JANUARY 20, 2023
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Directed By: Will Merrick & Nicholas D. Johnson
Studio: Screen Gems
Missing
When her mother (Nia Long) disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s (Storm Reid) search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her fingertips to try and find her before it’s too late. But as she digs deeper, her digital sleuthing raises more questions than answers… and when June unravels secrets about her mom, she discovers that she never really knew her at all.
Starring: Storm Reid, Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker, Daniel Henney, and Nia Long
Genre: Drama | Thriller
Rating: PG-13 (for some strong violence, language, teen drinking, and thematic material)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 111 minutes
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Directed By: Jesse Eisenberg
Studio: A24
When You Finish Saving the World
Evelyn (Julianne Moore) has devoted herself to helping people in hard times, but she struggles to connect with her son Ziggy (Finn Wolfhard), an aspiring internet star oblivious to the problems of the world. As Evelyn attempts to become a parent figure to an unassuming teenager she meets at her shelter, and Ziggy fumbles through his pursuit of a brilliant and politically conscious young woman at his high school, this emotional comedy reveals a funny and sharply perceptive portrait of a mother and son who may seem at odds but who are more alike than either would care to admit.
Starring: Julianne Moore, Finn Wolfhard, Billy Bryk, and Alisha Boe
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Rating: R (for language)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 88 minutes
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Directed By: Del Kathryn Barton
Studio: Gravitas Ventures
Blaze
After accidentally witnessing a violent crime, a young girl is left catatonic with shock, and struggles to make sense of what she saw, ultimately finding renewal in the inestimable world of her own imagination.
Starring: Simon Baker, Morgan Davies, Josh Lawson, and Yael Stone
Genre: Animation | Crime | Drama | Fantasy | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Australia (English)
Runtime: 101 minutes
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Directed By: Edward Drake
Studio: Lionsgate
Detective Knight: Independence
Detective James Knight’s last-minute assignment to the Independence Day shift turns into a race against time to stop an unbalanced EMT worker who’s posing as a cop.
Starring: Bruce Willis, Jack Kilmer, Lochlyn Munro, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Willow Shields, Dina Meyer, and Timothy V. Murphy
Genre: Action | Thriller
Rating: R (for violence, language throughout, brief drug use and sexuality)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 91 minutes
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Directed By: Adam Werth
Studio: Gravitas Ventures
Bermuda Island
Passengers on their way to a tropical paradise crash at sea and find themselves on a deserted island. Desperate to survive infighting and the elements, the survivors realize the island has more in store for them than they ever imagined.
Starring: John Wells, Sarah French, Tom Sizemore, and Noel Gugliemi
Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 85 minutes
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Directed by: Roxanne Benjamin
Studio: MGM+
There’s Something Wrong with the Children
When Margaret (Alisha Wainwright) and Ben (Zach Gilford) take a weekend trip with longtime friends Ellie (Crew) and Thomas (Santos) and their two young children (Briella Guiza and David Mattle), Ben begins to suspect something supernatural is occurring when the kids behave strangely after disappearing into the woods overnight.
Starring: Amanda Crew, Zach Gilford, Briella Guiza, and David Mattle
Genre: Horror | Mystery
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 92 minutes
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Directed by: Jimmy Giannopoulos
Studio: Vertical Entertainment
Alone at Night
Vicky (Ashley Benson) is a young woman looking for an escape after going through a harrowing break-up. After retreating to a friend’s remote cabin in the woods to clear her head, she continues modeling sexy lingerie for her devoted followers on 18 & Over, an adults-only, live-streaming website. But when the power keeps going out, Vicky discovers something terrifying awaiting her in the dark — a masked killer wielding a crowbar who’s hellbent on bringing her night to a grisly end.
Starring: Luis Guzmán, Pamela Anderson, Ashley Benson, and Paris Hilton
Genre: Horror
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA | Finland (English)
Runtime: 90 minutes
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Directed by: Kyle Kauwika Harris
Studio: Saban Films
Out of Exile
Recently paroled thief Gabe Russell is back at it again. After a botched armored car robbery turns up the heat from the FBI, he’ll have one last shot if he hopes to escape and provide a new life for himself and his estranged daughter.
Starring: Ryan Merriman, Peter Greene, Hayley McFarland, and Jake Roberts
Genre: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Rating: R (for pervasive language, and violence)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 107 minutes
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Directed by: Lenin M. Sivam
Studio: Alarm Pictures
The Protector
After being released from a correctional facility and moving to a small town, Evelyn struggles and searches for meaning that is interrupted by the arrival of a mysterious book about a powerful God who brings peace wherever he goes.
Starring: Chelsea Clark, Morgan I. Bedard, Munro Chambers, and Jenny Fischer
Genre: International | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Canada (English)
Runtime: 92 minutes
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Directed by: Matt Carter
Studio: Strand Releasing
In From the Side
Following a drunken encounter, two equally attached men from a cash strapped and divided gay rugby club unwittingly sleepwalk into an adulterous affair but must conceal their growing feelings or risk destroying the club they love.
Starring: Alexander Lincoln, Alexander King, William Hearle, Alex Hammond, and Pearse Egan
Genre: Drama | International | Sport
Rating: Not Rated
Country: UK (English)
Runtime: 134 minutes
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Directed by: Jason Eisener
Studio: RLJE Films + Shudder
Kids vs. Aliens
All Gary wants is to make awesome home movies with his best buds. All his older sister Samantha wants is to hang with the cool kids. When their parents head out of town one Halloween weekend, an all-time rager of a teen house party turns to terror when aliens attack, forcing the siblings to band together to survive the night.
Starring: Dominic Mariche, Phoebe Rex, Calem MacDonald and Asher Grayson
Genre: Biography | Drama | Family
Rating: TV-PG
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 75 minutes
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Directed by: Aleem Khan
Studio: Vertigo Releasing / Ahoy Associates Entertainment
After Love
Set in the port town of Dover, Mary Hussain suddenly finds herself a widow following the unexpected death of her husband. A day after the burial, she discovers he has a secret just twenty-one miles across the English Channel in Calais.
Starring: Joanna Scanlan, Nathalie Richard, Talid Ariss, and Nasser Memarzia
Genre: Drama | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: UK (English, French, Arabic, & Urdu)
Runtime: 89 minutes
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Directed by: Frant Gwo
Studio: Well Go USA
The Wandering Earth 2
Humans built huge engines on the surface of the earth to find a new home. But the road to the universe is perilous. In order to save earth, young people once again have to step forward to start a race against time for life and death.
Starring: Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanga, Valérie Dréville, Ege Güner, and Atillahan Karagedik
Genre: Action | Adventure | International | Sci-Fi
Rating: Not Rated
Country: China (Mandarin)
Runtime: 173 minutes
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Directed By: Ji Zhao
Studio: GKIDS
New Gods: Yang Jian
Fifteen hundred years after the war of gods, the heaven declined. Yang Jian, the God of Erlang, made a living by working as a catcher. One day, Yang Jian was ordered to hunt down a young man, his own nephew.
Starring: Wang Kai, Ji Guanlin, Li Lihong, Li Lanling, Zhao Yi, Nicholas Andrew Louie, Christine Lin, Parry Shen, Luke Naphat Sath, James Sie
Genre: Animation | Action | Fantasy | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: China (Mandarin)
Runtime: 127 minutes
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