DECEMBER 23, 2022

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Directed By: Joel Crawford

Studio: Universal Pictures

Puss In Boots: The Last Wish

Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: he has burned through eight of his nine lives. Puss sets out on an epic journey to find the mythical Last Wish and restore his nine lives.

Starring: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Harvey Guillén, Florence Pugh, Olivia Colman, Ray Winstone, Samson Kayo, John Mulaney, Wagner Moura, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and Anthony Mendez
Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance
Rating: PG (for action/violence, rude humor/language, and some scary moments)
Country: USA (Ukrainian, English, & Spanish)
Runtime: 100 minutes

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Directed By: Damien Chazelle

Studio: Paramount Pictures

Babylon

A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.

Starring: Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo, and Li Jun Li
Genre: Comedy | Drama | History
Rating: R (for strong and crude sexual content, graphic nudity, bloody violence, drug use, and pervasive language)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 188 minutes

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Directed By: Sarah Polley

Studio: MGM / United Artists Releasing

Women Talking

Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.

Starring: Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey, Ben Whishaw, and Frances McDormand
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG-13 (for mature thematic content including sexual assault, bloody images, and some strong language)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 104 minutes

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Directed By: Kasi Lemmons

Studio: Sony Pictures

I Wanna Dance With Somebody

A joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, one of the greatest female R&B pop vocalists of all time, tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.

Starring: Naomi Ackie, Stanley Tucci, Ashton Sanders, Tamara Tunie, Nafessa Williams, and Clarke Peters
Genre: Biography | Drama | Music
Rating: PG-13 (for strong drug content, some strong language, smoking, and suggestive references)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 146 minutes

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Directed By: Oliver Hermanus

Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

Living

LIVING is the story of an ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, who at the eleventh hour makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful.

Starring: Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood, Alex Sharp, and Adrian Rawlins
Genre: Drama | Internatinal
Rating: PG-13 (for some suggestive material and smoking)
Country: UK | Japan | Sweden (English)
Runtime: 102 minutes

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Directed by: Marc Forster

Studio: Columbia Pictures

A Man Called Otto

Otto is a grump who’s given up on life following the loss of his wife and wants to end it all. When a young family moves in nearby, he meets his match in quick-witted Marisol, leading to a friendship that will turn his world around.

Starring: Tom Hanks, Mariana Treviño, Rachel Keller, and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Rating: PG-13 (for mature thematic material involving suicide attempts, and language)
Country: USA | Sweden (English)
Runtime: 126 minutes

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Directed By: Marie Kreutzer

Studio: IFC Films

Corsage

A fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman; she starts trying to maintain her public image.

Starring: Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Katharina Lorenz, Jeanne Werner, Alma Hasun, Manuel Rubey, Finnegan Oldfield, Aaron Friesz, Rosa Hajjaj, Lilly Marie Tschörtner and Colin Morgan
Genre: Biography | Drama | History | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Austria | Luxembourg | Germany | France German, French, English, Hungarian, & Italian)
Runtime: 113 minutes

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Directed By: Scott Cooper

Studio: Netflix

The Pale Blue Eye

A world-weary detective is hired to investigate the murder of a West Point cadet. Stymied by the cadets’ code of silence, he enlists one of their own to help unravel the case – a young man the world would come to know as Edgar Allan Poe.

Starring: Christian Bale, Harry Melling, Gillian Anderson, Lucy Boynton, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Toby Jones, Harry Lawtey, Simon McBurney, Timothy Spall, and Robert Duvall
Genre: Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Rating: R (for some violent content and bloody images)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 128 minutes

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Directed By: Emer Reynolds

Studio: Magnolia Pictures

Joyride

JOYRIDE follows 12-year-old Mully (Charlie Reid), who, after fleeing his father, steals a taxi and is shocked to find a woman, Joy (Olivia Colman), in the back seat with a baby. Joy has decided to give her child away to a friend, and Mully needs some distance from his debt-ridden dad, who’s after the cash Mully has with him. And so two lovable rogues — a complicated middle-aged mother and a troubled adolescent — go on a journey across Ireland, gradually finding in each other the friendship, love and learning they never knew they needed.

Starring: Olivia Colman, Charlie Reid, Lochlann O’Mearáin, and Elaine Kennedy
Genre: Comedy | Drama | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Ireland (English)
Runtime: 94 minutes

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Directed By: Melissa Lesh, Trevor Beck Frost, and Trevor Frost

Studio: Amazon Studios

Wildcat

Wildcat follows the emotional and inspiring story of a young veteran (Harry Turner) on his journey into the Amazon. Once there, he meets a young woman (Samantha Zwicker) running a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation center, and his life finds new meaning as he is entrusted with the life of an orphaned baby ocelot. What was meant to be an attempt to escape from life turns out to be an unexpected journey of love, discovery, and healing.

Starring: Harry Turner and Samantha Zwicker
Genre: Documentary
Rating: R (for language)
Country: USA (English & Spanish)
Runtime: 106 minutes

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Directed By: Jafar Panahi

Studio: Janus Films

No Bears

Two parallel love stories in which the partners are thwarted by hidden, inevitable obstacles, the force of superstition, and the mechanics of power.

Starring: Catherine Clinch, Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett, and Michael Patric
Genre: Drama | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Iran (Persian & Azerbaijani)
Runtime: 106 minutes

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Directed By: Bryan C. Watkins

Studio: Vertical Entertainment

Rattled!

In this dark crime comedy, a group of ragtag Vegas criminals kidnaps the wrong person, leaving vital evidence at the scene. As fate closes in on them, they can’t seem to stop making mistakes.

Starring: Jessika Van, Nicholas D’Agosto, Dot-Marie Jones, Pasha D. Lychnikoff, and Jared Abrahamson
Genre: Crime
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 80 minutes

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