Title: Suicide Squad
Genre: Action/Adventure
Rating: PG-13
Director(s): David Ayer ("Fury").
Writer(s): David Ayer (screenplay), John Ostrander (comic book).
Cast: Margot Robbie, Jared Leto, Will Smith, Ben Affleck, Viola Davis, Karen Fukuhara, Cara Delevingne, Jay Hernandez, Jai Courtney, Scott Eastwood, Joel Kinnaman, Adewale Akinnouye-Agbaje, Ike Barinholtz, Adam Beach, Common, Jim Parrack.
Producer(s): Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Alex Ott, Andy Horwitz.
Synopsis: Suicide Squad follows the events of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and takes place in a post-Superman world where the government tries to determine how to respond in the event that an alien with more villainous intentions visits Earth. Ruthless intelligence officer Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) offers to recruit society’s worst criminals, those possessing lethal skills and superhuman powers. Her first target: the possessed archaeologist June Moone/Enchantress (Cara Delevingne).
Title: Little Men
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG
Director(s): Ira Sachs ("Love Is Strange").
Writer(s): Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias.
Cast: Jennifer Ehle, Alfred Molina, Greg Kinnear, Clare Foley, Talia Balsam, Michael Barbieri, Theo Taplitz, Paulina Garcia.
Producer(s): Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Jim Lande, Jonathan Montepare, Ira Sachs, L.A. Teodosio.
Synopsis: When 13-year-old Jake's (Taplitz) grandfather dies, his family moves from Manhattan back into his father's old Brooklyn home. There, Jake befriends the charismatic Tony (Barbieri), whose single mother Leonor (Garcia), a dressmaker from Chile, runs the shop downstairs. Soon, Jake's parents Brian (Kinnear) and Kathy (Ehle) -- one, a struggling actor, the other, a psychotherapist -- ask Leonor to sign a new, steeper lease on her store. For Leonor, the proposed new rent is untenable, and a feud ignites between the adults. At first, Jake and Tony don't seem to notice; the two boys, so different on the surface, begin to develop a formative kinship as they discover the pleasures of being young in Brooklyn. Jake aspires to be an artist, while Tony wants to be an actor, and they have dreams of going to the same prestigious arts high school together. But the children can't avoid the problems of their parents forever, and soon enough, the adult conflict intrudes upon the borders of their friendship.
Title: Sausage Party
Genre: Comedy
Rating: R
Director(s): Conrad Vernon ("Shrek 2"), Greg Tiernan ("Thomas the Tank Engine").
Writer(s): Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg.
Cast: Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Salma Hayek, Edward Norton, Bill Hader, Craig Robinson, Jonah Hill, James Franco, Michael Cera, David Krumholtz, Paul Rudd, Danny McBride.
Producer(s): Megan Ellison, Pilar Flynn, Evan Goldberg, Conrad Vernon, Seth Rogen, Jillian Longnecker.
Synopsis: Sausage Party, the first R-rated CG animated movie, is about one sausage leading a group of supermarket products on a quest to discover the truth about their existence and what really happens when they become chosen to leave the grocery store.
Title: Pete's Dragon
Genre: Family/Adventure
Rating: PG
Director(s): David Lowery ("Ain't Them Bodies Saints").
Writer(s): David Lowery (screenplay), Toby Halbrooks (screenplay), Malcolm Marmorstein (original screenplay), Seton I. Miller (original story), S.S. Field (original story).
Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Oakes Fegley, Oona Laurence, Wes Bentley, Karl Urban, Isiah Whitlock Jr..
Producer(s): James Whitaker, Adam Borba.
Synopsis: For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham (Redford) has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace (Howard), who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales…until she meets Pete (Fegley). Pete is a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And from Pete’s descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham’s stories. With the help of Natalie (Laurence), an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack (Bentley) owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.
Title: Florence Foster Jenkins
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG-13
Director(s): Stephen Frears ("High Fidelity").
Writer(s): Nicholas Martin.
Cast: Rebecca Ferguson, Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Nina Arianda, Simon Helberg, John Kavanagh, Brie Brennan.
Producer(s): Michael Kuhn, Tracey Seaward.
Synopsis: A wealthy New York heiress (Streep) attempts to become an opera singer despite her horrible singing voice.
Title: Hell or High Water
Genre: Action/Drama
Rating: R
Director(s): David Mackenzie ("Starred Up").
Writer(s): Taylor Sheridan.
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Katy Mixon, Dale Dickey, Kevin Rankin, Gil Birmingham.
Producer(s): Sidney Kimmel, Peter Berg, Julie Yorn.
Synopsis: Texas brothers -- Toby (Pine), and Tanner (Foster), come together after years divided to rob branches of the bank threatening to foreclose on their family land. For them, the hold-ups are just part of a last-ditch scheme to take back a future that seemed to have been stolen from under them. Justice seems to be theirs, until they find themselves on the radar of Texas Ranger, Marcus (Bridges) looking for one last grand pursuit on the eve of his retirement, and his half-Comanche partner, Alberto (Birmingham). As the brothers plot a final bank heist to complete their scheme, and with the Rangers on their heels, a showdown looms at the crossroads where the values of the Old and New West murderously collide.
