Friday, March 18
Expired
Ryan Kwanten (“True Blood”) and Hugo Weaving (The Matrix series) star in this futuristic thriller set in a neon-drenched metropolis. As Jack (Kwanten) works as a hitman, his lonely life is altered by two strangers—one a club singer, the other a scientist (Weaving). Jack and the singer fall in love, but as their relationship grows stronger, Jack grows physically weaker, unable to assassinate the targets he seeks. Soon the scientist discovers the shocking reasons behind Jack’s deadly affliction…
Ivan Sen, Hugo Weaving, Ryan Kwanten, Jillian Nguyen
Thriller
Tollbooth
A darkly-comic thriller about a lone toll-booth operator with a past that is fast catching up with him.
Ryan Andrew Hooper, Iwan Rheon, Julian Glover, Matt Redd, Michael Smiley, Annes Elwy, Gary Beadle, Steve Oram
Comedy Thriller Crime
Alice
Alice (Keke Palmer) yearns for freedom as an enslaved person on a rural Georgia plantation under its brutal and disturbed owner Paul (Jonny Lee Miller). After a violent clash with Paul, she flees through the neighboring woods and stumbles onto the unfamiliar sight of a highway, soon discovering the year is actually 1973. Rescued on the roadside by a disillusioned political activist named Frank (Common), Alice quickly comprehends the lies that have kept her in bondage and the promise of Black liberation. Inspired by true events, Alice is a modern empowerment story tracing Alice’s journey through the post-Civil Rights Era American South.
Jonny Lee Miller, Keke Palmer, NaTasha Yvette Williams, Krystin Ver Linden, Common, Gaius Charles, Alicia Witt
Drama Thriller
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The Hater
After a political protest goes wrong, Dorothy (Joey Ally), a liberal speechwriter on a U.S. Senate campaign, finds herself unemployed and living back in her conservative Texas hometown with her estranged grandfather (Bruce Dern). Dorothy soon learns that her childhood nemesis, Brent (Ian Harding), is running for office as the sole Republican candidate. Determined to thwart him at any cost, Dorothy creates an elaborate payback scheme with the help of an old frenemy turned campaign manager, Greta (Meredith Hagner): she’ll go undercover to run as his conservative opponent, win the nomination, and then employ a Texas loophole that would force a win for the Democratic candidate. Immersed in the campaign, Dorothy gets closer to victory, only to discover that good vs. evil isn’t necessarily as simple as left vs. right.
Joey Ally, Tory Lenosky, Adrienne Childress, D’Angelo Lacy, Bruce Dern, Meredith Hagner, Daniel Crown, Ian Harding
Comedy Political