Theatrical Releases: Bring Her Back, Karate Kid: Legends, & The Phoenician Scheme

Bring Her Back

Directed by: Danny Philippou & Michael Philippou
Studio: A24

A brother and sister uncover a terrifying ritual at the secluded home of their new foster mother.

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Billy Barratt, Sally Hawkins, Mischa Heywood, Jonah Wren Phillips, Stephen Phillips, Sally-Anne Upton, Sora Wong, Kathryn Adams
Horror | International | Mystery
R (for strong disturbing bloody violent content, some grisly images, graphic nudity, underage drinking and language)
Australia (English)
99 minutes

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Karate Kid: Legends

Directed by: Jonathan Entwistle
Studio: Columbia Pictures

Karate Kid: Legends unites the iconic martial arts masters of one of the most beloved film franchises of all time to tell a completely new story full of action and heart. When kung fu prodigy Li Fong (Ben Wang) relocates to New York City with his mother to attend a prestigious new school, he finds solace in a new friendship with a classmate and her father. But his newfound peace is short-lived after he attracts unwanted attention from a formidable local karate champion. Driven by a desire to defend himself, Li embarks on a journey to enter the ultimate karate competition. Guided by the wisdom of his kung fu teacher, Mr. Han (Jackie Chan), and the legendary Karate Kid, Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio), Li merges their unique styles to prepare for an epic martial arts showdown.

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Jackie Chan, Ben Wang, Joshua Jackson, Sadie Stanley, Ming-Na Wen, Wyatt Oleff, Aramis Knight, Ralph Macchio
Action | Drama | Family | Sport
PG-13 (for martial arts violence and some language)
USA | Canada (English)
94 minutes

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The Phoenician Scheme

Directed by: Wes Anderson
Studio: Focus Features

Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists, and determined assassins.

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Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rupert Friend, Hope Davis
Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
PG-13 (for violent content, bloody images, some sexual material, nude images, and smoking throughout)
USA | Germany (English)
101 minutes

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Mountainhead

Directed by: Jesse Armstrong
Studio: HBO Max

A group of billionaire friends get together against the backdrop of a rolling international crisis.

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Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Cory Michael Smith, Ramy Youssef, Hadley Robinson, Andy Daly
Drama
TV-MA
USA (English)
108 minutes

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Bono: Stories of Surrender

Directed by: Andrew Dominik
Studio: Apple TV+

“Bono: Stories of Surrender” is a vivid reimagining of Bono’s critically acclaimed one-man stage show, “Stories of Surrender: An Evening of Words, Music and Some Mischief…” As he pulls back the curtain on a remarkable life and the family, friends and faith that have challenged and sustained him, he also reveals personal stories about his journey as a son, father, husband, activist and rock star. Along with never-before-seen, exclusive footage from the tour, the film features Bono performing many of the iconic U2 songs that have shaped his life and legacy.

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Bono, Gemma Doherty, Kate Ellis, Jacknife Lee
Documentary
Not Rated
USA (English)
86 minutes

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Lost In Starlight

Directed by: Han Ji-won
Studio: Netflix

When an astronaut leaves Earth for Mars, the vast infinite space divides star-crossed lovers that crosses the cosmos.

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Tornado

Directed by: John Maclean
Studio: IFC Films

Set in the rugged landscape of 1790s Britain, Tornado (Kōki) is a young and determined Japanese woman who finds herself caught in a perilous situation when she and her father’s travelling puppet Samurai show crosses paths with a gang of ruthless criminals led by Sugarman (Tim Roth) and his ambitious son Little Sugar (Jack Lowden). In an attempt to create a new life for herself, Tornado seizes the opportunity to take matters into her own hands and steal the gold from their most recent heist. With her father murdered by the gang and her life in grave danger, what follows is a thrilling tale of adrenaline-fueled action, as Tornado races against time to escape a violent demise and avenge her father’s death. Armed with her father’s Samurai training, Tornado leaves a trail of devastation and bloody revenge in her wake.

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Jack Lowden, Tim Roth, Joanne Whalley, Rory McCann, Ian Hanmore, Takehiro Hira
Action | Drama | International | Thriller
R (for strong violence, and language)
UK (English, Japanese)
91 minutes

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Shall We Dance? (1996 Re-Release)

Directed by: Masayuko Suo
Studio: Film Movement

Shohei Sugiyama (Koji Yakusho) seems to have it all — a high-paying job as an accountant, a beautiful home, a caring wife and a doting daughter he loves dearly. However, he feels something is missing in his life. One day while commuting on the train he spots a beautiful woman staring wistfully out a window and eventually decides to find her. His search leads him head-first into the world of competitive ballroom dancing.