Title:
Ben-Hur
Genre: Epic/Drama
Rating: PG-13
Director(s): Timur
Bekmambetov ("Wanted").
Writer(s): Lee Wallace
(novel), Keith R. Clarke (screenplay), John Ridley (screenplay).
Cast: Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Morgan Freeman, Ayelet Zurer, Rodrigo Santoro, Nazanin
Boniadi, Haluk Bilginer Pilou Asbæk, Moises Aria, James Cosmo.
Producer(s): Mark
Burnett, Sean Daniel, Duncan Henderson, and Joni Levin.
Synopsis: Ben-Hur is the epic story of Judah Ben-Hur (Huston), a prince falsely
accused of treason by his adopted brother Messala (Kebbell), an officer in the
Roman army. Stripped of his title, separated from his family and the woman he
loves (Boniadi), Judah is forced into slavery. After years at sea, Judah
returns to his homeland to seek revenge, but finds redemption.
Title: Kubo
and the Two Strings
Genre: Action/Adventure/Drama
Rating: PG
Director(s): Travis
Knight (debut).
Writer(s): Marc Haimes
(story and screenplay), Shannon Tindle (story), Chris Butler (screenplay).
Cast: Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, Ralph Fiennes, George Takei,
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Brenda Vaccaro, Rooney Mara, Matthew McConaughey, Minae
Noji.
Producer(s): Travis
Knight, Arianne Sutner.
Synopsis: An epic action-adventure from
acclaimed animation studio LAIKA. Clever, kindhearted Kubo (Parkinson) ekes out
a humble living, telling fantastical stories to the people of his seaside town.
But his relatively quiet existence is shattered when he accidentally summons a
mythical spirit from his past which storms down from the heavens to enforce an
age-old vendetta. Now on the run, Kubo joins forces with Monkey (Theron) and
Beetle (McConaughey), and sets out on a thrilling quest to save his family and
solve the mystery of his fallen father, the greatest samurai warrior the world
has ever known. With the help of his shamisen – a magical musical instrument –
Kubo must battle gods and monsters, including the vengeful Moon King (Fiennes)
and the evil twin Sisters (Mara), to unlock the secret of his legacy, reunite
his family and his heroic destiny.
Title: War
Dogs
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Rating: R
Director(s): Todd Phillips
("The Hangover").
Writer(s): Guy Lawson
(newspaper article), Jason Smilovic (screenplay), Todd Phillips (screenplay), Stephen Chin (screenplay).
Cast: Miles Teller, Jonah Hill, Ana de Armas, Bradley Cooper.
Producer(s): Scott
Budnick, Bradley Cooper, Mark Gordon, Todd Phillips, Bryan Zurif.
Synopsis: Based
on a true story, "War Dogs" follows two friends in their early 20s
(Hill and Teller) living in Miami Beach during the Iraq War who exploit a
little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S.
Military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in big money and are
living the high life. But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a
300 million dollar deal to arm the Afghan Military—a deal that puts them in
business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be
the U.S. Government.
Title: Morris
From America
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Rating: R
Director(s): Chad Hartigan ("This Is Martin Bonner").
Writer(s): Chad Hartigan.
Writer(s): Chad Hartigan.
Cast: Craig Robinson, Markees Christmas, Carla Juri, Lina Keller,
Jakub Gierszal, and Eva Löbau.
Producer(s): Arek
Gielnik, Martin Heisler, Sara Murphy, Gabriele Simon, Adele Romanski.
Synopsis: A
heartwarming and crowd-pleasing coming-of-age comedy with a unique spin, Morris from America centers on Morris Gentry (Christmas,
in an incredible breakout performance) a 13-year-old who has just
relocated with his single father, Curtis (Robinson) to Heidelberg,
Germany. Morris, who fancies himself the next Notorious B.I.G., is a
complete fish-out-of-water—a budding hip-hop star in an EDM world. To
complicate matters further, Morris quickly falls hard for his cool,
rebellious, 15-year-old classmate Katrin. Morris sets out against all odds
to take the hip-hop world by storm and win the girl of his dreams.
Title: Don't
Breathe
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Rating: R
Director(s): Fede
Alvarez ("Evil Dead" remake).
Writer(s): Fede
Alvarez, Rodo Sayagues.
Cast: Stephen Lang, Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto.
Producer(s): Fede
Alvarez, Nathan Kahane, Joseph Drake, Ildiko Kemeny, Kelli Konop, David Minkowski, Sam Raimi,
Cristen Carr Strubbe, J.R. Young.
Synopsis: A group of friends break into the
house of a wealthy blind man, thinking they'll get away with the perfect heist.
They're wrong.
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