August 2015 Movies

Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'

Two years after Battle of Gods, Dragon Ball Z is back in a highly anticipated new film – featuring the return of one of the most iconic villains of all time, Frieza.

Tadayoshi Yamamuro, Akira Toriyama

Action Sequel 1 hr, 45 mins

80% WILL SEE

4.5

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The Gift

In Theaters

Explores if bygones are really ever bygones.

Jason Blum, Rebecca Hall, David Denman, Couper Samuelson, Joel Edgerton, Rebecca Yeldham, Jason Bateman, Beau Knapp

Thriller Suspense

76% WILL SEE

3.5

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Shaun The Sheep Movie

In Theaters

A sheep named Shaun and his sheepdog friend Bitzer are forced to take their entire flock on an adventure to the big city to rescue the Farmer.

Mark Burton, Richard Starzak, Julie Lockhart, Paul Kewley

PG Adventure Comedy

83% WILL SEE

3.4

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An origins Fantastic Four story with an all new cast. 20th Century Fox is the latest studio to start the process of overhauling one of its big Marvel Entertainment franchises, Fantastic Four, which has already hatched two films.

Jamie Bell, Simon Kinberg, Josh Trank, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Gregory Goodman, Matthew Vaughn, Michael Green

PG-13 Action Adventure 1 hr, 45 mins

79% WILL SEE

3

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Ricki and the Flash

In Theaters

A woman abandons her family when she is younger to find fame and fortune as a rock star. Decades later, she decides to be a mother again to her estranged children, one of whom is going through a rough divorce.

Marc Platt, Sebastian Stan, Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Jonathan Demme, Diablo Cody, Ben Platt, Mamie Gummer

PG-13 Drama Music 1 hr, 37 mins

33% WILL SEE

3.7

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Cop Car

Limited

When two rebellious young boys stumble across an abandoned cop car hidden in a secluded glade they decide to take it for a joyride. When the small town sheriff (Kevin Bacon) goes looking for his missing car, the boys find themselves in the center of a deadly game of cat and mouse and the only way out is to go as fast as their cop car can take them.

Jon Watts, Kevin Bacon, James Freedson-Jackson, Sheriff Kretzer, Camryn Manheim

R Thriller 1 hr, 26 mins

78% WILL SEE

2.9

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Dark Places

Limited

Follows a woman who survived the brutal massacre of her family when she was seven-years old and testified against her own brother. Twenty-five years later, a secret society obsessed with crime-solving called the Kill Club brings her in for questioning to discover the truth of the horrific crime.

Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Gilles Paquet-Brenner, Stephane Marsil, Peter Safran, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christina Hendricks

R Drama Adaptation 1 hr, 53 mins

53% WILL SEE

3.2

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Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet

Limited

Set in a Mediterranean sea-side village, Kamila (Salma Hayek) cleans house for exiled artist and poet Mustafa (Liam Neeson), but the more difficult job is keeping her free-spirited young daughter, Almitra, (Quvenzhané Wallis) out of trouble. The three embark on a journey meant to end with Mustafa’s return home – but first they must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in his words will incite rebellion. Featuring music from Damien Rice, Glen Hansard and Yo-Yo Ma.

Salma Hayek, Liam Neeson, Alfred Molina, John Krasinski, Roger Allers, Frank Langella, Quvenzhane Wallis

PG Adaptation Animation 1 hr, 25 mins

23% WILL SEE

3.9

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The Runner

Limited

Set in the aftermath of the tragic 2010 BP oil spill, Colin Price, an idealistic but flawed New Orleans congressman, is forced to confront his dysfunctional life after his career is destroyed in a sex scandal.

Nicolas Cage, Austin Stark, Connie Nielsen, Wendell Pierce, Glenn Williamson, Sarah Paulson, Peter Fonda, Bryan Bratt

R Drama Thriller 1 hr, 30 mins

62% WILL SEE

3.2

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The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Limited

Like most teenage girls, Minnie Goetze (Bel Powley) is longing for love, acceptance and a sense of purpose in the world. Minnie begins a complex love affair with her mother's (Kristen Wiig) boyfriend, "the handsomest man in the world," Monroe Rutherford (Alexander Skarsgård). What follows is an account of one girl's sexual awakening, without judgment.

