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Movies Released August 27, 2021

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Dec. 10, 2022

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Candyman aka Daniel Robitaille, an urban legend, is summoned to kill when his name is said five times by a person facing a mirror.

Nia DaCosta, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Colman Domingo, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Ian Cooper, Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, Teyonah Parris

R Suspense Horror

77%

  • 3.4
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Barbara O’Brien, an Irish Catholic mother, has her life turned upside-down when her son, a freshman in college, is involved in a tragic hazing incident. Taking justice into her own hands, she travels across the country recording mothers who have lost sons to hazing in an effort to prove the university’s liability. When she is confronted by corruption and cover ups, she seeks revenge on the one person she finds truly responsible, proving that hell hath no fury like a mother scorned.

Jake Weary, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Phil Villapiano, Robert Patrick, Peri Gilpin

NR Drama Thriller 1 hr, 41 mins

71%

  • 4.5
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Two partners are forced to re-evaluate themselves and their relationship during lockdown.

James McAvoy, Dennis Kelly, Sharon Horgan, Stephen Daldry

R Drama Comedy

62%

  • 3
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A crazy wild couple bonds with a straight laced couple on vacation in Mexico. They have a great time, and then want to rekindle the fun. Once the other couple gets back to their normal life, it's not nearly the same kind of fun and their vacation friends won't go away.

John Cena, Clay Tarver, Tom Mullen, Tim Mullen, Meredith Hagner, Lil Rel Howery

Comedy

78%

  • 4
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Set in the small-town of Gutterbee, two hopeless dreamers join forces in a quest to erect the ultimate German sausage restaurant much to the irritation of the town’s residents who want to keep Gutterbee wholly American.

Ewen Bremner, Ulrich Thomsen, Antony Starr, W. Earl Brown, Joshua Harto

NR Drama Comedy 1 hr, 47 mins

44%

  • 5
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Cataclysmic conditions on Earth forced a mass exodus to a distant planet. Generations later, a manned mission hurtles back to assess living conditions on the desolate, mostly submerged world. The sole survivor of the expedition is attacked by a violent band of scavengers, themselves locked in battle with a far more sinister foe. Now, mankind’s very survival depends on the bravery and ingenuity of the lone astronaut.

Joel Basman, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Tim Fehlbaum, Nora Arnezeder, Iain Glen, Sebastian Roché

R Drama Sci-Fi 1 hr, 44 mins

53%

  • 3.2
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School captain Ellie (Sophie Hawkshaw) has a serious crush on her classmate Abbie (Zoe Terakes), and is angsting over inviting her to the Year 12 formal. When Ellie accidentally spills the beans to her mum (Marta Dusseldorp) and outs herself in the process, things start to get complicated, and a little bit spooky. Enter her deceased aunt Tara (Julia Billington), a lesbian activist from the ‘80s who returns from the dead to act as a kind of fairy godmother to Ellie, guiding her through the trials and tribulations of her first love.

Monica Zanetti, Julia Billington, Rachel House, Sophie Hawkshaw, Zoe Terakes, Marta Dusseldorp

NR Comedy Romance 1 hr, 24 mins

56%

  • 5
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In 1980, Ted Bundy was sentenced to death by electrocution. In the years that followed, he agreed to disclose the details of his crimes, but only to one man. During the early days of the agency’s criminal profiling unit, FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier met with the incarcerated Ted Bundy in the hopes of understanding the psychology of the serial killer and providing closure for the victim’s families. As Hagmaier delves into Bundy’s dark and twisted mind, a strange and complicated relationship develops that neither man expected.

Elijah Wood, Amber Sealey, Robert Patrick, Aleksa Palladino, Kit Lesser, Luke Kirby, Christian Clemenson, Hugo Armstrong

NR Drama Biography

67%

  • 5
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Lily Topples The World follows 20-year-old sensation Lily Hevesh as she rises as an artist, role model, and young woman. Filmed for over 3 years across countless cities and featuring appearances by Jimmy Fallon, Katy Perry, Will Smith, YouTuber Casey Neistat, and a steady stream of Gen-Z creators, Lily Topples The World is a coming-of-age story cloaked within a unique portrait of an artist, a story of how passion and artistry can make dreams come true, and an unlikely American tale of a quiet Chinese adoptee who transforms into a global artistic force with over 1 billion YouTube views.

Jimmy Fallon, Lily Hevesh, Katy Perry, Will Smith, Jeremy Workman, Casey Neistat

Documentary 1 hr, 30 mins

Josh Riverton spent 10 years working for a global chemical behemoth, notorious for their environmental dumping. When his daughter becomes ill, Josh is convinced the company is to blame. A confrontation with his boss, Woeland, turns violent, forcing Josh to take him hostage. As Josh holds him captive, he begins losing grasp on reality. Is Woeland more than he seems, or is it all in Josh's head?

Peter Sefchik, Paul Statman, Josh Eisenberg, Jennifer Churchich, Richard Wagner, Hamilton Matthews, Vadym Krasnenko, Angela Nicholas

Thriller Horror

41%

  • 3
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The contemporary story follows an influencer (Addison Rae) who accepts a challenge to turn the school’s biggest loser (Tanner Buchanan) into prom king. Synopsis

Rachael Leigh Cook, Matthew Lillard, Mark Waters, Jennifer Gigbot, Andrew Panay, R. Lee Fleming, Addison Rae, Tanner Buchanan

Comedy Romance

71%

  • 5
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