JANUARY 27, 2023
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Directed By: Jason Moore
Studio: Amazon Studios
Shotgun Wedding
In Shotgun Wedding, Darcy (Jennifer Lopez) and Tom (Josh Duhamel) gather their lovable but very opinionated families for the ultimate destination wedding, just as the couple begin to get cold feet. And if that wasn’t enough of a threat to the celebration, suddenly everyone’s lives are in danger when the entire party is taken hostage. “‘Til Death Do Us Part” takes on a whole new meaning in this hilarious, adrenaline-fueled adventure as Darcy and Tom must save their loved ones–if they don’t kill each other first.
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Josh Duhamel, Sônia Braga, Jennifer Coolidge, Lenny Kravitz, and Cheech Marin
Genre: Action | Comedy | Romance
Rating: R (for language and some violence/bloody images)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 100 minutes
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Directed By: Brandon Cronenberg
Studio: Neon
Infinity Pool
While staying at an isolated island resort, James (Alexander Skarsgård) and Em (Cleopatra Coleman) are enjoying a perfect vacation of pristine beaches, exceptional staff, and soaking up the sun. But guided by the seductive and mysterious Gabi (Mia Goth), they venture outside the resort grounds and find themselves in a culture filled with violence, hedonism, and untold horror. A tragic accident leaves them facing a zero tolerance policy for crime: either you’ll be executed, or, if you’re rich enough to afford it, you can watch yourself die instead.
Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth, Cleopatra Coleman, Thomas Kretschmann, and Amanda Brugel
Genre: Horror | International | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Rating: R (for graphic violence, disturbing material, strong sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use and some language)
Country: Canada | Hungary | France (English)
Runtime: 88 minutes
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Directed By: Kenya Barris
Studio: Netflix
You People
A new couple and their families find themselves examining modern love and family dynamics amidst clashing cultures, societal expectations and generational differences in this comedy from Kenya Barris.
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Jonah Hill, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lauren London, Sam Jay, Molly Gordon, Mike Epps, Nia Long, Deon Cole, Rhea Perlman, and David Duchovny
Genre: Comedy | Romance
Rating: R (for language throughout, some sexual material and drug content)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 117 minutes
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Directed By: Michael Jacobs
Studio: Vertical Entertainment
Maybe I Do
With an award-winning ensemble cast, Maybe I Do stars Diane Keaton, Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Emma Roberts, Luke Bracey and William H. Macy in a multi-generational romantic comedy. Michelle (Roberts) and Allen (Bracey) have reached the point in their relationship to take the next steps toward marriage. Thinking it is a good idea to invite their parents to finally meet, they set a dinner and make it a family affair. To everyone’s surprise, the affair takes on a whole new meaning as the parents already know each other all too well — they’ve been cheating on their spouses for months… with each other. Trapped in this precarious predicament, they try to hide their dalliances from the kids while confronting their spouses’ lovers head-on. Let the games begin!
Starring: Diane Keaton, Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Emma Roberts, Luke Bracey, and William H. Macy
Genre: Comedy | Romance
Rating: PG-13 (for sexually suggestive material and brief strong language)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 95 minutes
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Directed By: Jérôme Salle
Studio: Magnet Releasing
Kompromat
Based on incredible true events, Jérome Salle’s gripping new espionage thriller depicts the remarkable story of a French public servant who unwittingly finds himself in conflict with one of the modern era’s most powerful and dangerous forces: Russia’s FSB. Gilles Lellouche stars as Mathieu, a gregarious and dedicated diplomat who accepts a posting to Irkutsk as the head of Siberia’s Alliance Française. He hopes the change will be good for his family and struggling marriage, but before long Mathieu’s staging of cultural events and support of artistic expression sees him fall afoul of local authorities. Accused of a terrible crime, he soon realizes someone has fabricated a case with Russia’s Federal Security Service — he has been framed. Arrested, imprisoned and isolated, Mathieu has nowhere to turn. Defending himself is impossible, the French authorities are helpless — it seems he has no choice: to try and escape.
Starring: Gilles Lellouche, Joanna Kulig, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, and Michael Gor
Genre: Drama | International | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: rance (French & Russian)
Runtime: 127 minutes
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Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
Studio: Paramount+
Teen Wolf: The Movie
In TEEN WOLF THE MOVIE, a full moon rises in Beacon Hills and with it a terrifying evil has emerged. The wolves are howling once again, calling for the return of Banshees, Werecoyotes, Hellhounds, Kitsunes and every other shapeshifter in the night. But only a werewolf like Scott McCall (Tyler Posey), no longer a teenager yet still an Alpha, can gather both new allies and reunite trusted friends to fight back against what could be the most powerful and deadliest enemy they’ve ever faced.
