Theatrical Releases: F1: The Movie & M3GAN 2.0

F1: The Movie

Directed by: Joseph Kosinski
Studio: Warner Bros Pictures | Apple Original Films

Dubbed “the greatest that never was,” Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) was FORMULA 1’s most promising phenom of the 1990s until an accident on the track nearly ended his career. Thirty years later, he’s a nomadic racer-for-hire when he’s approached by his former teammate Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem), owner of a struggling FORMULA 1 team that is on the verge of collapse. Ruben convinces Sonny to come back to FORMULA 1 for one last shot at saving the team and being the best in the world. He’ll drive alongside Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris), the team’s hotshot rookie intent on setting his own pace. But as the engines roar, Sonny’s past catches up with him and he finds that in FORMULA 1, your teammate is your fiercest competition–and the road to redemption is not something you can travel alone.

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Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies, Javier Bardem, Shea Whigham
Action | Drama | Sport
PG-13 (for strong language, and action)
USA (English)
155 minutes

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M3GAN 2.0

Directed by: Gerard Johnstone
Studio: Universal Pictures

Two years after M3GAN, a marvel of artificial intelligence, went rogue and embarked on a murderous (and impeccably choreographed) rampage and was subsequently destroyed, M3GAN’s creator Gemma (Allison Williams) has become a high-profile author and advocate for government oversight of A.I. Meanwhile, Gemma’s niece Cady (Violet McGraw), now 14, has become a teenager, rebelling against Gemma’s overprotective rules. Unbeknownst to them, the underlying tech for M3GAN has been stolen and misused by a powerful defense contractor to create a military-grade weapon known as Amelia (Ivanna Sakhno; Ahsoka, Pacific Rim: Uprising), the ultimate killer infiltration spy. But as Amelia’s self-awareness increases, she becomes decidedly less interested in taking orders from humans. Or in keeping them around. With the future of human existence on the line, Gemma realizes that the only option is to resurrect M3GAN (Amie Donald, voiced by Jenna Davis) and give her a few upgrades, making her faster, stronger, and more lethal. As their paths collide, the original A.I. bitch is about to meet her match.

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Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Ivanna Sakhno, Jemaine Clement, Amie Donald, Jenna Davis
Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
PG-13 (for strong violent content, bloody images, some strong language, sexual material, and brief drug references)
USA (English)
120 minutes

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Sorry, Baby

Directed by: Eva Victor
Studio: A24

Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes on… for everyone around her, at least.

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Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, Lucas Hedges, John Carroll Lynch, Louis Cancelmi, Kelly McCormack
Comedy | Drama
R (for sexual content and language)
USA | Spain | France (English)
103 minutes

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Ice Road: Vengeance

Directed by: Jonathan Hensleigh
Studio: Vertical

Big rig ice road driver Mike McCann (Liam Neeson) travels to Nepal to scatter his late brother’s ashes on Mt. Everest. While on a packed tour bus traversing the deadly 12,000 ft. terrain of the infamous Road to the Sky, McCann and his mountain guide (Fan Bingbing) encounter a group of ruthless mercenaries and must fight to save not only themselves but the innocent passengers and a local village on the brink of destruction.

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Liam Neeson, Fan Bingbing, Bernard Curry, Geoff Morrell
Action
Not Rated
USA | Australia (English)
95 minutes

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Off The Grid

Directed by: Johnny Martin
Studio: Lionsgate

After a morally-bankrupt company tries to weaponize a brilliant scientist’s revolutionary technology, he goes off the grid to safeguard humanity. When the company sends a strike force to find him, they make their biggest mistake of all — they weaponize the man they are trying to catch. Armed with unrivaled brains and brawn, the wild genius turns Guerilla warfare into a deadly science. Acclaimed actors Josh Duhamel and Academy Award Nominee Greg Kinnear star in this riveting action-packed thriller.

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Josh Duhamel, Peter Stormare, Greg Kinnear, María Elisa Camargo, Michael Papajohn
Action | Drama
R (for violence and language)
USA | Italy (English)
104 minutes

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Hot Milk

Directed by: Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Studio: IFC Films

Rose (Fiona Shaw) and her daughter Sofia (Emma Mackey) travel to the Spanish seaside town of Almería to consult with the shamanic Dr. Gómez, a physician who could possibly hold the cure to Rose’s mystery illness, which has left her bound to a wheelchair. But in the sultry atmosphere of this sun-bleached town Sofia, who has been trapped by her mother’s illness all her life, finally starts to shed her inhibitions, enticed by the persuasive charms of enigmatic traveler Ingrid (Vicky Krieps). Sofia’s increased freedom becomes too much for her controlling mother, and as the hot sun beats down, their relationship simmers with pent-up resentments and bitterness, threatening to tear the fragile threads that hold them together, and leading them to a dramatic conclusion.

