Friday Releases: Wolf Man

Wolf Man

Directed by: Leigh Whannell
Studio: Universal Pictures

From Blumhouse and visionary writer-director Leigh Whannell, the creators of the chilling modern monster tale The Invisible Man, comes a terrifying new lupine nightmare: Wolf Man. Golden Globe nominee Christopher Abbott (Poor Things, It Comes at Night) stars as Blake, a San Francisco husband and father, who inherits his remote childhood home in rural Oregon after his own father vanishes and is presumed dead. With his marriage to his high-powered wife, Charlotte (Emmy winner Julia Garner; Ozark, Inventing Anna), fraying, Blake persuades Charlotte to take a break from the city and visit the property with their young daughter, Ginger (Matlida Firth; Hullraisers, Coma). But as the family approaches the farmhouse in the dead of night, they’re attacked by an unseen animal and, in a desperate escape, barricade themselves inside the home as the creature prowls the perimeter. As the night stretches on, however, Blake begins to behave strangely, transforming into something unrecognizable, and Charlotte will be forced to decide whether the terror within their house is more lethal than the danger without.

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Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Sam Jaeger, Matilda Firth
Horror
R (for bloody violent content, grisly images and some language)
USA (English)
103 minutes

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One Of Them Days

Directed by: Lawrence Lamont
Studio: TriStar Pictures

Best friends and roommates Dreux (Keke Palmer) and Alyssa (SZA) are about to have One of Them Days. When they discover Alyssa’s boyfriend has blown their rent money, the duo finds themselves going to extremes in a comical race against the clock to avoid eviction and keep their friendship intact.

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Keke Palmer, SZA, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Lil Rel Howery, Katt Williams, Maude Apatow
Comedy
R (for language throughout, sexual material and brief drug use)
USA (English)
97 minutes

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I’m Still Here

Directed by: Walter Salles
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

Eunice Paiva investigates her husband Rubens’ disappearance while maintaining family stability. Rubens is a former PTB deputy who has gone missing.

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Fernanda Torres, Fernanda Montenegro, Selton Mello, Valentina Herszage
Biography | Drama | History | International
PG-13 (for thematic content, some strong language, drug use, smoking and brief nudity)
Brazil | France (Portuguese)
136 minutes

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Back In Action

Directed by: Seth Gordon
Studio: Netflix

Former CIA spies Emily and Matt are pulled back into espionage after their secret identities are exposed.

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Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, Andrew Scott, Jamie Demetriou, Kyle Chandler, Glenn Close
Action | Comedy
PG-13 (for sequences of violence and action, some suggestive references and strong language, and brief teen partying)
USA (English & Polish)
114 minutes

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Alarum

Directed by: Michael Polish
Studio: Lionsgate

Academy Award® nominee Sylvester Stallone, Scott Eastwood, Mike Colter, and Willa Fitzgerald star in this explosive action-thriller about two married spies caught in the crosshairs of an international intelligence network that will stop at nothing to obtain a critical asset. Joe (Scott Eastwood) and Lara (Willa Fitzgerald) are agents living off the grid whose quiet retreat at a winter resort is blown to shreds when members of the old guard suspect the two may have joined an elite team of rogue spies, known as ALARUM.

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Sylvester Stallone, Scott Eastwood, Willa Fitzgerald, Mike Colter, Ísis Valverde, D. W. Moffett
Action | Crime | Thriller
R (for strong violence, and language)
USA (English)
95 minutes

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Grand Theft Hamlet

Directed by: Pinny Grylls & Sam Crane
Studio: MUBI

A bride-to-be is invited to join her own fiancé’s bachelor party on a remote property in the Australian outback. But as the festivities spiral into beer-soaked chaos, uncomfortable details about their relationship are exposed, and the celebration soon becomes a feral nightmare.

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Sam Crane, Mark Oosterveen, Jen Cohn, Tilly Steele, Dipo Ola, Gareth Turkington
Documentary | International
R (for language and some violence)
UK (English)
89 minutes

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Wish You Were Here

Directed by: Julia Stiles
Studio: Lionsgate

Julia Stiles makes her directorial debut in a brilliantly warm and romantic film based on the bestselling novel, Wish You Were Here. Isabelle Fuhrman, Mena Massoud, Jennifer Grey and Kelsey Grammer star in a fascinating movie about leaving the everyday world behind to take a chance on true romance. When the perfect night with a perfect stranger ends suddenly the next morning, Charlotte searches for answers and meaning in her disappointing life until she uncovers a secret that changes everything.