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Kôji Yakusho, Tamiyo Kusakari, Naoto Takenaka, Eri Watanabe, Yû Tokui
Comedy | Drama | International | Music | Romance
PG (for mild language)
Japan (Japanese)
136 minutes

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Ghost Trail

Directed by: Jonathan Millet
Studio: Music Box Films

Two years after being released from Syrian jail, Hamid (break out star Adam Bessa) is making ends meet as a construction worker in the French city of Strasbourg, where, haunted by the memory of his imprisonment, the young man searches tirelessly for the man who tortured him, determined to get his revenge–but what’s the real price of vengeance for the person seeking it? Inspired by true events, Jonathan Millet’s deeply researched thriller excavates the too-little-examined moral dilemmas and political negligence that migrants must confront amid the struggle to rebuild their lives and take control of their destinies at the margins of contemporary French society, inviting audiences to better empathize with their country’s newest residents, and better understand their place in the world–and our own.

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Adam Bessa, Tawfeek Barhom, Julia Franz Richter, Hala Rajab
Drama | International | Thriller
Not Rated
France | Belgium | Germany (Arabic, French, English, Turkish)
106 minutes

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The Crucifix: Blood of the Exorcist

Directed by: Stephen Roach
Studio: Vertical

When a couple moves to the wild coast of Scotland after the death of their son, a gruesome discovery unleashes an evil spirit that has lain dormant for centuries.

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Hannaj Bang Bendz, Alex Walton, Nicholas Anscombe, Dean Kilbey
Horror | International
Not Rated
UK (English)
94 minutes

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Ron Delsener Presents

Directed by: Jake Sumner
Studio: Abramorama

In a career spanning almost sixty years, concert promoter and impresario Ron Delsener has been behind virtually every major contemporary music concert in New York City. From the Beatles at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, to bringing David Bowie to Carnegie Hall and Patti Smith to the Palladium, to somehow convincing Simon and Garfunkel to come back together to play the biggest concert ever in Central Park, Ron Delsener was behind it all. RON DELSENER PRESENTS takes us behind-the-curtain through the last half century of the live music business, chronicling the tactics that drove live performance from disorganized, low-fi events to international tours, arenas, and, eventually, into a global empire. Now, at 86 years old, Ron’s still in the game, working in the now-multi-billion industry he helped to create. Sure, he could stop — he maybe even should. But Ron doesn’t know how.

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Ron Delsener, Bruce Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt, Patti Smith, Roger Waters, Paul Simon, Jon Bon Jovi, Jimmy Buffett, Mario Cantone, Cher, Roger Daltrey, Art Garfunkel, Billy Joel
Documentary | Biography
Not Rated
USA (English)
96 minutes

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Television Event

Directed by: Jeff Daniels
Studio: The Film Desk

An archive-based feature documentary viewing the dramatic climax of the Cold War through the lens of the ABC network, as it narrowly succeeds in producing the most watched, most controversial made-for-TV movie, THE DAY AFTER (1983).

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Nicholas Meyer, Ted Koppel, Stephanie Austin, Mikhail Gorbachev, Henry Kissinger, Penny Marshall, Liza Minnelli, Nancy Reagan, Ronald Reagan
Documentary | International
Not Rated
Australia (English)
90 minutes

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Tim Travers and the Time Traveler’s Paradox

Directed by: Stimson Snead
Studio: Disrupt Entertainment

Tim Travers seeks to solve the time travelers paradox. The classic thought experiment of what would happen if you killed your past self. Would it–for example–literally destroy the universe? Tim Travers, self-hating mad genius, is going to find out! Along the way, he’ll piss off an international crime syndicate led by Royce (Danny Trejo), engage in a battle of wills with conspiracy theorist radio host James Bunratty (Joel McHale) and even attempt to squeeze in a date in with the dangerously unstable Delilah (Felicia Day). Tim will have to learn how to literally coexist with the worst parts of himself, before his own demons destroy him and the universe with it.

