OCTOBER 27, 2023
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Five Nights At Freddy’s
Directed By: Emma Tammi
Studio: Universal Pictures + Peacock
A troubled security guard begins working at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. During his first night on the job, he realizes that the night shift won’t be so easy to get through. Pretty soon he will unveil what actually happened at Freddy’s.
Starring: Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Lail, Piper Rubio, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Matthew Lillard
Genre: Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Rating: PG-13 (for strong violent content, bloody images and language)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 110 minutes
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The Killer
Directed By: David Fincher
Studio: Netflix
After a fateful near-miss an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn’t personal.
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Arliss Howard, Charles Parnell, Kerry O’Malley, Sala Baker, Sophie Charlotte, and Tilda Swinton
Genre: Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Rating: R (for strong violence, language and brief sexuality)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 118 minutes
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The Holdovers
Directed By: Alexander Payne
Studio: Focus Features
From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, THE HOLDOVERS follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker (newcomer Dominic Sessa) — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam (Da’Vine Joy Randolph).
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Carrie Preston, Gillian Vigman, and Tate Donovan
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Rating: R (for language, some drug use and brief sexual material)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 133 minutes
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Freelance
Directed By: Pierre Morel
Studio: Relativity Media
Ex-special forces operative Mason Pettis (John Cena) is stuck in a dead-end desk job when he reluctantly takes on a freelance gig to provide private security for washed-up journalist Claire Wellington (Alison Brie) as she interviews the ruthless–but impeccably dressed–dictator, Juan Venegas (Juan Pablo Raba). When a military coup breaks out just as she’s about to get the scoop of a lifetime, the unlikely trio must figure out how to survive the jungle AND each other in order to make it out alive!
Starring: John Cena, Alison Brie, Juan Pablo Raba, and Christian Slater
Genre: Action | Comedy
Rating: R (for violence and language)
Country: USA (English, Spanish, & French)
Runtime: 109 minutes
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Fingernails
Directed By: Christos Nikou
Studio: Apple Original Films
Anna (Jessie Buckley) and Ryan (Jeremy Allen White) have found true love. It’s been proven by a controversial new technology. There’s just one problem: Anna still isn’t sure. Then she takes a position at a love testing institute, and meets Amir (Riz Ahmed).
Starring: Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed, Jeremy Allen White, and Luke Wilson
Genre: Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi
Rating: R (for language)
Country: USA | UK (English)
Runtime: 113 minutes
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Suitable Flesh
Directed By: Joe Lynch
Studio: RLJE Films + Shudder
Psychiatrist Elizabeth Derby becomes obsessed with helping a young patient suffering extreme personality disorder. But it leads her into dark occult danger as she tries to escape a horrific fate.
Starring: Heather Graham, Judah Lewis, Bruce Davison, Johnathon Schaech and Barbara Crampton
Genre: Horror | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 100 minutes
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Four Daughters
Directed By: Kaouther Ben Hania
Studio: Kino Lorber
This riveting exploration of rebellion, memory, and sisterhood reconstructs the story of Olfa Hamrouni and her four daughters, unpacking a complex family history through intimate interviews and performance to examine how the Tunisian woman’s two eldest were radicalized by Islamic extremists. Casting professional actresses as the missing daughters, along with acclaimed Egyptian-Tunisian actress Hend Sabri as Olfa, award-winning director Kaouther Ben Hania (The Man Who Sold His Skin) restages pivotal moments in the family’s life. These scenes are interwoven with confessions and reflections from Olfa and her younger daughters, offering the women agency to tell their own story and capturing moments of joy, loss, violence, and heartache. Winner of four prizes including L’Oeil d’Or (Best Documentary) when it screened in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, Four Daughters is a compelling portrait of five women and a unique and ambitious work of nonfiction cinema that explores the nature of memory, the weight of inherited trauma, and the ties that bind mothers and daughters.
Starring: Hend Sabry, Nour Karoui, Ichrak Matar, and Majd Mastoura
Genre: Documentary | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: France | Saudi Arabia | Germany | Tunisia | Cyprus (Arabic, French, & English)
Runtime: 107 minutes
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Under the Boardwalk
Directed By: David Soren
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Under the boardwalk at the Jersey Shore, a land crab townie falls in love with a sea crab tourist, but tensions between their friends and families rise. When a storm casts the duo far from home, their love will lead them on an adventure.
