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Avatar: The Way of Water Poster
83%

Ratings

  • 4.2 / 5

out of 5 stars

A sequel to the 2009 blockbuster, the Avatar sequel will take place after the events of the first movie.

James Cameron, Zoe Saldana, Kate Winslet, Oona Chaplin, Sam Worthington, Jon Landau, Stephen Lang, Josh Friedman

PG-13 Action 3 hrs, 10 mins
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Spoiler Alert Poster
46%

Ratings

  • 4.7 / 5

out of 5 stars

Based on Michael Ausiello’s best-selling memoir “Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies,” the film is a heartwarming, funny and life-affirming story of how Michael and Kit’s relationship is transformed and deepened when one of them falls ill.

Jim Parsons, Michael Showalter, Sally Field, Bill Irwin, Todd Spiewak, Alison Mo Massey, David Marshall Grant, Dan Savage

PG-13 Drama Comedy
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As Good as Dead Poster
96%

Ratings

  • 4 / 5

out of 5 stars

An ex cop in self-imposed witness protection in Mexico becomes a target when a fight video of his apprentice goes viral.

Michael Jai White, R. Ellis Frazier, Louis Mandylor, Luca Oriel, Guillermo Ivan, Gabriela Quezada, Roberto Sanchez, Mario Zaragoza

NR Action 1 hr, 28 mins
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Black Adam Poster
91%

Ratings

  • 4.3 / 5

out of 5 stars

Black Adam, a corrupted, ancient Egyptian predecessor of Captain Marvel, fought his way to modern times to challenge Captain Marvel and his Marvel Family associates. But he becomes a corrupted antihero attempting to "clear his name."

Dwayne Johnson, Pierce Brosnan, Noah Centineo, Jaume Collet-Serra, Beau Flynn, Adam Sztykiel, Aldis Hodge, Dany Garcia

PG-13 Action Adventure
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75%

Posing as a private tutor, Azra secretly coaches students on achieving their goals in life and love — but not without a few bumps in the road.

Kivanç Baruönü, Deniz Altan, Hatice Aslan, Elif Ceren Balikçi, Hülya Gülsen Irmak

Comedy Romance
Mindcage Poster
73%

Ratings

  • 3.8 / 5

out of 5 stars

In this spellbinding thriller, detectives Jake Doyle (Martin Lawrence) and Mary Kelly (Melissa Roxburgh) seek the help of an incarcerated serial killer named The Artist (John Malkovich) when a copycat killer strikes.

While Mary searches for clues in The Artist’s brilliant but twisted psyche, she and Jake are lured into a diabolical game of cat and mouse, racing against time to stay one step ahead of The Artist and his copycat.

Martin Lawrence, John Malkovich, Robert Knepper, Mauro Borrelli, Reggie Keyohara III, Melissa Roxburgh, Jacob Grodnik, Aiden Turner

R Thriller
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Lullaby Poster
72%

Ratings

  • 4 / 5

out of 5 stars

A new mother discovers a lullaby in an ancient book and soon regards the song as a blessing for her new baby. However, her world transforms into a nightmare when the lullaby brings forth the ancient demon Lilith.

Andrew Kosove, Oona Chaplin, Ramon Rodriguez, Broderick Johnson, Liane Balaban, Ben Powell, John R. Leonett, Alex Greenfield

Horror
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Snow Day Poster
67%

Ratings

  • 3 / 5

out of 5 stars

Your family is in for a flurry of fun with Snow Day, a musical reimagining of the beloved classic comedy film that follows a group of kids who discover that anything is possible when you break routines and take giant risks.

Chris Viscardi, Michael Lembeck, Will McRobb, Samantha Martin, Jerry Trainor, Shelby Simmons, Lilly Noelle Bartlam, Michaela Russell

Remake Musical
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The Quiet Girl Poster
43%

Ratings

  • 4.8 / 5

out of 5 stars

Rural Ireland. 1981. Nine-year-old Cait is sent away from her overcrowded, dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer. Quietly struggling at school and at home, she has learned to hide in plain sight from those around her. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one painful truth.

