Movies Released August 26, 2016

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Jun. 12, 2017

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Jason Statham reprises his title role as a master assassin who faked his death, in an attempt to walk away from his former profession, in order to lead a peaceful and quiet retirement.

Jason Statham, Michelle Yeoh, Rachel Long, Dennis Gansel, Philip Shelby, Tony Mosher, Jessica Alba, Tommy Lee Jones

R Action Sequel Thriller 1 hr, 39 mins

86%

  • 3.3
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A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.

Rob Tapert, Joe Drake, Federico Alvarez, Sam Raimi, Rodo Sayagues, Dylan Minnette, Stephen Lang, Jane Levy

R Thriller Teen 1 hr, 28 mins

82%

  • 3.5
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Follows an American (Matthew McConaughey) who travels to Japan's famous "Suicide Forest" with the intention of taking his own life after the death of his wife (Naomi Watts).

Naomi Watts, Matthew McConaughey, Gus Van Sant, Chris Sparling, Ken Watanabe

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 50 mins

79%

  • 3.6
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New York / Los Angeles

John Hollar, an aspiring NYC artist, takes his girlfriend back to his Middle America hometown on the eve of his mother’s brain surgery. There he’s forced to navigate the crazy life he left behind as his dysfunctional family, high school pals, his father, and his over-eager ex flood back into his life ahead of the operation.

John Krasinski, Richard Jenkins, James C. Strouse, Anna Kendrick, Margo Martindale

Drama Comedy 1 hr, 45 mins

86%

  • 3.3
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An inspirational sports drama about a girls cross country team and their quest to win a first ever state title.

Allee-Sutton Hethcoat, Dave Christiano, Quinn Alexis, Sydney Marks, Lacy Hartselle, Lauren Hutchins

PG Drama Sports Faith

86%

  • 4.4
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Pushok, a pup astronaut is on a mission to find his father who is trapped on the moon! Defying all odds, Pushok blasts off on a rocket to rescue his family but quickly finds he's not alone as he crosses paths with a macho monkey and a tiny green alien. Can Pushok save his family? Will this be mission impawssible?

Alicia Silverstone, Ashlee Simpson, Mike Disa, Lombardo Boyar

Family Animation

25%

  • 3.9
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When four couples meet for a weekend away together, an attempt to run a “marriage intervention” goes hilariously wrong as everyone is forced to confront the secrets and fears that seem to be holding them back from finding happiness with each other.

Ben Schwartz, Melanie Lynskey, Clea DuVall, Natasha Lyonne, Vincent Piazza, Jason Ritter, Alia Shawkat, Cobie Smulders

R Drama Comedy 1 hr, 30 mins

61%

  • 2
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While house-sitting for the summer at a palatial spread in the Hollywood Hills, young couple Percy (Alex Russell) and Veronica (Willa Holland) find themselves caught up in a love triangle that goes terribly wrong.

Julie Dretzin, Ben Cummings, Orson Cummings, Willa Holland, Alex Russell, Miguel Gomez, David S. Lee

Thriller Romance

83%

  • 3
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Meet Knight Daye, a young ambitious rookie journalist. She think she knows all the answers to life. She thinks she can handle herself in the field of journalism dominated by men. That what she thinks. Knight life will change forever when she arrives to crime scene to discover childhood friend was murder. She is recruited by FBI to go undercover at popular night club where her friends work. There she will be introduced to the glamorous world of sin, lies, and passion.

Brynn Mosley, Raquel Deloatch, Jenique Bennett, Antwan McLaurin, Felicia White, Keith Uruquart, Tim Flanagan, Michael Spruill

Thriller Suspense

58%

  • 2
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New York

Follows a couple whose life is unraveled when a mysterious former love — portrayed by Rachel Weisz — reappears in the man’s life.

Michael Shannon, Joshua Marston, Rachel Weisz, Lucas Joaquin, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Julian Sheppard, Kathy Bates

R Drama 1 hr, 30 mins

65%

  • 2.3
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The film chronicles the first date of future President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Robinson. Obama, a then-Harvard Law summer associate, asks out an attorney from the prestigious corporate law firm where they both work. On the historic date, the two talk about politics and activism.

Tika Sumpter, Richard Tanne, Parker Sawyers

PG-13 Drama Romance

81%

  • 4
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Roberto Duran makes his professional boxing debut in 1968 as a 16-year-old. In June 1980, he defeats Sugar Ray Leonard to capture the WBC welterweight title -- but shocks the boxing world by returning to his corner in the November rematch, saying "no mas" (no more). He retires in 2002 at age 50.

Robert De Niro, Ben Silverman, Jay Weisleder, Jonathan Jakubowicz, Edgar Ramirez, Usher, Paul Webster, Robin Duran Iglesias

R Drama Biography Sports True Story

67%

  • 2.8
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Sixteen-year-old John Wayne Cleaver (Max Records) is not a serial killer—but he has all the makings of one. Keeping his homicidal tendencies and morbid obsessions with death and murder in check is a constant struggle that only gets harder when a real serial killer begins terrorizing his sleepy Midwestern town. Now, in order to track down a psychopath and protect those around him, John must unleash his darkest inner demons.

Billy O'Brien, Max Records, Christopher Lloyd, Laura Fraser

Thriller 1 hr, 44 mins

64%

  • 3.1
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New York

Margaret Schlegel (Emma Thompson) and her sister Helen (Helena Bonham Carter) become involved with two couples: a wealthy, conservative industrialist (Anthony Hopkins) and his wife (Vanessa Redgrave), and a working-class man (Samuel West) and his mistress (Niccola Duffet). The interwoven fates and misfortunes of these three families and the diverging trajectories of the two sisters’ lives are connected to the ownership of Howards End, a beloved country home.

Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins, James Ivory, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, James Wilby, Samuel West

Drama Adaptation Re-Release 2 hrs, 22 mins

56%

  • 3
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