Friday, September 30
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
A boy grows up enraptured by his grandfather’s tale of an island of monsters and kids with powers. When his grandfather is killed, the now-16-year old boy finds himself on the island, exploring the ruins of an abandoned orphanage and discovering that the stories he heard were not only true, but only he can help stop the remaining hidden children from creatures who would destroy them.
Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Chernin, Jane Goldman, Eva Green, Allison Janney, Chris O'Dowd, Tim Burton, Asa Butterfield
Adventure Fantasy Adaptation
Masterminds
Story revolves around a gang of individuals who pulled off an armored vault robbery worth 17 million dollars, only to then go on an unusual shopping spree.
John Goldwyn, Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Zach Galifianakis, Michael Aguilar, Jared Hess, Ken Marino
Comedy Heist
Queen of Katwe
Based on the inspirational true story of a girl from the poverty-stricken slums of rural Uganda who dreams of becoming a champion chess player.
Lupita Nyong'o, William Wheeler, David Oyelowo, Mira Nair, Esther Tebandeke, Will Weiske, Troy Buder
Drama Adaptation True Story
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Deepwater Horizon
Follows the 2010 oil-rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
Mark Wahlberg, Peter Berg, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Dylan O’Brien, Matthew Michael Carnahan, Matthew Sand, John Malkovich, Kurt Russell
Action Historical True Story
American Honey
Follows a new recruit to a gang of law-breaking teenagers who sell magazines by day, party by night and chase the American Dream whenever they can.
Shia LaBeouf, Sasha Lane, McCaul Lombardi, Andrea Arnold, Arielle Holmes, Crystal Ice
Drama Comedy
Harry & Snowman
Follows the Cinderella story of Dutch immigrant Harry deLeyer and his transformative relationship with a broken down Amish plow horse –named Snowman – that he rescued off a slaughter truck bound for the glue factory. In less than two years, Harry and Snowman would go on to win the triple crown of show jumping, beating the nation’s blue bloods and traveling the world together as they became the media darlings of the 1950s and 60s. Their chance meeting at a Pennsylvania horse auction saved them both and crafted a friendship that would last a lifetime, as told by 86-year-old Harry firsthand.
Ron Davis
Drama Documentary
Generation Startup
Takes us to the front lines of entrepreneurship in America, capturing the struggles and triumphs of six recent college graduates who put everything on the line to build startups in Detroit. Shot over 17 months, it’s an honest, in-the-trenches look at what it takes to launch a startup.
Cynthia Wade, Cheryl Houser
Documentary
Denial
Denial recounts Deborah E. Lipstadt’s (Rachel Weisz) legal battle for historical truth against David Irving (Timothy Spall), who accused her of libel when she declared him a Holocaust denier. In the English legal system, the burden of proof is on the accused, therefore it was up to Lipstadt and her legal team to prove the essential truth that the Holocaust happened.
Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Gary Foster, Russ Krasnoff, David Hare, Timothy Spall, Caren Pistorius, Mick Jackson
Drama
Clowntown
Follows a group of friends who get stranded in a seemingly abandoned town and find themselves stalked by a gang of violent psychopaths dressed as clowns.
Katie Keene, Jeff Denton, Greg Violand, Brian Nagel, Lauren Elise, Andrew Staton
Horror
L.O.R.D.
A long time ago, a determined King Zhou, supported by his concubine Daji, sets his mind on conquering the Middle Kingdom. After years of slaughter, the unyielding Adept tribes have been eliminated in succession. Jiang and General Ji from Qishan are King Zhou's longstanding opponents.
Kris Wu, Guo Jingming, Fan Bingbong, Yang Mi, Chen Xuedong, Wang Yuan
Fantasy Adaptation Animation 3D
Milton's Secret
Milton, a young boy, deals with being bullied in school. By discovering the difference between Then, When, and the Now, Milton is able to shed his fear of being bullied. Living in the Now, he no longer dreads encountering Carter—and this changes everything.
Barnet Bain, Donald Sutherland, Michelle Rodriguez, Stephen Huszar, Donald Martin, William Ainscough, Mia Kirshner, David Sutcliffe
Drama Family
Maximum Ride
Six children. who have been genetically altered to be 98% human and 2% bird and bred to fly, escape a lab-rat existence and are then pursued by their scientist creators, who send a pack of part-human part-wolves called Erasers to hunt them down.
James Patterson, Steve Bowen, Jesse Spears, Jay Martin, Steven Paul, Leopoldo Gout, Angelique Hanus, Allie Marie Evans
Action Adventure Adaptation
Danny Says
A documentary on the life and times of Danny Fields. Since 1966, Danny Fields has played a pivotal role in music and “culture” of the late 20th century: working for the Doors, Cream, Lou Reed, Nico, Judy Collins and managing groundbreaking artists like the Stooges, the MC5 and the Ramones.
Brendan Toller
Documentary
Do Not Resist
A glimpse into the increasingly disturbing realities of American police culture.
Craig Atkinson
Documentary