Best Movies Released Holiday 2016
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The Eagle Huntress
Limited
The Eagle Huntress follows Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter, and rises to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been handed down from father to son for centuries.
Otto Bell
Doctor Strange
Nationwide
Dr. Strange was a self-centered New York surgeon robbed of his touch after a car accident. After a stint as a wandering derelict, he encounters a healer in the Himalayas and learns to tap into psychic powers to battle wrongdoers.
Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel McAdams, Tilda Swinton, Victoria Alonso, Charles Newirth, Scott Derrickson, Kevin Feige, Thomas Dean Donnelly
Hacksaw Ridge
Nationwide
The extraordinary true story of conscientious objector Desmond Doss [Andrew Garfield] who, in Okinawa during the bloodiest battle of WWII, saved 75 men without firing a gun. Believing that the War was just but killing was nevertheless wrong, he was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon. As an army medic Doss single-handedly evacuated the wounded near enemy lines, braved fire while tending to soldiers and was wounded by a grenade and hit by snipers. He was the first conscientious objector to ever win the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Mel Gibson, Luke Bracey, Christopher Woodrow, William Johnson, Andrew Garfield, Vince Vaughn, Sam Worthington, Elexa Ruth
Trolls
Nationwide
This hilarious film transports audiences to a colorful, wondrous world populated by the overly optimistic Trolls, with a constant dance in their step and a song on their lips, and the comically pessimistic Bergens, who are only happy when they have trolls in their stomachs.
After the Bergens invade Troll Village, Poppy (Kendrick), the happiest Troll ever born, and the overly-cautious curmudgeonly Branch (Timberlake) set off on a journey to rescue her friends. Together, this mismatched duo embark on a rescue mission full of adventure and mishaps - trying to tolerate each other long enough to get the job done.
Justin Timberlake, James Corden, Gwen Stefani, Ron Funches, Mike Mitchell, Walt Dohrn, Gina Shay, Wallace Wollodarsky
A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown
Limited
After Nut House Nuts harvests the forest, recently escaped squirrel Frankie intends to break into the high-security packaging plant and salvage all the nuts.
Will Forte, Ross Venokur, Jason Jones, Samantha Bee, John H. Williams, Lenore Venokur, John Leguizamo, Victoria Justice
Army of One
Limited
Gary Faulkner (Cage) is an ex-con, unemployed handyman, and modern day Don Quixote who receives a vision from God (Brand) telling him to capture Osama Bin Laden. Armed with only a single sword purchased from a home-shopping network, Gary travels to Pakistan to complete his mission. While on his quest, Gary encounters old friends back home in Colorado, the new friends he makes in Pakistan, the enemies he makes at the CIA - and even God and Osama themselves.
Nicolas Cage, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Scott Rothman, Denis O'Hare, Larry Charles, Rajiv Joseph, Rainn Wilson, Russell Brand
CRD
Los Angeles
Follows a young dramatist who rebels against his fascist tutor to form his troop of misfits - aiming to win a prestigious theatre competition and trying to find the hardest thing of all: his voice.
Kranti Kanadé, Dharmakirti Sumant, Mrinmayee Godbole, Vinay Sharma, Saurabh Saraswat, Abhay Mahajan, Isha Keskar
Dog Eat Dog
New York / Los Angeles
Ex-cons Troy (Cage), Mad Dog (Dafoe) and Diesel (Christopher Matthew Cook) are hired by an eccentric mob boss to kidnap a baby for a large ransom. When the abduction goes awry, the trio find themselves on the run from the mob and the cops. Vowing to stay out of prison at all costs, getting away with the crime is literally a matter of life and death.
Nicolas Cage, Paul Schrader, Matthew Wilder, Willem Dafoe, Christopher Matthew Cook
Loving
Limited
Follows an interracial married couple jailed for their union in 1958 Virginia. The pair fought back against the laws that made their marriage punishable, leading to a landmark Supreme Court case that eventually reversed all restrictions on marriage based on race.
Michael Shannon, Colin Firth, Ged Doherty, Joel Edgerton, Nick Kroll, Bill Camp, Jeff Nichols, Sarah Green
My Dead Boyfriend
Limited
Mary’s life has been defined by a string of temp jobs and a half-hearted attempt to become a writer. But all that changes when she comes home to find her boyfriend dead in front of the TV set. During her misadventures in trying to get rid of his ashes - accidentally becoming the bassist in a rock band; bonding with the dog he left behind; awkward encounters with numerous ex-lovers; Mary discovers that there was much more to her couch potato boyfriend than she ever thought imaginable.
Heather Graham, Gina Gershon, Anthony Edwards, Katherine Moennig, Griffin Dunne, Scott Michael Foster, John Corbett
Peter and the Farm
Limited
Peter Dunning is the proud proprietor of Mile Hill Farm, which sits on 187 idyllic acres in Vermont. The land’s 38 harvests have seen the arrivals and departures of three wives and four children, leaving Peter with only animals and memories. The arrival of a film crew causes him to confront his history and his legacy, passing along hard-won agricultural wisdom even as he doubts the meaning of the work he is fated to perform until death. Haunted by alcoholism and regret, Peter veers between elation and despair, often suggesting to the filmmakers his own suicide as a narrative device. He is a tragedian on a stage it has taken him most of his life to build, and which now threatens to collapse from under him. At once a postcard from paradise and a cautionary tale for our times, Peter and The Farm sifts through the potential energy of a human life, that which is used and that which is squandered.
Tony Stone
Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story
Limited
After retiring from his life as an outlaw, ranch ownder Nathaniel Reed (Trace Adkins) quietly leads an honest existence with his devoted wife, Laura Lee. But his gun-slinging past suddenly comes back to haunt him when he learns that the man he once maimed during a stagecoach robbery is now a U.S. Marshal (Kim Coates) who will stop at nothing to find vengeance. After a violent shootout brings tragic consequences, Nathaniel returns to his old ways and becomes Texas Jack: the most wanted outlaw in the West. Judd Nelson also stars in this action-packed quest for redemption filled with galloping getaways, a beautiful bounty hunter and the possibility of a second chance.