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Keith David, Danny Trejo, Joel McHale, Felicia Day, Samuel Dunning, Stimson Snead
Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Not Rated
USA (English)
95 minutes

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Ocean with David Attenborough

Directed by: Toby Nowlan, Colin Butfield, & Keith Scholey
Studio: National Geographic Documentary Films

On the brink of the First World War, fifteen-year-old Anka is sent from her Slovakian village to work as a maid in a wealthy Prague household. Once there, the insecure newcomer is charged with looking after Resi, the family’s difficult daughter, enduring episode after episode of cruelty and humiliation at her hand. Soon though, Anka begins to see cracks in Resi’s tough surface, uncovering hidden family secrets. As war shatters the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the two women find solace in each other amid a world ruled by patriarchy and conflict, forging an intimate bond simmering with love and desire which transcends the two women’s class divide.

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David Attenborough
Documentary | International
Not Rated
UK (English)
95 minutes

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The Wilde Girls

Directed by: Timothy Hines
Studio: Pendragon Pictures

In 1932, spoiled teen heiresses Tinsley and Mattie Wilde lose their fortune and face exile to the untamed Pacific Northwest–complete with a price on their heads. Stranded and clueless, their only shot at survival is teaming up with a gruff, reclusive mountain man.

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Lydia Pearl Pentz, Cali Scolari, Teddy Smith, Susan Goforth, Jeremy Moller, Bogdan Yakubets
Comedy
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USA (English)
119 minutes

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Niki

Directed by: Céline Sallette
Studio: Distrib Films

Actor-turned-director Céline Sallette makes an impressive debut with this vibrant portrait of French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle, brought to life by Charlotte Le Bon (The White Lotus). Paris, 1952. Niki has recently moved from the US with her husband and daughter. Despite this newfound distance from a family and country that were suffocating her, disturbing flashbacks of her childhood continue to invade her thoughts. From the hell she is about to discover, Niki will find in her art a weapon to free herself.

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Charlotte Le Bon, John Robinson, Damien Bonnard, Judith Chemla
Biography | Drama | International
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France | Belgium (French & English)
98 minutes

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A Very Long Carriage Ride

Directed by: Hooroo Jackson
Studio: Hooroo Films

An aspiring socialite teams up with the town drunk on a journey to expose a scoundrel at his own wedding, navigating magical interference, mistaken identities, and her own conflicted heart.

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Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Romance
Not Rated
USA (English)
83 minutes

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Detective Kien: The Headless Horror

Directed by: Victor Vu
Studio: 3388 Films

Detective Kien examines a body without a head in a Vietnamese village during the Nguyen Dynasty. The case involves unusual elements. He encounters complications.

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Doan Minh Anh, Tran Quoc Anh, Dinh Ngoc Diep, Quoc Huy, Trinh Tu Trung, My Uyen
Drama | Horror | International | Mystery | Thriller
Not Rated
Vietnam (Vietnamese)
131 minutes

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It’s All Gonna Break

Directed by: Stephen Chung
Studio: Cargo Film & Releasing

Imagine being a fly on the wall at the birth of a musical movement that would change indie rock forever. In early 2000’s in Toronto, a group of young creative musicians collectively known as, Broken Social Scene, got together and soon became a worldwide phenomenon. IT’S ALL GONNA BREAK is an electrifying and intimate documentary about the indie rock that redefined the sound of a generation. Filmmaker and longtime friend Stephen Chung was there from the beginning, capturing the chaos, creativity, and camaraderie that fueled their rise and caught on camera the making of the iconic “You Forgot It In People.” With never-before-seen archival footage and new interviews with Kevin Drew, Leslie Feist, Brendan Canning, Emily Haines, Amy Millan, and more, the film traces the band’s evolution from raw basement jams to global stages like Lollapalooza and The Late Show with David Letterman. A love letter to independent music, IT’S ALL GONNA BREAK is a vibrant time capsule of a pre-digital era and a moving reflection on friendship, art, and the freedom to create on your own terms.

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Broken Social Scene, Ohad Benchetrit, Stuart Berman, Brendan Canning, Miles Chung
Documentary | International | Music
Not Rated
Canada (English)
89 minutes

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Peppa Meets the Baby

Directed by: Gretchen Mallorie
Studio: Trafalgar Releasing

PIG changes are coming! Join Peppa Pig and her family at the cinema as they get ready for their biggest adventure yet: welcoming a new BABY! There’s no better time to embark on a full house renovation, shop for a new car and make special memories together. Celebrate the beginning of an exciting new era of Peppa Pig at this special, big screen experience with an hour of laughter, tears and loads of heartwarming moments. With 10 oinktastic new episodes, 6 brand new songs and music videos, your little ones can dance and sing along with Peppa and her family and friends. The wait is finally over… join Peppa and George as they meet their new baby sibling for the first time at Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience!

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Harriette Cox
Animation | Family
Not Rated
USA (English)
65 minutes

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