January 2018 Movies

The story of skier-turned-underground poker madam Molly Bloom.

Amy Pascal, Jeremy Strong, Kevin Costner, Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Aaron Sorkin, Michael Cera, Chris O'Dowd

R Drama Adaptation

66% WILL SEE

Insidious: The Last Key

No plot details announced yet.

Jason Blum, Leigh Whannell, Javier Botet, Oren Peli, Bruce Davison, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Couper Samuelson, Adam Robitel

PG-13 Sequel Suspense

87% WILL SEE

A quirky internet star, a pair of retired gangsters, and the black sheep of a prolific family of herbalists are a few of the oddball tenants that call the dilapidated apartments of Humble Grove home. Fearful of being locked out by a ruthless property developer with his eye on the building, they’ve stayed inside for years. So, when supernatural incidents befall them all on one night, instead of running, they turn to flamboyant ghost hunter Golden Ling to perform a most unusual exorcism.

Sandra Ng, Shen Teng, Francis Ng, Alex Fong, Zhang Yi, Yue Yunpeng, Jiao Junyan, Papi

Comedy

38% WILL SEE

The Strange Ones

Mysterious events surround two travelers as they make their way across a remote American landscape. On the surface all seems normal, but what appears to be a simple vacation soon gives way to a dark and complex web of secrets.

Owen Campbell, Christopher Radcliff, Lauren Wolkstein, James Freedson-Jackson, Emily Althaus, Tobias Campbell, Olivia Wang, Will Blomker

R Drama 1 hr, 22 mins

26% WILL SEE

Surge of Power: Revenge of the S...

Surge's nemesis, the Metal Master, is out of jail and trying to reconcile with his estranged parents and tempted to continue a life of crime by Augur, archnemesis of the wise Omen. Augur sends Metal Master to Las Vegas for mysterious crystals. Needing more crime fighting help, Surge activates the artificial intelligence in the Surgemobile. Augur emerges from the shadows back in Big City, causing Omen to step into the fray, which alerts The Council, a supervillain cabal bent on world domination. Facing more enemies than ever before, Surge must do whatever it takes to save mankind.

Robert Picardo, Vincent J. Roth, Nichelle Nichols, Bruce Vilanch, Shannon Farnon, Eric Roberts, Linda Blair, Gil Gerard

PG-13 Comedy Sequel 1 hr, 30 mins

44% WILL SEE

Blame

It’s the start of a new year at a small suburban high school. Abigail (Quinn Shephard) is an outcast who seeks solace in the worlds of the characters she reads about, much to the amusement of her manipulative classmate, Melissa (Nadia Alexander). When an intriguing new drama teacher (Chris Messina) casts Abigail over Melissa in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Abigail’s confidence blooms, and soon her relationship with Jeremy begins to move beyond just fantasy. Melissa, fueled by vengeful jealousy, begins to spiral out of control and concocts a plot against Abigail. This triggers a chain of events that will come to affect everyone around them, as well as reveal some dark truths.

Quinn Shephard, Nadia Alexander, Chris Messina, Tate Donovan

Drama 1 hr, 40 mins

83% WILL SEE

Devil’s Gate

When a woman and her son mysteriously vanish, FBI agent Daria Francis (Amanda Schull) is dispatched to the small town of Devil’s Gate, North Dakota to investigate the number one suspect: religious fanatic Jackson Pritchard (Milo Ventimiglia), husband and father of the missing persons. But when Francis and local deputy Colt (Shawn Ashmore) arrive at Pritchard’s foreboding property, they discover much more than they bargained for lurking in the basement.

Javier Botet, Bridget Regan, Clay Staub, Milo Ventimiglia, Shawn Ashmore, Amanda Schull, Jonathan Frakes

NR Thriller Horror

79% WILL SEE

Stratton

Set in Southern Italy, Rome and London, England, John Stratton is an operative of the SBS who works with the Intelligence Detachment in Northern Ireland.

Tom Felton, Austin Stowell, Connie Nielsen, Simon West, Rex Glensy, Dominic Cooper, Thomas Kretschmann

R Action Thriller

65% WILL SEE

Day of the Dead: Bloodline

The world is overrun by zombies bent on extracting a group of scientists and military personnel who have taken shelter in an underground bunker.

Lars Jacobson, Sophie Skelton, Marcus Vanco, Shari Watson, Rachel O'Meara, Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson

Horror Remake

74% WILL SEE

Madtown

A troubled young man, Briggs (Ventimiglia), flashes back to the demons of his past when his sister is released from her twenty-year prison sentence for the murder of their parents. Briggs must confront his estranged sister and deal with the past, while fighting to protect his future and the life he has rebuilt for himself.

Charles Moore, Amanda Aday, Bonita Friedericy, Milo Ventimiglia, Rachel Melvin, John Billingsley

Drama Thriller 1 hr, 52 mins

62% WILL SEE

Released Monday, January 8th

You Disappear

Follows Frederik, a headmaster put on trial for embezzling millions from his school. His defense lawyer argues Frederik is not criminally liable because he has a brain tumor that is affecting his behavior.

Peter Schonau Fog

Drama Adaptation

60% WILL SEE

Released Wednesday, January 10th

The Room

A successful banker's (Tommy Wiseau) fiancee (Juliette Danielle) tempts and manipulates his best friend (Greg Sestero).

Tommy Wiseau, Greg Sestero, Juliette Danielle

R Comedy Re-Release 2 hrs, 0 mins

49% WILL SEE

Released Friday, January 12th

The Commuter

The action-thriller follows a man's deadly commute from work in New York City.