Trace Adkins, Michelle Harrison, Terry Miles, Matt Williams, Dan Benamor, Kim Coates, Judd Nelson, Garry Chalk
The Ivory Game
New York
Award-winning director Richard Ladkani and Academy Award®-nominated director Kief Davidson filmed undercover for 16 months in China and Africa with a crack team of intelligence operatives, undercover activists, passionate frontline rangers and tough-as-nails conservationists, to infiltrate the corrupt global network of ivory trafficking.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Richard Ladkani, Kief Davidson
The Fitzroy
Limited
The Fitzroy is a live action black comedy set in an alternative post-apocalyptic 1950's. The world is covered in a poisons gas and the last place for a traditional seaside holiday is The Fitzroy hotel an abandoned submarine just of the coast of England. The film centers on Bernard, the hotel's bellboy, cook, maintenance man and general dogsbody as he faces a constant battle to keep the decaying hotel airtight and afloat. But when he falls in love with a murderous guest, he is thrown into a mad day of lies, backstabbing and chaos. As Bernard struggles to hide her murders from the other guests and suspicious authorities, his world literally begins to sink around him
Andrew Harmer, James Heath, Liam Garvo, Jan Anderson, David Schaal, Kenneth Collard, David Gant, Stuart McGugan
Almost Christmas
Nationwide
Almost Christmas tells the festive story of a beloved patriarch who asks his family for one gift this holiday season: to get along. If they can honor that wish and spend five days under the same roof without killing one another, it will be a Christmas miracle.
Will Packer, Omar Epps, Nicole Ari Parker, Kimberly Elise, Jessie Usher, J.B. Smoove, David E. Talbert, Gabrielle Union
Arrival
Nationwide
When mysterious spacecrafts touch down across the globe, an elite team - lead by expert linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) - is brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time for answers – and to find them, she will take a chance that could threaten her life, and quite possibly humanity.
Amy Adams, Tzi Ma, Denis Villeneuve, Shawn Levy, Eric Heisserer, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Nationwide
The film is told from the point of view of 19-year-old private Billy Lynn (newcomer Joe Alwyn) who, along with his fellow soldiers in Bravo Squad, becomes a hero after a harrowing Iraq battle and is brought home temporarily for a victory tour. Through flashbacks, culminating at the spectacular halftime show of the Thanksgiving Day football game, the film reveals what really happened to the squad – contrasting the realities of the war with America’s perceptions.
Kristen Stewart, Joe Alwyn, Vin Diesel, Stephen Cornwell, Garrett Hedlund, Chris Tucker, Ben Platt, Guo Guangchang
Loving
Nationwide
Follows an interracial married couple jailed for their union in 1958 Virginia. The pair fought back against the laws that made their marriage punishable, leading to a landmark Supreme Court case that eventually reversed all restrictions on marriage based on race.
Michael Shannon, Colin Firth, Ged Doherty, Joel Edgerton, Nick Kroll, Bill Camp, Jeff Nichols, Sarah Green
Shut In
Nationwide
A heart-pounding thriller starring Naomi Watts as a widowed child psychologist who lives an isolated existence in rural New England. Caught in a deadly winter storm, she must find a way to rescue a young boy before he disappears forever.
Naomi Watts, Christina Hodson, David Cubitt, Oliver Platt, Farren Blackburn, Tim Post, Jacob Tremblay, Charlie Heaton
Dog Eat Dog
Expansion
Ex-cons Troy (Cage), Mad Dog (Dafoe) and Diesel (Christopher Matthew Cook) are hired by an eccentric mob boss to kidnap a baby for a large ransom. When the abduction goes awry, the trio find themselves on the run from the mob and the cops. Vowing to stay out of prison at all costs, getting away with the crime is literally a matter of life and death.
Nicolas Cage, Paul Schrader, Matthew Wilder, Willem Dafoe, Christopher Matthew Cook
Don't Look Down
Limited
Don’t Look Down reveals the story behind Richard Branson’s daring adventures trying to break world records for flying in a hot air balloon. The film tells a story of courage, determination, despair and ultimate triumph.
Richard Branson, Eve Branson, Daniel Gordon, Mike Kendrick, Per Lindstrand
Elle
New York
The story centers on Michele (Huppert), a ruthless head of a video game company. After being attacked in her home by an unknown assailant changes Michele's life forever. When she resolutely tracks the man down, they are both drawn into a curious and thrilling game that may, at any moment, spiral out of control.
Isabelle Huppert, Anne Consigny, Paul Verhoeven, David Birke, Laurent Lafitte, Charles Berling, Virginie Efira, Virgine Aefira
Seasons
Limited
After traveling the world alongside migrating birds and diving the oceans with whales and manta rays, Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud return to more familiar ground, the lush green forests and megafauna that emerged across Europe following the last Ice Age. Winter had gone on for 80,000 years when, in a relatively short period of time the ice retreated, the landscape metamorphosed, the cycle of seasons was established and the beasts occupied their new kingdom. It was only later than man arrived to share this habitat, first tentatively as migratory hunter/gatherers, then making inroads in the forest as settled agriculturalists, and later more dramatically via industry and warfare.
Stephane Durand, Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud
The Love Witch
Limited
Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and potions, and then picks up men and seduces them. However, her spells work too well, leaving her with a string of hapless victims. When she finally meets the man of her dreams, her desperation to be loved will drive her to the brink of insanity and murder.
Samantha Robinson, Jeffrey Vincent Parise, Anna Biller, Elle Evans, Lily Holleman, Dani Lennon, Laura Waddell
The Monster
Limited
Follows a divorced mother (Zoe Kazan) and her headstrong daughter who must make an emergency late night road trip to see the girl’s father. As they drive through deserted country roads on a stormy night, they suddenly have a startling collision that leaves them shaken but not seriously hurt. Their car, however, is dead, and as they try in vain to get help, they come to realize they are not alone on these desolate backroads—a terrifying evil is lurking in the surrounding woods, intent on never letting them leave…
Ella Ballentine, Zoe Kazan, Bryan Bertino, Scott Speedman
The True Memoirs of an International Assassin
VOD / Digital
The action comedy stars Kevin James as Sam Larson, a mild-mannered would-be author who gets mistaken for a killer-for-hire when his fictional novel about an international assassin is published as a true story. When the book is a huge success, he is suddenly kidnapped, taken out of the country, and forced into an assassination plot.
Kevin James, Andy Garcia, Jeff Wadlow, Todd Garner, Jeff Morris, Kim Coates, P.J. Byrne, Zulay Henao
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
Limited
Throughout WWII, the USS INDIANAPOLIS was known as one of the fastest ships in the entire US Navy. Under the command of CAPTAIN MCVAY (Nicolas Cage), its crew fought bravely in every major US campaign in the Pacific. As President Truman negotiates Germany’s surrender, he gives McVay a new mission. The US Government has developed a secret weapon, which McVay and his crew are to transport to Guam.
