FEBRUARY 17, 2023
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Directed By: Peyton Reed
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures + Marvel Studios
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Super-Hero partners Scott Lang and Hope van Dyne return to continue their adventures as Ant-Man and the Wasp. Together, with Hope’s parents Janet van Dyne and Hank Pym, and Scott’s daughter Cassie Lang, the family finds themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought possible.
Starring: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Jonathan Majors, Bill Murray, Kathryn Newton, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Michael Douglas
Genre: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Rating: PG-13 (for violence/action, and language)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 125 minutes
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Directed By: Frances O’Connor
Studio: Bleecker Street
Emily
EMILY imagines Emily Brontë’s own Gothic story that inspired her seminal novel, “Wuthering Heights.” Haunted by the death of her mother, Emily struggles within the confines of her family life and yearns for artistic and personal freedom, and so begins a journey to channel her creative potential into one of the greatest novels of all time.
Starring: Emma Mackey, Fionn Whitehead, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Alexandra Dowling, Amelia Gething, Adrian Dunbar and Gemma Jones
Genre: Biography | Drama | Romance
Rating: R (for some sexuality/nudity and drug use)
Country: USA | UK (English)
Runtime: 130 minutes
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Directed By: Neil Jordan
Studio: Open Road Films
Marlowe
MARLOWE, a gripping noir crime thriller set in late 1930’s Bay City, centers around a brooding, down on his luck detective; Philip Marlowe, played by Liam Neeson, who is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress, daughter of a well-known movie star. The disappearance is the first twist in a series of bewildering events, and soon Marlowe is embroiled in a deadly investigation and web of lies that he’s determined to bring to light.
Starring: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, Jessica Lange, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Alan Cumming, Francois Arnaud, Ian Hart, Danny Huston, Daniela Melchior and Colm Meaney
Genre: Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Rating: R (for language, violent content, some sexual material and brief drug use)
Country: USA | Ireland | France (English)
Runtime: 109 minutes
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Directed By: Christopher Landon
Studio: Netflix
We Have A Ghost
Finding a ghost named Ernest haunting their new home turns Kevin’s family into overnight social media sensations. But when Kevin and Ernest go rogue to investigate the mystery of Ernest’s past, they become a target of the CIA.
Starring: David Harbour, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Tig Notaro, Jennifer Coolidge, and Anthony Mackie
Genre: Adventure | Comedy | Family | Horror | Mystery
Rating: PG-13 (for language, some sexual/suggestive references and violence)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 126 minutes
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Directed By: Davy Chou
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Return to Seoul
On an impulse to reconnect with her origins, Freddie, 25, returns to South Korea for the first time, where she was born before being adopted and raised in France. The headstrong young woman starts looking for her biological parents in a country she knows so little about, taking her life in new and unexpected directions.
Starring: Oh Kwang-rok, Kim Sun-young, Yoann Zimmer, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, and Ji-Min Park
Genre: Drama | International
Rating: R (for brief drug use, nudity and language)
Country: France | Germany | Belgium | South Korea | Romania | Cambodia | Qatar (English, French, & Korean)
Runtime: 115 minutes
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Directed by: Goran Stolevski
Studio: Focus Features
Of An Age
Set in the summer of 1999 as an 17-year-old Serbian born, Australian amateur ballroom dancer experiences an unexpected and intense 24-hour romance with a friend’s older brother.
Starring: Elias Anton, Thom Green, Hattie Hook, Jack Kenny, and Toby Derrick
Genre: Drama | International | Romance
Rating: R (for language throughout, sexual content and some drug use)
Country: Australia (English & Serbian)
Runtime: 100 minutes
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Directed by: Ang Lee
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
(2000 Re-Release)
In 19th century Qing Dynasty China, a warrior (Chow Yun-Fat) gives his sword, Green Destiny, to his lover (Michelle Yeoh) to deliver to safe keeping, but it is stolen, and the chase is on to find it. The search leads to the House of Yu where the story takes on a whole different level.
Starring: Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, and Chang Chen
Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Romance
Rating: PG-13 (for martial arts violence and some sexuality)
Country: Taiwan | Hong Kong | USA | China (Mandarin & Chinese)
Runtime: 120 minutes
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Directed by: Rhys Frake-Waterfield
Studio: Fathom Events
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey
The days of adventures and merriment have come to an end, as Christopher Robin, now a young man, has left Winnie-The-Pooh and Piglet to fend for themselves. As time passes, feeling angry and abandoned, the two become feral. After getting a taste for blood, Winnie-The-Pooh and Piglet set off to find a new source of food. It’s not long before their bloody rampage begins.
