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Movies Released December 9, 2016

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The plot is described as a "story inside a story," with the first part following a woman named Susan who receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband, a man whom she left 20 years earlier, asking for her opinion. The second part of the story follows the actual manuscript, called "Nocturnal Animals," which revolves around a man whose family vacation turns violent and deadly. It also continues to follow the story of Susan, who finds herself recalling her first marriage and confronting some dark truths about herself.

Amy Adams, Isla Fisher, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, George Clooney, Armie Hammer, Aaron Johnson, Tom Ford

R Thriller Adaptation

49%

  • 3
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An office party gets out of hand.

Kate McKinnon, Jason Bateman, Randall Park, Jennifer Aniston, T.J. Miller, Olivia Munn, Jamie Chung, Abbey Lee

R Comedy Holiday 1 hr, 45 mins

55%

  • 3.2
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In Miss Sloane, a ruthless and highly successful political strategist, Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain), exposes the cutthroat world of D.C. lobbyists working on both sides of the gun debate. New legislation requiring more stringent background checks for gun purchases is gaining traction in the Senate, and Sloane is approached to spearhead the campaign, pitting her against formidable and powerful political opponents. Deploying her notorious skills and driven by a desire to win at all costs - she jeopardizes those closest to her, and puts her own career at risk.

Meghann Fahy, Mark Strong, Jessica Chastain, Michael Stuhlbarg, John Lithgow, Jonathan Perera, Jake Lacy, Sam Waterston

R Drama Thriller

61%

  • 3.2
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A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles.

Ryan Gosling, J.K. Simmons, Emma Stone, Damien Chazelle, Sonoya Mizuno, Finn Wittrock, Rosemarie DeWitt, John Legend

PG-13 Drama Comedy 2 hrs, 8 mins

51%

  • 4.1
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Focused on Jackie Kennedy and the events following the assassination of her husband, President Kennedy.

Natalie Portman, Darren Aronofsky, Scott Franklin, Ari Handel, Peter Sarsgaard, Pablo Larrain, Mickey Liddell, Noah Oppenheim

R Drama Historical 1 hr, 35 mins

87%

  • 3.7
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A heartfelt romantic comedy about finding the courage to love after love has let you down. Follows a relationship guru (Shemar Moore) who falls for a beautiful woman (Nadine Velazquez).

Shemar Moore, Nadine Velazquez, Youssef Delara, Victor Teran, Staci Robinson, Bill Bellamy, Sheryl Underwood, Kali Hawk

PG-13 Romance Romantic Comedy 1 hr, 44 mins

89%

  • 2.7
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As World War Two comes to an end, a group of German POWs, boys rather than men, are captured by the Danish army and forced to engage in a deadly task – to defuse and clear land mines from the Danish coastline. With little or no training, the boys soon discover that the war is far from over.

Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman, Roland Møller, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Martin Zandvliet, Emil Belton, Osakar Belton

R War 1 hr, 41 mins

83%

  • 4.3
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An Afghan journalist is exiled from his war-torn country to a small bohemian community in Northern California. When he attempts to turn his menial job on the local police blotter into "Afghan-style" coverage of local crime, he gets drawn into the backwoods of this small town — a shadow Northern California where sex is casual, true friendship is hard to come by and an unfamiliar form of violence lurks all around.

Rachel Brosnahan, James Franco, Ian Olds, Paul Felten, Melissa Leo, Dominic Rains, Thomas Jay Ryan, James Oliver Wheatley

Drama Thriller 1 hr, 42 mins

55%

  • 1.5
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Steven Seagal stars as Harmon, a CIA/DEA enforcer investigating Arab terrorists captured in Mexico. With his team—seductive FBI agent Zara and spy-drone pilot Sharp—he flies to Istanbul and uncovers a brutal plot: Islamic extremists plan to use Sonora drug-smuggling routes to bring deadly weapons, and leaders, into the U.S. To prevent an attack on America, Harmon must turn these two savage forces against one another before his time—and his luck—run out.

Steven Seagal, Jemma Dallender, Keoni Waxman, Russell Wong

R Action Adventure 1 hr, 30 mins

73%

  • 2.2
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Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An incident linked to the previous tenant will dramatically change the young couple’s life.

Mojtaba Pirzadeh, Babak Karimi, Mehdi Kooshki, Sahra Asadollahe, Ehteram Borourmand, Asghar Farhadi, Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti

Drama Thriller 2 hrs, 5 mins

37%

  • 2.8
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Harry Benson: Shoot First charts the illustrious career of the renowned photographer who initially rose to fame alongside The Beatles, having been assigned to cover their inaugural trip to the United States in 1964. With unprecedented “behind the scenes” access, Benson captured some of the most vibrant and intimate portraits ever taken of the most popular band in history. His extensive portfolio includes iconic images of Winston Churchill, Bobby Fischer, Muhammad Ali, Greta Garbo, Michael Jackson, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Robert F. Kennedy assassination, and his work has appeared in publications including Life, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. Now 86, workaholic Benson has no intention of stopping.

Matthew Miele, Justin Bare

Documentary

45%

  • 3
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A special ops group forms to bring down evil ghosts that have taken over Manhattan.

Thomas Tull, Max Martini, Cory Hardrict, George Nolfi, James Badge Dale, Ian Fried, Clayne Crawford, Nic Mathieu

PG-13 Action Supernatural

24%

  • 4
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An attack on the new President of a fledgling Eastern European democracy pits an American covert operative against the country’s ruthless military leader determined to seize control of the government.

Paul Tanter, Steven Palmer Peterson, Tom Hopper, Amy Huberman, Lacy Moore

Action

79%

  • 3.5
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Michael Shannon and Imogen Poots star as a couple that builds an intense relationship that saves each other from their mutual despair, but begins to crack as a man from Lola’s past temps her future with Frank.

Michael Shannon, Justin Long, Imogen Poots, Matthew M. Ross, Robert Halmi Jr., Michael Nyqvist.

Romance 1 hr, 28 mins

76%

  • 1
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A mother and her 13-year-old daughter, living on the edge of poverty, find an unlikely home amid the quirky residents of small town America.

Katie Holmes, Richard Kind, Judy Greer, Jane Rosenthal, Berry Welsh, Stefania Owen, Luke Wilson, Mark Consuelos

Drama

78%

  • 4
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