The mission goes off without a hitch, and McVay is ordered to take the crew to an island in the Pacific where the men are to report for training. But along the way, disaster strikes. A Japanese submarine under the leadership of COMMANDER HASHIMOTO surprises the Indianapolis and launches several torpedoes into the great ship.
In only twelve minutes, the ship goes down. Of the 1,200 men onboard, only 900 survive the sinking. They wait in the water, believing that their rescue is imminent. When day breaks, the weather turns unbearably hot. Thirst and hunger set in. And the attacks begin.
Hundreds of sharks surround the men and attack without mercy or provocation. After several days in the water, the men start to lose hope. Overwhelmed with thirst, many begin to hallucinate. As the days mount up, and more and more men die, the survivors find a new determination to survive.
Nicolas Cage, Tom Sizemore, Matt Lanter, Mario Van Peebles, Richard Rionda DelCastro, Cam Cannon, Thomas Jane, Brian Presley
Elle
Los Angeles
The story centers on Michele (Huppert), a ruthless head of a video game company. After being attacked in her home by an unknown assailant changes Michele's life forever. When she resolutely tracks the man down, they are both drawn into a curious and thrilling game that may, at any moment, spiral out of control.
Isabelle Huppert, Anne Consigny, Paul Verhoeven, David Birke, Laurent Lafitte, Charles Berling, Virginie Efira, Virgine Aefira
Bleed For This
Nationwide
Miles Teller stars as Vinny "The Pazmanian Devil" Pazienza, a local Providence boxer who shot to stardom after winning 2 world title fights. After a near-fatal car accident leaves Vinny with a severed spine, doctors tell him he may never walk again. With the help of renowned trainer Kevin Rooney (Aaron Eckhart), Vinny becomes a legend when he not only walks again, but miraculously returns to the ring to reclaim his title belt only a year after the accident.
Martin Scorsese, Ciaran Hinds, Ben Younger, Miles Teller, Aaron Eckhart, Tom DeNucci, Emma Koskoff, Bruce Cohen
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Nationwide
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them opens in 1926 as Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident…were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob, a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt’s fantastic beasts, which could spell trouble for both the wizarding and No-Maj worlds.
J.K. Rowling, Samantha Morton, David Yates, Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Zoe Kravitz, Steve Kloves, David Heyman
The Edge of Seventeen
Nationwide
A look at what it’s like to grow up as a young woman in today’s modern world. Everyone knows that growing up is hard, and life is no easier for high school junior Nadine, who is already at peak awkwardness when her all-star older brother Darian starts dating her best friend Krista. All at once, Nadine feels more alone than ever, until the unexpected friendship of a thoughtful boy gives her a glimmer of hope that things just might not be so terrible after all.
Hailee Steinfeld, Julie Ansell, Kelly Fremon, Katie Stuart, James L. Brooks, Kyra Sedgwick, Woody Harrelson, Blake Jenner
A Street Cat Named Bob
Limited
The true feel good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, had his life transformed when he met a stray ginger cat.
Luke Treadaway, Roger Spottiswoode, Tim John, Maria Nation, Ruta Gedmintas, Joanne Froggatt, Anthony Head
Daughters of the Dust
Limited
At the dawn of the 20th century, a multigenerational family in the Gullah community in the Sea Islands off of South Carolina -- former West African slaves who adopted many of their ancestors' Yoruba traditions -- suffers a generational split. An older group of sisters return after migrating north to New York with intentions of bringing the rest of their family back across the water to the mainland with them. But, tensions arrive when the newly Americanized sisters view their homeland’s way of living as backwards, all while Nana, the family elder who embodies the traditions and folklore of their African roots, is struggling to keep the family together and to pass on the knowledge of their ancestors.
Julie Dash, Alva Rogers, Bahni Turpin, Barbara-O, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Cora Lee Day, Tony King, Trula Hoosier
Life on the Line
Limited
Focuses on Beau (John Travolta), his beloved niece Bailey (Kate Bosworth) and the hardworking men who risk their lives to work "on the line" and keep the electric grid running. These unsung heroes brave raging storms and dangerously dizzying heights in their dedication to keeping the populace safe. Toiling hundreds of feet in the air on wires carrying as much as 500,000 volts of electricity, tragedy is often inches away. Haunted by the electrocution death of his brother, Beau is devoted to Bailey and determined to see her go off to college and away from the life of linemen. Bailey has other plans, which include the strapping second-generation lineman Duncan (Devon Sawa), whom Beau despises. A deadly tempest is brewing and headed straight to their Texas town. Beau, Duncan and a legion of linemen are thrust into the eye of the storm and must face down impending disaster to keep their community connected.
Kate Bosworth, Devon Sawa, David Hackl, Primo Brown, Marvin Peart, Peter I. Horton, John Travolta, Julie Benz
Manchester by the Sea
Limited
A Boston-living ne’er-do-well plumber is forced to return home to the titular town after he learns his brother passed away. There, he finds himself thrust into the care of the man's 16-year old son but finds himself crumbling due to a secret tragedy in his past.
Kenneth Lonergan, Kyle Chandler, Casey Affleck, Gretchen Mol, Gigi Pritzker, Michelle Williams, Kara Hayward, Tate Donovan
Nocturnal Animals
Limited
The plot is described as a "story inside a story," with the first part following a woman named Susan who receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband, a man whom she left 20 years earlier, asking for her opinion. The second part of the story follows the actual manuscript, called "Nocturnal Animals," which revolves around a man whose family vacation turns violent and deadly. It also continues to follow the story of Susan, who finds herself recalling her first marriage and confronting some dark truths about herself.
Michael Shannon, Armie Hammer, George Clooney, Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Tom Ford, Grant Heslov, Aaron Johnson
Officer Downe
Limited
The story of a savage LA policeman who is repeatedly resurrected and returned to active duty via dark science technology. When a rookie officer named Gable is recruited as backup, he discovers there's much more to the titular super-cop than a mindless law enforcement drone warring against a twisted rouges gallery of over-the-top super-villains.
Michael Shawn Crahan, Joe Casey, Kim Coates, Tyler Ross, Lauren Luna Vélez
The Take
Limited
Michael Mason (Richard Madden) is an American pickpocket living in Paris who finds himself hunted by the CIA when he steals a bag that contains more than just a wallet. Sean Briar (Idris Elba), the field agent on the case, soon realizes that Michael is just a pawn in a much bigger game and is also his best asset to uncover a large-scale conspiracy. Going against commands, Briar recruits Michael to use his expert pickpocketing skills to help quickly track down the source of the corruption. As a 24-hour thrill ride ensues, the unlikely duo discover they are both targets and must rely upon each other in order to take down a common enemy.
