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April 25, 2016

Trust, The


A pair of cops investigating a drug invasion stumble upon a mysterious bank vault.

Directors: Alex Brewer, Benjamin Brewer
Writers: Benjamin Brewer, Adam Hirsch
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Elijah Wood, Ethan Suplee

Stealing Cars



Billy Wyatt (Emory Cohen) is a young man with remendous promise, but a troubled past leads him to the Bernville Camp for Boys. Billy must navigate his way through dangerous inmates and a cruel and punishing staff, but during it all, he learns to inspire others and find out the truth about himself in the process. Stealing Cars is a compelling drama with powerful performances by Emory Cohen, John Leguizamo, Mike Epps and Academy Award nominees William H. Macy - Best Supporting Actor, Fargo, 1996 and Felicity Huffman - Best Actress, Transamerica, 2005.

Cast
William H. Macy
John Leguizamo
Mike Epps
Felicity Huffman
Paul Borghese
Chance Kelly
Paul Sparks
Emory Cohen
Heather Lind
Al Calderon

Director
Bradley Kaplan

Son of Saul



October 1944, Auschwitz-Birkenau. Saul Auslander is a Hungarian member of the Sonderkommando, the group of Jewish prisoners isolated from the camp and to assist the Nazis in the machinery of large-scale extermination. While working in one of the crematoriums, Saul discovers the body of a boy he takes for his son. As the Sonderkommando plans a rebellion, Saul decides to carry out an impossible task: save the child's body from the flames, find a rabbi to recite the mourner's Kaddish and offer the boy a proper burial.

Director: László Nemes
Writers: László Nemes, Clara Royer
Stars: Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn

Sky



Romy (Diane Kruger) is on holiday in the USA with her French husband, Richard (Gilles Lellouche). But the journey quickly turns into a settling of old scores for this worn out couple. After an ultimate fight, Romy decides to break free. She cuts off her ties to a stable and secure life that has become alienating and escapes to the unknown.

Director: Fabienne Berthaud
Writers: Pascal Arnold, Fabienne Berthaud
Stars: Diane Kruger, Norman Reedus, Gilles Lellouche

Ride Along 2



The brothers-in-law are back! Ben (Kevin Hart; Get Hard, The Wedding Ringer), a recently graduated police rookie, now aspires to be a detective like his soon-to-be brother-in-law, but James (Ice Cube; 22 Jump Street, Barbershop) still doesn't think that he has what it takes for the job. He reluctantly takes Ben with him to follow up on a lead in Miami. Plans for a quick trip go awry when their unorthodox policing gets them into a compromising situation that threatens to derail a major case... and Ben's upcoming wedding day. Also starring Ken Jeong, Benjamin Bratt, Olivia Munn and Sherri Shepherd. The dynamic duo of Cube and Hart renew their comedic connection in this bigger, better, and funnier sequel!

Cast
Bruce McGill
Ice Cube
Kevin Hart
Ken Jeong
Benjamin Bratt
Olivia Munn
Tika Sumpter

Director
Tim Story

Preppie Connection, The



A student at a private school uses his connections to establish a drug trafficking network there.

Director: Joseph Castelo
Writers: Joseph Castelo, Ashley Rudden
Stars: Lucy Fry, Thomas Mann, Sam Page

Pandemic



Pandemic is set in the near future, where a virus of epic proportions has overtaken the planet. There are more infected than uninfected, and humanity is losing its grip on survival. Its only hope is finding a cure and keeping the infected contained. Lauren (Rachel Nichols) is a doctor, who, after the fall of New York, comes to Los Angeles to lead a team to hunt for and rescue uninfected survivors.

Director: John Suits
Writer: Dustin T. Benson
Stars: Rachel Nichols, Alfie Allen, Missi Pyle

One & Two



Two siblings discover a supernatural escape from a troubled home, but find their bond tested when reality threatens to tear their family apart.