Starring: Tyler Posey, Crystal Reed, Tyler Hoechlin, Holland Roden, Colton Haynes, Shelley Hennig, Dylan Sprayberry, Linden Ashby, Melissa Ponzio, and JR Bourne
Genre: Action | Drama | Fantasy | Romance | Thriller
Rating: TV-MA
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 140 minutes
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Directed by: Cecilia Miniucchi
Studio: IFC Films
Life Upside Down
Three couples who know one another are stuck at home during the beginning of lockdown. Jonathan, Clarissa and Paul will see their lives turned upside-down, forced to look at each other and ultimately at themselves.
Starring: Bob Odenkirk, Radha Mitchell, Danny Huston, and Rosie Fellner
Genre: Comedy
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 88 minutes
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Directed by: Khoa Lê
Studio: Spanglish Media
Bezos
Bezos chronicles the true-life story of Jeff Bezos–a humble yet awkward entrepreneur on his mission to create Amazon, the world’s largest e-commerce company, and turn himself into the richest man in the world.
Starring: Armando Gutierrez, Kristen Alverenga, Sasha Andreev, and Ruth Ballesteros
Genre: Biography | Drama | History
Rating: R (for language)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 99 minutes
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Directed by: Deon Taylor
Studio: Hidden Empire Releasing
Fear
A year into living through a worldwide pandemic, a group of friends gather in the remote Tahoe Mountains, to stay at the “Historic Strawberry Lodge”. What was supposed to be a much needed getaway and celebratory weekend, quickly turns into a waking nightmare. As the truth about the historic lodge slowly unravels in front of them, this group of friends will be pushed to the brink of survival.
Starring: Joseph Sikora, King Bach, Annie Ilonzeh, Ruby Modine, and Iddo Goldberg
Genre: Horror
Rating: R (for bloody violence and language)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 100 minutes
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Directed by: Jeff Hutchens & Derek Goldman
Studio: Abramorama
Remember This
In a virtuoso solo performance, Academy Award-nominee David Strathairn portrays Jan Karski in this genre-defying true story of a reluctant World War II hero and Holocaust witness. After surviving the devastation of the Blitzkrieg, Karski swears allegiance to the Polish Underground and risks his life to carry the first eyewitness reports of war-torn Poland to the Western world, and ultimately, the Oval Office. Escaping a Gestapo prison, bearing witness to the despair of the Warsaw ghetto and confronted by the inhumanity of a death camp, Karski endures unspeakable mental anguish and physical torture to stand tall in the halls of power and speak the truth. Strathairn captures the complexity and legacy of this self-described “insignificant, little man” whose timely story of moral courage and individual responsibility can still shake the conscience of the world.
Starring: David Strathairn
Genre: Drama | International | Sport
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 95 minutes
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Directed by: Noel Calloway
Studio: Gravitas Ventures
Aurora: A Love Story
Kenny Gaines and Giselle Xavier are set to marry on a beautiful beach in Puerto Rico in front of their closest friends and family. When Giselle disappears on the day of the ceremony it sets off a crazy chain of events unearthing secrets, lies and betrayal that threaten to destroy the fairytale love story. “Aurora: A Love Story” asks the question: how far would you go and how much would you forgive for love?
Starring: Marc John Jefferies, Tobias Truvillion, Julito McCullum, and Wakeema Hollis
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 95 minutes
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Directed by: Brad Anderson
Studio: Vertical Entertainment
Blood
Jess, a nurse and mother recently separated from her husband, moves her daughter Tylerand young son Owen back into her family farmhouse. Shortly after settling in, Owen’s dog escapes into the woods and returns days later, blood-soaked and rabid. When the dog attacks and bites him, the resulting infection grows more shocking as Owen’s behavior becomes frightening and deadly. As he spirals deeper into the depths of the illness, Jess discovers a disturbing cure, which makes her question how far she is willing to go to keep her child alive.
Starring: Frederick Allen, Onalee Ames, and Erik Athavale
Genre: Horror | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 108 minutes
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Directed by: Roope Olenius
Studio: Indiecan Entertainment
Free Skate
A young and promising Russian figure skater is found beaten and frostbitten in a lay-by of a motorway in Finland. In the hospital, the officials find a letter from her belongings and are able to reconnect her with her Finnish grandmother, whom she has not seen for years. With the help of her grandmother, who offers her the shelter of her home, the figure skater tries to re-establish herself and recover from the trauma and inhumane circumstances that forced her to flee from Russia. She finds a new chance with top figure skating, but despite the bright future, new friends and possibilities, her past won’t let go of her. The figure skater realizes facing her troubled past is the only option to make it to the top.