Marielle Heller, Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgard, Kristen Wiig, Christopher Meloni

R Drama

74% WILL SEE

3.9

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Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet

Limited

Inspired by the beloved classic, Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet is a richly-animated story and celebration of Gibran’s book, created by artists, animators and musicians from around the world.

Salma Hayek, Liam Neeson, John Krasinski, Alfred Molina, Roger Allers, Quvenzhane Wallis, Frank Langella

Family Animation

79% WILL SEE

4

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Enchanted Kingdom 3D

Limited

An African 3D documentary. No other plot details have been announced.

Idris Elba, Neil Nightingale, Patrick Morris, Mike Newell, Nigel Williams

Documentary Nature 1 hr, 27 mins

24% WILL SEE

4.7

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Return to Sender

In Theaters

A meticulous small-town nurse (Rosamund Pike) falls victim to a life-altering event after she goes on a blind date with a man (Shiloh Fernandez) who turns out not to be who he says he is. She must find the strength and courage to rebuild her life and return to her former self.

Rosamund Pike, Fouad Mikati, Patricia Beauchamp, Joe Gossett, Shiloh Fernandez, Nick Nolte

Suspense Psychological 1 hr, 35 mins

55% WILL SEE

3.1

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The Man From U.N.C.L.E

In Theaters

The espionage adventures of Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin, agents of United Network Command for Law Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.) who fight the forces of T.H.R.U.S.H. (Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity).

Henry Cavill, Hugh Grant, Guy Ritchie, Jared Harris, John Davis, Basil Iwanyk, Jeff Kleeman, David Dobkin

PG-13 Action Adventure 1 hr, 56 mins

59% WILL SEE

4.3

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Straight Outta Compton

In Theaters

Revolves around the rise and fall of the Compton, California rap group N.W.A., whose initials read Niggas With Attitude. The members include drug dealer turned label founder Eazy-E, young disc jockey Dr. Dre and the politically bent Ice Cube, plus MC Ren and DJ Yella.

Ice Cube, David Engel, Bill Strauss, Matt Alvarez, Andrea Berloff, Leigh Savidge, Alan Wenkus, Tomica Woods

R Drama Mystery 2 hrs, 27 mins

79% WILL SEE

4.4

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Underdogs

In Theaters

The story of a reluctant hero whose town is threatened when his long-time rival returns home to avenge an old grudge. When the players from his foosball table are magically brought to life, he recruits them to help him enter into the biggest underdog match ever, save the town and win back the love of his life.

Nicholas Hoult, Ariana Grande, Juan Jose Campanella, Matthew Morrison

PG Family Animation 1 hr, 22 mins

51% WILL SEE

3.2

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Ten Thousand Saints

Limited

A Vermont teenager Jude moves in with his hippie dad in NYC after his best friend Teddy overdoses. There he falls in with the no drugs, no sex, no meat straight-edge hardcore punk scene of the East Village.

Hailee Steinfeld, Shari Springer Berman, Emily Mortimer, Robert Pulcini, Celine Rattray, Luca Borghese, Ethan Hawke, Asa Butterfield

R Drama Adaptation 1 hr, 44 mins

68% WILL SEE

3

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People Places Things

Limited

A newly single, under-employed graphic novelist navigates life, his young twin daughters, a case of writer's block, a classroom full of students, and a new love while letting go of the woman who left him.

Jemaine Clement, James C. Strouse, Michael Clark, Alex Turtletaub, Regina Hall, Stephanie Allynne, Jessica Williams

R Drama Comedy 1 hr, 25 mins

64% WILL SEE

2.2

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Amnesiac

Limited

Follows a man who wakes up in bed suffering from memory loss after being in an accident, only to begin to suspect that his wife may not be his real wife and that a web of lies and deceit deepen inside the house where he soon finds himself a prisoner.

Kate Bosworth, Michael Polish, Amy Kolquist, Wes Bentley

Thriller

65% WILL SEE

3

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Final Girl

Follows a pack of feral teenage boys who choose the wrong girl to be the victim of their final "initiation."

Jeff Kwatinetz, Tyler Shields, Rob Carliner, Joseph Nasser, Steve Scarlata, Johnny Silver, Wes Bentley, Abigail Breslin

R Thriller

78% WILL SEE

3.2

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Exeter

Limited

At an abandoned asylum, six teens tinker with the occult, causing a possession, a paranormal mystery and a bloody nightmare that no one could predict. From the director of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and producers of Paranormal Activity and Insidious.