Starring: Craig David Dowsett, Chris Cordell, Nikolai Leon, Maria Taylor, Natasha Rose Mills, Amber Doig-Thorne, and Danielle Ronald
Genre: Horror | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: UK (English)
Runtime: 84 minutes
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Directed by: Robert Machoian
Studio: Gravitas Ventures
The Integrity of Joseph Chambers
Insurance salesman and family man Joseph Chambers wants to acquire the skills to be able to take care of his family in case of an apocalypse. He decides to go deer hunting by himself for the first time ever, despite his wife’s objections. Setting out into the mountains with a borrowed rifle, Joe roams the woods aimlessly in his search for deer. His boredom is short-lived, however, when in the blink of an eye, Joe undergoes a traumatic experience. What starts as an experiment to prove himself as a capable father and husband turns into a nightmare as Joe finds himself faced with a terrible choice that he must make.
Starring: Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster, Michael Raymond-James, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 96 minutes
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Directed by: Ben Young
Studio: Screen Media Films
Devil’s Peak
Set in North Carolina’s Appalachian Mountains, eighteen-year-old Jacob McNeely is torn between appeasing his meth-dealing kingpin father and leaving the mountains forever with the girl he loves.
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Robin Wright, Jackie Earle Haley, Hopper Penn, Katelyn Nacon, Emma Booth, Brian d’Arcy James, and Harrison Gilbertson
Genre: Crime | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 97 minutes
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Directed by: Tony Schiena
Studio: Lionsgate
The Weapon
Tony Schiena is Dallas, a one-man killing machine on a mysterious rampage. His attacks on biker gangs and meth labs anger the Vegas mob boss who’s holding Dallas’s girlfriend hostage. But who is Dallas working for? Even torture won’t make him talk…and he won’t stop until justice is served.
Starring: Tony Schiena, AnnaLynne McCord, Sean Patrick Flanery, Jack Kesy, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Bruce Dern
Genre: Action | Thriller
Rating: R (for strong violence and language throughout)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 85 minutes
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Directed by: Joshua Coates
Studio: Indican Pictures
Ageless Love
This extraordinary story begins in the late 1960’s during turbulent times when Yale, 23, idealistic and fresh out of college meets Nina, 37 and widowed with 5 children. Yale’s parents aren’t thrilled about the budding relationship, yet despite the obstacles Nina and Yale fall in love. This is a true love story of a couple who went against the social norms of their times to prove love conquers all.
Starring: Nicholas Runfolo, Elizabeth Caponigro, Val McAdoo, Danny Plaza, RJ Konner, and Julie Chapin
Genre: Romance
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 99 minutes
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Directed by: Eromose
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films
88
The Financial Director for a democratic super PAC behind a frontrunner presidential candidate investigates donations uncovering a conspiracy.
Starring: Brandon Victor Dixon, Naturi Naughton, Orlando Jones, Thomas Sadoski, William Fichtner, and Amy Sloan
Genre: Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 122 minutes
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Directed By: Sandrine Kiberlain
Studio: Film Movement
A Radiant Girl
Paris, summer 1942. Irene is Jewish and French. She is 19 and living a life of passions – Her friendships, her new love, her desire to be an actress – Nothing suggests that Irene’s time is running out.
Starring: Rebecca Marder, André Marcon, Anthony Bajon, Françoise Widhoff, India Hair, and Florence Viala
Genre: Drama | History | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: France (French)
Runtime: 98 minutes
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Directed By: Er Cheng
Studio: Well Go USA Entertainment
Hidden Blade
Follows the story of underground workers who risked their lives to send intelligence and defend the motherland, set after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor when the Wang Jingwei regime declared war on Britain and the U.S.
Starring: Tony Leung, Wang Yibo, Zhou Xun, and Huang Lei
Genre: Drama | History | International | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: China (Shanghainese, Mandarin, Japanese, Cantonese, & English)
Runtime: 128 minutes
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Directed By: Albert Serra
Studio: Grasshopper Film
Pacifiction
On an island in French Polynesia, the Haut-Commissaire, a man with a turbulent naturalness and high diplomacy, lives between the highest echelons of politics and the lowest social stratum of his co-citizens. Conflict as a way of life will lead him to take reckless decisions against his political status.
