Friday Releases: Mickey 17

Mickey 17

Directed by: Bong Joon Ho
Studio: Warner Bros Pictures

Mickey 17, known as an “expendable,” goes on a dangerous journey to colonize an ice planet.

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Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette, Mark Ruffalo
Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
R (for violent content, language throughout, sexual content and drug material)
South Korea | USA (English)
137 minutes

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In The Lost Lands

Directed by: Paul W.S. Anderson
Studio: Vertical

A queen sends the powerful and feared sorceress Gray Alys to the ghostly wilderness of the Lost Lands in search of a magical power, where the sorceress and her guide, the drifter Boyce, must outwit and outfight man and demon.

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Milla Jovovich, Dave Bautista, Arly Jover, Fraser James, Deidre Mullins
Action | Adventure | Fantasy
R (for violence)
Germany | Canada | USA (English)
101 minutes

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Seven Veils

Directed by: Atom Egoyan
Studio: XYZ Films | Variance Films

After years away, theater director Jeanine (Academy Award® nominee Amanda Seyfried) re-enters the opera world to stage her former mentor’s most famous work. Haunted by dark and disturbing memories from her past, Jeanine allows her repressed trauma to color the present as her personal and professional lives begin to unravel.

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Rebecca Liddiard, Douglas Smith, Mark O’Brien, Vinessa Antoine
Drama
Not Rated
Canada | Finland | USA (English)
107 minutes

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Queen of the Ring

Directed by: Ash Avildsen
Studio: SUMERIAN

Golden Globe® winner Ving Rhames and Luise Grossmann star in an electrifying film about Toni, a determined female boxer, trying to break down barriers as she redefines what it means to be a woman in today’s world. When Elliott (Rhames), a tough ex-boxing champion, accepts the challenge to train Toni (Grossmann), the two mismatched characters form an unlikely alliance. Their sparring and Elliott’s keen insights show the resilient young fighter that real strength comes from the challenges you overcome when life throws its biggest punches your way.

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Emily Bett Rickards, Josh Lucas, Walton Goggins, Francesca Eastwood, Deborah Ann Woll
Biography | Drama | Sport
PG-13 (for violence including domestic violence, strong language, suggestive material and smoking)
USA (English)
130 minutes

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Purple Rain (1984 Re-Release)

Directed by: Albert Magnoli
Studio: Warner Bros Pictures

A victim of his own anger, the Kid (Prince) is a Minneapolis musician on the rise with his band, the Revolution, escaping a tumultuous home life through music. While trying to avoid making the same mistakes as his truculent father (Clarence Williams III), the Kid navigates the club scene and a rocky relationship with a captivating singer, Apollonia (Apollonia Kotero). But another musician, Morris (Morris Day), looks to steal the Kid’s spotlight — and his girl.

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Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day, Olga Karlatos and Clarence Williams III
Drama | Music | Romance
R
USA (English)
111 minutes

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Plankton: The Movie

Directed by: Dave Needham
Studio: Netflix

Plankton’s tangled love story with his sentient computer wife goes sideways when she takes a stand and decides to destroy the world without him.

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Bloat

Directed by: Pablo Absento
Studio: Lionsgate

From a producer of Searching and Unfriended, Ben McKenzie (“Gotham”) and Bojana Novakovic (Birds of Prey) star in this chilling tale of horror and suspense. After a near-death drowning accident, a young boy’s family is horrified to discover he has become possessed by a legendary demon from the depths of the lake. As the family races against time to save the boy’s soul, the evil monster inside the child tears the family apart as it seeks to destroy everyone in its path.

