Movies Released May 5, 2017

Amy Renner Amy Renner

Oct. 8, 2017

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Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Rooker, Vin Diesel, Karen Gillan, Sean Gunn, James Gunn

PG-13 Adventure Sequel Superhero Sci-Fi

82%

  • 4.4
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When Lu Jin checks into the Rosebud hotel he is dissatisfied with everything he sees and tastes. That is, until Gu Shengnan serves the perfectionist what may be a perfect meal. Out of the hotel, Lu Jin and Gu Shengnan are arch enemies, vowing to stay as far away from the other as they can. But in the kitchen, they share a mutual appreciation and love for fine cuisine. Is food the answer to solving their differences?

Derek Hui, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhou Dongyu, Ming Xi, Tony Yang, Chiling Lin Chi-Ling

NR Comedy Romance 1 hr, 45 mins

34%

  • 4.4
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An unprecedented look into the life of conceptual artist and sculptor Chris Burden. He had himself shot, confined to a locker for five days, and was crucified on the back of a VW bug, only to reinvent himself as the creator of truly mesmerizing installations and sculptures, all in the name of art.

Richard Dewey, Timothy Marrinan

NR Documentary

40%

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A dark tale about two families who are struggling to make a tough decision regarding their teenage sons -- with the whole story unfolding over one dinner.

Charlie Plummer, Oren Moverman, Cotty Chubb, Richard Gere, Rebecca Hall, Laura Linney, Steve Coogan, Eva Maria Daniels

Adaptation Psychological

65%

  • 3
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Beatrice is a motor-mouthed fantasist, a self-styled billionaire countess who likes to believe she’s on intimate terms with world leaders. Donatella is a tattooed introvert, a fragile young woman locked in her own mystery. They are both patients at the Villa Biondi, a progressive but secure psychiatric clinic.

Paolo Virzi, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Micaela Ramazzotti, Valentina Carnelutti, Tommaso Ragno

NR Drama

50%

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Jeff Garlin stars as Gene Handsome, an LA homicide detective who tries to make sense of his life as he solves crime. Handsome's knack for solving mysteries is matched only by his inability to make sense of his own problems.

Jeff Garlin, Andrea Siegel, Natasha Lyonne, Amy Sedaris, Christine Woods, Steven Weber, Eddie Pepitone, Leah Remini.

NR Mystery 1 hr, 20 mins

71%

  • 1
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After encountering a ghost in his vacation home, terrified Dan Pappadakis (Steve Zissis) goes behind his wife’s back to hire an industrial grade exorcist – the bizarre and needy Os Bijourn. While implementing a variety of increasingly outlandish “ghost traps,” Os tries to befriend Dan almost as relentlessly as he tries to destroy the home’s “demons.” Dan considers calling the whole thing off, but it quickly becomes apparent that a great evil has embedded itself in his home, and that the fate of his entire family is at stake.

Carson Mell, Steve Zissis, Mark Proksch, Jennifer Irwin, Dan Bakkedahl, Dax Flame,Steve Little

NR Comedy Supernatural 1 hr, 30 mins

50%

  • 1
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New York / Los Angeles

About Ray tells the stirring and touching story of three generations of a family living under one roof in New York as they must deal with the life-changing transformation by one that ultimately affects them all. Ray (Elle Fanning) is a teenager who has come to the realization that she isn’t meant to be a girl and has decided to transition from female to male. His single mother, Maggie (Naomi Watts), must track down Ray’s biological father (Tate Donovan) to get his legal consent to allow Ray’s transition. Dolly (Susan Sarandon), Ray’s lesbian grandmother is having a hard time accepting that she now has a grandson. They must each confront their own identities and learn to embrace change and their strength as a family in order to ultimately find acceptance and understanding.

Naomi Watts, Elle Fanning, Susan Sarandon, Gaby Dellal, Dorothy Berwin, Marc Turtletaub, Peter Saraf, Nikole Beckwith

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 27 mins

90%

  • 2.3
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Ray Moody (Pat Healy) is a fledgling entrepreneur, trying to get his company off the ground in Los Angeles. His business: the niche Kidnap Solutions, LLC, specializing in abductions that provide alternative therapy for his clients. When a mysterious call contracts him for a weekend kidnapping with a handsome payday at the end, Ray jumps at the opportunity. But the job, and his target—business consultant Anna St. Blair (Taylor Schilling)—may not be all that they seem.

Pat Healy, Taylor Schilling

NR Comedy 1 hr, 24 mins

76%

  • 5
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He was the pride of Bayonne, New Jersey, a man who went fifteen rounds in the ring with Muhammad Ali, and the real life inspiration for Rocky Balboa. But before all that, Chuck Wepner (Liev Schreiber) was a liquor salesman and father with a modest prizefighting career whose life changed overnight when, in 1975, he was chosen to take on The Greatest in a highly publicized title match. I

Naomi Watts, Elisabeth Moss, Liev Schreiber, Ron Perlman, Pooch Hall, Philippe Falardeau, Jim Gaffigan, Michael Rapaport

R Drama Sports 1 hr, 41 mins

62%

  • 4
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Cam Gigandet stars as the leader of a “Dirty Dozen” band of military prisoners who must fight off a terrorist attack on the remote "black site" prison where they’re being held, which, unknown to them, is a cover for a secret drone control facility.

Guy Stevenson, Arash Mokhtar, Jesse Gustafson, Cam Gigandet, Teri Reeves, Benjamin Charles Watson, Dion Mucciacito, Casey Hendershot

Action

77%

  • 2.4
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In 1975, New Jersey heavyweight boxer and womanizer Chuck Wepner ("The Bayonne Bleeder") takes on Muhammad Ali for nearly 15 rounds.

Naomi Watts, Elisabeth Moss, Christina Hendricks, Liev Schreiber, Ron Perlman, Pooch Hall, Ashok Amritraj, Jeff Feuerzeig

Drama Sports

95%

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Follows a long-married and completely dispassionate husband and wife. Both are in the midst of serious affairs and are increasingly committed to their new partners. But on the brink of officially calling it quits, a spark between them suddenly and unexpectedly reignites, leading them into an impulsive romance that forces them to navigate the hilarious complications of "cheating" on their respective lovers.

Azazel Jacobs, Tracy Letts, Melora Walters, Jessica Sula, Debra Winger, Aidan Gillen, Tyler Ross

Drama Romance

75%

  • 1.3
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After a mysterious chest opens a gateway through time, teen gamer Jack (Uriah Shelton) is transported to an ancient empire terrorized by a cruel barbarian king (former WWE superstar Dave Bautista). Jack will need all of his gaming skills as he battles to defeat the barbarian, protect a beautiful princess, and somehow find his way back home.

Dave Bautista, Robert Mark Kamen, Matthias Hoene, Luc Besson, Mark Chao, Ni Ni

Action Adventure Fantasy

81%

  • 2.8
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