MAY 19, 2023

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Directed By: Louis Leterrier

Studio: Universal Pictures

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Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they’ve ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the shadows of the past who’s fueled by blood revenge, and who is determined to shatter this family and destroy everything–and everyone–that Dom loves, forever.

Starring: Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, John Cena, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jordana Brewster, Daniela Melchior, Helen Mirren, Brie Larson, Rita Moreno, Jason Statham, Jason Momoa, and Charlize Theron
Genre: Action | Adventure | Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Rating: PG-13 (for intense sequences of violence and action, language and some suggestive material)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 141 minutes

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Directed By: Zachary Wigon

Studio: Neon

Sanctuary

Set over the course of one night in a single hotel room, “Sanctuary” tells the story of a dominatrix and Hal, her wealthy client. About to inherit his late father’s position and fortune, Hal tries to end their relationship, but when his attempt to cut ties backfires, disaster ensues.

Starring: Margaret Qualley and Christopher Abbott
Genre: Drama | Thriller
Rating: R (for sexual content and language)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 96 minutes

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Directed By: Paul Schrader

Studio: Magnolia Pictures

Master Gardener

Directed by Academy Award® nominee Paul Schrader based on his original screenplay, MASTER GARDENER follows Narvel Roth, the meticulous horticulturist of Gracewood Gardens. He is as much devoted to tending the grounds of this beautiful and historic estate, to pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager Mrs. Haverhill. When Mrs. Haverhill demands that he take on her wayward and troubled great-niece Maya as a new apprentice, chaos enters Narvel’s spartan existence, unlocking dark secrets from a buried violent past that threaten them all.

Starring: Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver, and Quintessa Swindell
Genre: Drama | Thriller
Rating: R (for language, brief sexual content and nudity)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 111 minutes

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Directed By: Casper Christensen & Anthony Hines

Studio: Neon

Robots

Charles is a womanizer while Elaine is a gold-digger. The duo learn humanity when forced to team up and pursue robot doubles of themselves.

Starring: Shailene Woodley, Jack Whitehall, Chelsea Edmundson, Emanuela Postacchini, and Richard Lippert
Genre: Comedy | Romance | Sci-Fi
Rating: R (for pervasive language and sexual content)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 93 minutes

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Directed By: Berkley Brady

Studio: Epic Pictures

Dark Nature

While recovering from an abusive relationship, Joy joins her friend’s therapy group on an isolated mountainous retreat. Led by a doctor with experimental methods, the group is soon forced to confront a monstrous entity.

Starring: Hannah Emily Anderson, Madison Walsh, Roseanne Supernault and Kyra Harper
Genre: Horror | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Canada (English)
Runtime: 85 minutes

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Directed by: Ryan Stevens Harris

Studio: Oscilloscope Laboratories

Moon Garden

When a little girl has a terrible accident and slips into a coma, she finds herself thrust into a darkly surreal industrial dreamworld. Haunted by a nightmarish spectre that feeds off her tears, she must follow her mother’s radio-static voice to find her way back to consciousness. Shot on expired 35mm film stock with vintage rehoused lenses, MOON GARDEN is a fantastical odyssey and a visionary, handcrafted, and fully practical work of art that shows how a child can shine light even in the darkest places.

Starring: Haven Lee Harris, Augie Duke, Brionne Davis, Maria Olsen, Timothy Lee DePriest, Philip E. Walker, and Morgana Ignis
Genre: Drama | Fantasy | Horror
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 93m minutes

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Directed by: Josh Duhamel

Studio: Paramount Global Content Distribution Group

Buddy Games: Spring Awakening

Dan Bakkedahl, Kevin Dillon, Josh Duhamel, James Roday Rodriguez, and Nick Swardson reunite for the hilariously outrageous sequel to the hit comedy! Faced with their biggest challenge yet, the gang sets out to honor a lost friend only to find themselves in the middle of where it all began — Spring Break — where they learn their old school ways of partying hardly compete with today’s generation.