Starring: Veera W. Vilo, Leena Uotila, Karoliina Blackburn, Saara Elina, and Jevgeni Haukka
Genre: Drama | International | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Finland (English, Finnish, & Russian)
Runtime: 120 minutes
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Directed By: Phil Blattenberger
Studio: Saban Films
Condor’s Nest
American war veteran Will Spalding has tracked the sadistic Nazi Colonel who executed his bomber crew during WWII to a remote location in South America. But he is in for more than he bargained for when he uncovers a secret Nazi headquarters known as the Condor’s Nest.
Starring: Arnold Vosloo, Michael Ironside, Jackson Rathbone, Jorge Garcia, and Bruce Davison
Genre: Action | Drama | Thriller
Rating: R (for brief drug use, violence, & language)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 99 minutes
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Directed By: Philippe Le Guay
Studio: Greenwich Entertainment
The Man in the Basement
After a Jewish couple sells their basement to a former history teacher, they discover his secret life as an anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist. As the couple struggles to rescind the sale, the buyer befriends their naïve teenage daughter.
Starring: François Cluzet, Jérémie Renier, Bérénice Bejo, and Jonathan Zaccaï
Genre: Drama | International | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: France (French)
Runtime: 114 minutes
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Directed By: Ruth Caudeli
Studio: Dark Star Pictures
Petit Mal
Have you ever met a throuple? We are opening our home’s doors to show you how is our life, how we, as a women’s throuple, live the absence of one of us. This real fiction show us how we deal with loneliness, jealousy and how we have to adapt ourselves when three become two.
Starring: Silvia Varón, Ruth Caudeli, and Ana María Otálora
Genre: Drama | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Colombia (Spanish)
Runtime: 89 minutes
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Directed By: Chris Zuhdi
Studio: Indie Rights
Neon Cactus
Stanley Cooper is an east coast transplant to Texas. His new marriage to Maureen is on the rocks as she pines after her deceased husband, J.R. Both approach a shady character named Johnny Rocket to murder the other.
Starring: Paul T. Taylor, Chris Zuhdi, Adah Hagen, Courtney Herbst, and Manny Greenfield
Genre: Crime
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 128 minutes
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Directed By: Jacquelyn Mills
Studio: The Cinema Guild
Geographies of Solitude
An immersion into the rich ecosystem of Sable Island, a remote sliver of land in the Northwest Atlantic, the film follows Zoe Lucas, a naturalist and environmentalist who has lived there for over 40 years collecting, cleaning and documenting marine litter that persistently washes up on the island’s shores. Shot on 16mm and created using eco-friendly filmmaking techniques, Geographies of Solitude is a playful and reverent collaboration with the natural world filled with arresting images and made with an activist spirit.
Starring: Zoe Lucas
Genre: Documentary | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Canada (English)
Runtime: 103 minutes
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Directed By: Tarik Saleh
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Cairo Conspiracy
Adam, the son of a fisherman, is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicenter of power of Sunni Islam. Shortly after his arrival in Cairo, the university’s highest ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, suddenly dies and Adam soon becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Egypt’s religious and political elite.
Starring: Tawfeek Barhom, Fares Fares, Mohammad Bakri, Makram Khoury, and Mehdi Dehbi
Genre: Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 113 minutes
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Directed By: Jean-Christophe Klotz
Studio: Kino Lorber
Filmmakers for the Prosecution
Adapted from Sandra Schulberg’s monograph, Filmmakers for the Prosecution retraces the hunt for film evidence that could convict the Nazis at the Nuremberg Trial. The searchers were two sons of Hollywood — brothers Budd and Stuart Schulberg — serving under the command of OSS film chief John Ford. The motion pictures they presented in the courtroom became part of the official record and shape our understanding of the Holocaust to this day. Seventy-five years after the trial, French journalist and filmmaker Jean-Christophe Klotz returns to the German salt mines where films lay burning, uncovers never-before-seen footage, and interviews key figures to unravel why the resulting film about the trial — Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today by Stuart Schulberg — was intentionally buried by the U.S. Department of War. Klotz’s riveting film also fills in the gaps of how these groundbreaking materials were sourced, and poses still-pertinent questions about documentarians’ obligations to posterity.
Starring: Victor Barbat, Yves Beigbeder, Axel Fischer, and Niklas Frank
Genre: Documentary | History
Rating: Not Rated
Country: France (French)
Runtime: 59 minutes
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Directed By: Kevin Sorbo
Studio: Fathom Events
Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist
After millions of people vanish and the world falls into chaos, the only light is a charismatic leader who rises to become head of the U.N. But does he bring hope for a better future? Or is it the end of the world?
Starring: Kevin Sorbo, Mary Armstrong, Mark Bellamy, and Stuart Bentley
Genre: Drama | International
Rating: PG-13
Country: Canada (English)
Runtime: 120 minutes
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