Idris Elba, Kelly Reilly, James Watkins, Andrew Baldwin, Richard Madden, Charlotte Le Bon, Jose Garcia
Allied
Nationwide
The story of intelligence officer Max Vatan (Pitt), who in 1942 North Africa encounters French Resistance fighter Marianne Beausejour (Cotillard) on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Reunited in London, their relationship is threatened by the extreme pressures of the war.
Robert Zemeckis, Patrick McCormick, Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Lizzy Caplan, Steven Knight, Alan Silvestri, Graham King
Bad Santa 2
Nationwide
Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie Soke (Billy Bob Thornton) teams up once again with his angry little sidekick, Marcus (Tony Cox), to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Along for the ride is 'the kid' - chubby and cheery Thurman Merman (Brett Kelly), a 250-pound ray of sunshine who brings out Willie's sliver of humanity.
Mommy issues arise when the pair are joined by Kathy Bates, as Willie's horror story of a mother, Sunny Soke. A super butch super bitch, Sunny raises the bar for the gang's ambitions, while somehow lowering the standards of criminal behavior. Willie is further burdened by lusting after the curvaceous and prim Diane, played by Christina Hendricks, the charity director with a heart of gold and libido of steel.
Christina Hendricks, Mark Waters, Geyer Kosinski, Andrew Gunn, Johnny Rosenthal, John Phillips, Steve Pink, Doug Ellin
Moana
Nationwide
In the ancient South Pacific world of Oceania, Moana, a born navigator, sets sail in search of a fabled island. During her incredible journey, she teams up with her hero, the legendary demi-god Maui, to traverse the open ocean on an action-packed voyage, encountering enormous sea creatures, breathtaking underworlds and ancient folklore.
Dwayne Johnson, John Musker, Jemaine Clement, Ron Clements, Osnat Shurer, Auli’i Cravalho, Alan Tudyk, Nicole Scherzinger
Rules Don't Apply
Nationwide
It’s Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen and devout Baptist Marla Mabrey (Collins), under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes (Beatty), arrives in Los Angeles. At the airport, she meets her personal driver Frank Forbes (Ehrenreich), only two weeks on the job and also from a religiously conservative background.
Their instant attraction not only puts their religious convictions to the test, but also defies Hughes’ #1 rule: no employee is allowed to have an intimate relationship with a contract actress. But Hughes’ absurd behavior intersects with Marla and Frank in very separate and unexpected ways, and as they are drawn deeper into his bizarre world, their values are challenged and their lives are changed.
Haley Bennett, Christopher Woodrow, Martin Sheen, Brett Ratner, James Packer, Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Chace Crawford
Nocturnal Animals
Expansion
The plot is described as a "story inside a story," with the first part following a woman named Susan who receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband, a man whom she left 20 years earlier, asking for her opinion. The second part of the story follows the actual manuscript, called "Nocturnal Animals," which revolves around a man whose family vacation turns violent and deadly. It also continues to follow the story of Susan, who finds herself recalling her first marriage and confronting some dark truths about herself.
Michael Shannon, Armie Hammer, George Clooney, Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Tom Ford, Grant Heslov, Aaron Johnson
Evolution
Limited
Ten-year-old Nicolas (Max Brebant) lives in a remote seaside village populated only by boys his age and adult women. But when he makes a disturbing discovery beneath the ocean waves—a dead boy with a red starfish on his stomach—Nicolas begins to question everything about his existence. What are the half-remembered images he recalls, as if from another life? If the woman he lives with is not his mother, then who is she? And what awaits the boys when they are all suddenly confined to a hospital?
Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Alanté Kavaïté, Max Brebant, Roxane Duran, Julie-Marie Parmentier
Lion
Limited
Follows a five-year-old Indian boy who, after a wrong train takes him thousands of miles away from home and family, survives many challenges before being adopted by an Australian couple. Twenty-five years later, armed with only the scantest of clues, he learns of a new technology called Google Earth, and sets out to find his lost family.
Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, Luke Davies, Rooney Mara, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Garth Davis, David Wenham, Menik Gooneratne
Miss Sloane
New York / Los Angeles
In the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain) is the most sought after and formidable lobbyist in D.C. Known equally for her cunning and her track record of success, she has always done whatever is required to win. But when she takes on the most powerful opponent of her career, she finds that winning may come at too high a price.
Jessica Chastain, John Lithgow, Jake Lacy, Ariel Zeitoun, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sam Waterston, John Madden
Incarnate
Nationwide
Confined to a wheelchair after a horrific accident, Dr. Seth Ember (Aaron Eckhart) is an “Incarnate” -- gifted with the rare ability to delve into the minds of possessed people in order to exorcise their demons from the inside out. When the Vatican enlists him to exorcise a particularly troubled young boy, Ember is shocked to discover inside him the same evil spirit responsible for the death of his wife and child years before. Now, with the young boy’s life in his hands and his own personal redemption at stake, Ember desperately searches for a way to destroy the demon before it kills him and unleashes its terror upon the world…
Stuart Ford, Aaron Eckhart, David Mazouz, Brad Peyton, Jason Blum, Couper Samuelson, Charles Layton, Michael Seitzman
A Girl Like Grace
Limited
Raised by a single mother in a dysfunctional home and bullied relentlessly at school, Grace (Ryan Destiny) seeks guidance from her best friend Andrea (Paige Hurd) and her older sister Share (Meagan Good) during her trying high-school life.
Blair Redford, Ty Hodges, Meagan Good, Raven-Symone, Garcelle Beauvais, Ryan Destiny, Paige Hurd, Romeo Miller
Anonymous
Limited
Anonymous follows Alex Danyliuk (McAuliffe) a teenager learning the ins and outs of computer programming. When his family hits financial trouble, he turns to a life of online crime and identity theft, fueled by rage at the banking institutions’ status quo.
Along the way he meets Sye (Gold), a street-wise hustler who introduces him to the world of black market trading, and Kira (Nicholson) a young hacker secretly working as an FBI mole. After quickly finding success in causing financial market chaos, they gain the attention of Z (Collins Jr.) – a mysterious, masked figure, who’s the head of an online crime group, and a number one target by the FBI.
Sanzhar Sultan, Akan Satayev, Callan McAuliffe, Lorraine Nicholson, Daniel Eric Gold, Clifton Collins Jr.
