
Studio: Shudder
Sissy
Cecilia and Emma were tween-age BFFs who were going to grow old together and never let anything come between them, until Alex arrived on the scene. Twelve years later, Cecilia is a successful social media influencer living the dream of an independent, modern millennial woman… until she runs into Emma for the first time in over a decade. Emma invites Cecilia away on her bachelorette weekend at a remote cabin in the mountains, where Alex proceeds to make Cecilia’s weekend a living hell. #triggered
Starring: Aisha Dee, Yerin Ha, Lucy Barrett, and Daniel Monks
Genre: Comedy | Drama | Horror | International | Romance | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Australia (English)
Runtime: 102 minutes
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Directed By: Rita Baghdadi
Studio: Oscilloscope Laboratories
SIRENS
Lilas and Shery, co-founders and guitarists of the Middle East’s first all-female metal band, wrestle with friendship, sexuality and destruction in their pursuit of becoming thrash metal rock stars.
Starring: Lilas Mayassi, Shery Bechara, Maya Khairallah, Alma Doumani, and Tatyana Boughaba
Genre: Documentary
Rating: R (for some strong violence, and language throughout)
Country: USA | Lebanon (English)
Runtime: 79 minutes
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Directed By: Santiago Mitre
Studio: Amazon Studios
Argentina, 1985
Argentina, 1985 is a feature inspired by the true story of Julio Strassera, Luis Moreno Ocampo and their young legal team of unlikely heroes in their David-vs-Goliath battle in which, under constant threat, they dared to prosecute Argentina’s bloodiest military dictatorship against all odds and in a race against time to bring justice to the victims of the junta.
Starring: Ricardo Darín, Peter Lanzani, Alejandra Flechner and Norman Briski
Genre: Crime | Drama | History | International
Rating: R (for language)
Country: USA | Argentina (Spanish)
Runtime: 140 minutes
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Directed By: Ana Lily Amirpour
Studio: Saban Films
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
When a struggling single-mother befriends a mysterious mental institute escapee with supernatural powers, she sees a lucrative opportunity to make some fast cash. But when they draw the attention of a detective, their luck starts to run out as the cops close in on their crime-spree.
Starring: Kate Hudson, Jun Jong-seo, Ed Skrein, Evan Whitten, and Craig Robinson
Genre: Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller
Rating: R (for language throughout, sexual material and some violence)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 106 minutes
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Directed By: Johannes Grenzfurthner
Studio: Drafthouse Films
Masking Threshold
Conducting a series of experiments in his makeshift home-lab, a skeptic IT worker tries to cure his harrowing hearing impairment. But where will his research lead him? “Masking Threshold” combines a chamber play, a scientific procedural, an unpacking video, and a DIY YouTube channel while suggesting endless vistas of existential pain and decay. Glimpse the world of the nameless protagonist in this eldritch tale, which is by no means for the faint of heart.
Starring: Ethan Haslam, Johannes Grenzfurthner, Jason Scott Sadofsky, and Bronwynn Mertz-Penzinger
Genre: Drama | Fantasy | Horror | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Austria (English)
Runtime: 90 minutes
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Directed By: Damon Thomas
Studio: Amazon Studios
My Best Friend’s Exorcism
The year is 1988. High school sophomores Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fourth grade. But after an evening of skinny-dipping goes disastrously wrong, Gretchen begins to act… different. She’s moody. She’s irritable. And bizarre incidents keep happening whenever she’s nearby. Abby’s investigation leads her to some startling discoveries–and by the time their story reaches its terrifying conclusion, the fate of Abby and Gretchen will be determined by a single question: Is their friendship powerful enough to beat the devil?
Starring: Elsie Fisher, Amiah Miller, Cathy Ang and Rachel Ogechi Kanu
Genre: Comedy | Horror | Thriller
Rating: R (for teen drug use, language, sexual references and some violence)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 96 minutes
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Directed By: Salomé Jashi
Studio: Big World Pictures
Taming the Garden
A powerful man, who is also the former prime minister of Georgia, has developed an exquisite hobby. He collects century old trees along Georgia’s coastline. He commissions his men to uproot them and bring them to his private garden. Some of these trees are as tall as 15-floor-buildings. And in order to transplant a tree of such dimensions some other trees are chopped down, electric cables are shifted and new roads are paved through mandarin plantations.
Starring: —
Genre: Documentary | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Switzerland | Germany | Georgia | Netherlands (Georgian)
Runtime: 91 minutes
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Directed By: Michael Chiang
Studio: Well Go USA Entertainment
Wolf Pack
While seeking answers about his father’s suspicious death, a tactically trained physician infiltrates a mercenary group and soon uncovers a dangerous international conspiracy that could threaten the lives of millions of civilians.