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Emma Mackey, Fiona Shaw, Patsy Ferran, Yann Gael, Electra Sarri, Vicky Krieps
Drama | International
R (for language, some sexuality and brief nudity)
Australia | Greece | UK (English)
93 minutes

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Stealing Pulp Fiction

Directed by: Danny Turkiewicz
Studio: Giant Pictures

Three Hollywood-Wannabe friends (Jon Rudnitsky, Karan Soni and Cazzie David) team up with their kooky therapist (Jason Alexander) to plot a heist to steal Quentin Tarantino’s personal 35mm print of Pulp Fiction from his movie theater.

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Jon Rudnitsky, Cazzie David, Karan Soni, Taylor Hill, Oliver Cooper, Jason Alexander
Comedy
Not Rated
USA (English)
78 minutes

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The G

Directed by: Karl R. Hearne
Studio: Dark Sky Films

Tired of a world in which he no longer fits, deprived of those he loves who are disappearing one by one, Andrew Blake decides to leave the management of his small business to be hired as a butler in France, the country where he met his wife. By landing at the Beauvillier estate, where no one knows who he really is, he hopes to follow in the footsteps of his past. However, encounters and out-of-control situations will decide otherwise…. Between Nathalie, his widowed boss with a strange schedule, Odile, the cook and her explosive problems, Manon, a young lost cleaning lady and Philippe, the well-struck manager who lives at the back of the park, Andrew will no longer have a choice. He who was looking for a way to end it all is going to be forced to start all over again….

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Dale Dickey, Romane Denis, Daniel Brochu, Richard Chevolleau, Greg Ellwand
Crime | International | Thriller
Not Rated
Canada (English)
106 minutes

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The Sound

Directed by: Brendan Devane
Studio: Blue Harbor Entertainment

In terrifying horror thriller THE SOUND, a world-class group of climbers is granted access to the Forbidden Wall, a mysterious rock wall previously closed for decades. Among the climbers is Sean (Marc Hills), whose grandfather made an ill-fated attempt 63 years earlier. During the group’s ascent, they come face to face with a malevolent force that quickly turns their expedition into a harrowing battle for survival hundreds of feet above the ground.

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William Fichtner, Jocelyn Hudon, David Clennon, Kyle Gass, Christina Kirkman, Alex Honnold
Action | Horror | Thriller
R (for language and some violence)
USA (English)
99 minutes

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Ponyboi

Directed by: Esteban Arango
Studio: Tideline Entertainment | GATHR

Unfolding over the course of Valentine’s Day in New Jersey, a young intersex sex worker must run from the mob after a drug deal goes sideways, forcing him to confront his past.

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River Gallo, Dylan O’Brien, Victoria Pedretti, Murray Bartlett, Indya Moore
Drama
R (for strong sexual content, nudity, drug use, pervasive language and some violence)
USA (English & Spanish)
103 minutes

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blur: To The End

Directed by: Toby L.
Studio: Greenwich Entertainment

Iconic British band blur (“Song 2”, “Girls & Boys”) comes together to record their first album in eight years — the chart-topping The Ballad of Darren — and prepare for the biggest concerts of their career, two sold-out shows at Wembley Stadium. With footage of the band in the studio and on the road, plus performances of their much-loved, seminal songs.

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Blur, Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, Dave Rowntree
Documentary | Biography | History | International | Music
Not Rated
UK (English)
104 minutes

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In Vitro

Directed by: Tom McKeith & Will Howarth
Studio: Saban Films

In a future where ecological disasters have ravaged the agricultural industry, Layla and her husband Jack live in isolation on their struggling cattle farm. While Layla longs for her son who is away at boarding school, Jack experiments with biotechnology that he hopes will save his family from financial ruin. But as unsettling occurrences start to plague the property, their once-loving relationship begins to unravel. Developed through the renowned Sundance Screenwriters Lab, IN VITRO presents a chillingly believable future that explores the dynamics of possession and manipulation against a stark Australian backdrop.

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Will Howarth, Talia Zucker, Ashley Zukerman
International | Sci-Fi | Thriller
R (for some violence/bloody images)
Australia (English)
89 minutes

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The Last Class

Directed by: Elliot Kirschner
Studio: Abramorama

American political economist, professor, author and social media sensation Robert Reich worked under presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. He served as Secretary of Labor in President Bill Clinton’s cabinet, and as a member of President Barack Obama’s economic transition advisory board. Reich is known for his work on economic inequality and as a champion of public education and American democracy. He is among one of America’s most prominent public intellectuals. The Last Class is a nuanced and deeply personal portrait of Reich as he reflects on a period of immense transformation, personally and globally. It is also a love letter to education. The former Secretary of Labor might be famous for his public service, best-selling books, and viral social media posts, but he always considered teaching his true calling. Now, after over 40 years and an extraordinary 40,000 students, Reich is preparing for his last class. Over the course of the film, Reich confronts the impending finality, and his own aging, with increasing candor, introspection, and, ultimately, emotion. He displays a rawness of feeling he has never shared publicly before. Drawing on his lifetime in politics, he uses his class, “Wealth and Poverty,” to offer us all a deeper look at why inequalities of income and wealth have widened significantly since the late 1970s, and why this poses dangerous risks to our society. One thousand students fill the biggest lecture hall on the UC Berkeley campus, the last class to receive Reich’s wisdom and exhortations not to accept that the world has to stay the way it is. His belief in the next generation’s ability to take on the fight is inspiring.