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Ben McKenzie, Bojana Novakovic, Sawyer Jones, Malcolm Fuller, Kane Kosugi
Horror
R (for language and some violent content)
France | USA | Japan (English & Japanese)
87 minutes

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The Rule of Jenny Pen

Directed by: James Ashcroft
Studio: IFC Films

Arrogant Judge Stefan Mortensen suffers a near-fatal stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed and confined to a retirement home. Resistant to the staff and distant from his friendly roommate, Mortensen soon clashes with seemingly gentle resident Dave Crealy who secretly terrorizes the home with a sadistic game called “The Rule of Jenny Pen” while wielding his dementia doll as an instrument of cruelty. What begins as childish torment quickly escalates into far more sinister and disturbing incidents. When Mortensen’s pleas to the staff go unanswered, he takes it upon himself to put an end to Crealy’s reign of terror.

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John Lithgow, Geoffrey Rush, George Henare
Horror | International | Mystery | Thriller
R (for violent content including sexual assault, and some language)
New Zealand (English)
103 minutes

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The Island Between Tides
(The Lost Daughter)

Directed by: Austin Andrews & Andrew Holmes
Studio: Vertical

A young woman follows a mysterious melody onto a remote tidal island. When she crosses back over at the next low tide, she emerges into a world where 25 years have passed.

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Paloma Kwiatkowski, Donal Logue, David Mazouz, Camille Sullivan, Adam Beach
Drama | Horror | International | Mystery
Not Rated
Canada (English)
99 minutes

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On Becoming A Guinea Fowl

Directed by: Rungano Nyoni
Studio: A24

On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family, in filmmaker Rungano Nyoni’s surreal and vibrant reckoning with the lies we tell ourselves.

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Susan Chardy, Elizabeth Chisela, Roy Chisha, Blessings Bhamjee
Comedy | Drama
PG-13 (for thematic material involving sexual abuse, some drug use and suggestive references)
UK | Zambia | Ireland | USA (English & Bemba)
99 minutes

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Guns of Redemption

Directed by: Brian Skiba
Studio: SHOUT! STUDIOS

A stranger known only as Luke (Casper Van Dien) is a mysterious man with a violent past. A past marked by the scars on his face and the nightmares he can’t escape. He takes off his guns to find a new life. But there is no escape from a violent past. Old enemies find him and shoot him down. Before he bleeds to death, he straps his guns on one last time. With his life running out, he goes after the murderous General Bork (Jeff Fahey) to avenge the death of the Man of God (Sean Astin) who took him in, and saves Charlotte (Kaitlyn Kemp) and Anna (Siena Bjornerud), who are held captive in Bork’s heinous web of evil.

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Casper Van Dien, Kaitlyn Kemp, Siena Bjornerud, James Logan, Liz Atwater, Celeste Blandon
Western
Not Rated
USA (English)
94 minutes

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The Wild

Directed by: Jessica Kozak
Studio: Vertical

After the death of their friend Bea, tight-knit friends Emilia, Finn, and Lucey attempt to reconnect on an annual camping trip, but things grow increasingly strange and uncomfortable in the isolated forest as their friendship unravels.

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Sunita Mani, Kate Easton, Kayla Foster, Danny Deferrari, Becca Q. Co, Adam Faison
Horror | Thriller
Not Rated
USA (English)
89 minutes

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The Silent Planet

Directed by: Jeffrey St. Jules
Studio: Quiver Distribution

An aging convict serving out a life sentence alone on a distant planet is forced to confront his past when a new prisoner shows up and pushes him to remember his life on earth.

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Reuben Frederick Gear, Elias Koteas, Briana Middleton, Justin Nurse, Bridget Wareham
Sci-Fi | Thriller
Not Rated
Canada (English)
95 minutes

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Night of the Zoopocalypse

Directed by: Ricardo Curtis & Rodrigo Perez-Castro
Studio: Viva Pictures

A wolf and mountain lion team up when a meteor unleashes a virus turning zoo animals into zombies. They join forces with other survivors to rescue the zoo and stop the deranged mutant leader from spreading the virus.

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There’s Still Tomorrow

Directed by: Paola Cortellesi
Studio: Greenwich Entertainment

In this moving comedic drama set in postwar Rome, a working-class woman dreams of a better future for herself and her daughter while facing abuse at the hands of her domineering husband. When a mysterious letter arrives, she discovers the courage to change the circumstances of her life. An Italian box office phenomenon and winner of six Italian Academy Awards.

