April 26, 2024
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Challengers
Directed By: Luca Guadagnino
Studio: Amazon MGM Studios
From visionary filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, Challengers stars Zendaya as Tashi Duncan, a former tennis prodigy turned coach and a force of nature who makes no apologies for her game on and off the court. Married to a champion on a losing streak (Mike Faist – West Side Story), Tashi’s strategy for her husband’s redemption takes a surprising turn when he must face off against the washed-up Patrick (Josh O’Connor – The Crown) — his former best friend and Tashi’s former boyfriend. As their pasts and presents collide, and tensions run high, Tashi must ask herself, what will it cost to win.
Starring: Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O’Connor
Genre: Drama | Romance | Sport
Rating: R (for language throughout, some sexual content and graphic nudity)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 131 minutes
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Boy Kills World
Directed By: Moritz Mohr
Studio: Roadside Attractions | Lionsgate
Bill Skarsgård stars as “Boy” who vows revenge after his family is murdered by Hilda Van Der Koy (Famke Janssen), the deranged matriarch of a corrupt post-apocalyptic dynasty that left the boy orphaned, deaf and voiceless. Driven by his inner voice, one which he co-opted from his favorite childhood video game, Boy trains with a mysterious shaman (Yayan Ruhian) to become an instrument of death and is set loose on the eve of the annual culling of dissidents. Bedlam ensues as Boy commits bloody martial arts mayhem, inciting a wrath of carnage and blood-letting. As he tries to get his bearings in this delirious realm, Boy soon falls in with a desperate resistance group, all the while bickering with the apparent ghost of his rebellious little sister.
Starring: Bill Skarsgard, Jessica Rothe, Michelle Dockery, Famke Janssen, Sharlto Copley, Brett Gelman, Isaiah Mustafa, and Andrew Koji
Genre: Action | Crime | Thriller
Rating: R (for strong bloody violence and gore throughout, language, some drug use and sexual references)
Country: USA | Germany | South Africa (English)
Runtime: 115 minutes
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Alien
(1979 Re-Release)
Directed By: Ridley Scott
Studio: 20th Century Studios
In deep space, the crew of the commercial starship Nostromo is awakened from their cryo-sleep capsules halfway through their journey home to investigate a distress call from an alien vessel. The terror begins when the crew encounters a nest of eggs inside the alien ship. An organism from inside an egg leaps out and attaches itself to one of the crew, causing him to fall into a coma.
Starring: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, and Yaphet Kotto
Genre: Horror | Sci-Fi
Rating: R (for sci-fi violence/gore and language)
Country: USA | UK (English)
Runtime: 117 minutes
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The Mummy
(1999 Re-Release)
Directed By: Stephen Sommers
Studio: Universal Pictures
The Mummy is a rousing, suspenseful and horrifying epic about an expedition of treasure-seeking explorers in the Sahara Desert in 1925. Stumbling upon an ancient tomb, the hunters unwittingly set loose a 3,000-year-old legacy of terror, which is embodied in the vengeful reincarnation of an Egyptian priest who had been sentenced to an eternity as one of the living dead.
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Kevin J. O’Connor, Jonathan Hyde, and Oded Fehr
Genre: Action | Adventure | Fantasy
Rating: PG-13 (for pervasive adventure violence and some partial nudity)
Country: USA (English, Egyptian (Ancient), Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, & Hungarian)
Runtime: 124 minutes
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Breathe
Directed By: Stefon Bristol
Studio: Capstone Global | Warner Bros. Pictures
Breathe is a heart pounding thriller set in the future. After Earth is left uninhabitable due to lack of oxygen, a mother Maya (Jennifer Hudson) and her daughter Zora (Quvenzhané Wallis) are forced to live underground, with short trips to the surface only made possible by a coveted state of the art oxygen suit made by Maya’s husband, Darius, whom she presumes to be dead. When a mysterious couple arrives claiming to know Darius and his fate, Maya tentatively agrees to let them into their bunker but these visitors are not who they claim to be ensuing in mother and daughter fighting for survival.
Starring: Jennifer Hudson, Milla Jovovich, Quvenzhané Wallis, Common, and Sam Worthington
Genre: Action | Thriller
Rating: PG-13 (for bloody violence and strong language)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 93 minutes
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Humane
Directed By: Caitlin Cronenberg
Studio: IFC Films
HUMANE takes place over a single day, mere months after a global ecological collapse has forced world leaders to take extreme measures to reduce the earth’s population. In a wealthy enclave, a recently retired newsman has invited his grown children to dinner to announce his intentions to enlist in the nation’s new euthanasia program. But when the father’s plan goes horribly awry, tensions flare and chaos erupts among his children.
Starring: Jay Baruchel, Emily Hampshire, Peter Gallagher, Enrico Colantoni, Sebastian Chacon, and Alanna Bale
Genre: Horror | International | Thriller
Rating: R (for strong violence, and language throughout)
Country: Canada (English)
Runtime: 93 minutes
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Cash Out
Directed By: IVES
Studio: Saban Films
In this tense thriller, John Travolta is Mason, leader of a high-end crew of thieves that hang it up for good after a double-cross spells a near miss with the law. But when he’s thrust into his younger brother Shawn’s hare-brained scheme to rob a bank — and tempted by what could be his biggest score ever — Mason jumps right back into his old ways. Then the heist goes awry, and the thieves are trapped inside the bank with hostages while surrounded by SWAT teams, the FBI, and Interpol. Included among the authorities waiting to nab the crew is someone Mason knows well: lead negotiator Decker (Kristin Davis) — Mason’s former lover.
Starring: John Travolta, Kristin Davis, Lukas Haas, Quavo, and Joel Cohen
Genre: Action
Rating: R (for language)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 92 minutes
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Unsung Hero
Directed By: Richard Ramsey & Joel Smallbone
Studio: Lionsgate
Based on a remarkable true story, Unsung Hero follows David Smallbone as he moves his family from Down Under to the States, searching for a brighter future after his successful music company collapses. With nothing more than their seven children, suitcases, and their love of music, David (for KING + COUNTRY’s Joel Smallbone) and his pregnant wife Helen (Daisy Betts) set out to rebuild their lives. Helen’s faith stands against all odds and inspires her husband and children to hold onto theirs. With their own dreams on hold, David and Helen begin to realize the musical prowess in their children, who would go on to become two of the most successful acts in Inspirational Music history: five-time GRAMMY Award®-winning artists for KING + COUNTRY and Rebecca St. James.
Starring: Daisy Betts, Joel Smallbone, Kirrilee Berger, Jonathan Jackson, Lucas Black, and Candace Cameron Bure
Genre: Drama | Family
Rating: PG (for thematic elements)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 112 minutes
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Nowhere Special
Directed By: Uberto Pasolini
Studio: Cohen Media Group
When single father John is given only a few months left to live, he tries to find the perfect family for his young son while shielding the boy from the terrible reality of the situation. As he struggles to find the right answer for the impossible task, he meets a social worker who opens him up to solutions he never would have considered.
Starring: James Norton, Daniel Lamont, Carol Moore, Valene Kane, Keith McErlean, and Eileen O’Higgins
Genre: Drama | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Italy | Romania | UK (English)
Runtime: 96 minutes
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Dancing Village:
The Curse Begins
Directed By: Kimo Stamboel
Studio: Lionsgate
In this horror-thriller, a shaman instructs Mila to return a mystical bracelet, the Kawaturih, to the “Dancing Village,” a remote site on the easternmost tip of Java Island. Joined by her cousin, Yuda, and his friends Jito and Arya, Mila arrives on the island only to discover that the village elder has passed away, and that the new guardian, Mbah Buyut, isn’t present. Various strange and eerie events occur while awaiting Mbah Buyut’s return, including Mila being visited by Badarawuhi, a mysterious, mythical being who rules the village. When she decides to return the Kawaturih without the help of Mgah Buyut, Mila threatens the village’s safety, and she must join a ritual to select the new “Dawuh,” a cursed soul forced to dance for the rest of her life.
Starring: Aulia Sarah, Maudy Effrosina, Jourdy Pranata, Ardit Erwandha, and M. Iqbal Sulaiman
Genre: Horror | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Indonesia (Indonesian)
Runtime: 122 minutes
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The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed
Directed By: Joanna Arnow
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Ann, a morose New Yorker in her 30’s, feels stuck in all areas of her life. To her dismay, the years have gone by quickly in her long-term casual BDSM relationship, low-level corporate job, and quarrelsome Jewish family. As she begins to feel increasingly alienated, she wrestles with herself and her relationships in this self-deprecating auto-fictional comedy.
Starring: Scott Cohen, Babak Tafti, Arnow, Michael Cyril Creighton and Alysia Reiner
Genre: Comedy
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 87 minutes
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Bloodline Killer
Directed By: Ante Novakovic
Studio: Vertical
Bloodline Killer is a terrifying horror-thriller that follows Moira Cole who endeavors to rebuild her shattered life after the murder of her family at the hands of her deranged and obsessed cousin.
Starring: Bruce Dern, Tyrese Gibson, Shawnee Smith and Taryn Manning
Genre: Horror | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 90 minutes
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Cinderella’s Revenge
Directed By: Andy Edwards
Studio: Quiver Distribution | Iconic Events
Cinderella’s wicked stepsisters and stepmother push her too far, leading her to swap her glass slippers in pursuit of blood-soaked vengeance with the help of her Fairy Godmother.
Starring: Lauren Staerck, Natasha Henstridge, Stephanie Lodge, Beatrice Fletcher, and Megan Purvis
Genre: Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA | UK (English)
Runtime: 85 minutes
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Uncropped
Directed By: D.W. Young
Studio: Greenwich Entertainment
Alfred Hitchcock. Muhammed Ali. Meryl Streep. LL Cool J. James Hamilton has captured them all. In Uncropped, a legendary Village Voice photojournalist recounts the stories behind iconic images taken over the course of a five-decade career. A visual chronicle of New York City and a window into the heyday of alternative print media. Executive Produced by Wes Anderson.