Bodyguards: Secret Lives From The Watchtower
Limited
Bodyguards & Protection Agents are the individuals on the front lines for the rich, famous, and powerful. These individuals deal with violence, stalkers, isolation, and potential loss of life every single day.
Jaren Hayman
La La Land
New York / Los Angeles
Tells the story of Mia [Emma Stone], an aspiring actress, and Sebastian [Ryan Gosling], a dedicated jazz musician, who are struggling to make ends meet in a city known for crushing hopes and breaking hearts. Set in modern day Los Angeles, this original musical about everyday life explores the joy and pain of pursuing your dreams.
Ryan Gosling, Finn Wittrock, Damien Chazelle, Emma Stone, John Legend, J.K. Simmons, Sonoya Mizuno, Rosemarie DeWitt
Man Down
Limited
When U.S. Marine Gabriel Drummer (Shia LaBeouf) returns home from his tour in Afghanistan, he finds that the place he once called home is no better than the battlefields he fought on overseas. Accompanied by his best friend Devin Roberts (Jai Courtney), a hardnosed marine whose natural instinct is to shoot first and ask questions later, he searches desperately for the whereabouts of his estranged son, Jonathan (Charlie Shotwell) and wife, Natalie (Kate Mara). In their search, the two intercept Charles (Clifton Collins), a man carrying vital information about the whereabouts of Gabriel's family. As we revisit the past, we are guided in unraveling the puzzle of Gabriel's experience and what will eventually lead us to finding his family.
Shia LaBeouf, Kate Mara, Dito Montiel, Gary Oldman, Jai Courtney, Clifton Collins Jr., Charlie Shotwell
Pet
Limited
Sweet but lonely Seth (Dominic Monaghan) spends his days working in an animal shelter. In a hopeless daze, he has a chance encounter with beautiful young waitress Holly (Ksenia Solo) who awakens something within him. Obsessed, he tries everything to win her over. Time and again, she rejects him, leading him to steal her journal and make a plan: to kidnap Holly. After Seth takes Holly, she wakes up in a cage beneath the animal shelter, treated like the dogs living above her. As Seth's lies begin to catch up to him, Holly toys with his emotions and his certainty of the situation falls apart. A bloody psychological battle begins where the line between prey and predator, victim and criminal blurs, leaving a deadly trail along the way.
Jeremy Slater, Carles Torrens, Nick Phillips, Kelly Wagner, Dominic Monaghan, Ksenia Solo, Jennette McCurdy, Nathan Parsons
Pocket Listing
Limited
Double crosses, adultery, murder, mistaken identity, and revenge ensue when a mysterious power player and his sultry wife hire a disgraced Los Angeles property broker to discreetly market and sell their Malibu villa.
Conor Allyn, Burt Reynolds, Rob Lowe, James Jurdi, Jessica Clark
Run the Tide
Limited
When their drug abusing mother is released from prison determined to rebuild their family, Rey kidnaps his younger brother Oliver and escapes their desert home for the California coast.
Constance Zimmer, Soham Mehta, Rajiv Shah, Taylor Lautner, Kenny Johnson, Johanna Braddy, Nico Christou
SiREN
Limited
A horror-thriller about Jonah, an apprehensive groom-to-be whose bachelor party turns into a nightmare when he frees a seemingly innocent victimized girl locked up in a supernatural sex club. Her ruthless handler and proprietor of the sex club will stop at nothing to re-capture his prize. Jonah struggles to rescue the girl only to discover it is he who needs to be rescued as he comes to the realization that she is a dangerous fabled predator who has chosen him as her mate.
Ben Collins, Hannah Fierman, Gregg Bishop, Luke Piotrowski, Chase Williamson, Justin Welborn, Michael Aaron Milligan, Hayes Mercure
The Comedian
Oscar Run
An aging comic icon, JACKIE BURKE (Robert De Niro) has seen better days. Despite his efforts to reinvent himself and his comic genius, the audience only wants to know him as the former television character he once played. Already a strain on his younger brother (Danny DeVito) and his wife (Patti LuPone), Jackie is forced to serve out a sentence doing community service for accosting an audience member. While there, he meets HARMONY (Leslie Mann), the daughter of a sleazy Florida real estate mogul (Harvey Keitel), and the two find inspiration in one another resulting in surprising consequences. Through the alchemy of their unlikely friendship, Harmony and Jackie overcome their own emotional damage and emerge as better people.
Leslie Mann, Taylor Hackford, Mark Canton, Art Linson, Danny DeVito, Veronica Ferres, Courtney Solomon, John Linson
The Eyes of My Mother
Limited
In their secluded farmhouse, a mother, formerly a surgeon in Portugal, teaches her daughter, Francisca, to understand anatomy and be unfazed by death. One afternoon, a mysterious visitor horrifyingly shatters the idyll of Francisca’s family life, deeply traumatizing the young girl, but also awakening some unique curiosities. Though she clings to her increasingly reticent father, Francisca’s loneliness and scarred nature converge years later when her longing to connect with the world around her takes on a distinctly dark form.
Nicolas Pesce, Kika Magalhaes, Will Brill, Clara Wong, Diana Agostini
Things to Come
Limited
Nathalie (Isabelle Huppert) is a philosophy teacher with a seemingly settled existence, juggling a rich life of the mind with the day-to-day demands of career and family. But beginning with the bombshell revelation that her husband of twenty-five years is leaving her, one by one the pillars of Nathalie’s life start to crumble. For the first time in ages, she finds herself adrift, but also with a newfound sense of liberation. With nothing to hold her back, Nathalie sets out to define this new phase of her life and to rediscover herself.
Isabelle Huppert, Mia Hansen-Løve, André Marcon, Roman Kolinka, Edith Scob
Nerdland
Limited
An adult animated comedy follows two unknown showbiz buddies John (Paul Rudd) and Elliot (Patton Oswalt) who are determined to go from Hollywood nobodies to viral somebodies.
Andrew Kevin Walker, Chris Prynoski, Patton Oswalt, Kate Micucci, John Ennis, Brendon Small
The Founder
Los Angeles
Tells the true story of how Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton), a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers' speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.
Don Handfield, Laura Dern, Nick Offerman, B.J. Novak, John Lee Hancock, Jeremy Renner, Karen Lunder, Aaron Ryder
Miss Sloane
Nationwide
In the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain) is the most sought after and formidable lobbyist in D.C. Known equally for her cunning and her track record of success, she has always done whatever is required to win. But when she takes on the most powerful opponent of her career, she finds that winning may come at too high a price.
