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Aug. 19, 2013

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Described as Die Hard set in the White House.

Aaron Eckhart, Gerard Butler, Melissa Leo, Ashley Judd, Angela Bassett, Radha Mitchell, Dylan McDermott, Cole Hauser

R Action Thriller

When Robbie sneaks into the maternity hospital to visit his young girlfriend Leonie and hold his newborn son Luke for the first time, he is overwhelmed. He swears that Luke will not lead the same stricken life he has led.

On community service Robbie meets Rhino, Albert and Mo for whom, like him, work is little more than a distant dream. Little did Robbie imagine that turning to drink might change their lives - not cheap fortified wine, but the best malt whiskies in the world. What will it be for Robbie? More violence and vendettas or a new future with 'Uisge Beatha,' the 'Water of Life'? Only the angels know...

Ken Loach, Paul Laverty, Paul Brannigan, John Henshaw, Gary Maitland, William Ruane, Jasmin Riggins

Drama Comedy 1 hr, 41 mins
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Set amid the tensions and uncertainties of the days following the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII. A general and expert on Japan on General Douglas MacArthur's staff is ordered to decide whether Emperor Hirohito should be tried and hanged as a war criminal. Interwoven with the politics is the story of a love affair with a Japanese exchange student he had met years previously in the U.S.

Tommy Lee Jones, Peter Webber, Toshiyuki Nishida, Kaori Momoi, Gary Foster, Russ Krasnoff, Vera Blasi, David Klass

PG-13 Drama Thriller 1 hr, 38 mins
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Robert Redford's next directorial project will follow a single dad who is living a quiet upper-middle-class life as an attorney in upstate New York. But his past comes back to haunt him when a story surfaces that he was the shooter in a bank robbery years ago, when he was a member of a group called the Weather Underground. The man must go on the run to find an old girlfriend who may be able to prove his innocence.

Shia LaBeouf, Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Robert Redford, Bill Holderman, Nicolas Chartier, Lem Dobbs, Brit Marling

R Thriller Suspense

81%

  • 3.4
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The Hot Flashes is about an unlikely basketball team of unappreciated middle-aged Texas women, all former high school champs, who challenge the current arrogant high school girls’ state champs to raise money for breast cancer prevention. Sparks fly as the women go to comic extremes to prove themselves on and off the court, become a national media sensation, and gain a new lease on life.

Eric Roberts, Brooke Shields, Virginia Madsen, Wanda Sykes, Susan Seidelman, Brad Henning, Daryl Hannah, Camryn Manheim

R Comedy 1 hr, 39 mins

62%

  • 2.6
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On the road to a high-powered lunch meeting, smooth-talking ad man Jackson Alder is brainstorming his next big pitch when he is blindsided by Mother Nature. Swallowed up by a devastating mudslide, he awakens to darkness. Alone underneath an avalanche of mud, his certainty of rescue gives way to a horrifying reality—no one is coming. With oxygen and time running out, Jackson clings to the unfinished life he left behind. Shedding his suit and surveying the limited tools he has at his disposal, Jackson refuses to go down without a fight. Pushing himself beyond his physical and mental boundaries, he must ask himself the ultimate question: What would you do to survive?

William Dickerson, Neil Hopkins, Brea Grant, John Forest, Ptolemy Slocum

Drama Thriller 1 hr, 27 mins

71%

  • 2.5
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A thriller set in the world of genetic research.

Karoline Herfurth, Tomas Lemarquis, Ulrich Meinecke, Eron Sheean, Darryn Welch, Mike Dehghan, Shane Danielsen, Michael Eklund

Drama Thriller 1 hr, 41 mins

45%

  • 3.8
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An ambitious 20-something slacker teams up with a lesbian executive working at the Coca-Cola company in order to sell his new soda product to the cola giant.

Kellan Lutz, Josh Pais, Aram Rappaport, Barrie M. Osborne, Cameron Lamb, Max Barry, Shiloh Fernandez, Amber Heard

R Comedy Adaptation

55%

  • 3.5
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During the Manchurian-ruled Qing Dynasty, Emperor Yong Zheng established a secret assassination squad known as the Guillotines to eliminate all who opposed him. Once heavily favored by the Emperor, the Guillotines are deemed expendable once Emperor Qian Long ascends to the throne and adopts Western ideas and technology. To consolidate his power under a new regime, the Emperor continues to use the Guillotines to persecute the conquered Han Chinese in a reign of terror and oppression.

