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With Glen Powell Kevin Costner Taraji P. Henson Peter Chernin Kirsten Dunst Jenno Topping Octavia Spencer Allison Schroeder Aldis Hodge Jim Parsons Pharrell Williams Ted Melfi Donna Gigliotti Mahershala Ali Janelle Monae

Hidden Figures is the incredible untold story of Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae)—brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation’s confidence, turned around the Space Race, and galvanized the world. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.

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With Cary Elwes Jason Patric Jordon Barker Benjamin Stockham Eric Cardona Justin Kelly Joseph Itaya Celeste Desjardins Scott Bridges Kim Selby Borga Dorter

Sent to spend the summer with their uncle on a remote island, young brothers Andy and Mark learn that their eccentric grandfather once owned the island, but vanished without a trace…taking with him the secret to a vast fortune.

Delving into the mysterious past of the island, the brothers discover that their grandfather designed a complex treasure hunt, a hunt that could lead to unimaginable wealth and heal their broken family – if they can find it in time. Sinister forces also search for the money and will stop at nothing to keep the boys from their quest.

As the adventure unfolds, the boys learn that the bonds of family are the most valuable riches of all, and that some family secrets can’t stay buried forever.

PG Drama 1 hr, 31 mins
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With Lesley Ann Warren Olivia Thirlby Peter Bogdanovich Ben Feldman Adam Goldberg Analeigh Tipton Scott Haze Rafael Palacio Illingworth

Henry and Dianne are on the verge of settling down but are tempted to stray. After a wild single night on the town, the couple discovers they are capable of surprising things.

NR Drama 1 hr, 36 mins
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With Robin Pront Jeroen Perceval Jan Bijvoet Kevin Janssens Veerle Baetens Viviane de Muynck Sam Louwyck Peter Van den Begin Eric Godon

Brothers Kenny (Kevin Janssens) and Dave (Jeroen Perceval) are lumpen Flemish hoodlums whose ineptitude causes Kenny to take the fall when a heist goes wrong. Four years later, Kenny is out of prison, but, as he soon discovers, things have drastically changed. His girlfriend, Sylvie (Veerle Baetens), has moved in with his brother Dave and is pregnant with his baby. Eventually, Kenny's feral impulses put the brothers on the wrong side of the law again, leading them to an awkward collusion with Kenny’s old cellmate, Stef (Jan Bijvoet), amid a gallery of bizarre characters in the forests of the Ardennes.

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With Liam Neeson Andrew Garfield Martin Scorsese Ciaran Hinds Adam Driver George Furla Randall Emmett Jay Cocks Graham King Issei Ogata

Tells the story of two Christian missionaries (Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver) who face the ultimate test of faith when they travel to Japan in search of their missing mentor (Liam Neeson) – at a time when Christianity was outlawed and their presence forbidden.

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

Live by Night is set in the roaring '20s, when Prohibition hasn’t stopped the flow of booze in an underground network of gangster-run speakeasies. The opportunity to gain power and money is there for any man with enough ambition and nerve, and Joe Coughlin, the son of the Boston Police Superintendent, long ago turned his back on his strict upbringing for the spoils of being an outlaw. But even among criminals there are rules, and Joe breaks a big one: crossing a powerful mob boss by stealing his money and his moll. The fiery affair ends in tragedy, setting Joe on a path of revenge, ambition, romance and betrayal that propels him out of Boston and up the ladder of Tampa’s steamy rum-running underworld.

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With Michelle Monaghan Mark Wahlberg Kevin Bacon John Goodman J.K. Simmons Michael Beach Alex Wolff Peter Berg Matt Charman Rachel Brosnahan Vincent Curatola Scott Stuber Dylan Clark Christopher O'Shea Hutch Parker Stephen Levinson James Colby Erica McDermott Cliff Moylan Themo Melikidze Jimmy O. Yang.

In the aftermath of an unspeakable attack, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders (Mark Wahlberg) joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a race against the clock to hunt down the bombers before they strike again. Weaving together the stories of Special Agent Richard DesLauriers (Kevin Bacon), Police Commissioner Ed Davis (John Goodman), Sergeant Jeffrey Pugliese (J.K. Simmons) and nurse Carol Saunders (Michelle Monaghan) this visceral and unflinching chronicle captures the suspense of one of the most sophisticated manhunts in law enforcement history and celebrates the strength of the people of Boston.

