Despicable Me 4

Directed by: Chris Renaud
Studio: Universal Pictures + Illumination

Gru, Lucy, Margo, Edith, and Agnes welcome a new member to the family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. Gru faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his girlfriend Valentina, and the family is forced to go on the run.

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Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Pierre Coffin, Joey King, Miranda Cosgrove, Steve Coogan, Sofía Vergara, Renaud, Madison Polan, Dana Gaier, Chloe Fineman, Stephen Colbert, and Will Ferrell
Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi
PG (for action and rude humor)
USA (English)
95 minutes

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MaXXXine

Directed by: Ti West
Studio: A24

In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.

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Mia Goth, Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Halsey, Lily Collins, Giancarlo Esposito, and Kevin Bacon
Crime | Horror
R (for strong violence, gore, sexual content, graphic nudity, language and drug use)
USA | UK (English)
104 minutes

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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F

Directed by: Mark Molloy
Studio: Netflix

Detective Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) is back on the beat in Beverly Hills. After his daughter’s life is threatened, she (Taylour Paige) and Foley team up with a new partner (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and old pals Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and John Taggart (John Ashton) to turn up the heat and uncover a conspiracy.

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Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Paul Reiser, Bronson Pinchot, Joseph Gordon-Levitt,
Taylour Paige, and Kevin Bacon
Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
R (for language throughout, violence and brief drug use)
USA (English)
118 minutes

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Mother, Couch

Directed by: Niclas Larsson
Studio: Film Movement | Memory

In a remote furniture store, Mother (Ellen Burstyn) stations herself on a green couch, refusing to get up, leaving her three estranged children — David (Ewan McGregor), Gruffudd (Rhys Ifans), and Linda (Lara Flynn Boyle) to figure out why. With the help of the store managers, Bella (Taylor Russell) and Marco & Marcus (F. Murray Abraham), David and his siblings embark on a mind-bending journey to reveal life-altering family truths.

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Ewan McGregor, Rhys Ifans, Taylor Russell, Lara Flynn Boyle, Lake Bell, F. Murray Abraham, and Ellen Burstyn
Comedy | Drama
Not Rated
USA (English)
96 minutes

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Boneyard

Directed by: Asif Akbar
Studio: Lionsgate

When the skeletal remains of eleven women and girls are discovered in the New Mexico desert, an extensive investigation is launched. Inspired by true crime stories, this chilling crime-thriller follows Police Chief Carter (Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson), Detective Ortega (Brian Van Holt), and Agent Petrovick (Mel Gibson) in a multi-agency effort to identify and apprehend the killer. As each of their agendas and methods clash, a tangled web of intrigue casts suspicion in all directions.

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Mel Gibson, Curtis Jackson, Brian Van Holt, Nora Zehetner, Gabrielle Haugh, Weston Cage, and
Spice Williams-Crosby
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
R (for violence, language throughout, sexual content and drug use)
USA (English)
96 minutes

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Space Cadet

Directed by: Liz W. Garcia
Studio: Prime Video

Tiffany “Rex” Simpson (Emma Roberts) has always dreamed of going to space, but life isn’t going quite as planned. Determined to turn things around, she aims high and with the embellishing touch of her supportive best friend Nadine (Poppy Liu), her “doctored” application lands her in NASA’s ultra-competitive astronaut training program. In over her head, Rex relies on her quick wits, moxie and determination to get to the top of her class. NASA program directors Pam (Gabrielle Union) and Logan (Tom Hopper) certainly take notice, but can this Florida girl get through training and into the cosmos before she blows her cover?

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Emma Roberts, Tom Hopper, Poppy Liu, Gabrielle Union, and Dave Foley
Comedy
PG-13 (for some strong language and brief drug references)
USA (English)
110 minutes

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Kill

Directed by: Nikhil Nagesh Bhat
Studio: Roadside Attractions | Lionsgate

When army commando Amrit (Lakshya) finds out his true love Tulika (Tanya Maniktala) is engaged against her will, he boards a New Delhi-bound train in a daring quest to derail the arranged marriage. But when a gang of knife-wielding thieves led by the ruthless Fani (Raghav Juyal) begin to terrorize innocent passengers on his train, Amrit takes them on himself in a death-defying kill-spree to save those around him — turning what should have been a typical commute into an adrenaline-fueled thrill ride.

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Lakshya, Raghav Juyal, Ashish Vidyarthi, Harsh Chhaya and Tanya Maniktala
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
R (for strong bloody violence throughout, grisly images and language)
India | USA (Hindi)
115 minutes

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The Nature Of Love

Directed by: Monia Chokri
Studio: Music Box Films

Sophia, a 40-year-old philosophy professor, has been in a stable and conventional marriage to Xavier for a decade. From gallery openings to endless dinner parties, ten years have flown by. When Sophia meets Sylvain, a craftsman renovating the couple’s new country house, Sophia’s world is turned upside down. The two begin a passionate affair fueled by their irresistible physical connection. However, Sophia comes from a wealthy family of intellectuals, while Sylvain comes from a working-class family of manual workers. As they get to know each other on a deeper level, Sophia begins to question her own values after abandoning herself to her great romantic impulses. Director Monia Chokri delivers a smart and sexy romantic comedy, infusing it with spiky energy and fresh perspective, upending genre and gender conventions.

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Magalie Lépine-Blondeau, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Francis-William Rhéaume, Monia Chokri, and Steve Laplante
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Not Rated
Canada | France (French)
110 minutes

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Hijack 1971

Directed by: Kim Sung-Han
Studio: Sony Pictures International

The movie depics the story of people fighting for their lives in an extreme situation when a passenger plane is hijacked in the airspace of Korea in 1971.