Led by master fighter Leng, the top ranked guillotine squad consists of five young warriors: Mu, San, Tai, Hutu, Buka. Serving the Qing Court unquestioningly, they have never failed in 348 missions to eliminate their targets. But their success has made them arrogant and complacent. Their next mission is to eliminate Wolf and his Shepherd gang. During the operation, the squad manages to trap Wolf. Just as they are about to execute him, the squad commander orders that he be captured alive. He secretly plans to use Wolf as a pawn in his bid for power. Wolf’s gang of rebels ambushes the Guillotines in their moment of hesitation. Wolf escapes, taking Mu hostage.

With reports that Wolf has fled to the outer frontiers, the squad tracks him to a remote village outpost. On the other hand, the Emperor has sent his most trusted agent Du for the same mission and most importantly, to end the era of the Guillotines by replacing cold weapons with firearms. If only they make one false move, they will become the hunted. Facing annihilation, Leng and his Guillotines must outfight and outwit enemies from both sides.

Andrew Lau

R Action Adventure 1 hr, 52 mins

85%

  • 1.8
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Van Vlahakis left Greece five decades ago with only $22 dollars in his pocket and headed for the U.S. hoping for a better future for his family. Eftichios (as is his Greek name), not only managed to live the American dream, but also created one of the largest environmentally safe concepts – Earth Friendly Products, now a US giant in eco-friendly products. His story covers his life as it transforms from immigrant to CEO of Earth Friendly Products. The story centers on the modern day Vlahakis who is diagnosed with cancer and given only few months to live. As he reflects on his early life as an immigrant during the 1950’s, he decides to push himself to the limit by closing one final business deal that will solidify his company’s success even if it means taking on one of the largest corporations on the planet.

Nick Agiashvili, Shannon Elizabeth, Ed O'Ross, Billy Zane, Annabella Sciorra

Drama Biography 1 hr, 30 mins

29%

  • 2.5
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A long-divorced couple who, for the sake of their adopted son's wedding and his biological mother, pretend they are still married.

Amanda Seyfried, Robert De Niro, Kyle Bornheimer, Diane Keaton, Susan Sarandon, Justin Zackham, Katherine Heigl, Topher Grace

R Comedy Ensemble 1 hr, 30 mins

To pick up where Hatchet 2 left off, with a young woman getting revenge on the malevolent monster who killed her friends while they vacationed in Louisiana swamp country.

Adam Green, Cory Neal, BJ McDonnell, Sarah Elbert

R Sequel Horror

76%

  • 3.7
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Follow actor J Kimball (J.K. Simmons) as he researches what it’s like to be old for a role in an upcoming movie. When he meets the residents at The Coconuts Convalescent Home, he quickly discovers that his perceptions of the elderly may be off from reality. After being on the wrong end of some pranks, J enlists the help of his Hollywood friends (Tim Allen, Scott Caan, Breckin Meyer, Randy Couture, Kevin Pollak) to turn the tides. Mayhem ensues.

J.K. Simmons, Randy Couture, Michelle Schumacher, Randle Schumacher, Eric Radzan, Tim Allen, Scott Caan, Basil Hoffman

Comedy 1 hr, 21 mins

75%

  • 4.4
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Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was a band called Death. Punk before punk existed, three teenage brothers in the early '70s formed a band in their spare bedroom, began playing a few local gigs and even pressed a single in the hopes of getting signed. But this was the era of Motown and emerging disco. Record companies found Death's music—and band name—too intimidating, and the group were never given a fair shot, disbanding before they even completed one album. Equal parts electrifying rockumentary and epic family love story, A Band Called Death chronicles the incredible fairy-tale journey of what happened almost three decades later, when a dusty 1974 demo tape made its way out of the attic and found an audience several generations younger.

Alice Cooper, Dannis Hackney, Henry Rollins, Jeff Howlett, Mark Covino, Bobby Hackney

Documentary Music 1 hr, 36 mins

58%

  • 5
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Delves into the effect of a bitter divorce on a couple's 6-year-old daughter.

Scott McGehee, Julianne Moore, Steve Coogan, David Siegel, Carroll Cartwright, Alexander Skarsgard, Joanna Vanderham, Emma Holzer

R Drama 1 hr, 33 mins

a darkly comic look at Luciano, a charming and affable fishmonger whose unexpected and sudden obsession with being a contestant on the reality show “Big Brother” leads him down a rabbit hole of skewed perceptions and paranoia. So overcome by his dream of being on reality TV, Luciano’s own reality begins to spiral out of control.

Matteo Garrone

R Drama Comedy
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