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Isabelle Fuhrman, Mena Massoud, Jennifer Grey, Kelsey Grammer
Romance
PG-13 (for some sexual material and strong language)
USA (English)
99 minutes

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DIG! XX

Directed by: Ondi Timoner
Studio: Oscilloscope Laboratories

20 years ago, Sundance was rocked by DIG!, Ondi Timoner’s genre-topping rockumentary about two Gen-X bands and their journey to alt-rock glory. Shot over nearly a decade, DIG! explores the collision of art and commerce through the star-crossed friendship and bitter rivalry of dueling 90s bands The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Through their loves and obsessions, gigs, arrests and death threats, uppers and downers, and ultimately to their shot at mainstream success, they stage a self-proclaimed revolution in the music industry. DIG! XX — a bigger, better, crazier expanded reimagining of the original cut — reminds us why the original is canon and why sometimes, more is better.

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The Dandy Warhols, Jeff Davies, Jorge Diaz de Bedoya, Brent DeBoer, Dave Dersinski
Documentary
Unrated
USA (English)
146 minutes

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Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare

Directed by: Scott Chambers
Studio: Iconic Events

Wendy Darling strikes out in an attempt to rescue her brother Michael from ‘the clutches of the evil Peter Pan.’ Along the way she meets Tinkerbell, who will be seen taking heroin, believing that it’s pixie dust.

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Night Call

Directed by: Michiel Blanchart
Studio: Magnet Releasing

One evening, Mady–a young student by day, locksmith by night–receives an emergency call from Claire to open a lock. But the door the young woman wants to open isn’t hers, and the bag she runs away with isn’t hers either. It belongs to Yannick, a vicious mobster who blames Mady and will stop at nothing to retrieve his stolen goods. Mady has only one night to prove his innocence and save his neck. What started out as an ordinary night shift turns into a brutal descent into violence. NIGHT CALL is a no-holds-barred crime thriller that ambitiously combines genres, from film noir to action-packed survival.

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Jonathan Feltre, Natacha Krief, Jonas Bloquet, Romain Duris
Action | International | Thriller
Not Rated
Belgium | France (French)
97 minutes

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Autumn and the Black Jaguar

Directed by: Gilles de Maistre
Studio: Blue Fox Entertainment

Growing up in the Amazon rainforest gave Autumn the rarest of friendships — a lost jaguar cub she discovers named Hope. When a tragic event forces Autumn to leave Hope for the unknowns of New York City, she dreams for years of going back to the rainforest and her friend. Aged 14, and having grown accustomed to city life, Autumn discovers her childhood village is under threat from animal traffickers and decides she must return to the Amazon to her beloved jaguar. Anja (Emily Bett Rickards) — Autumn’s endearingly clumsy biology teacher — unsuccessfully tries to dissuade her from this reckless plan. Joined by Anja, Autumn embarks on a journey to reunite with Hope and save her from those who seek to destroy the rainforest and its wildlife.

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Left Behind

Directed by: Anna Wild Toomey
Studio: Abramorama

Approximately 200,000 New York City public school students are dyslexic, yet there is no public initiative that provides the specialized skill and care necessary for these learners. Frustrated that they had to remove their own kids from the public school system, a group of determined moms band together to do something that’s never been done before — open New York City’s first public school for dyslexic students. The journey is not a smooth ride, and they face both institutional and personal hurdles as they try to upend a system. A new mayoral candidate bolsters their fight after he reveals his own dyslexia. But will they be able to convince a bureaucratic education system to overhaul outdated politics to ensure a brighter future for the city’s dyslexic youth?

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Documentary
Not Rated
USA (English)
74 minutes

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Man With No Past

Directed by: James Bamford
Studio: Republic Pictures

Amnesiac man awakens in unknown city, seeks truth about past. Aided by allies, infiltrates powerful gang, engages in time-transcending battle while fate looms.

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Jon Voight, Adam Woodward, Marton Csokas, Charlotte Vega, Philip Winchester, Charlotte Weston
Action | Drama
R (for violence, some sexuality/nudity and language)
USA (English)
102 minutes

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We Kill Them All

Directed by: Jeremy Drummond
Studio: Quiver Distribution

A young woman drives to a remote resort where her estranged and criminal father hopes to rekindle their relationship. When she arrives, she and the girlfriend she brings are met with the dangerous men from her father’s past and must fight for their lives to escape them.