Starring: Bobby Cannavale, Michael Cera, John Magaro, Keke Palmer, Gideon Adlon, and Ron Funches
Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Musical | Romance
Rating: PG (for some impolite material and mild violence)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 83 minutes
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Thunder
Directed By: Carmen Jaquier
Studio: Dekanalog
Summer 1900, Switzerland. Elisabeth, 17, is about to take her vows when the sudden death of her older sister forces her to leave the convent and return to the family farm. Stifled by the suffocating and strict rules of the village, walking in her sister’s step to uncover the mystery of her death, Elisabeth is slowly driven to rebel against the local order and for her right to live her life.
Starring: Sabine Timoteo, Lilith Grasmug, Barbara Tobola, Marco Calamandrei, and Mermoz Melchior
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Switzerland (French)
Runtime: 92 minutes
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Inspector Sun
Directed By: Julio Soto Gurpide
Studio: Viva Kids
Inspector Sun boards a seemingly normal plane for a much-needed vacation, but when an enigmatic millionaire receives a threat on his life, Sun is back on the case. Trapped in a web of lies, Sun must find the culprit before it’s too late.
Starring: Ronny Chieng, Iain Batchelor, Emily Kleimo, and Jennifer Childs Greer
Genre: Animation | Comedy | Family | International | Mystery
Rating: PG (for action and some suggestive material)
Country: Spain (Spanish, French, & English)
Runtime: 88 minutes
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Boudica: Queen of War
Directed By: Jesse V. Johnson
Studio: Saban Films
In an action film inspired by true events, Boudica’s husband, the noble King Prasutagus, is slain, and her children are brutally taken from her by ruthless Roman conquerors. Stripped of her land and forced into subservience, Boudica, consumed by grief and burning with a desire for justice, ignites a fiery spirit within her and vows to reclaim her homeland from the clutches of the Romans. Boudica leads her army in a desperate assault against the Roman forces, where the fate of her people and her own destiny hang in the balance.
Starring: Olga Kurylenko, Clive Standen, Peter Franzén, Rita Tushingham, Lucy Martin, and Nick Moran
Genre: Action | Drama | International
Rating: R (for strong bloody violence and some language)
Country: UK (English)
Runtime: 101 minutes
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Bad Press
Directed By: Joe Peeler & Rebecca Landsberry-Baker
Studio: Context Moves
A political docu-thriller about the fight for free press in the Muscogee Nation, BAD PRESS provides unparalleled insight into the inner workings of a modern Native American tribe. Just three years after its passage, the 2018 “Free Press Act” was repealed, placing Mvskoke Media, the Muscogee Nation’s sole news outlet, back under control of the chief and his cabinet. Veteran reporter Angel Ellis quickly becomes the key voice of dissent at the decimated news outlet and is willing to lay it all on the line to deliver the truth to her fellow citizens.
Starring: Angel Ellis
Genre: Documentary
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 98 minutes
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Waikiki
Directed By: Christopher Kahunahana
Studio: Level 33 Entertainment
In this cinematic allegory of love and loss, a hula dancer fights for survival and her sanity in the shadows of Waikiki for an unflinching glimpse into paradise where there remains hope through human connection and re-connection to ‘aina (nature).
Starring: Peter Shinkoda, Danielle Zalopany, Jason Quinn, Kimo Kahoano, and Nick Masciangelo
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English & Hawaiian)
Runtime: 77 minutes
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Deep Rising
Directed By: Matthieu Rytz
Studio: Abramorama
The fate of the planet’s last untouched wilderness, the deep ocean, is under threat as a secretive organization is about to allow massive extraction of seabed metals to address the world’s energy crisis.
Starring: Jason Momoa
Genre: Documentary
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 93 minutes
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Bonded
Directed By: Anthony Bawn
Studio: Breaking Glass Pictures
Doctor Reeve and his group of friends, while on their annual friend’s trip discover they’re being stalked by a psychologically disturbed patient from Reeve’s past.