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Robert Reich
Documentary | Biography
Not Rated
USA (English)
71 minutes

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Afternoons of Solitude

Directed by: Albert Serra
Studio: Grasshopper Film

Portrait of an active bullfighting star, Andrés Roca Rey, which allows us to reflect on the intimate experience of the bullfighter who assumes the risk of facing the bull as a personal duty out of respect for tradition and as an aesthetic challenge. This challenge creates a form of ephemeral beauty through the material and violent confrontation between human rationality and the brutality of the wild animal.

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Roberto Domínguez, Francisco Manuel Durán, Antonio Gutiérrez, Francisco Gómez, Manuel Lara, Andrés Roca Rey
Documentary | International
Not Rated
Spain | France | Portugal (Spanish)
125 minutes

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Nobu

Directed by: Matt Tyrnauer
Studio: Vertical

Nobu examines culinary legend Nobuyuki Matsuhisa’s empire, offering an intimate portrait of a man who has redefined global gastronomy alongside his business partners Robert De Niro and Meir Teper. The film grants unprecedented access into Nobu’s world, revealing the alchemy and precision behind his signature dishes, and the inspirations behind his innovations that revolutionized tradition-bound Japanese cuisine.

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Cindy Crawford, Rande Gerber, Nobu Matsuhisa, Wolfgang Puck, Ruth Reichl
Documentary
Not Rated
USA (English)
110 minutes

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Beyond The Gaze: Jule Campbell’s Swimsuit Issue

Directed by: Jill Campbell
Studio: Tribeca Films

Jule Campbell navigates a sexist workplace while confronting accusations of objectification during her 32-year tenure as founding editor of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. Unyielding in her pursuit of artistic excellence, Campbell fortuitously launches mogul models and a mega-franchise. At 95 Campbell reflects on her legacy and impending mortality with the grace and intuition that guided her career presenting a fair and balanced portrait of a complex and fascinating woman and her controversial career.

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Kim Alexis, Tyra Banks, Christie Brinkley, Kathy Ireland, Elle Macpherson, Paulina Porizkova, Cheryl Tiegs
Documentary
Not Rated
USA (English)
107 minutes

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Let Me Go

Directed by: Maxime Rappaz
Studio: Film Movement

In the Swiss alps, seamstress Claudine (Jeanne Balibar) has a risqué arrangement at the local hotel. In exchange for a tip, the concierge provides her with intel on the available bachelors on brief stays who she pursues for quick sexual trysts. After repeat chance encounters with an attractive German photographer, an unlikely connection is formed. “A fascinating examination of the human condition,” LET ME GO sensually evokes the complexities of self-liberation and redefinition in “one of the year’s most audacious debuts” (International Cinephile Society).

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Jeanne Balibar, Thomas Sarbacher, Pierre-Antoine Dubey, Alex Freeman
Drama | International
Not Rated
France | Switzerland | Belgium (French)
93 minutes

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Jurassic Reborn

Directed by: Marcel Walz
Studio: The Asylum

When cutting-edge research leads to the creation of living dinosaurs, a team of scientists on a secluded island must risk their lives to prevent the rapidly growing creatures from escaping and attacking the mainland.

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Daniel Baldwin, William Castrogiovanni, Zac Coats, Omar Cook, Caitlyn Fox
Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi
Not Rated
USA (English)
90 minutes

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A Song for Imogene

Directed by: Erika Arlee
Studio: Buffalo 8

A gritty, female-driven drama set against the landscape of rural America. This film follows one woman with forgotten dreams who is forced to overcome emotional abuse and break the chains of generational poverty through a cinematic lens.

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Kristi Ray, McKenzie Barwick, Haydn Winston, Jaydon Hayes
Drama
Not Rated
USA (English)
103 minutes

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Sweet Relief

Directed by: Nick Verdi
Studio: Art Brut Films

Dire consequences await three teenagers when they play an online murder challenge.

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Alisa Leigh, B.R. Yeager, Adam Michael Kozak, Lucie Rosenfeld, Paul Lazar
Horror
Not Rated
USA (English)
87 minutes

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