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Paola Cortellesi, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Emanuela Fanelli, Valerio Mastandrea, Francesco Centorame, Vinicio Marchioni, Giorgio Colangeli
Comedy | Drama | History | International
Not Rated
Italy (Italian & English)
118 minutes

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Rule Breakers

Directed by: Bill Guttentag
Studio: Angel Studios

In a nation where educating girls is seen as rebellion, a visionary woman dares to teach young minds to dream. When their innovation draws global attention, their success sparks hope–and opposition. As threats loom and sacrifices are made, their courage and unity ignite a movement that could forever transform the world.

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Jessica K. Chaves, Christopher Orozco, Sean Gestl, Eric Parkinson, Quint Gabriel, Kelley Lord
Drama
PG (for thematic material and some violent content)
USA (English)
120 minutes

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The Fetus

Directed by: Joe Lam
Studio: Gravity Falls Entertainment

A couple struggle to learn the truth about the origins of their unborn child–a demonic entity that emerges from the body.

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Bill Moseley, Lauren LaVera, Julian Curtis, Evan Towell, Amy Arena, Ariel Yasmine
Comedy | Horror
Not Rated
USA (English)
84 minutes

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Silent Zone

Directed by: Péter Deák
Studio: Saban Films

In a zombie-ravaged world, a resourceful teen and her protector fight for survival, facing relentless dangers and testing the limits of hope and loyalty.

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Matt Devere, Luca Papp, Nikolett Barabas, Declan Hannigan, Alexis Latham
Action | Horror | Thriller
R (for bloody violence and language)
Hungary (English)
119 minutes

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The Empire

Directed by: Bruno Dumont
Studio: Kino Lorber

A poignant exploration of the complexities of human connection, highlighting the fragility of friendship and the resilience of the human spirit.

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We’re All Gonna Die

Directed by: Matthew Arnold & Freddie Wong
Studio: RocketJump

In the near future, a towering alien “spike” materializes in Earth’s atmosphere, wreaking havoc. Years later, it’s still around. A struggling beekeeper is forced to team up with an emotionally raw EMT on a roadtrip to retrieve her bees (and his car) after their stuff is suddenly teleported across the country by the alien spike.

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Indiana Arnold, Nevada Arnold, Ashly Burch, Olivia Cade, Alexander Chard
Comedy | Romance | Sci-Fi
R (for language and brief drug use)
USA (English)
110 minutes

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The Visitor

Directed by: Bruce La Bruce
Studio: Circle Collective

London, today. A refugee washes up naked in a suitcase on the bank of the Thames. The enigmatic, sexually fluid stranger introduces himself to a bourgeois, upper class family. He is invited to stay on as an employee. The Visitor soon seduces each member of the family in a series of explicit sexual encounters. He will turn their world upside down as they are able to redefine themselves in new, radical ways.

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Bishop Black, Macklin Kowal, Amy Kingsmill, Ray Filar, Kurtis Lincoln
Comedy | International
Not Rated
UK (English)
101 minutes

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The Way, My Way

Directed by: Bill Bennett
Studio: Outsider Pictures

The Way, My Way is the charming and captivating true story of a stubborn and amusingly self-centered Australian man who decides to walk the 800 kilometer-long Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route through Spain. He doesn’t know why he’s doing it, but one step at a time it will change him and his outlook on life forever. Based on Bill Bennett’s best selling memoir of the same name, The Way, My Way has been described by Camino elder statesman Johnnie Walker as the most authentic film ever made about the Camino.

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Chris Haywood, Jennifer Cluff, Laura Lakshmi, Pia Thunderbolt
Drama | International
Not Rated
Australia (English)
98 minutes

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Eephus

Directed by: Carson Lund
Studio: Music Box Films

As an imminent construction project looms over their beloved small-town baseball field, a pair of New England Sunday league teams face off for the last time over the course of a day. Tensions flare up and ceremonial laughs are shared as an era of camaraderie and escapism fades into an uncertain future.