Jessica Chastain, John Lithgow, Jake Lacy, Ariel Zeitoun, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sam Waterston, John Madden
Nocturnal Animals
Nationwide
The plot is described as a "story inside a story," with the first part following a woman named Susan who receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband, a man whom she left 20 years earlier, asking for her opinion. The second part of the story follows the actual manuscript, called "Nocturnal Animals," which revolves around a man whose family vacation turns violent and deadly. It also continues to follow the story of Susan, who finds herself recalling her first marriage and confronting some dark truths about herself.
Michael Shannon, Armie Hammer, George Clooney, Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Tom Ford, Grant Heslov, Aaron Johnson
Office Christmas Party
Nationwide
In Office Christmas Party, when the CEO tries to close her hard-partying brother’s branch, he and his Chief Technical Officer must rally their co-workers and host an epic office Christmas party in an effort to impress a potential client and close a sale that will save their jobs.
Jason Bateman, Will Speck, Josh Gordon, Jon Lucas, Daniel Rappaport, Lee Eisenberg, Laura Solon, Jennifer Aniston
All We Had
Limited
A mother and her 13-year-old daughter, living on the edge of poverty, find an unlikely home amid the quirky residents of small town America.
Berry Welsh, Katie Holmes, Jane Rosenthal, Stefania Owen, Luke Wilson, Richard Kind, Mark Consuelos, Judy Greer
Burn Country
Limited
An Afghan journalist is exiled from his war-torn country to a small bohemian community in Northern California. When he attempts to turn his menial job on the local police blotter into "Afghan-style" coverage of local crime, he gets drawn into the backwoods of this small town — a shadow Northern California where sex is casual, true friendship is hard to come by and an unfamiliar form of violence lurks all around.
James Franco, Paul Felten, Ian Olds, Melissa Leo, Rachel Brosnahan, Dominic Rains, Thomas Jay Ryan, James Oliver Wheatley
Contract to Kill
Limited
Steven Seagal stars as Harmon, a CIA/DEA enforcer investigating Arab terrorists captured in Mexico. With his team—seductive FBI agent Zara and spy-drone pilot Sharp—he flies to Istanbul and uncovers a brutal plot: Islamic extremists plan to use Sonora drug-smuggling routes to bring deadly weapons, and leaders, into the U.S. To prevent an attack on America, Harmon must turn these two savage forces against one another before his time—and his luck—run out.
Keoni Waxman, Jemma Dallender, Steven Seagal, Russell Wong
Frank & Lola
Limited
Michael Shannon and Imogen Poots star as a couple that builds an intense relationship that saves each other from their mutual despair, but begins to crack as a man from Lola’s past temps her future with Frank.
Michael Shannon, Justin Long, Matthew M. Ross, Robert Halmi Jr., Imogen Poots, Michael Nyqvist.
Harry Benson: Shoot First
Limited
Harry Benson: Shoot First charts the illustrious career of the renowned photographer who initially rose to fame alongside The Beatles, having been assigned to cover their inaugural trip to the United States in 1964. With unprecedented “behind the scenes” access, Benson captured some of the most vibrant and intimate portraits ever taken of the most popular band in history. His extensive portfolio includes iconic images of Winston Churchill, Bobby Fischer, Muhammad Ali, Greta Garbo, Michael Jackson, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Robert F. Kennedy assassination, and his work has appeared in publications including Life, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. Now 86, workaholic Benson has no intention of stopping.
Matthew Miele, Justin Bare
Jackie
Limited
An intimate portrait of one of the most important and tragic moments in American history, seen through the eyes of the iconic First Lady, then Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (Natalie Portman). JACKIE places us in her world during the days immediately following her husband's assassination. Known for her extraordinary dignity and poise, here we see a psychological portrait of the First Lady as she struggles to maintain her husband’s legacy and the world of "Camelot" that they created and loved so well.
Billy Crudup, Max Casella, Natalie Portman, Greta Gerwig, Peter Sarsgaard, John Hurt, Sunnie Pelant, Pablo Larrain
Kill Ratio
Limited
An attack on the new President of a fledgling Eastern European democracy pits an American covert operative against the country’s ruthless military leader determined to seize control of the government.
Paul Tanter, Tom Hopper, Steven Palmer Peterson, Amy Huberman, Lacy Moore
La La Land
Limited
Tells the story of Mia [Emma Stone], an aspiring actress, and Sebastian [Ryan Gosling], a dedicated jazz musician, who are struggling to make ends meet in a city known for crushing hopes and breaking hearts. Set in modern day Los Angeles, this original musical about everyday life explores the joy and pain of pursuing your dreams.
Ryan Gosling, Finn Wittrock, Damien Chazelle, Emma Stone, John Legend, J.K. Simmons, Sonoya Mizuno, Rosemarie DeWitt
Land of Mine
Oscar Run
As World War Two comes to an end, a group of German POWs, boys rather than men, are captured by the Danish army and forced to engage in a deadly task – to defuse and clear land mines from the Danish coastline. With little or no training, the boys soon discover that the war is far from over.
Joel Basman, Martin Zandvliet, Emil Belton, Roland Møller, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Louis Hofmann, Osakar Belton
Spectral
VOD / Digital
A special ops group forms to bring down evil ghosts that have taken over Manhattan.
Ian Fried, Nic Mathieu, Thomas Tull, John Gatins, George Nolfi, Max Martini, James Badge Dale, Cory Hardrict
The Bounce Back
Limited
Father, author and relationship expert, Matthew Taylor is on a whirlwind book tour promoting his new best seller, The Bounce Back. He's got it all figured out until he meets the sharp and witty Kristin Peralta, a talk show circuit therapist who's convinced he's nothing but a charlatan. Matthew's life is turned upside down when he inadvertently falls for Kristin and has to face a painful truth of his past relationship.
Nadine Velazquez, Youssef Delara, Victor Teran, Staci Robinson, Shemar Moore, Bill Bellamy, Sheryl Underwood, Kali Hawk
The Salesman
Oscar Run
After their old flat becomes damaged, Emad (Shahab Hosseini) and Rana (Taraneh Alidoosti), a young couple living in Tehran, are forced to move into a new apartment. Eventually, an incident linked to the previous tenant of their new home dramatically changes the couple’s life.
Maral Bani Adam, Mojtaba Pirzadeh, Asghar Farhadi, Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi, Farid Sajjadi Hosseini, Mina Sadati
Collateral Beauty
Nationwide
When a successful New York advertising executive suffers a great tragedy he retreats from life. While his concerned friends try desperately to reconnect with him, he seeks answers from the universe by writing letters to Love, Time and Death. But it’s not until his notes bring unexpected personal responses that he begins to understand how these constants interlock in a life fully lived, and how even the deepest loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.