Kate Nic Chonaonaigh, Carrie Crowley, Colm Bairéad, Cleona Ní Chrualaoi, Catherine Clinch, Andrew Bennett, Michael Patric, Joan Sheehy

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 35 mins
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The Honeymoon Poster
75%

Ratings

  • 4 / 5

out of 5 stars

In this raunchy romantic comedy, Adam whisks his new bride Sarah (Maria Bakalova) to Venice for a honeymoon. But when Adam brings best friend Bav along for the ride, Bav causes one gross-out disaster after another. When charming gangster Giorgio falls for Sarah, he gets rid of Adam and Bav by sending them across the border on a drug-dealing mission. Can they outrun the Slovenian cops, dodge bullets from the baddies, and get back before Sarah gets a rich new mobster boyfriend?

Dean Craig, Maria Bakalova, Lucas Bravo, Pico Alexander, Asim Chaudhry, Marco Valerio Montesano, Michele Enrico Montesano

R Comedy 1 hr, 38 mins
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High Heat Poster
73%

Ratings

  • 2.3 / 5

out of 5 stars

Don Johnson (Knives Out) and Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace). An ex-KGB operative turned chef, Ana (Kurylenko) is targeted by the local mafia in a hit on her new restaurant to collect on her husband’s (Johnson) debt. Now, Ana must rely upon her lethal skills as she goes on a deadly rampage to take out the entire crime syndicate one-by-one to save her restaurant and survive the night.

Olga Kurylenko, Don Johnson, Chris Diamantopoulos, Jackie Long, Dylan Flashner, Zach Golden, James Pedersen, Dallas Page

R Action 1 hr, 24 mins
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Going All The Way: The Director’s Edit Poster
83%

Ratings

  • 4.5 / 5

out of 5 stars

Mark Pelllngton’s adaptation of Dan Wakefield’s seminal novel about a young man coming of age in the 1950s is a timeless story of freedom and repression, friendship and family, sex and love, and the psychological and spiritual struggle to be true to one’s self even if it means going against society’s expectations.

Ben Affleck, Rachel Weisz, Jeremy Davies, Lesley Ann Warren, Nick Offermann, Mark Pellington, Rose McGowan, Jill Clayburgh

NR Drama 2 hrs, 7 mins
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The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari Poster
22%

Ratings

  • 5 / 5

out of 5 stars

In the tense and gripping documentary feature The Volcano: Rescue From Whakaari, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Rory Kennedy tracks the minute-by-minute unfolding of the tragic volcanic eruption off the coast of New Zealand in December of 2019, ultimately claiming 22 lives. During a routine sightseeing day-trip to a remote volcanic island, 47 tourists and guides were trapped in the epicenter of a boiling pyroclastic surge of toxic dust and ash. Both terrifying and inspiring, the film uses first-hand accounts to convey the experience of living through such a lethal eruption.

Offering more than a startling and brutal portrait of mother nature’s profound indifference, The Volcano also serves as testimony to human nature’s innate generosity. Guided by survivors — men and women who were tested in ways they never imagined — as well as the courageous and quick-thinking ordinary citizens who sprang to action that day, the viewer comes to understand the value of our human connection.

Ron Howard, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brian Grazer, Mark Bailey, Jennifer Davisson, Rory Kennedy, Dallas Brennan Rexer, Phillip Watson

Documentary
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The Apology Poster
74%

Ratings

  • 4 / 5

out of 5 stars

In The Apology, twenty years after the disappearance of her daughter, recovering alcoholic Darlene Hagen (Anna Gunn) is preparing to host her family’s Christmas celebration with her best friend Gretchen (Janeane Garofalo). Late Christmas Eve, Darlene’s estranged ex-brother-in-law, Jack (Linus Roache) arrives unannounced, bearing nostalgic gifts and a heavy secret. Soon, Darlene finds herself caught between reason and ruthless instinct. Trapped together by a dangerous storm, a battle of wits escalates to a violent game of revenge.