Starring: B.J. Minor, Ernest Harden Jr., Brentley Willis, Dre Matthews, and Jarick White
Genre: Horror | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 70 minutes
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Holy Frit
Directed By: Justin S. Monroe
Studio: Abramorama
In this three-year race against time, Tim Carey, a talented, yet unknown L.A. artist, bluffs his way into winning the commission to create the largest stained-glass window of its kind. The problem is, he doesn’t know how to make it. After a desperate search, he finds someone who might have the answer – a famous glass maestro, named, Narcissus Quagliata.
Starring: Tim Carey and Narcissus Quagliata
Genre: Documentary
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 119 minutes
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Hell House LLC Origins:
The Carmichael Manor
Directed By: Stephen Cognetti
Studio: Terror Films
In 2021, a group of internet sleuths travel to the remote Carmichael Manor, deep in the woods of the Rockland County, New York, site of the infamous 1989 Carmichael family murders that have gone unsolved to this day. What they discover are secrets that have been hidden away for decades and a terror that has been lurking in the shadows long before Hell House LLC.
Starring: Bridget Rose Perrotta, Destiny Leilani Brown, James Liddell, Gideon Berger, Cayla Berejikian, and Victoria Andrunik
Genre: Horror | Mystery
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 97 minutes
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Algea: God of Pain
Directed By: Jd Allen
Studio: Inglewood Films
There comes a time when you will have to face your inner demons, and Algea is no exception. We will take you through the minds of different characters battling their demons within. A gateway to the underworld will unlock more than secrets.
Starring: Jason K. Wixom, Duane Finley, Jenessa Sheffield, Kannika Coley, and Damarr Jones
Genre: Horror
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: — minutes
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After Death
Directed By: Stephen Gray & Chris Radtke
Studio: Angel Studios
After Death is a gripping film that explores the afterlife based on real near-death experiences, conveyed by scientists, authors, and survivors. From the New York Times bestselling authors who brought you titles like 90 Minutes in Heaven, Imagine Heaven, and To Heaven and Back, emerges a cinematic peek into the unknown that examines the spiritual and scientific dimensions of mortality, inviting viewers to contemplate the possibility of life after death.
Starring: Mary C. Neal, John Burke, Michael Sabom, Jeffrey Long, and Don Piper
Genre: Documentary
Rating: PG-13 (for thematic material including violent descriptions, some bloody images and drug references)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 103 minutes
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The Undead
Directed By: Mena Guy
Studio: Porter + Craig Film & Media Distribution
A dysfunctional family attempts to keep their family together after the tragic death of a loved one by scheduling a trip to a cabin in the woods. They run into a young man who appears to be suffering from severe amnesia yet instinctively knows things about the cabin and the land that don’t make any sense. Images of Undead Children appear to haunt several of the family members whether they be real or just another form of delusions. The battle of truth dark and light occurs as the prophecy of the end of times is in their realm.
Starring: Bourke Floyd, Tanna Frederick, Bud Rebel, Avery Ilardi, Abby Gumpper, and Hadley Boyd
Genre: Horror | Mystery
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: — minutes
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Alan and the Rulers of the Air
Directed By: Markus Cook
Studio: Heaven Bound Films
Months after casting a demon out of their church, Alan and his guardian Darius face the scrutiny of an increasingly distrusting and ill-intentioned public court under the influence of the demonic Circle of Six, in an investigation that hopes to disband organized religious gatherings.
Starring: Leanne Johnson, Joseph Moreland, Rich Lewis, and Jessie Epstein
Genre: Drama | Thriller
Rating: PG-13 (for violence)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 120 minutes
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My Heavenly City
Directed By: Sen-I Yu
Studio: ILLUME Films
Three sets of Taiwanese transplants connect and inspire one another in New York City: a lonely Mandarin-English interpreter, two young hip-hop dance enthusiasts, and a middle-aged couple.
Starring: Vivian Sung, Keung To, Chun-Yao Yao, Mandy Wei, Jessica Lee, and Jieh-Wen King
Genre: Drama | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Taiwan (English & Mandarin)
Runtime: 120 minutes
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