Michael Sugar, Michael Peña, Keira Knightley, Kevin Frakes, Bard Dorros, Helen Mirren, Edward Norton, Richard Brener
La La Land
Nationwide
Tells the story of Mia [Emma Stone], an aspiring actress, and Sebastian [Ryan Gosling], a dedicated jazz musician, who are struggling to make ends meet in a city known for crushing hopes and breaking hearts. Set in modern day Los Angeles, this original musical about everyday life explores the joy and pain of pursuing your dreams.
Ryan Gosling, Finn Wittrock, Damien Chazelle, Emma Stone, John Legend, J.K. Simmons, Sonoya Mizuno, Rosemarie DeWitt
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Nationwide
Following the formation of the Galactic Empire, a rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a daring mission to steal the Death Star plans.
Gareth Edwards, Felicity Jones, Simon Emanuel, Ben Mendelsohn, Diego Luna, Jiang Wen, Kathleen Kennedy, Tony To
A Kind of Murder
Limited
In 1960s New York, Walter Stackhouse is a successful architect married to the beautiful Clara who leads a seemingly perfect life. But his fascination with an unsolved murder leads him into a spiral of chaos as he is forced to play cat-and-mouse with a clever killer and an overambitious detective, while at the same time lusting after another woman.
Haley Bennett, Eddie Marsan, Susan Boyd, Andy Goddard, Christine Vachon, Ted Hope, Jessica Biel, Patrick Wilson
Neruda
Limited
It’s 1948 and the Cold War has reached Chile. In congress, Senator Pablo Neruda accuses the government of betrayal and is swiftly impeached by President Videla. Police Prefect Óscar Peluchonneau is assigned to arrest the poet. Neruda tries to flee the country with his wife Delia del Carril, but they are forced into hiding. In the struggle with his nemesis Peluchonneau, Neruda sees an opportunity to reinvent himself. He plays with the Prefect, leaving clues designed to make their game of cat-and-mouse more dangerous, more intimate. In this story of persecution, Neruda recognizes his own heroic possibilities: a chance to become both a symbol for liberty and a literary legend.
Gael Garcia Bernal, Pablo Larraín, Guillermo Calderon, Luis Gnecco, Mercedes Morán
Solace
Limited
When FBI Special Agent Joe Merriwether (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) is unable to solve a series of homicides, he decides to enlist the help of his former colleague Dr. John Clancy (Anthony Hopkins), a retired physician with psychic powers. The reclusive Clancy, who shuttered his practice and retreated from the world following the death of his daughter and subsequent break-up of his marriage, wants nothing to do with the case. He soon changes his mind after seeing disturbingly violent visions of Joe's partner, FBI Special Agent Katherine Cowles's (Abbie Cornish) ultimate demise. When Clancy's exceptional intuitive powers put him on the trail of a suspect, Charles Ambrose (Colin Farrell), the doctor soon realizes his abilities are no match against the extraordinary powers of this vicious murderer on a mission.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Sean Bailey, Anthony Hopkins, Richard Brener, Afonso Poyart, Beau Flynn, Tripp Vinson, Ted Griffin
The Bad Kids
Los Angeles
At a remote Mojave Desert high school extraordinary educators believe that empathy and life skills, more than academics, give at-risk students command of their own futures. This coming-of-age drama watches education combat the crippling effects of poverty in the lives of these so-called “bad kids.”
Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe
The Hollow Point
Limited
After a botched Mexican cartel deal in the back roads of a border town, the town’s new sheriff must team up with the retired lawman he replaced to investigate the source of the deal in order to stop a mysterious cartel butcher and his systematic brutalization of the town’s residents.
Lynn Collins, Ian McShane, Timothy Olyphant, Jim Belushi, Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego, Aaron Ginsburg, William Green, Nils Lyew
Assassin's Creed
Nationwide
Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) experiences the adventures of his ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th Century Spain. Callum discovers he is descended from a mysterious secret society, the Assassins, and amasses incredible knowledge and skills to take on the oppressive and powerful Templar organization in the present day.
Bill Collage, Adam Cooper, Didier Lupfer, Frank Marshall, Marion Cotillard, Brendan Gleeson, Jeremy Irons, Justin Kurzel
Passengers
Nationwide
On a routine journey through space to a new home, two passengers, sleeping in suspended animation, are awakened 90 years too early when their ship malfunctions. As Jim (Chris Pratt) and Aurora (Jennifer Lawrence) face living the rest of their lives on board, with every luxury they could ever ask for, they begin to fall for each other, unable to deny their intense attraction...until they discover the ship in grave danger. With the lives of 5000 sleeping passengers at stake, only Jim and Aurora can save them all.
Chris Pratt, Morten Tyldum, Stephen Hamel, Michael Mahern, Neal H. Moritz, Jon Spaihts, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Sheen
Sing
Nationwide
Set in a world like ours but entirely inhabited by animals, Sing stars Buster Moon (Academy Award® winner Matthew McConaughey), a dapper Koala who presides over a once-grand theater that has fallen on hard times. Buster is an eternal optimist—okay, maybe a bit of a scoundrel—who loves his theater above all and will do anything to preserve it. Now facing the crumbling of his life’s ambition, he has one final chance to restore his fading jewel to its former glory by producing the world’s greatest singing competition.
Five lead contestants emerge: A mouse (Seth MacFarlane) who croons as smoothly as he cons, a timid teenage elephant (Tori Kelly) with an enormous case of stage fright, an overtaxed mother (Academy Award® winner Reese Witherspoon) run ragged tending a litter of 25 piglets, a young gangster gorilla (Taron Egerton) looking to break free of his family’s felonies, and a punk-rock porcupine (Scarlett Johansson) struggling to shed her arrogant boyfriend and go solo. Each animal arrives under Buster’s marquee believing that this is their shot to change the course of their life.
Scarlett Johansson, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Meledandri, Garth Jennings, Matthew McConaughey, Seth MacFarlane, Nick Kroll, Jay Pharoah
Julieta
Limited
Julieta lives in Madrid with her daughter Antía. They both suffer in silence over the loss of Xoan, Antía’s father and Julieta’s husband. But at times grief doesn’t bring people closer, it drives them apart.