Kelly Blatz, Nic Nicotera, Marcus Nispel, Kirsten McCallion, Brittany Curran, Brett Dier, Gage Golightly

Horror 1 hr, 31 mins

81% WILL SEE

3.6

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Walt Before Mickey

Limited

Before he created Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney was an animator and businessman who spent a decade shrugging off failure in order to build the studio that would turn him into an icon. The indie period drama Walt Before Mickey chronicles nine years worth of these early struggles

Armando Gutierrez, Jon Heder, Jodie Sweetin, Khoa Le, Arthur L. Bernstein, Thomas Ian Nicholas, David Henrie

PG Drama Biography 2 hrs, 0 mins

90% WILL SEE

4.2

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We Come As Friends

New York

A modern odyssey – a dizzying, almost science fiction-like journey into the heart of Africa. At the moment when the Sudan, the continent’s biggest country, is being divided into two nations, an old “civilizing” ideology re-emerges – one of colonialism and a clash of empires – with new episodes of bloody (and holy) wars over land and resources. Academy Award® nominated director of Darwin’s Nightmare, Hubert Sauper, takes us on a voyage in his tiny, self-made aircraft constructed from tin and canvas, leading us into the most improbable locations and into people’s thoughts and dreams in both stunning and heartbreaking ways.

Hubert Sauper

Documentary 1 hr, 50 mins

53% WILL SEE

3.8

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Molly Moon and the Incredible Bo...

Limited

Follows an orphan who learns the art of hypnosis and has the ability to hypnotize the people around her.

Dominic Monaghan, Christopher N. Rowley, Raffey Cassidy, Emily Watson

Fantasy Adaptation

75% WILL SEE

4.8

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Mistress America

Limited

In Mistress America, Tracy (Lola Kirke) is a lonely college freshman in New York, having neither the exciting university experience nor the glamorous metropolitan lifestyle she envisioned. But when she is taken in by her soon-to-be stepsister, Brooke (Greta Gerwig) – a resident of Times Square and adventurous gal about town – she is rescued from her disappointment and seduced by Brooke's alluringly mad schemes.

Cindy Cheung, Greta Gerwig, Juliet Brett, Noah Baumbach, Lola Kirke, Michael Chernus, Shana Dowdeswell, Charlie Gillette

R Comedy 1 hr, 26 mins

26% WILL SEE

2.5

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Tom at the Farm

Limited

After the sudden death of his lover, Guillaume (Caleb Landry Jones), Tom (Xavier Dolan), travels from his home in the city to a remote country farm for the funeral. Upon arriving, he’s shocked to find that Guillaume's family knows nothing about him and was expecting a woman in his place. Torn between his own grief and that of the family, Tom keeps his identity a secret but soon finds himself increasingly drawn into a twisted, sexually-charged game by Guillaume’s aggressive brother (Pierre-Yves Cardinal), who suspects the truth.

Lisa Roy, Xavier Dolan, Pierre-Yves Cardinal

Drama Thriller

42% WILL SEE

2.7

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Hitman: Agent 47

In Theaters

A genetically engineered elite assassin with a barcode tattooed on the back of his head works for a mysterious organization dubbed the Agency.

Ciaran Hinds, Daniel Alter, Chuck Gordon, Emilio Rivera, Aleksander Bach, Alex Young, Adrian Askarieh, Kyle Ward

R Action Remake

70% WILL SEE

3.9

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Sinister 2

In Theaters

In the aftermath of the shocking events in Sinister, a protective mother (Shannyn Sossamon) and her 9-year-old twin sons (real-life twins Robert and Dartanian Sloan) find themselves in a rural house marked for death as the evil spirit of Buhguul continues to spread with frightening intensity.

Scott Derrickson, James Ransone, Ciaran Foy, Jason Blumenthal, Shannyn Sossamon, Tate Ellington, Laila Haley

R Sequel Thriller

71% WILL SEE

3.8

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American Ultra

In Theaters

Jesse Eisenberg will portray a stoner who lives with his girlfriend (Kristen Stewart) in a small town. His life takes an unexpected turn when his past comes back to haunt him and he becomes the target of a government operation to wipe him out.

