Movies Released March 1, 2019

Friday, March 1

Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral PG-13

Centers on a joyous family reunion that becomes a nightmare as Madea and the crew travel to backwoods Georgia, where they find themselves unexpectedly planning a funeral that might unveil unsavory family secrets.
Tyler Perry, Patrice Lovely, Cassi Davis, Rome Flynn, David Otunga, KJ Smith, Ciera Payton, Joel Rush
Comedy

Cliffs of Freedom R

Cliffs of Freedom is the story of an ill-fated romance between young Greek village girl Anna Christina and a conflicted Turkish officer named Tariq during the dawn of the Greek War for Independence against the Ottoman Empire in 1821. When their budding romance brings tragedy to her village, she swears revenge against the Turks and joins the Greek rebellion, inadvertently becoming a local symbol of the Greek resistance movement... but the pair cannot deny their feelings for each other. Their encounters and skirmishes inevitably lead to a tragic confrontation during a pivotal battle between the Greeks and Turks that will change the course of history.
Raza Jaffrey, Patti LuPone, Christopher Plummer, Van Ling, Tania Raymonde, Jan Uddin
Drama
New York / Los Angeles
4 / 5
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Greta

A sweet, naïve young woman trying to make it on her own in New York City, Frances (Chloë Grace Moretz) doesn’t think twice about returning the handbag she finds on the subway to its rightful owner. That owner is Greta (Isabelle Huppert), an eccentric French piano teacher with a love for classical music and an aching loneliness. Having recently lost her mother, Frances quickly grows closer to widowed Greta. The two become fast friends — but Greta’s maternal charms begin to dissolve and grow increasingly disturbing as Frances discovers that nothing in Greta’s life is what it seems.
Chloë Grace Moretz, Maika Monroe, John Penotti, Isabelle Huppert, Neil Jordan, Stephen Rea, Sidney Kimmel, James Flynn
Thriller Suspense
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107 mins

Saint Judy PG-13

Story of Los Angeles immigration attorney Judy Wood who argued a landmark case that changed the asylum laws for women coming into the U.S.
Michelle Monaghan, Alfred Molina, Dmitry Portnoy, Ben Schnetzer, Gabriel Bateman, Sean Hanish, Paul Jaconi-Biery, Leem Lubany
Drama Biography True Story

The Hole in The Ground

Follows Sarah, a mother who moves with her young son Chris (James Quinn Markey) to a country home on the edge of a forest, which happens to hide an enormous sinkhole. Her boy vanishes and soon reappears unharmed, though his behavior grows increasingly disturbing, leaving his mother to fear the worst — that the boy in her home isn’t her son at all.
Lee Cronin, Seána Kerslake, James Quinn Markey
Thriller Horror

The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind

In Malawi, a country where magic rules and modern science is mystery, fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba reads about windmills and dreams of building one that would bring to his small village a set of luxuries that only 2 percent of Malawians could enjoy: electricity and running water. His neighbors call him misala—crazy—but William refuses to let go of his dreams. With a small pile of once-forgotten science textbooks; some scrap metal, tractor parts, and bicycle halves; and an armory of curiosity and determination, he embarks on a daring plan to forge an unlikely contraption and small miracle that will change the lives around him.
Lily Banda, Noma Dumezweni, Andrea Calderwood, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Gail Egan, Aïssa Maïga, Lemogang Tsipa, Philbert Falakeza
Drama Biography Adaptation
44 mins

This Magnificent Cake! NR

A mid-length stop-motion animated film set in the bitter milieu of Belgium-occupied Congo in the late 19th century that turns a critical gaze on the colonists themselves.
Emma De Swaef, Marc James Roels
Animation Stop-Motion

Woman At War

Halla is a fifty-year-old independent woman. But behind the scenes of a quiet routine, she leads a double life as a passionate environmental activist. Known to others only by her alias “The Woman of the Mountain,” Halla secretly wages a one-woman-war on the local aluminum industry.
Benedikt Erlingsson, Olafur Egill Egilsson, Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Davíð Þór Jónsson
Drama