Pedro Almodovar, Daniel Grao, Inma Cuesta, Darío Grandinetti, Michelle Jenner and Rossy de Palma
Patriots Day
Limited
In the aftermath of an unspeakable attack, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders (Mark Wahlberg) joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a race against the clock to hunt down the bombers before they strike again. Weaving together the stories of Special Agent Richard DesLauriers (Kevin Bacon), Police Commissioner Ed Davis (John Goodman), Sergeant Jeffrey Pugliese (J.K. Simmons) and nurse Carol Saunders (Michelle Monaghan) this visceral and unflinching chronicle captures the suspense of one of the most sophisticated manhunts in law enforcement history and celebrates the strength of the people of Boston.
Alex Wolff, Dylan Clark, Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg, J.K. Simmons, Michelle Monaghan, Kevin Bacon, Peter Berg
Why Him?
Nationwide
Over the holidays, Ned (Bryan Cranston), an overprotective but loving dad and his family visit his daughter at Stanford, where he meets his biggest nightmare: her well-meaning but socially awkward Silicon Valley billionaire boyfriend, Laird (James Franco). The straight-laced Ned thinks Laird, who has absolutely no filter, is a wildly inappropriate match for his daughter. The one-sided rivalry-and Ned's panic level-escalate when he finds himself increasingly out of step in the glamorous high-tech hub, and learns that Laird is about to pop the question.
Bryan Cranston, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Andrew Rannells, John Hamburg, Shawn Levy, Ben Stiller, Dan Levine
A Monster Calls
Limited
Follows 12-year-old Conor (Lewis MacDougall) who attempts to deal with his mother's (Felicity Jones, who stars in Focus’ fall release The Theory of Everything) illness and the bullying of his classmates by escaping into a fantastical world of monsters and fairy tales that explore courage, loss and faith.
Liam Neeson, Felicity Jones, Geraldine Chaplin, Belen Atienza, Juan Antonio Bayona, Patrick Ness, Toby Kebbell, Sigourney Weaver
I, Daniel Blake
Limited
Daniel Blake has worked as a joiner most of his life in Newcastle. Now, for the first time ever, he needs help from the State. He crosses paths with a single mother Katie and her two young children, Daisy and Dylan. Katie’s only chance to escape a one-roomed homeless hostel in London has been to accept a flat in a city she doesn’t know, some 300 miles away. Daniel and Katie find themselves in no-man’s land, caught on the barbed wire of welfare bureaucracy as played out against the rhetoric of ‘striver and skiver’ in modern day Britain.
Dave Johns, Ken Loach, Hayley Squires
Silence
Limited
Tells the story of two Christian missionaries (Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver) who face the ultimate test of faith when they travel to Japan in search of their missing mentor (Liam Neeson) – at a time when Christianity was outlawed and their presence forbidden.
Liam Neeson, Martin Scorsese, Randall Emmett, Ciaran Hinds, Andrew Garfield, Graham King, George Furla, Jay Cocks
The Bad Kids
New York
At a remote Mojave Desert high school extraordinary educators believe that empathy and life skills, more than academics, give at-risk students command of their own futures. This coming-of-age drama watches education combat the crippling effects of poverty in the lives of these so-called “bad kids.”
Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe
Fences
Nationwide
The story of a one-time promising baseball player, now working as a Pittsburgh garbage collector, and the complicated relationships with his wife, son and friends.
Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Scott Rudin, Todd Black, August Wilson, Mykelti Williamson, Russell Hornsby, Stephen Henderson
Toni Erdmann
Nationwide
A practical joking father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEO's life coach.
Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Lisa Cholodenko, Jessica Elbuam, Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek, Michael Wittenborn
20th Century Women
Limited
Set in Santa Barbara, the film follows Dorothea Fields (Annette Bening), a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie (newcomer Lucas Jade Zumann, in a breakout performance) at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women in Jamie’s upbringing -- via Abbie (Greta Gerwig), a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields’ home, and Julie (Elle Fanning), a savvy and provocative teenage neighbor.
Elle Fanning, Billy Crudup, Annette Bening, Greta Gerwig, Mike Mills, Lucas Jade Zumann
Hidden Figures
Oscar Run
Hidden Figures is the incredible untold story of Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae)—brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation’s confidence, turned around the Space Race, and galvanized the world. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.
Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Ted Melfi, Janelle Monae, Jim Parsons, Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping
Live by Night
Limited
Live by Night is set in the roaring '20s, when Prohibition hasn’t stopped the flow of booze in an underground network of gangster-run speakeasies. The opportunity to gain power and money is there for any man with enough ambition and nerve, and Joe Coughlin, the son of the Boston Police Superintendent, long ago turned his back on his strict upbringing for the spoils of being an outlaw. But even among criminals there are rules, and Joe breaks a big one: crossing a powerful mob boss by stealing his money and his moll. The fiery affair ends in tragedy, setting Joe on a path of revenge, ambition, romance and betrayal that propels him out of Boston and up the ladder of Tampa’s steamy rum-running underworld.
Ben Affleck, Elle Fanning, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Davisson Killoran, Chris Cooper, Sienna Miller, Zoe Saldana, Chris Messina
Toni Erdmann
Limited
Centers on a father who plays pranks on his too-serious daughter.
Maren Ade, Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller, Michael Wittenborn, Thomas Loibl, Trystan Pütter
Ocean Waves
New York / Los Angeles
Taku and his best friend Yutaka are headed back to school for what looks like another uneventful year. But they soon find their friendship tested by the arrival of Rikako, a beautiful new transfer student from Tokyo whose attitude vacillates wildly from flirty and flippant to melancholic. When Taku joins Rikako on a trip to Tokyo, the school erupts with rumors, and the three friends are forced to come to terms with their changing relationships.
Kaori Nakamura, Tomomi Mochizuki
Paterson
New York / Los Angeles
Paterson (Adam Driver) is a bus driver in the city of Paterson, New Jersey – they share the name. Every day, Paterson adheres to a simple routine: he drives his daily route, observing the city as it drifts across his windshield and overhearing fragments of conversation swirling around him; he writes poetry into a notebook; he walks his dog; he stops in a bar and drinks exactly one beer. He goes home to his wife, Laura (Golshifteh Farahani). By contrast, Laura’s world is ever changing. New dreams come to her almost daily, each a different and inspired project. Paterson loves Laura and she loves him. He supports her newfound ambitions; she champions his secret gift for poetry. The history and energy of the City of Paterson is a felt presence in the film and its simple structure unfolds over the course of a single week. The quiet triumphs and defeats of daily life are observed, along with the poetry evident in its smallest details.
Jim Jarmusch, Chasten Harmon, William Jackson Harper, Masatoshi Nagase, Joshua Astrachan, Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Barry Shabaka Henley