Starring: Benoît Magimel, Pahoa Mahagafanau, Matahi Pambrun, Marc Susini, and Sergi López
Genre: Drama | International | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: France | Spain | Germany | Portugal (French, English, Polynesian, & Portuguese)
Runtime: 165 minutes
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Directed By: Brad Keller
Studio: Saban Films
Heart of a Champion
Heart of a Champion is a heartwarming family film starring Casper Van Dien, Edward Furlong and YaYa Gosselin. A 14-year-old coping with the divorce of her parents, a new school and typical teenage growing pains finds purpose and pride in a lost horse she cares for and trains for a state competition.
Starring: Casper Van Dien, YaYa Gosselin, Edward Furlong, Jojo Marie, and Carson Cunningham
Genre: Drama | Family
Rating: PG (for mild language)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 86 minutes
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Directed By: Brandon Kramer
Studio: 8 Above
The First Step
In a divided America, progressive activist and political commentator Van Jones controversially works across party lines on landmark criminal justice reform and a more humane response to the addiction crisis. Attempting to be a bridge builder in a time of extreme polarization takes Van and a coalition of unlikely allies deep into the inner workings of a divisive administration, internal debates within both parties, and the lives of frontline activists fighting for their communities.
Starring: Van Jones, Donald Trump, Kim Kardashian West, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, and Jared Kushner
Genre: Documentary
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA | France (English)
Runtime: 90 minutes
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Directed By: Klaus Menzel
Studio: XWS
What About Love
Two young people, somewhat wary of love, spend a summer together in Europe making a film about people’s attitude towards love. Tanner and Christian realize that they’re actually filming their own love story, but they have no idea that their film will ultimately save Christian’s life after tragedy strikes them both.
Starring: Sharon Stone, Andy Garcia, José Coronado, Maia Morgenstern, and Marielle Jaffe
Genre: Drama | Romance
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA | Italy | Spain | Romania (English & Spanish)
Runtime: 114 minutes
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Directed By: Craig Boreham
Studio: Dark Star Pictures
Lonesome
Two young men make a connection neither of them expects or knows how to navigate. Casey, a young man from the countryside running from a small-town scandal, finds himself down and out in the big smoke of Sydney. When he meets Tib, a young city lad, struggling with his own scars of isolation, there’s chemistry, not only sexually but also emotionally as both men find something they have been missing. Can they overcome their own insecurities and let the other in or are the walls they have built too strong to knock down?
Starring: Josh Lavery, Daniel Gabriel, Anni Finsterer, Ian Roberts, and Ally Morgan
Genre: Drama | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Australia (English)
Runtime: 95 minutes
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Directed By: Rodrigo de Oliveira
Studio: Dark Star Pictures
The First Fallen
At the turn of 1983 in a small Brazilian town, a group of LGBTQIA+ men and women celebrate the New Year with no idea of the approaching. The biologist Suzano knows something terrible is disrupting his body. Uncertain of his future and desperate at the lack of information, Suzano reaches out to transsexual artist Rose and video-maker Humberto, both equally ill. Together they’ll try to survive the first wave of the AIDS epidemic.
Starring: Johnny Massaro, Renata Carvalho, Victor Camilo, Clara Choveaux, and Alex Bonin
Genre: Drama | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Brazil (Portuguese)
Runtime: 107 minutes
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Directed By: Matthew Bauer
Studio: Gravitas Ventures
The Other Fellow
An energetic exploration of male identity via the lives, personalities, and adventures of a diverse band of men, real men across the globe all sharing the same name – James Bond.
Starring: Gunnar James Bond Schäfer, James Alexander Bond, James Bond Jr., Ms. Bond, Gregory Itzin, Charley Palmer Rothwell, and Tacey Adams
Genre: Documentary | Biography | International | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: UK (English & Swedish)
Runtime: 80 minutes
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Directed By: Liam Regan
Studio: Troma
Eating Miss Campbell
A vegan-goth high school student falls in love with her new English teacher and develops a problematic taste for human flesh.
Starring: Lyndsey Craine, Lala Barlow, Vito Trigo, James Hamer-Morton, and Charlie Bond
Genre: Comedy | Horror
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 84 minutes
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