Cannibal Club

Otavio and Gilda are a very wealthy couple of the Brazilian elite who have the habit of eating their employees. Otavio owns a private security company and is a notable member of The Cannibal Club. When Gilda accidentally discovers a secret from Borges, a powerful congressman and the Club’s leader, her and her husband’s lives are in grave danger.
Guto Parente
Horror

Outlaws R

Set in the world of outlaw motorcycle gangs and centers on two men who grapple with fraternity, loyalty and betrayal to control the crime-ridden scene.
Matt Nable, Josh McConville, Stephen McCallum, Jamie Hilton, Michael Pontin, Ryan Corr, Abbey Lee, Simone Kessell
Thriller Crime

Climax R

A dancer participates in a no-rules forest sexual adventure.
Gaspar Noe, Vincent Maraval, Edouard Weil, Richard Grandpierre, Michel Mer, Sofia Boutella
Romance

Giant Little Ones

Franky Winter (Josh Wiggins) and Ballas Kohl (Darren Mann) have been best friends since childhood. They are high school royalty: handsome, stars of the swim team and popular with girls. They live a perfect teenage life – until the night of Franky's epic 17th birthday party, when Franky and Ballas are involved in an unexpected incident that changes their lives forever.
Taylor Hickson, Darren Mann, Keith Behrman, Maria Bello, Kyle MacLachlan, Josh Wiggins
Drama Coming-of-Age
86 mins

Something

Sleep deprivation and the possibly of post-natal depression takes center stage as a young couple struggles to adjust to life with their new baby. As the mother starts to break down, she begins to feel that there is someone in their house, watching them. The father dismisses her claims to being overly tired, until one evening, he too catches a glimpse of the intruder. Unsure of whether they are being hounded by a stranger or being driven insane, the two of them fear for their safety and that of their new baby.
Eric Roberts, Stephen Portland, Michael Gazin, Jane Rowen, Joel Clark Ackerman
Horror Psychological
Los Angeles
3 / 5
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Apollo 11 NR

Crafted from a newly discovered trove of 65MM footage, and more than 11,000 hours of uncatalogued audio recordings, Apollo 11 takes us straight to the heart of NASA's most celebrated mission--the one that first put men on the moon, and forever made Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin into household names.
Todd Douglas Miller
Documentary

Transit

As fascism spreads, German refugee Georg (Franz Rogowski) flees to Marseille and assumes the identity of the dead writer whose transit papers he is carrying. Living among refugees from around the world, Georg falls for Marie (Paula Beer), a mysterious woman searching for her husband--the man whose identity he has stolen.
Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Maryam Zaree, Christian Petzold, Godehard Giese, Lilien Batman
Drama Adaptation
93 mins

We Die Young R

Jean-Claude Van Damme shines in this gritty action thriller set in a crime-ridden barrio of Washington, D.C. When ruthless drug lord Rincon and his MS-13 gang recruit 10-year-old Miguel to work as a runner, big brother Lucas is desperate to keep Miguel safe. Fleeing for their lives, the boys are rescued by a veteran with PTSD named Daniel (Van Damme), who helps them find their revenge.
Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lior Gellar, Elijah Rodriguez, Joana Metrass, David Casteneda
Action Adventure Thriller
98 mins

Furie NR

When a little girl is kidnapped by a trafficking ring, they soon find they messed with the wrong child. Her mother, a notorious former gang leader, is close on their trail and will go to any lengths to bring her daughter home.
Veronica Ngo, Mai Cat Vi, Phan Than Nhien
Thriller Crime
94 mins

The Wedding Guest R

The film is largely set in India. No plot details have been announced.
Nik Bower, Dev Patel, Michael Winterbottom, Deepak Nayar, Radhika Apte, Jim Sarbh
Drama
New York / Los Angeles
3 / 5
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102 mins

Mapplethorpe

Mapplethorpe discovered himself both sexually and artistically in New York City throughout the 70’s and 80’s.
Mikko Alanne, Matt Smith, Ondi Timoner, Marianne Rendon, John Benjamin Hickey, Mark Moses
Drama

Friday, March 1