Starring: Dan Bakkedahl, Kevin Dillon, Josh Duhamel, James Roday Rodriguez, Nick Swardson, Ginnifer Goodwin, Jensen Ackles, and Lochlyn Munro
Genre: Comedy
Rating: R (for crude sexual material, language throughout, drug use, some nudity and violent material)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 91 minutes

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Directed by: Steven Luke

Studio: Screen Media Films

Come Out Fighting

Set during WWII, in this military adventure, a small, specialized squad of U.S. Army African American soldiers are sent on an unofficial rescue mission behind enemy lines to locate their missing commanding officer. The squad upon battling their way through the German defenses encounter more than they bargain for when they locate a downed U.S. Army fighter pilot. With the help of their friends at the 761st tank battalion, known as “The Black Panthers,” the squad must find a way to survive and make it back in one piece.

Starring: Kellan Lutz, Hiram A. Murray, Dolph Lundgren, Michael Jai White, Tyrese Gibson, and Vicellous Reon Shannon
Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama | History | Thriller | War
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 85 minutes

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Directed by: Srdjan Keca

Studio: Lightdox

Museum of the Revolution

“The wind got up in the night and took our plans away,” reads the proverb in the opening titles of Museum of the Revolution. The words are a reference to the 1961 plan to build a grand museum in Belgrade as a tribute to Socialist Yugoslavia. It was supposed to “safeguard the truth” about the Yugoslav people. But the plan never got beyond the construction of the basement.

Starring: Eliza Scanlen, Lewis Pullman, Jimmi Simpson, and Wrenn Schmidt
Genre: Documentary | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Czech Republic | Serbia | Croatia (Serbo-Croatian)
Runtime: 91 minutes

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Directed by: Francisca AlegrĂ­a

Studio: Kino Lorber

The Cow Who Sang A Song Into the Future

When thousands of fish die in a polluted river in southern Chile, Magdalena, a woman long-deceased, emerges amongst their lifeless bodies. Magdalena encounters her widowed husband, sending him into a state of shock and prompting the return of their daughter, Cecilia. Magdalena’s presence and her effect on the environment stirs curiosity and fear among her family. As the past comes into focus, mother and daughter are met with the opportunity to change the future.

Starring: MĂ­a Maestro, Alfredo Castro, Leonor Varela, Marcial Tagle, and Enzo Ferrada
Genre: Drama | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Chile | France | USA | Germany (Spanish)
Runtime: 98 minutes

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Directed by: Roger Ross Williams & Brooklyn Sudano

Studio: HBO Max

Love to Love You, Donna Summer

Donna Summer creates music that takes her from the avant-garde scene in Germany to the glitter and bright lights of dance clubs in New York; features never-before-seen home video footage and interviews with friends, family and colleagues.

Starring: Donna Summer and Bruce Sudano
Genre: Documentary | Music
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 107 minutes

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Directed by: Dominik Moll

Studio: Film Movement

The Night of the 12th

It is said that every investigator has a crime that haunts them, a case that hurts him more than the others, without him necessarily knowing why. For Yohan that case is the murder of Clara.

Starring: Bastien Bouillon, Bouli Lanners, Anouk Grinberg, Théo Cholbi, Johann Dionnet, Thibault Evrard, Julien Frison, Paul Jeanson, Mouna Soualem and Pauline Serieys
Genre: Crime | Drama | International | Mystery | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: France | Belgium (French)
Runtime: 115 minutes

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Directed by: Calmatic

Studio: 20th Century Studios + Hulu

White Men Can’t Jump

From 20th Century Studios, the all-new comedy “White Men Can’t Jump” is a modern remix of the iconic 1992 film that celebrates the streetball hustling culture of Los Angeles. Multi-platinum rap superstar Jack Harlow makes his movie debut as Jeremy, a former star of the game whose injuries stalled his career, and Sinqua Walls stars as Kamal, once a promising player who derailed his own future in the sport. Juggling tenuous relationships, financial pressures and serious internal struggles, the two ballers–opposites who are seemingly miles apart–find they might have more in common than they imagined possible.

Starring: Sinqua Walls, Jack Harlow, Teyana Taylor, Laura Harrier, Vince Staples, Myles Bullock, and Lance Reddick
Genre: Comedy | Drama | Sport
Rating: R (for pervasive language and some drug material)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 101 minutes

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Directed By: Sophie Lane Curtis

Studio: Gravitas Ventures

On Our Way

Henry contemplates suicide while writing the end to his newest script – a retelling of his past with his lost love, Rosemary. As a dark voice pushes him to the brink, Rosemary fights to make him believe in himself before it is too late.