Director: Andrew Droz Palermo
Writers: Andrew Droz Palermo, Neima Shahdadi
Stars: Kiernan Shipka, Timothée Chalamet, Elizabeth Reaser

Kung Fu Panda 3



Continuing his "legendary adventures of awesomeness", Po must face two hugely epic, but different threats: one supernatural and the other a little closer to his home.

Directors: Alessandro Carloni, Jennifer Yuh Nelson (as Jennifer Yuh)
Writers: Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger
Stars: Jack Black, Bryan Cranston, Dustin Hoffman

Identicals


The organization Brand New-U identifies networks of identical - people who walk like you, talk like you, but are walking through different, better lives - and helps their customers make a life upgrade: eliminating the better-life donor, and relocating their client to that brand new life. Slater seems to have the perfect girlfriend. But when Slater's girlfriend is abducted by Brand New-U, and a corpse left in her place, he is to become an Identical. As he moves through a series of parallel lives, he becomes more and more obsessed with finding his girlfriend, but what he must find in the end is himself.

Cast
Nora-Jane Noone
Jacinta Mulcahy
Andrew Buckley
Tony Way
Lachlan Nieboer
Nick Blood
Michelle Asante
Tim Ahern

Director
Simon Pummell

I Am Wrath



A man is out for justice after a group of corrupt police officers are unable to catch his wife's killer.

Director: Chuck Russell
Writers: Yvan Gauthier (story), Paul Sloan
Stars: John Travolta, Rebecca De Mornay, Amanda Schull

Finest Hours, The



This heroic action-thriller is based on the extraordinary true story of the greatest small-boat rescue in Coast Guard history. In 1952, a massive winter storm strikes off the coast of Cape Cod, ripping a T-2 oil tanker in half and trapping more than 30 sailors inside its rapidly sinking stern. When word of the disaster reaches the U.S. Coast Guard, four men led by Captain Bernie Webber (Chris Pine) set out in a 12-seat boat on a daring mission to rescue the stranded men, braving freezing cold, 60-foot waves and hurricane- winds, and guided by Webber's vow that "We all live, or we all die." Packed with thrilling, larger-than-life action and anchored in a belief in the strength of the human spirit, The Finest Hours is a triumph.

Cast
Ben Foster
Casey Affleck
Eric Bana
John Ortiz
Chris Pine
Kyle Gallner
Graham McTavish
Holliday Grainger
John Magaro

Director
Craig Gillespie

Dirty Grandpa



Right before his wedding, an uptight guy is tricked into driving his grandfather, a lecherous former Army Lieutenant-Colonel, to Florida for spring break.

Director: Dan Mazer
Writer: John Phillips (as John M. Phillips)
Stars: Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Zoey Deutch

Colonia


A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.
Director: Florian Gallenberger

Writers: Torsten Wenzel, Florian Gallenberger
Stars: Emma Watson, Daniel Brühl, Michael Nyqvist

Adderall Diaries, The



Writer and Adderall enthusiast Stephen Elliott reaches a low point when his estranged father resurfaces, claiming that Stephen has fabricated much of the dark childhood that that fuels his writing. Adrift in the precarious gray area of memory, Stephen is led by three sources of inspiration: a new romance, the best friend who shares his history, and a murder trial that reminds him more than a little of his own story.

Director: Pamela Romanowsky
Writers: Stephen Elliott (memoir), Pamela Romanowsky
Stars: Amber Heard, James Franco, Wilmer Valderrama

April 13, 2016

Tumbledown



Pop culture scholar Andrew (Jason Sudeikis) comes to Maine to interview Hannah (Rebecca Hall), the protective widow of an acclaimed singer. When the unlikely pair strike a deal to co-write a biography, Andrew finds himself clashing with a cast of locals, including Hannah's hunky suitor (Joe Manganiello), and her loving but defensive parents (Blythe Danner, Richard Masur). When Hannah and Andrew's stormy partnership blossoms into an unexpected connection, they face the possibility that the next chapter in their lives may involve each other. Dianna Aragon and Griffin Dunne costar in this startlingly funny and sweetly romantic tale of moving on and finding love in the unlikeliest of places.