Jesse Eisenberg, Walton Goggins, Nima Nourizadeh, Max Landis, Topher Grace, Kristen Stewart, Uma Thurman, Tony Hale

R Action Comedy

71% WILL SEE

4.2

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She's Funny That Way

Limited

A screwball comedy about an escort, a theatre director and a private detective.

Rhys Ifans, Debi Mazar, Peter Bogdanovich, Cybill Shepherd, Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach, Louise Stratten, Jennifer Aniston

R Drama Comedy 1 hr, 33 mins

30% WILL SEE

2.9

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Some Kind Of Beautiful

Limited

Richard (Pierce Brosnan) is a successful college professor who gives up a steady stream of one-night stands and beautiful undergrads for fatherhood with much younger Kate (Jessica Alba). Three years later when Kate falls in love with someone else and moves out, she sends her sister, Olivia (Salma Hayek), to make sure Richard is properly caring for their son. Assuming Richard is back to his irresponsible playboy lifestyle, Olivia is shocked when she starts to fall in love with him herself.

Salma Hayek, Pierce Brosnan, Jessica Alba, Tom Vaughan, Malcolm McDowell, Duncan Joiner, Benjamin McKenzie

R Comedy Romance 1 hr, 39 mins

61% WILL SEE

3.7

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The Curse of Downers Grove

The storry follows a high school senior who thinks graduating is a matter of life or death.

Zane Holtz, Bella Heathcote, Penelope Mitchell, Derick Martini, Oren Segal, Chiara Trento, Jason Dubin, Bret Easton Ellis

Thriller Horror 1 hr, 30 mins

77% WILL SEE

3.3

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Grandma

New York / Los Angeles

Lily Tomlin is Elle Reid. Elle has just gotten through breaking up with her girlfriend when Elle's granddaughter Sage unexpectedly shows up needing $600 bucks before sundown. Temporarily broke, Grandma Elle and Sage spend the day trying to get their hands on the cash as their unannounced visits to old friends and flames end up rattling skeletons and digging up secrets.

Julia Garner, Marcia Gay Harden, Judy Greer, Paul Weitz, Lily Tomlin, Laverne Cox, Elizabeth Pena, Nat Wolff

R Comedy

74% WILL SEE

3

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We Come As Friends

Limited

A modern odyssey – a dizzying, almost science fiction-like journey into the heart of Africa. At the moment when the Sudan, the continent’s biggest country, is being divided into two nations, an old “civilizing” ideology re-emerges – one of colonialism and a clash of empires – with new episodes of bloody (and holy) wars over land and resources. Academy Award® nominated director of Darwin’s Nightmare, Hubert Sauper, takes us on a voyage in his tiny, self-made aircraft constructed from tin and canvas, leading us into the most improbable locations and into people’s thoughts and dreams in both stunning and heartbreaking ways.

Hubert Sauper

Documentary 1 hr, 50 mins

53% WILL SEE

3.8

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Mateo

Limited

Mateo follows America’s most notorious gringo mariachi singer on his misadventures in Cuba. Matthew Stoneman dreamed of pop stardom. Instead, he went to jail, learned Spanish, and emerged as “Mateo,” America’s first white mariachi singer. Mateo is on the brink of completing an album of original songs in Havana. But his estrangement from friends and family, his criminal past, and his love for Cuban women could derail him on his quest for fame.

Aaron I. Naar

Documentary 1 hr, 28 mins

33% WILL SEE

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Digging for Fire

Limited

The discovery of a bone and a gun sends a husband and wife on separate adventures over the course of a weekend.

Anna Kendrick, Brie Larson, Joe Swanberg, Jake Johnson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Orlando Bloom, Sam Rockwell

Drama 1 hr, 23 mins

65% WILL SEE

3

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Learning to Drive

Limited

Wendy Shields is a book editor from New York facing a marriage crisis. Darwan Singh Tur is a driving instructor from India with an abiding respect for tradition. When Wendy sets out to reclaim her independence, she hits a unique roadblock - she never learned to drive. She hires Darwan, a driving instructor and part-time cabdriver, to teach her. They form an unlikely bond that inspires each to embrace the humor, freedom, and strength that come with starting anew.