Starring: Micheál Richardson, Jordana Brewster, Ruby Modine and Vanessa Redgrave
Genre: Drama | Romance
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 91 minutes

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Directed By: Joe Lo Truglio

Studio: Gravitas Ventures

Outpost

An abused woman gets a job as a fire lookout in the mountains of northern Idaho, hoping the peaceful solitude will heal her trauma. However, the PTSD and isolation have other plans, and it’s suddenly a fight to save herself and the town.

Starring: Beth Dover, Dylan Baker, Dallas Roberts, Becky Ann Baker, and Ato Essandoh
Genre: Horror
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 84 minutes

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Directed By: Neang Kavich

Studio: KimStim

White Building

SAMNANG, 20, faces the demolition of his lifelong home in Phnom Penh and the pressures from family, friends, and neighbors which arise and intersect in this moment of sudden change.

Starring: Piseth Chhun, Soem Chinnaro, Tho Sovann, and Jany Min
Genre: Drama | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Cambodia | France | China | Qatar (Central Khmer)
Runtime: 90 minutes

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Directed By: Zackary Drucker

Studio: Hulu

Queenmaker: The Making of an It Girl

In the height of heiress-era NYC, an anonymous blogger infiltrated Manhattan’s elite, brings socialite celebrity to new heights. When the website creator was unmasked, the mastermind was not the one anybody expected.

Starring: Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, Nicky Rothschild, Tinsley Mortimer, Olivia Palermo, Kelly Cutrone, and Perez Hilton
Genre: Documentary
Rating: TV-MA
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 83 minutes

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Directed By: Billy Miossi

Studio: Gravitas Ventures

It’s Quieter in the Twilight

In an unremarkable office space, a select group of aging engineers find themselves at the leading edge of discovery. Fighting outdated technology and time, Voyager’s flight-team pursues humankind’s greatest exploration.

Starring: Suzanne Dodd, Jefferson Hall, Enrique Medina, Sun Matsumoto, and Todd Barber
Genre: Documentary
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 83 minutes

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Directed By: Todor Chapkanov

Studio: Vertical

Black Lotus

An ex-special forces operative wages a one man war through the streets of Amsterdam to rescue his friend’s daughter from the local crime syndicate.

Starring: Rico Verhoeven, Frank Grillo, Roland Møller, Rona-Lee Shim’on, Kevin Janssens, Marie Dompnier, and Peter FranzĂ©n
Genre: Action | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA | Netherlands (English)
Runtime: 90 minutes

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Directed By: Jamie Sisley

Studio: Mar Vista Entertainment

Stay Awake

Confronting a serious and common problem of rural families across the country with human mix of humor and levity.

Starring: Wyatt Oleff, Fin Argus, Albert Jones, Cree Cicchino, Quinn McColgan and Chrissy Metz
Genre: Drama
Rating: TV-MA
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 94 minutes

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Directed By: Justin Gallaher & Sam Roseme

Studio: Asterlight

Motion Detected

When a recent victim of a terrifying home invasion moves to what she thinks is a safer house, the smart home security system begins to take over her life.

Starring: Natasha Esca, Carlo Mendez, Roland Buck III, Katelyn MacMullen, Kimberli Flores, Julie Brister, and Robert Clendenin
Genre: Horror
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 80 minutes

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Directed By: Muhammad Yusuf

Studio: Buffalo 8

Seven Angels

Seven Angels, a famous Girl Band from Indonesia, consisting of Stella, Carla, Dian, Anggun, Amy, Tari and Mika go on vacation to Melbourne, Australia, where they socialize with a local singer named Mark. Mark takes the girls of Seven Angels to Aradale Lunatic Asylum, a former haunted asylum with a dark and horrific history.

Starring: Lia Waode, Dara Warganegara, Brigitta Cynthia, Gabriella Desta, and Camelia Putri
Genre: Horror | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Indonesia (Indonesian)
Runtime: 90 minutes

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