Cast
Blythe Danner
Richard Masur
Griffin Dunne
Jason Sudeikis
Rebecca Hall
Maggie Castle
Joe Manganiello
Dianna Agron

Director
Sean Mewshaw

Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens



Visionary director J.J. Abrams brings to life the motion picture event of a generation. As Kylo Ren and the sinister First Order rise from the ashes of the Empire, Luke Skywalker is missing when the galaxy needs him most. It's up to Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, a defecting stormtrooper, to join with Han Solo and Chewbacca in a desperate search for the one hope of restoring peace to the galaxy.

Cast
Harrison Ford
Max Von Sydow
Carrie Fisher
Warwick Davis
Mark Hamill
Greg Grunberg
Anthony Daniels
Andy Serkis
Peter Mayhew
Simon Pegg
Ken Leung
Oscar Isaac
Domhnall Gleeson
John Boyega
Adam Driver
Gwendoline Christie
Daisy Ridley
Lupita Nyong'o
Joonas Suotamo
Crystal Clarke

Director
J.J. Abrams

Showdown in Manila



The film will unfold in Manila, Philippines, and in the jungles of the island of Boracay. On a tropical island in the privacy of living Russian middle-aged man (Alexander Newsky). But the quiet life interrupted by the murder of one of the locals. In order to protect the daughter of the slain Filipino bandits Russian guy have to remember the past, he tried to bury .

Director: Mark Dacascos

Stars: Alexander Nevsky, Casper Van Dien, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Revenant, The



Leonardo DiCaprio gives an Oscar Winning performance in Oscar Winner Alejandro G. Inarritu's cinematic masterpiece. Inspired by true events and the winner of 3 Oscars, The Revenant follows the story of legendary explorer Hugh Glass (DiCaprio) on his quest for survival and justice. After a brutal bear attack, Glass is left for dead by a treacherous member of his hunting team (Tom Hardy). Against extraordinary odds, and enduring unimaginable grief, Glass battles a relentless winter in uncharted terrain. This "boldly original" (Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch) epic adventure captures the extraordinary power of the human spirit in an immersive and visceral experience "unlike anything you have ever seen" (Jake Hamilton, FOX-TV).

Cast
Lukas Haas
Leonardo DiCaprio
Paul Anderson
Tom Hardy
Kristoffer Joner
Domhnall Gleeson
Will Poulter
Joshua Burge

Director
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Point Break



Young FBI agent Johnny Utah infiltrates a cunning team of thrill-seeking elite athletes led by the charismatic Bodhi. Deep undercover, with his life in danger, Utah races to prove the team is responsible for a string of inconceivable crimes. The adrenaline flows in this fast-paced action thriller as world-class athletes go high-wave surfing, wingsuit flying, sheer-face snowboarding, free-rock climbing and high-speed motorcycling in some of the most daring sequences ever filmed.

Cast
Delroy Lindo
Ray Winstone
Edgar Ramirez
Teresa Palmer
Max Thieriot
Matias Varela
Tobias Santelmann
Luke Bracey
Clemens Schick

Director
Ericson Core

Peanuts Movie, The



Dream big and laugh along with good ol' Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus and the rest of the beloved Peanuts gang as you've never seen them before - in a brand-new feature film from the imagination of Charles M. Schulz and the creators of Ice Age. Join everyone's favorite eternal optimist, Charlie Brown, as he embarks on a heroic quest, while his beagle pal Snoopy takes to the skies to pursue his archnemesis, the Red Baron. It's a hilarious and heartwarming adventure that proves every underdog has his day!

Cast
Kristin Chenoweth
Bill Melendez
Noah Schnapp

Director
Steve Martino

Maigret Sets a Trap



Chief Inspector Jules Maigret hunts for a serial killer.