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Leo Fafard, Ivy Sava, Kent Allen, Emma Newton, Daniel Ford Beavis, Thomas Perras
International | Thriller
Not Rated
Canada (English)
94 minutes

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Under the Crystal Sky

Directed by: Matt Hartley
Studio: Buffalo 8

In the 1800s American Southwest, an Indigenous family witness an extraordinary extraterrestrial event. The family must confront their fear of the phenomenon while also fending off the encroaching American military.

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Joseph Williams, Jayd Swendseid, Jacquelin Arroyo, Sean Michael Whaling, Sewwandi
Adventure | History | Sci-Fi
Not Rated
USA (English)
67 minutes

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Both Eyes Open

Directed by: Ariel Julia Hairston
Studio: Oasis Ave Films

Ally escapes an abusive relationship but hallucinates about her abuser. She receives cryptic messages suggesting he’s nearby. As the messages intensify and her reality unravels, Ally realizes the truth may be closer than she thought.

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Gail Bean, Taye Diggs, Tristan Mack Wilds, Christie Leverette, Katerina Eichenberger
Thriller
Not Rated
USA (English)
100 minutes

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Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy

Directed by: Judd Bloch
Studio: Peacock

Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy is a raw, exclusive look at Sean Combs long before he was known as Puff or Diddy. Featuring never-before-seen footage and stories from those who know him best, Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy sheds light on his childhood, rise to fame, and recent criminal allegations, challenging viewers to rethink everything they thought they knew about the mogul behind the music–and the mugshot.

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Lisa Bloom, Sara Rivers, Al B. Sure!
Documentary
TV-MA
USA (English)
99 minutes

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Letters Home

Directed by: Scott G. Roberts
Studio: Buffalo 8

Newly arrived in a sleepy Midwestern town, a young boy struggles to fit in with his skeptical peers. Yet as the years pass, he realizes that his adopted hometown has become more a part of his identity than he ever dreamed possible.

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Chris Arnone, Honore Ashcraft, Brett Babcock, Hillary Clemens, Wendell Doyle
Comedy | Drama
Not Rated
USA (English)
76 minutes

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Henry Danger: The Movie

Directed by: Joe Menendez
Studio: Nickelodeon Movies

After meeting Kid Danger superfan Missy Martin and being pulled into a portal that opens alternate realities, Henry and his inexperienced new sidekick must find their way back to Dystopia or be trapped forever.

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Jace Norman, Sean Ryan Fox, Ella Anderson, Michael D. Cohen, and Frankie Grande, Glee Dango, Andre Tricoteaux, Cooper Barnes
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi
TV-PG
USA (English)
86 minutes

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Girls Town (1996 Re-Release)

Directed by: Jim McKay
Studio: Film Movement

Mid-1990s, New York City. Patti, Angela, Emma and Nikki are high school seniors and best friends preparing for life beyond graduation. Their dreams for the future differ greatly — Angela wants to become a poet, Emma and Nikki have are heading for college, and Patti is a young mother looking for stability in her kid’s life — but the four bright, young women are steadfastly loyal to each other in a way only teenagers know how to be. Their lives are then completely upended when, after being sexually assaulted, Nikki unexpectedly commits suicide. Grieving, angry, and forced to return to daily life without satisfying recourse for their feelings, the girls must come of age with a newfound understanding about the patriarchal world in which they live.

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Lili Taylor, Bruklin Harris, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Guillermo Diaz, Michael Imperioli
Comedy | Drama
R (for pervasive strong language, and for drug use)
USA (English)
90 minutes

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El Heredero

Directed by: Frank Perozo
Studio: Spanglish Movies

A family in serious debt trouble find themselves between an abusive creditor and a nephew with a large inheritance.

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Lilibeth Taveras, Carolyn Aquino, Liche Ariza, Miguel Céspedes, Angel Dior
Comedy | International
PG-13
Dominican Republic (Spanish & English)
103 minutes

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And The Breadwinner Is…

Directed by: Jun Lana
Studio: Star Cinema

A film that focuses on a breadwinner and her family, which serves as a tribute to the unsung heroes who carry the weight of their loved ones’ dreams on their shoulders.

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Vice Ganda, Eugene Domingo, Joel Torre, Malou De Guzman, Gladys Reyes
Comedy | Drama | Family | International
R (for strong drug content, language throughout and some sexuality)
Philippines (Tagalog & Filipino)
123 minutes

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