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With Betsy Brandt Annie J. Howell Sakina Jaffrey Anna Margaret Hollyman Chris Beetem Lisa Robinson

Claire is sure of herself, her work and family, until - like a bad dream - her husband disappears, leaving a trail of puzzling secrets that shatter her certainty.

Drama 1 hr, 23 mins
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With Maisie Williams Jessica Biel Orlando Jones Mary Steenburgen Jason Sudeikis Paul Reiser Michelle Purple Chuck Pacheco Robbie Pickering Ross Dinerstein Bill Purple Mike Landry Carlos Velazquez Richard Robichaux

After tragedy strikes Henry (Jason Sudeikis) and Penny (Jessica Biel), he befriends a tenacious young girl (Maisie Williams) and discovers she is constructing a raft to sail across the Atlantic to find her lost father. Together, along with some unlikely friends, they set forth to construct the vessel and subsequently rebuild their lives.

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 44 mins
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With Emma Thompson Daniel Brühl Brendan Gleeson Vincent Perez

Otto and Anna Quangel (Brendan Gleeson & Emma Thompson) are a working class husband and wife doing their best to ride out the war. When their son is killed fighting on the frontlines, however, everything changes. They begin pouring their rage and grief into postcards emblazoned with anti-Nazi slogans, risking everything to disseminate their messages of protest across the city. But this seemingly small act of subversion rattles the regime, including a police inspector (Daniel Brühl) who will not rest until the culprits have been caught.

R Drama 1 hr, 43 mins
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With Idris Elba Gemma Arterton Leon F. Butler Charlie Creed-Miles Franz Drameh Kierston Wareing Ken Stott Tom Cullen Jim O’Hanlon

Follows three contrasting and interwoven stories in modern-day London. A former rugby player, Max (Idris Elba), struggles to find a life off the field while fighting to save his marriage to former actress Emily (Gemma Arterton). Kingsley (Franz Drameh of CW’s LEGENDS OF TOMORROW) is a small-time drug dealer desperately seeking a way off the street. While completing his community service for a misdemeanor, Kinsley meets Terence (Ken Stott), a local thespian, who gives him the push he needs out of his dead-end life and into a very different, creative world. George (Charlie Creed-Miles), a cab driver, and his wife Kathy (Kierston Wareing) dream of having kids, but a devastating road accident puts their hopes on hold, even testing their otherwise strong marriage. Anybody can make a wrong turn, but it's the journey that allows us to find the right path.

Drama 1 hr, 33 mins
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With Julianne Nicholson Takashi Yamaguchi Margo Martindale Diane Ladd Maggie Greenwald Lorraine Toussaint

Drama 1 hr, 56 mins
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With Christopher Papakaliatis

Set in modern day Greece, Worlds Apart is comprised of three separate narratives each following a love story between a foreigner and a Greek. Each story represents a different generation falling in love during a time of socioeconomic turmoil that dominates Southern Europe as a whole, only to connect as a single story in the end. Almost like a triptych work of art where each painting stands alone, yet its true impact lies when viewed as a whole.

Drama 1 hr, 55 mins
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With Elle Fanning Lucas Jade Zumann Annette Bening Greta Gerwig Billy Crudup Mike Mills

Set in Santa Barbara, the film follows Dorothea Fields (Annette Bening), a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie (newcomer Lucas Jade Zumann, in a breakout performance) at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women in Jamie’s upbringing -- via Abbie (Greta Gerwig), a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields’ home, and Julie (Elle Fanning), a savvy and provocative teenage neighbor.

R Drama 1 hr, 58 mins
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With Benedict Cumberbatch Martin Freeman Rupert Graves Mark Gatiss Steven Moffat Sue Vertue Beryl Vertue

Emmy Award®-winning actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman return to cinemas as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson in this feature length special that caps off the highly-anticipated Season Four.

