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Troll Hunter Poster
63%

Ratings

  • 3.6 / 5

out of 5 stars

Focuses on a group of students who discover what they believe is a government conspiracy to keep the existence of trolls in the north of Norway hidden from the general public.

Andre Ovredal, Tomas Alf Larsen, John M. Jacobsen, Otto Jespersen, Hans Morten Hansen

PG-13 Thriller 1 hr, 30 mins
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Blitz Poster
94%

A serial killer aims for tabloid immortality by executing cops in southeast London.

Jason Statham, Paddy Considine, Aidan Gillen, Donald Kushner, Brad Wyman, Nathan Parker, Nic Manzi, Elliott Lester

R Drama Thriller
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The Beaver Poster
59%

Ratings

  • 4.2 / 5

out of 5 stars

A man walks around with a beaver puppet on his hand, treating it as something close to a human creature with human feelings.

Jennifer Lawrence, Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin, Steve Golin, Kyle Killen, Keith Redmon, Michelle Ang

PG-13 Drama Comedy
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Hostage Poster
38%

Ratings

  • 4 / 5

out of 5 stars

Bruce Willis stars as an LAPD hostage negotiator, who withdraws to the countryside to become chief of a two-man police department after a bloody standoff. Instead of achieving a sense of peace in the small town, he finds himself embroiled in negotiations to save his wife and daughter. Messner will play an FBI operative who comes onto the crime scene to work with Willis' character and retrieve computer disks.

Bruce Willis, Ben Foster, Bob Yari, Kevin Pollack, Rumer Willis, Arnold Rifkin, Mark Gordon, Jonathan Tucker

R Drama Action
POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold Poster
55%

Ratings

  • 2.2 / 5

out of 5 stars

Morgan Spurlock examines the world of advertising by making a film financed entirely by product placement.

Morgan Spurlock, Jeremy Chilnick, Keith Calder

PG-13 Documentary 1 hr, 30 mins
Henry's Crime Poster
78%

Ratings

  • 3.1 / 5

out of 5 stars

The film is a romantic comedy in which Keanu Reeves will play a big-hearted man who is falsely accused of robbing a bank in Buffalo.

James Caan, Vera Farmiga, Keanu Reeves, Sacha Gervasi, Peter Stormare, Scott Fischer, Malcolm Venville, Stephen Hamel

R Comedy Romance
Sympathy for Delicious Poster
71%

Ratings

  • 5 / 5

out of 5 stars

A paralyzed DJ, "Delicious" Dean O'Dwyer, struggling to survive in his wheelchair on the streets of Los Angeles, turns to faith-healing and mysteriously acquires the ability to cure the sick -- although not himself. A Jesuit priest tries to help him come to terms with the limits of his gift, while a rock singer in a band tries to exploit the suddenly famous healer.

Mark Ruffalo, Laura Linney, Juliette Lewis, Matthew Weaver, Orlando Bloom, Andrea Sperling, Noah Emmerich, Robert Stein

R Drama Comedy
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Win Win Poster
83%

Ratings

  • 3.5 / 5

out of 5 stars

A light-hearted comedy about how a rough-and-tumble runaway changes the lives of a suburban New Jersey family and turns around the luck of a high school wrestling team.

Tom McCarthy, Paul Giamatti, Melanie Lynskey, Amy Ryan, Bobby Cannavale, Mary Jane Skalski, Jeffrey Tambor, Joe Tiboni

R Comedy 1 hr, 46 mins
The High Cost of Living Poster
82%

Ratings

  • 4 / 5

out of 5 stars

The story on the burgeoning relationship between an unlikely pair. Nathalie (Isabelle Blais) is expecting her first child and Henry (Zach Braff) is on his way to his next drug deal. Their paths fatefully collide one night in an event that will irrevocably change their lives.

Zach Braff, Deborah Chow, Isabelle Blais, Patrick Labbe

NR Drama 1 hr, 32 mins
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Road to Nowhere Poster
68%

Ratings

  • 3.7 / 5

out of 5 stars

A noirish tale of a young filmmaker who becomes enmeshed in a criminal scheme while making a movie on location.

Shannyn Sossamon, Dominique Swain, Monte Hellman, Steven Gaydos, John Diehl, Waylon Payne, Tygh Runyan

R Thriller 2 hrs, 1 min
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Secret Sunshine Poster
38%

Ratings

  • 4 / 5

out of 5 stars

A mother moves with her son to the birthplace of dead husband. As she tries establish a new beginning, another tragedy overturns her life.

Chang-dong Lee

Drama 2 hrs, 22 mins
The Bleeding House Poster
70%

Ratings

  • 3.2 / 5

out of 5 stars

Meet the Smiths - parents, Marilyn and Matt, and teens, Gloria, 16, and Quentin, 18 - a family full of secrets who keep themselves to themselves living on a back road outside a small Midwestern town. In this tightly wound and visceral horror/thriller, their lives are turned upside down when a sweet-talking Texan arrives on their doorstep on a mission for retribution. Will he succeed in his goal to bleed them of their sins or will the family's haunted past prove to be even more deadly than he bargained for?

Philip Gelatt, Charlie Hewson, Patrick Breen, Alexandra Chando, Betsy Aidem, Richard Bekins, Nina Lisandrello

NR Thriller Horror
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Neds Poster
100%

In 1970s Glasgow, a bright boy named John sees very few options in his life. With no one willing to give him a chance, he descends into a life of crime.

Peter Mullan, Marianna Palka, Conor McCarron, Joe Szula, Louise Goodall, Gregg Forrest, Gary Milligan, Richard Mack

Drama 2 hrs, 4 mins
Cold Fish Poster
63%

In the film, Shamoto’s teenage daughter is caught stealing, a generous stranger and his wife offer a solution – have the girl work at their tropical fish store. Too good to be true? You bet! Shamoto soon discovers the horrific truth about the seemingly perfect couple and their brutal business.

Sion Sono

Drama Thriller
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The Chameleon Poster
45%

Ratings

  • 3 / 5

out of 5 stars

The reunion of a young man and his family after being positively identified in an unsolved missing-persons case. The reunion turns bittersweet when suspicions arise about whether he really is their son.

Ram Bergman, Famke Janssen, Ellen Barkin, Nick Stahl, Emilie de Ravin, Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar, Jean Paul Salome, Bill Perkins

R Drama 1 hr, 46 mins
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Super Hybrid Poster
88%

While on a sailing trip, vacationing college students come across what appears to be an abandoned trawler. They soon discover it is the nest of a mutant creature, born of environmental abuse, who "fishes" for humans in the open water.

Oded Fehr, Kirk D'Amico, Melanie Papalia, Eric Valette, Alex Leung, Neal Marshall Stevens, Shannon Beckner, Ryan Kennedy

PG-13 Thriller Suspense
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My Dog Tulip Poster
88%

Ratings

  • 2.7 / 5

out of 5 stars

Based on the 1956 British novel by J.R. Ackerley, "My Dog Tulip" follows a 14-year friendship between Ackerley and his German Shepherd, Tulip, after the writer rescued the dog.

Isabella Rossellini, Christopher Plummer, Lynn Redgrave, Brian Murray, Paul Fierlinger, Sandra Fierlinger, Norman Twain, Howard Kaminsky

Adventure 1 hr, 23 mins

Hell of a Summer

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Last Bullet

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changed release date from TBA to June 20, 2025

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

changed release date from May 9, 2025 to September 19, 2025
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