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Sung Dong-il, Yeo Jin-goo, Ha Jung-woo, and Chae Soo-bin
Action | Crime | Thriller
R (for some violence and bloody images)
South Korea (Korean)
100 minutes

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Dead Whisper

Directed by: Conor Soucy
Studio: Vertical

Samuel Dunning stars as Elliot Campbell, a Cape Cod lawyer and grieving father. When Elliot boards a ferry on business, he is redirected to a nightmarish island off the coast. There, a demonic entity offers him a reunion with his dead daughter, but at the peril of his soul. Dead Whisper is a chilling tale of grief, temptation, and the lengths we will go to see a loved one once more.

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Samuel Dunning, Rob Evan, Samantha Hill, Codey Gillum, and Chris Goodwin
Horror | Thriller
Not Rated
USA (English)
90 minutes

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Sound Of Hope:
The Story Of Possum Trot

Directed by: Joshua Weigel
Studio: Angel Studios

The fight for kids begins now. Inspired by the powerful true story, Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot, follows Donna and Reverend Martin as they ignite a fire in the hearts of their rural church to embrace kids in the foster system that nobody else would take. By doing the impossible–adopting 77 children–this East Texas community proved that, with real, determined love, the battle for America’s most vulnerable can be won.

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Demetrius Grosse, Nika King, Elizabeth Mitchell, and Carlos Aviles
Drama
PG-13 (for thematic material involving child abuse, some violence, language & brief suggestive material)
USA (English)
127 minutes

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Escape

Directed by: Lee Jong-pil
Studio: Well Go USA Entertainment

After completing his required decade of military service and being honored as a hero, a North Korean sergeant makes a sudden shocking attempt to defect to the South, risking life and limb for the chance to finally determine his own destiny.

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Shin Dong Hyeon, Lee Je-hoon, Song Kang, and Koo Kyo-hwan
Action | International
Not Rated
Korea (Korean)
94 minutes

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Murder Company

Directed by: Shane Dax Taylor
Studio: Maverick Film | Complex Corp

In the midst of the D-Day invasion, a group of US soldiers are given orders to smuggle a member of the French resistance behind enemy lines to assassinate a high-value Nazi target.

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Kelsey Grammer, William Moseley, Joe Anderson, Pooch Hall, and Gilles Marini
Action | International | War
Not Rated
Bulgaria (English)
86 minutes

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Goldilocks and the Two Bears

Directed by: Jeff Lipsky
Studio: Glass Half Full Media

Goldilocks and the Two Bears is the tale of two young people, hitchhiking and homeless travelers who’ve all but given up on futures that might have been glorious, who are discovered by another young woman on the run from her own demons, at an empty condo she is moving into. An unexpected relationship develops between the trio that brings with it both the promise of a fresh new start for each of them. However, the harrowing possibility of something darker looms.

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Bryan Mittelstadt, Serra Naiman, Abby Rey, Russell Koplin, Claire Milligan, and Savannah Schoenecker
Drama
Not Rated
USA (English)
136 minutes

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The Secret Art Of Human Flight

Directed by: H.P. Mendoza
Studio: Level 33 Entertainment

After the sudden death of his wife, children’s book author Ben Grady (Grant Rosenmeyer) goes through an extreme mourning process, alienating himself from his sister Gloria (Lucy DeVito) and her husband Tom (Nican Robinson). When Ben stumbles upon the dark web, he discovers a mysterious self-help book written by an enigmatic guru named “Mealworm” (Oscar Nominee Paul Raci), who claims to have harnessed the power to fly. The book arrives… and so does Mealworm, forcing Ben to navigate his family life, accusations of foul play, and the bizarre rituals laid before him by his new mentor, in the hopes of healing and ultimately achieving human flight.

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Grant Rosenmeyer, Paul Raci, Maggie Grace, Lucy DeVito, Reina Hardesty, and Nican Robinson
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
Not Rated
USA (English)
107 minutes

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A Man Of Reason

Directed by: Jung Woo-sung
Studio: Epic Pictures

After 10 years in the prison on behalf of his boss, Su-hyuk is released, but the boss doubts his loyalty. When Su-hyuk visits his long-abandoned girlfriend, he finds out that he, now, is a father of young girl. He wants to cut ties with the gang, but the boss is not ready to release him, and hires a notorious killer. The killer takes the daughter as hostage, and Su-hyuk decides to take revenge in a way that he’s best at; a violence.

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Jung Woo-sung, Kim Nam-gil, Park Sung-woong, Kim Jun-han and Park Yoo-na
Action | Drama | International | Thriller
Not Rated
South Korea (Korean)
99 minutes

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Freydís and Gudrid

Directed by: Jeffrey Leiser
Studio: Prime Video

A group of merchants and Vikings navigate dramatic events both within and without in this epic musical based on the Icelandic Vinland Sagas. As secrets are exposed, two women have a reckoning.

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Micaëla Oeste, Kirsten Chambers, Bray Wilkins, Daniel Klein, Samuel Druhora, and Bryan Glenn Davis
Drama | Musical | Romance
Not Rated
USA (English)
115 minutes

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The Real Bros of Simi Valley:
The Movie

Directed by: Jimmy Tatro
Studio: The Roku Channel

With the Simi High 10 year reunion around the corner, Xander (Jimmy Tatro) and his squad (Cody Ko, Nick Colletti, and Tanner Petulla) embark on a journey to become the sickest versions of themselves in time to flex on all of their old classmates. When a rival group threatens Xander’s chances at the coveted Truck of the Year award, the bros will have to put it all on the line to protect their reputation as the top squad in Simi.

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Zoey Deutch, Jimmy Tatro, Jessica Lord, Thomas Barbusca, Tru Valentino, and Monette Moio
Comedy
Not Rated
USA (English)
120 minutes

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