Starring: James Hamilton, Wes Anderson, Thurston Moore, Sylvia Plachy, and Mark Jacobson
Genre: Documentary
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 111 minutes
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Pratfall
Directed By: Alex Andre
Studio: Freestyle Digital Media
A troubled insomniac encounters an enigmatic French tourist in Central Park. The two set off on a sleepless New York adventure as the city casts a shadow over them.
Starring: Joshua Burge, Chloé Groussard, Xavier Reyes, Sabrina Schlegel-Mejia, and Selma Ducanovic
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 107 minutes
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Terrestrial Verses
Directed By: Ali Asgari & Alireza Khatami
Studio: KimStim
Terrestrial Verses follows everyday people from all walks of life as they navigate the cultural, religious, and institutional constraints imposed on them by various social authorities, from school teachers to bureaucrats. These stirring vignettes, humorous and affecting, capture the spirit and determination of people amidst adversity, offering a nuanced portrait of a complex society.
Starring: Bahram Ark, Ali Asgari, Sadaf Asgari, Ardeshir Kazemi, and Alireza Khatami
Genre: Drama | International
Rating: Not Rated
Country: Iran (Persian & English)
Runtime: 77 minutes
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The Big Bend
Directed By: Brett Wagner
Studio: Eammon Films
Two families, the Prices and the Talbotts, meet for a long overdue reunion in the remote West Texas desert — where events quickly don’t go as planned. Harboring secrets and facing private crises, they explore one of the wildest places in America, testing the boundaries of marriage, friendship, and parenthood, and doing their best to survive the experience.
Starring: Jason Butler Harner, Virginia Kull, Erica Ash, David Sullivan, and Grant Garrison
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 103 minutes
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Beyond the Raging Sea
Directed By: Marco Orsini
Studio: Cinema Libre Studio | Bayview Entertainment
After one year of intense training, extreme athletes Omar Nour and Omar Samra embark on a 3,000-mile journey across the Atlantic Ocean in a rowboat.
Starring: Omar Nour and Omar Samra
Genre: Documentary | Action | Adventure
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 70 minutes
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Poetry
(2011 Re-Release)
Directed By: Lee Chang-dong
Studio: Painhauseupilreum
Kind-hearted Mija (Yun Jung-hee) is tasked with raising her troubled teenage grandson, Jong-wook, while her daughter works in far-off Busan. In denial that her abilities as a caregiver are threatened by the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, Mija begins to study poetry writing at the local cultural center. At first she finds inspiration in the beauty of the natural world, but then, when Jong-wook is mired in a shocking scandal, Mija taps into newfound depths of disappointment and pain.
Starring: Yun Jeong-hie, Lee Da-wit, Kim Hee-ra, Ahn Nae-sang, and Kim Yong-taek
Genre: Drama | International
Rating: TV-PG
Country: South Korea | France (Korean)
Runtime: 139 minutes
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Break
Directed By: Will Wernick
Studio: Gravitas Ventures
The film follows Eli (early 20s) as he juggles two jobs, tries to juggle taking care of his sister and mother, and relationship. A series of unexpected events Introduces him to the world of Detroit Pool where he learns his absent father was once a Detroit pool hall legend. Eli journeys into the scene, and confronts the realities and danger of the game — and himself.
Starring: Jeff Kober, Patricia Belcher, Victor Rasuk, Uriah Shelton, Steve Richard Harris, and Caleb Emery
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: — minutes
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Slam
(1998 Re-Release)
Directed By: Marc Levin
Studio: Kino Lorber
Raymond is a young Black performance poet who’s arrested and imprisoned for a petty marijuana charge. In jail he meets a prison gang leader and a writing teacher who inspires him to use the power of creative expression to fight for freedom and avoid becoming a victim of the criminal justice system.
Starring: Saul Williams, Sonja Sohn, Bonz Malone, Lawrence Wilson, and Beau Sia
Genre: Drama
Rating: R (for pervasive language, a sex scene and brief violence)
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 100 minutes
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I Am Gitmo
Directed By: Philippe Diaz
Studio: Cinema Libre Studio
During the War on Terror started after 9/11, Gamel Sadek (Sammy Sheik), a Muslim schoolteacher is taken from his home and delivered to Bagram Air Base, a CIA black site, where he is questioned about the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden. He is tortured when he denies knowing him. Chained and hooded, he is put on a cargo plane to Guantanamo Bay. John Anderson (Eric Pierpoint0, a military interrogator, is brought out of retirement and assigned to Gamel’s case leaving his daughter behind in New York. Despite relentless beatings, starvation, and torture in Gitmo, Gamel maintains he has no affiliation with Al Qaeda or Bin Laden. John struggles to accept the new torture methods imposed by General Miller (Sean O’Bryan), newly in command of the prison, and the mandate to force a confession at any cost. As Gamel prepares for a hearing on his status as an enemy combatant, he realizes he could be held indefinitely, and that John’s testimony will be the deciding factor.
Starring: Sammy Sheik, Eric Pierpoint, Paul Kampf, Jason Reid, and Chico Brown
Genre: Drama
Rating: Not Rated
Country: USA (English)
Runtime: 115 minutes
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