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Fences Poster
79%

Ratings

  • 3.8 / 5

out of 5 stars

A man who dreamed of being a baseball great ends up collecting trash.

Denzel Washington, Jovan Adepo, August Wilson, Stephen Henderson, Scott Rudin, Todd Black, Viola Davis, Mykelti Williamson

PG-13 Drama 2 hrs, 19 mins
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Toni Erdmann Poster
57%

A practical joking father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEO's life coach.

Will Ferrell, Sandra Hüller, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski., Lisa Cholodenko, Kristen Wiig, Adam McKay, Jessica Elbuam

Drama Comedy
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20th Century Women Poster
63%

Ratings

  • 3 / 5

out of 5 stars

Set in 1979, three very different women teach a boy what men are, what women are, and about love and freedom in Santa Barbara.

Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Mike Mills, Annette Bening, Billy Crudup, Lucas Jade Zumann

R Drama 1 hr, 58 mins
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Hidden Figures Poster
75%

Ratings

  • 4.4 / 5

out of 5 stars

A period space-race drama is inspired by the real-life tale of a group of African-American female mathematicians — Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson and Katherine Johnson — who helped put astronaut John Glenn into orbit.

Taraji P. Henson, Glen Powell, Octavia Spencer, Kevin Costner, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Kirsten Dunst, Aldis Hodge

PG Drama True Story
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Live by Night Poster
17%

Ratings

  • 3.3 / 5

out of 5 stars

Set during the 1920s and involves Babe Ruth going to New York as well as the fixing of the World Series.

Elle Fanning, Ben Affleck, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Davisson Killoran, Chris Messina, Sienna Miller, Zoe Saldana, Chris Cooper

R Drama Adaptation
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52%

Ratings

  • 3 / 5

out of 5 stars

Centers on a father who plays pranks on his too-serious daughter.

Sandra Hüller, Thomas Loibl, Maren Ade, Peter Simonischek, Michael Wittenborn, Trystan Pütter

Comedy 2 hrs, 42 mins
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Hell of a Summer

changed release date from April 18, 2025 to April 4, 2025

The Grove

changed release date from TBA to April 4, 2025

Pets

changed release date from TBA to April 11, 2025

Last Bullet

changed release date from TBA to May 7, 2025

Bride Hard

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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