Starring: Jin Zhangm, Aarif Rahman, Diego Dati, Luxia Jiang, and Mark Luu
Genre: Action | International | Thriller | War
Rating: Not Rated
Country: China (Chinese)
Runtime: 105 minutes
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Directed By: Ben Lanoha
Studio: Gravitas Ventures
Other Monsters
Wrongfully convicted, Connor Holloway is recently released from prison after serving time for the murder of his lover. His first, and only, order of business: find and kill the true murderers. It’s not long before Connor comes face to face with Mary’s sister, Laura. Believing Connor was Mary’s After subduing and disarming Laura, Connor manages to convince her that he was not Mary’s killer, and she reluctantly agrees to join him on his quest for revenge. But the .22 round he took from Laura has shredded his insides. He’s dying. As Connor continues to locate and kill the men on his list, blood-poisoning from the gunshot to his stomach has him on the ropes. Drifting in and out of consciousness, Connor’s life is prolonged by Laura’s efforts to clean and heal his gunshot wound. In a quietly haunting finale, Connor — who’s hanging on by a thread — commits one last act of retribution.
Starring: Alexandra Holden, Kris Park, Walter Platz, and Chloe Farnworth
Genre: Crime | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 93 minutes
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Directed By: Peter Curtis Pardini
Studio: Gravitas Ventures
The Last Band on Stage
March 14, 2020. Chicago is the last band on stage as the worldwide COVID lockdowns begin. The Last Band on Stage tells the incredible story of how the 55 year-old band survived a pandemic that stopped the world in its tracks.
Starring: Lee Loughnane, James Pankow, Robert Lamm, and Walfredo Reyes Jr.
Genre: Documentary
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 90 minutes
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Directed By: Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury
Studio: Dread
Among the Living
Stranded in the countryside in the aftermath of a deadly outbreak, older brother Harry fights to protect his younger sister, Lily, while he desperately searches to find refuge with their father. Harry and Lily are determined to survive their journey as they strive to avoid an infected population with a thirst for blood as well as the greater threat of other survivors.
Starring: Anne Marivin, Théo Fernandez, Francis Renaud, and Zacharie Chasseriaud
Genre: Horror | International | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: France (French)
Runtime: 85 minutes
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Directed By: Sandra C. Alvarez
Studio: Abramorama
InHospitable
InHospitable reveals American hospitals’ significant role in our broken healthcare system by documenting patients and activists as they band together to fight UPMC, a multi-billion dollar nonprofit hospital system that was limiting vital care for hundreds of thousands of vulnerable patients in western Pennsylvania.
Starring: Maurice Arnett, Vicki Arnette, Pat Basu, and Ginny Bell
Genre: Documentary
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 102 minutes
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Directed By: Patricio Ginelsa Jr.
Studio: Kid Heroes Pictures
Lumpia With a Vengeance
The LUMPIA-armed hero reappears in Fogtown and teams up with high school student Rachel to prevent a mysterious crime syndicate from destroying their town, and her parents’ dream wedding.
Starring: Mark Muñoz, April Absynth, Danny Trejo, and Francis Custodio
Genre: Action | Comedy
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 112 minutes
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Directed By: Alysa Nahmias
Studio: MTV Documentary Films
Art & Krimes by Krimes
While locked-up for six years in federal prison, artist Jesse Krimes secretly creates monumental works of art–including an astonishing 40-foot mural made with prison bed sheets, hair gel, and newspaper. He smuggles out each panel piece-by-piece with the help of fellow artists, only seeing the mural in totality upon coming home. As Jesse’s work captures the art world’s attention, he struggles to adjust to life outside, living with the threat that any misstep will trigger a life sentence.
Starring: Russell Craig, Jesse Krimes, Jared Owens, and Gilberto Rivera
Genre: Documentary
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 85 minutes
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Directed By: Maria Demeshkina Peek
Studio: Auroris Media
Sextortion: The Hidden Pandemic
An insider look into one of the largest sextortion cases investigated by Homeland Security and DOJ on American soil, as various experts, parents and victims sound the alarm on the fastest growing cyber crime against children ever.
Starring: Jay James
Genre: Documentary
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: — minutes
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Directed By: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Studio: Crunchyroll
Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan’s Island
After a covert mission goes wrong, Mobile Suit pilot Amuro Ray and his comrades are stranded on a remote island. The battalion was sent to a land called the Island of No Return to clear off any enemy forces, only to find a group of children and an enemy mecha attack. Now Amuro must find a way for them all to escape this mysterious land, but not before meeting a strange man–Cucuruz Doan.
Starring: Misato Fukuen, Toshio Furukawa, Tôru Furuya, and Megumi Han
Genre: Animation | Action | Drama | International | Sci-Fi
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Japan (Japanese)
Runtime: 109 minutes
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Directed By: Don Argott & Demian Fenton
Studio: Trafalgar Releasing
Dio: Dreamers Never Die
The first career spanning documentary on the heavy metal vocalist to be authorized by the artist’s estate includes scenes with peers, family and friends; never before seen footage; personal photos.
Starring: Vinny Appice, Sebastian Bach, Geezer Butler, Don Coscarelli, and Ronnie James Dio
Genre: Documentary
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 127 minutes
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