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Directed By: Denis Villeneuve
Written By: Javier Gullon
Based On The Book By: Jose Saramago
Cinematography By: Nicolas Buldoc
Editor: Matthew Hannam
Cast: Jake Gylenhaal, Sarah Gondon, Melanie Laurent, Isabella Rossellini, Joshua Pearce
A man seeks out his exact look-alike after spotting him in a movie.
Directed By: Zach Braff
Written By: Adam J. Braff & Zach Braff
Cinematography By: Lawrence Sher
Editor: Myron I. Kerstein
Cast: Zach Braff, Joey King, Kate Hudson, Josh Gad, Mandy Patinkin, Ashley Greene, Alexander Chaplin, Michael Weston, Donald Faison, Jim Parsons, James Avery, Leslie David Baker
‘Wish I Was Here’ is the story of Aidan Bloom, a struggling actor, father and husband, who at 35 is still trying to find his identity; a purpose for his life. He winds up trying to home school his two children when his father can no longer afford to pay for private education and the only available public school is on its last legs. Through teaching them about life his way, Aidan gradually discovers some of the parts of himself he couldn’t find.
Directed By: Adam Shankman
Written By: Tina Gordon, Peter Huyck & Alex Gregory
Based on the screenplay “What Women Want” By: Josh Goldsmith & Cathy Yuspa
Story By: Jas Waters & Tina Gordon
Based On The Story “What Women Want” By: Diane Drake, Josh Goldsmith & Cathy Yuspa
Cinematography By: Jim Denault
Editor: Emma E. Hickcox
Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Josh Brener, Aldis Hodge, Erykah Badu, Tracy Morgan, Jason Jones, Max Greenfield, Richard Roundtree, Kellan Lutz, Pheobe Robinson, Tamala Jones, Brian Bosworth, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Pete Davidson
A woman is boxed out by the male sports agents in her profession, but gains an unexpected edge over them when she develops the ability to hear men’s thoughts.
Directed By: Steven Caple Jr.
Written By: Juel Taylor & Sylvester Stallone
Story By: Cheo Hodari Coker & Sacha Penn
Based On Characters Created By: Ryan Coogler
Cinematography By: Kramer Morganthau
Editor: Dana E. Glauberman, Saira Haider & Paul Harb
Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Russell Hornsby, Wood Harris, Dolph Lungdren, Florian Munteanu, Brigitte Nielsen
Under the tutelage of Rocky Balboa, heavyweight contender Adonis Creed faces off against Viktor Drago, son of Ivan Drago.
Directed By: Malcolm D. Lee
Written By: Kevin Hart, Nicholas Stoller, John Hamburg, Harry Ratchford, Joey Wells & Matthew Kellard
Cinematography By: Greg Gardiner
Editor: Paul Millspaugh
Cast: Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, Rob Riggle, Romany Malco, Taran Killam, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Al Madrigal, Mary Lyn Rajskub, Keith David, Anne Winters, Fat Joe, Ben Schwartz, Yvonne Orji
A group of high school dropouts are forced to attend night school in hope that they’ll pass the GED exam to finish high school.
Written & Directed By: Drew Pearce
Cinematography By: Chung-Hoon Chung
Editor: Gardner Gould & Paul Zucker
Cast: Jodie Foster, Sterling K. Brown, Sofia Boutella, Dave Bautista, Zachary Quinto, Brian Tyree Henry, Charlie Day, Jenny Slate, Jeff Goldblum, Kenneth Choi
A woman known as The Nurse runs a high-security, members-only hospital for high-rolling criminals in Los Angeles. When a bank robber brings his injured teammates along with $18 million in jewels there, both mob boss Wolf King and the police follow. With the hospital under siege, The Nurse, her orderly and her other criminal patients have to defend themselves.
Directed By: Tyler Shields
Written By: Adam Prince
Story By: Johnny Silver, Alejandro Seri & Stephen Scarlata
Cinematography By: Gregory Middleton
Editor: Naomi Geraghty
Cast: Abigail Breslin, Wes Bentley, Alexander Ludwig, Logan Huffman, Cameron Bright, Reece Thompson, Emma Paetz, Francesca Eastwood
Loner Veronica is new to school, shy and vulnerable, the perfect target for a group of teenage boys who lure girls into the woods to hunt and kill them for sport. Little do they know, Veronica is an assassin-in-training, and she’s chosen killing these boys as her final test. The term, “Final Girl”, comes out of a trend in early slasher films where the sole survivor or the last to die was often a female.
Directed By: Alan Taylor
Written By: Laeta Kalogridis & Patrick Lussier
Based On Characters Created By: James Cameron & Gale Anne Hurd
Cinematography By: Kramer Morgenthau
Editor: Roger Barton
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courntey, Jason Clarke, J.K. Simmons, Dayo Okeniyi, Matt Smith, Courntey B.Vance, Sandrine Holt, Otto Sanchez, Gregory Alan Williams, Byung-Hun Lee, Michael Gladis
The continuing saga of humanity’s war with the machines who are led by Skynet the artificial intelligence that decided that humanity needs to be eradicated. John Connor, the one leading the human rebels against Skynet, has a plan to attack Skynet but decides not to take part in it and opts instead to prevent Skynet from implementing it’s contingency plan
Directed By: Bennett Miller
Written By: E. Max Frye & Dan Futterman
Cinematography By: Greg Fraser
Editor: Jay Cassidy, Stuart Levy and Conor O’Neill
Cast: Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Sienna Miller, Vanessa Redgrave, Anthony Michael Hall, Guy Boyd, Brett Rice
The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul – a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.
Directed By: Paul Schrader
Written By: Bret Easton Ellis
Cinematography By: John DeFazio
Editor: Tim Silano
Cast: Lindsay Lohan, James Deen, Nolan Funk, Amanda Brooks, Tenille Houston, Gus Van Sant
When Christian, an LA trust-fund kid with casual ties to Hollywood, learns of a secret affair between Tara and the lead of his film project, Ryan, he spirals out of control, and his cruel mind games escalate into an act of bloody violence.
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