Janeane Garofalo, Anna Gunn, Linus Roache, Alison Star Locke

Thriller
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The Almond and the Seahorse Poster
50%

For Gwen (Trine Dyrholm), it’s always 1999. The face in the mirror is unfamiliar and her partner, Toni (Charlotte Gainsbourg), isn’t recognisable to her despite waking up together every day. For Joe (Celyn Jones), his past is coming undone and his partner, Sarah (Rebel Wilson), fears she will be forgotten. A doctor refuses to give up on them, determined not to let them all unravel.

Rebel Wilson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Celyn Jones, Trine Dyrholm, Tom Sternberg, Meera Syal, y Andy Evans, Alex Ashworth

Drama Based on Play
Nanny Poster
72%

Ratings

  • 2 / 5

out of 5 stars

In this psychological horror fable of displacement, Aisha (Anna Diop), a woman who recently emigrated from Senegal, is hired to care for the daughter of an affluent couple (Michelle Monaghan and Morgan Spector) living in New York City. Haunted by the absence of the young son she left behind, Aisha hopes her new job will afford her the chance to bring him to the U.S., but becomes increasingly unsettled by the family’s volatile home life. As his arrival approaches, a violent presence begins to invade both her dreams and her reality, threatening the American dream she is painstakingly piecing together.

Michelle Monaghan, Anna Diop, Nikyatu Jusu, Sinqua Walls, Leslie Uggams, Morgan Spector, Rose Decker, Zephani Idoko

R Drama Horror
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Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths Poster
70%

Ratings

  • 4 / 5

out of 5 stars

The story of a renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker, who returns home and works through an existential crisis as he grapples with his identity, familial relationships, the folly of his memories as well as the past of his country. He seeks answers in his past to reconcile who he is in the present.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Nicolas Giacobone, Griselda Siciliani, Ximena Lamadrid, Iker Solano

Drama
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Nelly & Nadine Poster
100%

This extraordinary documentary follows opera singer Nelly Mousset-Vos and writer Nadine Hwang, who met and fell in love while imprisoned in Ravensbrück, a German concentration camp, in 1944. Despite being separated in the last months of the war, they later reunite and spend the rest of their lives together. All that is left of the unlikely love story — kept secret for decades — are photos, letters, and Super-8 film reels kept in boxes. Stumbling upon these years later, Nelly’s granddaughter Sylvie begins piecing together Nelly and Nadine’s legacy and uncovering the records of their remarkable love.

Magnus Gertten, Ove Rishøj Jensen

NR Documentary 1 hr, 33 mins
Lion Vs The Little People Poster
67%

Lion vs The Little People uncovers the shocking truth behind one of the greatest internet hoaxes of all time.

Corey Johnson, George Appleby, Raphael Warner, Leigh Gill, Jimmy Vee, Ben Goffe, Anthony Barclay, Ako Mitchell

Documentary
Jurassic Punk Poster
50%

Steve Williams is considered a pioneer in computer animation. This intimate account examines his life story and events surrounding the historical moment when digital dinosaurs walked onto the silver screen in Jurassic Park. Steve and a chorus of expert witnesses recount a dramatic tale of rebellion and revolution at Lucasfilm's Industrial Light & Magic in the early 1990s-- a time when creating realistic creatures with a computer was considered impossible. Decades later, Steve struggles to reckon with his chaotic past.

Robert Patrick, Mark Dippe, Stefen Fangmeier, Scott Leberecht, Steve Williams, James Hyneman, Phil Tippett, Bill Kimberlin

NR Documentary 1 hr, 21 mins

Picture This

changed release date from TBA to March 6, 2025

Sister Midnight

changed release date from TBA to May, 2025

Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert

changed release date from TBA to March 19, 2025

Superboys of Malegaon

changed release date from January 31, 2025 to February 28, 2025

Untitled Sony and Marvel Universe Film

changed release date from June 27, 2025 to TBA 2026

Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing

changed release date from TBA to April 11, 2025
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