Director: Ashley Pearce
Writers: Stewart Harcourt (screenplay), Georges Simenon (novel)
Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Leo Staar, Shaun Dingwall

Get A Job



Miles Teller, Anna Kendrick, and Bryan Cranston star in this fresh and wickedly funny comedy about getting a job in a tough economy. Recent college graduates Will (Teller) and Jillian (Kendrick) quickly encounter the struggles millennials face in today's highly competitive job market. When Will's job falls through and Jillian gets laid off, the young couple and their friends must endure public humiliation, hazing, and surprise drug tests to ultimately launch their fledgling careers.

Cast
Bryan Cranston
Marcia Gay Harden
Greg Germann
Jorge Garcia
Nicholas Braun
Cameron Richardson
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Anna Kendrick
Alison Brie
Miles Teller

Director
Dylan Kidd

Daddy's Home



"The laughs keep coming" (Neil Pond, Parade) when Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg face off in the ultimate Dad vs. Step-Dad showdown! Brad (Ferrell), who always dreamed of having the perfect family, is determined to become the best step-dad to his new wife's (Linda Cardellini) children. But when their biological father Dusty (Wahlberg) shows up unexpectedly, Brad's idyllic family life is turned upside down and he must go toe-to-toe with Dusty in this hilarious family comedy that "will have you in stitches" (Jaclyn Roth, Life & Style).

Cast
Thomas Haden Church
Mark Wahlberg
Will Ferrell
Linda Cardellini
Bobby Cannavale
Paul Scheer
Bill Burr
Hannibal Buress
Jamie Denbo
Scarlett Estevez

Director
Sean Anders

Countdown



WWE superstars Dolph Ziggler and Kane lead the action in this electrifying and heart-pounding thriller directed by John Stockwell (Into the Blue) and written by Richard Wenk (The Equalizer). When a madman kidnaps a young boy and rigs him with explosives, Ray (Ziggler), haunted by the loss of his young son, defies his captain (Kane) and takes matters into his own hands. Now, he must beat the clock to stop a psychopath and save an innocent child. Featuring cameos by WWE Superstar Rusev and WWE Diva Lana, Countdown is the first-ever WWE Studios film to shoot and include Live Event footage.

Cast
Kane
Katharine Isabelle
Dolph Ziggler

Director
John Stockwell

Confirmation, The



Clive Owen shines in this irresistible comedy as Walt, a down-on-his luck carpenter tasked with entertaining his eight-year-old son Anthony while Anthony's mom (Maria Bello) and her new husband are away. But when Walt's prized toolbox is stolen, a quiet father-and-son weekend turns into an adventure of a lifetime. Aided by an oddball drywall repairman (Patton Oswalt), Walt and Anthony go on a wildly funny search for the thieves - and find something they never imagined: a true family connection.

Cast
Matthew Modine
Robert Forster
Maria Bello
Clive Owen
Tim Blake Nelson
Stephen Tobolowsky
Patton Oswalt
Jaeden Lieberher

Director
Bob Nelson

Concussion



Will Smith stars in Concussion, a dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful - and beloved - institutions in the world. With captivating performances by Alec Baldwin and Academy Award nominee Albert Brooks (1987 Best Supporting Actor Broadcast News).

Cast
Alec Baldwin
Will Smith
Arliss Howard
David Morse
Luke Wilson
Albert Brooks
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Richard T. Jones
Paul Reiser
Stephen Moyer
Hill Harper
Eddie Marsan
Mike O'Malley
Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Director
Peter Landesman

Boy, The



An American nanny is shocked that her new English family's boy is actually a life-sized doll. After she violates a list of strict rules, disturbing events make her believe that the doll is really alive.

Director: William Brent Bell
Writer: Stacey Menear
Stars: Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, James Russell

5th Wave, The


In the new film The 5th Wave, four waves of increasingly deadly attacks have left most of Earth decimated. Against a backdrop of fear and distrust, Cassie (Chloe Grace Moretz) is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother. As she prepares for the inevitable and lethal 5th wave, Cassie teams up with a young man who may become her final hope - if she can only trust him.

Cast
Ron Livingston
Chloe Grace Moretz
Nick Robinson
Matthew Zuk
Gabriela Lopez

Director
J Blakeson