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January 7, 2016

Wave, The


Even though awaited, no-one is really ready when the mountain pass of Åkneset above the scenic narrow Norwegian fjord Geiranger falls out and creates a 85 meter high violent tsunami. A geologist is one of those caught in the middle of it.

Director: Roar Uthaug
Writers: John Kåre Raake, Harald Rosenløw-Eeg
Stars: Kristoffer Joner, Thomas Bo Larsen, Ane Dahl Torp

Walk, The



In 1974, high-wire artist Philippe Petit recruits a team of people to help him realize his dream: to walk the immense void between the World Trade Center towers.

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writers: Robert Zemeckis (screenplay), Christopher Browne (screenplay)
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Charlotte Le Bon, Guillaume Baillargeon

Transporter Refueled, The


In the south of France, former special-ops mercenary Frank Martin enters into a game of chess with a femme-fatale and her three sidekicks who are looking for revenge against a sinister Russian kingpin.

Director: Camille Delamarre
Writers: Adam Cooper, Bill Collage
Stars: Ed Skrein, Loan Chabanol, Ray Stevenson

Sinister 2



A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.
Director: Ciarán Foy
Writers: Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill
Stars: James Ransone, Shannyn Sossamon, Robert Daniel Sloan

Sicario


An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writer: Taylor Sheridan
Stars: Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro

Peanuts Movie, The



Snoopy embarks upon his greatest mission as he and his team take to the skies to pursue their arch-nemesis, while his best pal Charlie Brown begins his own epic quest back home to win the love of his life.

Director: Steve Martino
Writers: Bryan Schulz, Craig Schulz
Stars: Noah Schnapp, Bill Melendez, Hadley Belle Miller

Pan



12-year-old orphan Peter is spirited away to the magical world of Neverland, where he finds both fun and danger, and ultimately discovers his destiny -- to become the hero who will be forever known as Peter Pan.

Director: Joe Wright
Writers: Jason Fuchs, J.M. Barrie (characters)
Stars: Levi Miller, Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund

Martian, The



During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.

Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: Drew Goddard (screenplay), Andy Weir (book)
Stars: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig

Lobster, The



In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Writers: Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou
Stars: Jacqueline Abrahams, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Jessica Barden

The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar



Set in the African Savanna, the film follows Kion as he assembles the members of the 'Lion Guard'. Throughout the film, the diverse team of young animals will learn how to utilize each of their unique abilities to solve problems and accomplish tasks to maintain balance within the Circle of Life, while also introducing viewers to the vast array of animals that populate the prodigious African landscape.

Director: Howy Parkins
Writer: Ford Riley
Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Jeff Bennett, Beau Black

Legend


The film tells the story of the identical twin gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray, two of the most notorious criminals in British history, and their organised crime empire in the East End of London during the 1960s.

Director: Brian Helgeland
Writers: Brian Helgeland, John Pearson (book)
Stars: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Taron Egerton

Joy


Joy is the story of the title character, who rose to become founder and matriarch of a powerful family business dynasty.

Director: David O. Russell
Writers: David O. Russell (screenplay), Annie Mumolo (story) | 1 more credit »
Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper

If There Be Thorns



Living together with their loving and happy new family, Christopher and Cathy's past come to haunt them. Their mother Corrine moves in next door.

Director: Nancy Savoca
Writers: Virginia C. Andrews (novel), Andy Cochran
Stars: Heather Graham, Rachael Carpani, Jason Lewis

Idealisten



A whistleblower attempts to reveal the secret behind a nuclear disaster that occurred during the height of the Cold War.

Director: Christina Rosendahl
Writers: Lars Andersen, Simon Pasternak
Stars: Peter Plaugborg, Søren Malling, Thomas Bo Larsen

Hotel Transylvania 2


Dracula and his friends try to bring out the monster in his half human, half vampire grandson in order to keep Mavis from leaving the hotel.

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
Writers: Robert Smigel, Adam Sandler
Stars: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez

Heist



A father is without the means to pay for his daughter's medical treatment. As a last resort, he partners with a greedy co-worker to rob a casino. When things go awry they're forced to hijack a city bus.

Director: Scott Mann
Writers: Stephen Cyrus Sepher (original screenplay by), Stephen Cyrus Sepher (story) | 1 more credit »
Stars: Summer Altice, Gina Carano, Robert De Niro

Hateful Eight, The



In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters.

Director: Quentin Tarantino
Writer: Quentin Tarantino
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh

Goosebumps



A teenager teams up with the daughter of young adult horror author R. L. Stine after the writer's imaginary demons are set free on the town of Madison, Delaware.

Director: Rob Letterman
Writers: Darren Lemke (screenplay), Scott Alexander (story)
Stars: Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush

Extraction


A former CIA operative is kidnapped by a group of terrorists. When his son learns there is no plan for his father to be saved, he launches his own rescue operation.

Director: Steven C. Miller
Writers: Max Adams, Umair Aleem
Stars: Bruce Willis, Kellan Lutz, Gina Carano

Criminal Activities



Four young men make a risky investment together that puts them in trouble with the mob.

Director: Jackie Earle Haley
Writer: Robert Lowell
Stars: Michael Pitt, Dan Stevens, Christopher Abbott, John Travolta

Creed



The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.

Director: Ryan Coogler
Writers: Ryan Coogler (screenplay), Aaron Covington (screenplay) | 2 more credits »
Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson

Concussion



In Pittsburgh, accomplished pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu uncovers the truth about brain damage in football players who suffer repeated concussions in the course of normal play.

Director: Peter Landesman
Writers: Peter Landesman, Jeanne Marie Laskas (GQ article "Game Brain")
Stars: Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks |

Christmas Star, A



Born under the Christmas Star, Noelle believes she has the gift to perform miracles, so when conniving developer McKerrod threatens her peaceful life she and her friends determine to use this gift to thwart his plans and save their village.

Director: Richard Elson
Writers: Maire Campbell, Richard Elson (additional writing)
Stars: Rob James-Collier, Suranne Jones, Bronagh Waugh

Carol


An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman.

Director: Todd Haynes
Writers: Phyllis Nagy (screenplay), Patricia Highsmith (novel)
Stars: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson

Bridge of Spies


During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.

Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Matt Charman, Ethan Coen
Stars: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda

Absolutely Anything



A group of eccentric aliens confer a human being with the power to do absolutely anything, as an experiment.

Director: Terry Jones
Writers: Gavin Scott (screenplay), Terry Jones
Stars: Simon Pegg, Kate Beckinsale, Sanjeev Bhaskar

33, The



Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days.

Director: Patricia Riggen
Stars: Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche