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Last modified: Jan. 21, 2023

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With Scott Peeler Camille Keaton Sam Farmer Karen Konzen

When a small-town widow is grieving in isolation, she receives a deadly ultimatum from the privileged sons of a local land developer to sell her beloved property. With 24 hours to decide and her pleas to the town's corrupt sheriff falling on deaf ears, she realizes she must take matters into her own hands. Her quest for justice turns into an all-out battle and grisly confrontation.

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With Kevin James Simon Pegg Lulu Wilson Amanda Brugel Cary Murnion Jonathan Milott Nick Morris Ruckus Skye Lane Skye Robert Maillet ,Joel McHale

Spunky and rebellious, Becky (Lulu Wilson) is brought to a weekend getaway at a lake house by her father Jeff (Joel McHale) in an effort to try to reconnect. The trip immediately takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts on the run, led by the merciless Dominick (Kevin James), suddenly invade the lake house.

R Action 1 hr, 33 mins
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With David Strathairn Jeffrey Dean Morgan Julian Feder Tom Wright Michael Milillo

The story of an unlikely friendship between a young boy searching for his father in pool halls across the country, and a wandering loner hiding from his past. In each other they experience the power of a second chance, and a shot at redemption.

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With Mickey Rourke Joaquim de Almeida Bai Ling José Magán Pedro Santamaría Carmen Ballesteros Lee Partridge Vladimir Kulich

Mickey Rourke and Bai Ling star in this epic tale of courage and heroism in a time of war. During the invasion of Parthia, two Roman legions have been brought to a standstill in the snowy mountains of Armenia, leaving them slowly dying in the freezing cold. The rest of the Roman army is a two weeks’ march away, and the region swarms with Parthian patrols. Their only hope for survival is Noreno, a half-Roman soldier, who is entrusted with the impossible mission of crossing the deadly terrain to seek help for his men and turn the tide of the battle.

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With Bruce Willis Doug Wolfe Matt Eskandari

Two criminals break into a disgraced doctor’s home to be given medical attention after one of them is shot during a robbery gone wrong. Knowing that he lacks the expertise to help the injured trespasser, the doctor must protect his family at all costs.

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With Scott Adkins Mayling Ng Jesse V. Johnson Stu Small Vladimir Kulich Louis Mandylor Demitra Sealy Louie Ski Carr Charity Collins Marina Sirtis

Debt collectors French and Sue get to work doing what they do best – cracking skulls and breaking bones - as they chase down the various lowlifes who owe money to their boss, Tommy. They're summoned to Las Vegas to collect from a dirty casino owner, who happens to be a vicious ex-lover of Sue's. Meanwhile, a notorious drug kingpin is on the warpath to kill French and Sue to avenge his brother’s death. Facing danger from all angles, the pair will have no other choice but to fight their way out of an explosively dangerous situation.

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With David Fernandez Jr Mario Van Peebles Mandela Van Peebles Glenn Plummer Nick Leisure Jessica Meza Marshal Hilton

An electronic store erupts into chaos as four gunmen storm the premises. Rick Gomez, Sacramento Police Departments’ top negotiator, realizes he needs to talk down the gunmen and keep everyone safe, all while juggling government politics. The gunmen leader doesn't want to hurt anyone, but his brother is a different story. A peaceful surrender quickly turns this sleepy city into a national tragedy.

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With Josh Gad Kenneth Branagh Adrian Scarborough Judi Dench Sally Messham Josh McGuire Tamara Smart Rachel Denning Matt Jessup Conor McPherson Nonso Anozie Simone Kirby Ferdia Shaw Lara McDonnell Miranda Raison Hong Chau Nikesh Patel Michael Abubakar Jake Davies

Artemis Fowl is about a 12-year-old Artemis who is a millionaire, a genius - and above all, a criminal mastermind. But Artemis doesn’t know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy (Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit) to harness her magic to save his family. These aren't the fairies of the bedtime stories - they're dangerous.

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With Casey Dillard Andy Field Glenn Payne Richard Speight Jr Jessica Harthcock Nicholas Roylance Bill Luckett Leah Hudspeth

Emerson Graham's nights as a cab driver are filled with annoyances and inconveniences, but until tonight, never attacks and disappearances. After picking up a mysterious passenger her evening goes from working a job to performing a quest as they must race against the clock to stop demons from invading the world.

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With Vinnie Jones Wade Barrett Katrina Durden Sam Benjamin Phoebe Robinson-Galvin Mark Griffin Jessica-Jane Stafford Ross Boyask

Former special-forces soldier John Gold is given the opportunity to bring Sean Teague – the man who betrayed his team on their final mission in Eastern Europe several years ago – to justice. Gold would cheerfully see Teague dead, but he is convinced to help transport him to a military prison to pay for his crimes. Along the way, Gold will have to fight off Teague’s team who are attempting to extract him, as well as a sniper seemingly hell-bent on killing Teague before he can be secured.

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With Joseph Gordon-Levitt Ellen Goldsmith-Vein Patrick Vollrath Omid Memar Murathan Muslu Aylin Tezel

It looks like just another day at work for Tobias, a soft-spoken young American co-pilot on a flight from Berlin to Paris, as he runs through the pre-flight checklist with Michael, the pilot, and chats with Gökce, his flight-attendant girlfriend. But shortly after takeoff, terrorists armed with makeshift knives suddenly storm the cockpit, seriously wounding Michael and slashing Tobias’ arm. Temporarily managing to fend off the attackers, a terrified Tobias contacts ground control to plan an emergency landing. But when the hijackers kill a passenger and threaten to murder more innocent people if he doesn’t let them back into the cockpit, this ordinary man faces an excruciating test. As he makes a desperate attempt to save the lives of the passengers and crew, Tobias forges a surprising connection with a panicked young terrorist who he realizes is also a victim in the deadly situation.

R Action 1 hr, 32 mins
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With Dave Bautista Ken Jeong Erich Hoeber Kristen Schaal Chloe Coleman Jonathan Meisner Peter Segal Jon Hoeber Parisa Fitz-Henley Sima Fisher Nicola Correia-Damude

My Spy follows JJ a hardened CIA operative (Dave Bautista) who has been demoted and finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, named Sophie (Chloe Coleman) where he has been sent undercover begrudgingly to surveil her family. When Sophie discovers hidden cameras in her apartment she uses her tech savviness to locate where the surveillance operation is set. In exchange for not blowing JJ's cover Sophie convinces him to spend time with her and teach her to be a spy. Despite his reluctance JJ finds he is no match for Sophie's disarming charm and wit.

PG-13 Action 1 hr, 39 mins
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With Mel Gibson Kate Bosworth Emile Hirsch Randall Emmett George Furla Swen Temmel Will Catlett Michael Polish Cory Miller David Zayas Tyler Jon Olson Jorge Luis Ramos Stephanie Cayo

As disgraced cop Cardillo (Emile Hirsch) races to evacuate an apartment building, he comes across Dr. Troy (Kate Bosworth) and her retired detective father, Ray (Mel Gibson). When a murderous gang of thieves arrives to rob a wealthy tennant, they must join forces to battle the criminals and escape with thier lives before the entire city is deep underwater.

R Action 1 hr, 31 mins
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With Kelsey Grammer Thomas Jane Denise Richards Katrina Norman Adam Copeland Andrew Lawrence Patrick Lamont

A professional thief with $40 million in debt and his family’s life on the line must commit one final heist - rob a futuristic airborne casino filled with the world’s most dangerous criminals.

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With Charlize Theron Dana Goldberg David Ellison Chiwetel Ejiofor Matthias Schoenaerts Harry Melling Marwan Kenzari Gina Prince-Bythewood Stan Wlodkowski Don Granger Greg Rucka Veronica Ngo KiKi Layne Luca Marinell

Led by a warrior named Andy (Charlize Theron), a covert group of tight-knit mercenaries with a mysterious inability to die have fought to protect the mortal world for centuries. But when the team is recruited to take on an emergency mission and their extraordinary abilities are suddenly exposed, it’s up to Andy and Nile (Kiki Layne), the newest soldier to join their ranks, to help the group eliminate the threat of those who seek to replicate and monetize their power by any means necessary.

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With Kevin Hart John Travolta Josh Hartnett Nathalie Emmanuel Jean Reno Jeff Clanagan Eric Appel Candice Wilson Bryan Smiley

In DIE HART, Kevin Hart plays a fictionalized version of himself who’s tired of being the comedic sidekick. He gets his wish when a famous director offers him his dream – to be a leading man action star – but there’s a catch: Kevin must first train at the world’s greatest action star school, run by a lunatic. Pushed to his limits by this action school coach and a tough-minded rival student (Nathalie Emmanuel) Kevin must survive a series of hilarious, over-the-top action sequences and face his fears if he wants to achieve his dream and land the role of a lifetime.

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With Jordana Brewster Jay Baruchel Jesse Williams Jesse Chabot Noah Segal Randy Manis

Two comicbook creators start to see success flowing like a river, but when that river turns bloody and people start dying in the midst of a signing tour, it becomes clear that their creation, Slasherman, has taken a life of its own.

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With Ethan Hawke Terrence Howard Kat Graham Wesley Snipes Eiza González Braxton Pope Denzel Whitaker Joel David Moore RZA Lil Wayne Lil Baby Andrew Weiner Jim Young Paul Cuschieri Tip TI Harris Keean Johnson Rob Morgan

The story of four boyhood friends in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward who return after Hurricane Katrina to find their homes decimated, with no jobs, and no help from FEMA. Out of options, they reluctantly turn to a local gangster, who offers them one shot at turning their situations around - by pulling off a dangerous heist in the heart of the city. When the job goes bad, the friends find themselves on the run, hunted by two relentless detectives and a neighborhood warlord who thinks they stole the heist money.

R Drama 2 hrs, 12 mins
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With Robert Pattinson Johnny Depp Greta Scacchi Ciro Guerra Mark Rylance J.M. Coetzee Gana Bayarsaikhan

The MAGISTRATE, administrator of an isolated frontier settlement on the border of an unnamed empire, looks forward to an easy retirement until the arrival of COLONEL JOLL, whose task it is to report on the activities of the ‘barbarians’ and on the security situation on the border. JOLL conducts a series of ruthless interrogations. The treatment of the ‘barbarians’ at the hands of the Colonel and the torture of a young ‘barbarian’ woman combine to lead the Magistrate to a crisis of conscience and a quixotic act of rebellion.

Drama 1 hr, 42 mins
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With Greg Grunberg Kevin Smith Lukas Gage Lin Shaye Joey Morgan Hassie Harrison Martin Kove Tom Plumley Joseph D. Reitman Wil Wheaton Scott Conditt Jeremy Tremp

When small-town video game store clerk Max Jenkins (Tom Plumley) discovers and plays the only known copy of Nether Dungeon, the legendary lost installment of the Nether Game series, he accidentally unleashes the ancient "Curse of The Ages," turning friends and family into possessed ghouls hell-bent on destroying civilization. It's up to Max and his best friends Reggie (Joey Morgan) and Liz (Hassie Harrison) along with old-school gaming gurus Eugene Wylder (Greg Grunberg) and Barton Grabowski (Joseph D. Reitman) to figure out how to beat the dark forces of The Nether before it's GAME OVER for humanity.

Action 1 hr, 41 mins
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With Val Kilmer Christian Sesma Mike Hatton Luke Goss Mercedes Kilmer

A parolee teams up with his old crew determined to find a buried bag of cash stolen a decade ago from a DEA bust gone bad, while being tracked by a retired Sheriff.

Action 1 hr, 25 mins
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With Jessica McNamee Andrew Traucki Luke Mitchell Amali Golden Anthony J. Sharpe Benjamin Hoetjes Rumi Kikuchi

Deep in the forests of Australia, a group of friends explore a remote cave system when a tropical storm hits. As rising flood waters trap them deep below the surface, something even deadlier emerges from the darkness – killer crocodiles.

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With Shia LaBeouf David Ayer George Lopez Bobby Soto Chris Long Lana Parrilla Cinthya Carmona

David (Bobby Soto) and Creeper (Shia LaBeouf), are “tax collectors” for the crime lord Wizard, collecting his cut from the profits of local gangs’ illicit dealings. But when Wizard’s old rival returns to Los Angeles from Mexico, the business is upended, and David finds himself desperate to protect what matters more to him than anything else: his family.

