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Movies Released December 9, 2016

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An office party gets out of hand.

Josh Gordon, Randall Park, Timothy Dowling, Scott Moore, Lee Eisenberg, T.J. Miller, Kate McKinnon, Olivia Munn

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.

Mark Strong, Jessica Chastain, Alison Pill, John Lithgow, John Madden, Ariel Zeitoun, Ben Browning, Kris Thykier

R Drama Thriller

61%

  • 3.2
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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.

George Clooney, Tom Ford, Amy Adams, Isla Fisher, Grant Heslov, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Aaron Johnson

R Thriller Adaptation

49%

  • 3
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Focused on Jackie Kennedy and the events following the assassination of her husband, President Kennedy.

Darren Aronofsky, Natalie Portman, Mickey Liddell, Pablo Larrain, Scott Franklin, Ari Handel, Noah Oppenheim, Greta Gerwig

R Drama Historical 1 hr, 35 mins

87%

  • 3.7
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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.

Asghar Farhadi, Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi, Farid Sajjadi Hosseini, Mina Sadati, Maral Bani Adam, Mehdi Kooshki

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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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.

Keoni Waxman, Steven Seagal, Russell Wong, Jemma Dallender

R Action Adventure 1 hr, 30 mins

73%

  • 2.2
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A special ops group forms to bring down evil ghosts that have taken over Manhattan.

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

PG-13 Action Supernatural

24%

  • 4
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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, Melissa Leo, Thomas Jay Ryan, Ian Olds, Paul Felten, James Franco, Dominic Rains, James Oliver Wheatley

Drama Thriller 1 hr, 42 mins

55%

  • 1.5
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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.

Eve Lindley, Jane Rosenthal, Katie Holmes, Berry Welsh, Stefania Owen, Luke Wilson, Richard Kind, Mark Consuelos

Drama

78%

  • 4
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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).

Victor Teran, Youssef Delara, Staci Robinson, Shemar Moore, Nadine Velazquez, 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.

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

R War 1 hr, 41 mins

83%

  • 4.3
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A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles.

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

PG-13 Drama Comedy 2 hrs, 8 mins

51%

  • 4.1
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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.

Tom Hopper, Paul Tanter, Steven Palmer Peterson, 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.

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

Romance 1 hr, 28 mins

76%

  • 1
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