Patricia Clarkson, Isabel Coixet, Sarita Choudhury, Ben Kingsley, Grace Gummer, Jake Weber, Samantha Bee

PG-13 Comedy Romance

79% WILL SEE

3

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Guidance

New York

Follows the downward spiral of a man who has no limits. David Gold, 36, a pathologically immature former child actor, has never been able to get over high school. Recently diagnosed with skin cancer, unemployed and with nothing left to lose, he fakes his resume and gets a job as a high school guidance counselor. Quickly winning over the students at Grusin High with his laidback attitude and similar interests, he befriends Jabrielle, a teenaged outcast and soon learns that sometimes you can go too far, especially when it comes to committing a ridiculous crime.

Pat Mills, Zahra Bentham

Comedy 1 hr, 20 mins

53% WILL SEE

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No Escape

Limited

An American family moves to Southeast Asia and finds themselves embroiled in a violent coup where rebels mercilessly attack the city.

Pierce Brosnan, Rizal Risjad, Philip Elway, John Erick Dowdle, Adam Ripp, Rob Paris, Steve Alexander, Drew Dowdle

R Action Thriller 1 hr, 41 mins

50% WILL SEE

4.1

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We Are Your Friends

In Theaters

The story of a troubled aspiring DJ named Cole who finds his place in the world of electronic dance music.

Tim Bevan, Max Joseph, Eric Fellner, Meaghan Oppenheimer, Zac Efron, Wes Bentley, Emily Ratajkowski, Jon Bernthal

R Drama Romance

64% WILL SEE

3.3

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Z for Zachariah

Limited

A teenage girl lives alone and maintains a farm in the only valley with breathable air in the wake of nuclear war. Her world is turned upside down when two strangers wander in from the forest. The young girl nurses back to health a rugged scientist with a dark past, after he is weakened by a contaminated stream.

Chris Pine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Margot Robbie, Matthew Plouffe, Craig Zobel, Tobey Maguire, Thor Sigurjonsson, Nissar Modi

PG-13 Drama

23% WILL SEE

3.3

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When Animals Dream

Limited

Tells the tale of a werewolf hunted down in her fishing village, while also discovering love.

Jonas Arnby, Sonia Suhl, Lars Mikkelsen

R Romance 1 hr, 25 mins

63% WILL SEE

4

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War Room

Limited

War Room follows Tony and Elizabeth Jordan, a middle-class couple who seemingly have it all – great jobs, a beautiful daughter, their dream home. But appearances can be deceiving. In reality, the Jordan's marriage has become a war zone and their daughter is collateral damage. With the help of Miss Clara, an older, wiser woman, Elizabeth discovers she can start fighting for her family instead of against them. Through a newly energized faith, Elizabeth and Tony's real enemy doesn't have a prayer.

Alex Kendrick, Scotty Curlee, Stephen Kendrick, T.C. Stallings, Ashley Bratcher, Karen Abercrombie

PG Drama Faith

85% WILL SEE

4.4

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The Second Mother

New York

Story centers around Val, a hard-working live-in housekeeper in modern day Sao Paulo. Val is perfectly content to take care of every one of her wealthy employers’ needs, from cooking and cleaning to being a surrogate mother to their teenage son, who she has raised since he was a toddler. But when Val’s estranged daughter Jessica suddenly shows up the unspoken but intrinsic class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray. Jessica is smart, confident, and ambitious, and refuses to accept the upstairs/downstairs dynamic, testing relationships and loyalties and forcing everyone to reconsider what family really means.

Regina Casé, Anna Muylaert

R Drama 1 hr, 54 mins

70% WILL SEE

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Unsullied

Limited

The story follows Reagan, a track star, who is kidnapped by a pair of sociopaths after her car breaks down on a deserted road. Trapped and afraid, Reagan soon realizes her captors love the thrill of “the hunt,” and she is the hunted. Reagan must use her wits and physical prowess to escape her tormentors and find her way to freedom, while putting together the pieces of a horrifying puzzle.

Simeon Rice, Rusty Joiner, James Gaudioso, Murray Gray

Thriller Suspense

59% WILL SEE

1

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1.		Armor
2.		A Sudden Case of Christmas
3.	NEW	Tinā
4.	NEW	Zootopia 2
5.	SAME	Mufasa: The Lion King
6.	NEW	The Count of Monte Cristo
7.	NEW	Daruma
8.	NEW	Invitation to a Murder
9.		Paddington
10.		The Silent Hour

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