Action 1 hr, 35 mins
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With Annabelle Wallis Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Miranda McColman Robin Pront Josh Cruddas Zahn McClarnon Micah Ranum Cybill Lui Eppich Hero Fiennes-Tiffin Melanie Scrofano Danielle Ryan Brielle Robillard Kayla Dumont Sharon Canovas Heather Stevenson Shaun Smyth Bart Rochon Justin James Remeikis Charlotte Lindsay Marron Annastasia Boston Mark Charles Cowling Lisa Cromarty Daina Barbeau

Follows a reformed hunter (Coster-Waldau) living in isolation on a wildlife sanctuary who becomes involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse when he and the local sheriff set out to track a vicious killer who may have kidnapped his daughter years ago.

R Action
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With Jamie Foxx Joseph Gordon-Levitt Ariel Schulman Henry Joost Mattson Tomlin Machine Gun Kelly

On the streets of New Orleans, word begins to spread about a mysterious new pill that unlocks superpowers unique to each user. The catch: You don’t know what will happen until you take it. While some develop bulletproof skin, invisibility, and super strength, others exhibit a deadlier reaction. But when the pill escalates crime within the city to dangerous levels, a local cop (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) teams with a teenage dealer (Dominique Fishback) and a former soldier fueled by a secret vendetta (Jamie Foxx) to fight power with power and risk taking the pill in order to track down and stop the group responsible for creating it.

R Action 1 hr, 41 mins
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With Leonardo DiCaprio Tom Hardy Christopher Nolan Cillian Murphy Joseph Gordon-Levitt Ellen Page Emma Thomas Ken Watanabe Marion Cotillard

Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction: stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible-inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse; their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming.

PG-13 Action 2 hrs, 28 mins
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With Kwon Hae-Hyo Gang Dong-won Lee Jung-hyun Yeon Sang Ho Kim Min-je Koo Gyo-hwan Kim Do-yoon Lee Re Lee Ye-won

Jung-seok, a soldier who previously escaped the diseased wasteland, relives the horror when assigned to a covert operation with two simple objectives: retrieve and survive. When his team unexpectedly stumbles upon survivors, their lives will depend on whether the best—or worst—of human nature prevails in the direst of circumstances.

NR Action 1 hr, 56 mins
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With Bruce Willis Jesse Metcalfe Joe Russo Natalie Eva Marie Chris LaMont

A team of mercenaries find themselves racing the clock to stop a world-changing computer program from being triggered.

Action 1 hr, 35 mins
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With Simon Kinberg Anya Taylor-Joy Scott Neustadter Charlie Heaton Lauren Shuler Donner Josh Boone Maisie Williams Alice Braga Karen Rosenfelt Michael H. Weber Henry Zaga Blu Hunt

A new group of teenaged mutant superheroes which includes include Native American Danielle Moonstar, Scots girl Wolfsbane, Brazilian ladies man Sunspot, a Kentuckian code-named Cannonball and Russian teen Magik all train at the Xavier Institute.

PG-13 Action
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With Megan Fox Philip Winchester Adam Deacon Brandon Auret Jessica Sutton Calli Taylor Sisanda Henna

Megan Fox (Transformers) tackles a thrilling new role as a battle-hardened mercenary in this explosive action saga. As team leader O’Hara, she leads a lively squad of soldiers on a daring mission: rescue hostages from their captors in remote Africa. But as the mission goes awry and the team is stranded, O’Hara’s squad must face a bloody, brutal encounter with a gang of rebels—and the horde of ravenous, enraged lions they encounter.

R Action 1 hr, 45 mins
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With Tobey Maguire Samuel Bottomley Kate Dickie James Cosmo Matthew Plouffe Eddie Izzard Ninian Doff Viraj Juneja Rian Gordon Lewis Gribben

A group of friends competing for the Duke of Edinburgh Award, go on a trek through the woods and realize they are being hunted down by a group of rich and powerful people.

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