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Frederick Wiseman, Bill Lee, Keith William Richards, Wayne Diamond, Cliff Blake
Comedy | Drama
Not Rated
USA | France (English)
98 minutes

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You Burn Me

Directed by: Matías Piñeiro
Studio: The Cinema Guild

The poet Sappho encounters the nymph Britomartis by the sea. Tales claim Sappho leapt into the ocean out of heartbreak while Britomartis fell into the water escaping a man’s pursuit. Together they reflect on the bittersweet pangs of desire

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Ana Cristina Barragán, Maria Inês Gonçalves, Agustina Muñoz, Gabriela Saidon, María Villar
Drama | International
Not Rated
Spain | Argentina (English)
64 minutes

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Delicious

Directed by: Nele Mueller-Stöfen
Studio: Netflix

During their vacation in the French countryside, a wealthy German family becomes entangled with a young hotel worker harboring sinister intentions.

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Fahri Yardim, Valerie Pachner, Carla Díaz, Naila Schuberth
Drama | International | Thriller
TV-MA
Germany (English & German)
102 minutes

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Money Game

Directed by: Julian Lowenthal
Studio: Buffalo 8

James, a widowed father of two girls, struggles to navigate a broken financial system. Forced out of his job he gets help from an unorthodox Professor, who teaches him how survive the “Money Game.”

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Kiara Pichardo, Chris Owen, Alison Wachtler, Alexandra Faye Sadeghian, Naheem Garcia
Drama
Not Rated
USA (English)
91 minutes

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Open Your Eyes Jeffrey

Directed by: Charlie Minn
Studio: Double Waves Productions

Based on a true story of a 27 year old aspiring ICU doctor from Houston whose dreams were shattered when somebody introduced illicit fentanyl into his life. Jeffrey suffered severe brain damage due to a lack of oxygen triggered by the fentanyl. For 16 months that spanned 9 hospitals, Jeffrey miraculously improved in ways nobody saw coming. However, the healthcare system would become his worst enemy.

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Cam’ron, Samantha Opitz, Brian Stapf, La Rivers, Sprague Theobald
Documentary
Not Rated
USA (English)
100 minutes

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Larissa: The Other Side of Anitta

Directed by: Pedro Cantelmo & João Wainer
Studio: Netflix

Everyone has seen Anitta, the creature, but Larissa, her creator, is still a secret that only those closest to her can access. While Anitta flies towards the top, it is Larissa who deals with the pressure of navigating the turbulent waters generated by so much success. Through the intimate gaze of a former childhood crush, the film reveals the surprising Larissa and follows her journey of self-discovery as she faces physical and emotional challenges that lead her to rethink her priorities in life and career.

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Snoop Dogg, Anitta, Pedro Cantelmo, Miriam Macedo, Mauro Machado
Documentary | Biography | Music
TV-MA
USA (English, Portuguese, Spanish)
100 minutes

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My Motherland

Directed by: Benoît Cohen
Studio: Distrib Films US

France has been living alone in her apartment since her husband’s death. When she hears on the radio that an NGO is putting in touch homeless migrants and people who are willing to welcome them, she decides, against her family’s opinion to welcome Reza, a young Afghan broken by war and exile. Two worlds meet, and they begin to hold each other’s hands.

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Fanny Ardant, Nawid Elham, Elisabeth Margoni, Suzy Bemba, Aurore Broutin
Drama
Not Rated
USA (English)
91 minutes

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I Am Living Proof

Directed by: Bob Maddux
Studio: Iconic Events

A riveting look into the lives of three individuals who face an extraordinary life-altering event when unbeknownst to them, their paths are about to intersect when a traveling preacher comes to town.

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Cam’ron, Samantha Opitz, Brian Stapf, La Rivers, Sprague Theobald
Documentary
Not Rated
USA (English)
83 minutes

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