Drama 1 hr, 50 mins
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With Benedict Cumberbatch Martin Freeman Rupert Graves Mark Gatiss Steven Moffat Sue Vertue Beryl Vertue

Emmy Award®-winning actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman return to cinemas as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson in this feature length special that caps off the highly-anticipated Season Four.

Drama 1 hr, 50 mins
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With Patrick Wilson Michael Keaton Jeremy Renner Nick Offerman John Lee Hancock Laura Dern John Carroll Lynch Steve Coulter B.J. Novak Aaron Ryder Karen Lunder Robert Siegel Kimberly Battista Catherine Dyer Linda Cardellini Don Handfield Mike Pniewski

Tells the true story of how Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton), a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers' speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.

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With Michael Fassbender Brendan Gleeson Rory Stewart Kinnear Adam Smith Alastair Siddons Lyndsey Marshal

Trespass Against Us is set across three generations of the Cutler family who live as outlaws in their own anarchic corner of Britain’s richest countryside. Chad Cutler (Michael Fassbender) is heir apparent to his bruising criminal father, Colby (Brendan Gleeson) and has been groomed to spend his life hunting, thieving and tormenting the police. But with his own son, Tyson (Georgie Smith) coming of age, Chad soon finds himself locked in a battle with his father for the future of his young family. When Colby learns of Chad’s dreams for another life he sets out to tie his son and grandson into the archaic order that has bound the Cutler family for generations. He engineers a spectacular piece of criminal business involving a heist, a high-speed car chase and a manhunt, which leaves Chad bruised and bloodied and with his very freedom at stake. With the law cracking down and his father

R Drama 1 hr, 38 mins
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With Matthew McConaughey Bryce Dallas Howard Edgar Ramirez Bruce Greenwood Toby Kebbell Stephen Gaghan John Zinman Stacy Keach Teddy Schwarzman Paul Haggis Corey Stoll Patrick Massett

Gold stars Matthew McConaughey as Kenny Wells, a failing businessman and modern-day prospector desperate for a lucky break. As a last ditch effort, Wells teams up with an equally luckless geologist, played by Edgar Ramirez, to execute a grandiose plan: find gold deep in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia.

R Drama 2 hrs, 1 min
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With Josh Gad Dennis Quaid Gavin Polone K.J. Apa Lasse Hallstrom Luke Kirby Audrey Wells Mark Sourian Britt Robertson John Ortiz Alan Blomquist Pooch Hall Juliet Rylance Peggy Lipton Lauren Pfeiffer

Shares the soulful and surprising story of one devoted dog (voiced by Josh Gad) who finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he teaches to laugh and love. The family film told from the dog’s perspective.

PG Drama
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With James Franco Emma Roberts Gus Van Sant Zachary Quinto Scott Reed Vince Jolivette Justin Kelly

After enduring years of taunts and struggle, a gay activist becomes an anti-gay Christian pastor.

Drama 1 hr, 41 mins
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With Shahab Hosseini Mina Sadati Asghar Farhadi Taraneh Alidoosti Babak Karimi Farid Sajjadi Hosseini Maral Bani Adam Mehdi Kooshki Emad Emami Shirin Aghakashi Mojtaba Pirzadeh Sahra Asadollahe Ehteram Borourmand Sam Valipour

After their old flat becomes damaged, Emad (Shahab Hosseini) and Rana (Taraneh Alidoosti), a young couple living in Tehran, are forced to move into a new apartment. Eventually, an incident linked to the previous tenant of their new home dramatically changes the couple’s life.

Drama 2 hrs, 5 mins
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With India Hair Alain Guiraudie Damien Bonnard Raphael Thiery Laure Calamy

Filmmaker Leo is searching for the wolf in the south of France. During a scouting excursion he is seduced by Marie, a free-spirited and dynamic shepherdess. Nine months later she gives birth to their child. Suffering from post-natal depression and with no faith in Leo, who comes and goes without warning, Marie abandons both of them. Leo finds himself alone, with a baby to care for. It’s not easy, but deep down, he loves it. Through a series of unexpected and unusual encounters, struggling to find inspiration for his next film, Leo will do whatever it takes to stay standing.

Drama 1 hr, 40 mins
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