Jaume Collet-Serra, Liam Neeson, Patrick Wilson, Andrew Rona, Philip de Blasi, Vera Farmiga, Byron Willinger, Sam Neill

PG-13 Action Thriller 1 hr, 45 mins

83% WILL SEE

Paddington 2

More adventures from the young Peruvian bear and the Brown family, who adopted him.

Ben Whishaw, Hugh Grant, Sally Hawkins, Jim Broadbent, Imelda Staunton, Hugh Bonneville, David Heyman, Peter Capaldi

PG Comedy Sequel

91% WILL SEE

Proud Mary

A contract killer's life is upended when she meets a young boy who awakens a dormant maternal instinct within her.

Taraji P. Henson, Danny Glover, Xander Berkeley, John Stuart Newman, Christian Swegal, Neal McDonough, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Billy Brown

R Action Thriller

83% WILL SEE

The Post

A classified study about the Vietnam War reveals unreported facts about a secret dramatic escalation of troops and bombings in what was appearing to be an unwinnable war.

Amy Pascal, Alison Brie, Steven Spielberg, Jesse Plemons, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Liz Hannah, Meryl Streep, Bradley Whitford

PG-13 Drama True Story

64% WILL SEE

Saturday Church

tells the story of 14-year-old Ulysses, a shy and effeminate boy, who finds himself coping with new responsibilities as “man of the house” after the death of his father. Living alongside his mother, younger brother, and conservative aunt, Ulysses is also struggling with questions about his gender identity. He finds an escape by creating a world of fantasy filled with dance and music. Ulysses’ journey takes a turn for the better when he encounters a vibrant transgender community, who take him to “Saturday Church,” a program for LGBTQ youth. Ulysses manages to keep his two worlds apart; appeasing his aunt and discovering his passion for the NYC ball scene, and voguing, until his double life is revealed. Ulysses must find the courage to be who he truly is, all while risking losing those he cares about most.

Indya Moore, Damon Cardasis, Luka Kain, Margot Bingham, Regina Taylor, Marquis Rodriguez, MJ Rodriguez, Alexia Garcia

NR Drama Musical 1 hr, 22 mins

54% WILL SEE

Humor Me

After his wife leaves him, a playwright moves in with his father in a retirement community.

Jemaine Clement, Ingrid Michaelson, Sam Hoffman, Elliott Gould

Comedy 1 hr, 33 mins

63% WILL SEE

Acts Of Violence

When his fiancé is kidnapped by human traffickers, Roman and his ex-military brothers set to out to track her down and save her before it is too late. Along the way, Roman teams up with Avery (Bruce Willis), a cop investigating human trafficking and fighting the corrupted bureaucracy that has harmful intentions.

Cole Hauser, Bruce Willis, Sean Brosnan, Brett Donowho, Nicolas Aaron Mezzanatto, Shawn Ashmore, Ashton Holmes, Melissa Bolona

R Action Adventure

79% WILL SEE

Condorito: La Película

The famous comic strip character and his pals are animated in CGI for the first time, including the love of his life Yayita (Jessica Cediel), his romantic rival Pepe Cortisona (Cristian de la Fuente), as well as his nephew Chicky. Condorito (Omar Chaparro) is ready to propose to Yayita and tie the feather- er, knot, but when his disapproving mother in law Tremebunda (Coco Legrand) is abducted by an alien king, Condorito and his nephew must embark an out of this world adventure to save “La Suegra”- as well as planet Earth!

Eduardo Schuldt, Ishai Ravid, Martin Piroyansky, Jessica Cediel, Christian de la Fuente, Jey Mammon, Alex Orrelle, Omar Chaparro

NR Comedy Adaptation 1 hr, 23 mins

74% WILL SEE

The Polka King

Netflix

Follows the rise and fall of Jan Lewan, a Pennsylvania polka sensation who unwittingly brought a town to its knees in a Ponzi scheme.

Jack Black, J.B. Smoove, Maya Forbes, Wally Wolodarsky, David Permut, Priyanka Mattoo, Stuart Cornfeld, Monica Levinson

Drama Biography

70% WILL SEE

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Inside

Young mother-to-be Sarah is trying to rebuild her broken life: recently widowed in a shattering car crash that left her partially deaf, with her baby’s birth uncomfortably long overdue and alone, unpacking in unfamiliar surroundings having just moved home. She can only just stay afloat.

As night descends on her deserted suburban street, there’s an unexpected arrival at the doorstep: Sarah receives a most unwelcome visitor.

Alone and carrying her baby, Sarah faces a calculating, cold-hearted and predatory woman – an adversary who will stop at nothing to snatch her unborn child.

Trapped and disorientated, barely able to hear the evil that stalks her, Sarah must unleash all her reserves of strength to protect her baby and survive the night.

Never underestimate a mother’s protective fury!

Manu Díez, Miguel Angel Vivas, Jaume Balaguero, Rachel Nichols, Laura Harring

NR Thriller 1 hr, 29 mins

68% WILL SEE

Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game

When Dr. Abe Mandelbaum (Martin Landau) moves into the nursing home, Cliffside Manor, with his deteriorating wife Molly, he forms an improbable relationship with gambler and womanizer, Phil Nicoletti (Paul Sorvino). Even though at first Abe feels that moving into the home is the end of the road, he soon realizes that his life is finding a whole new beginning. Abe and Phil’s friendship is challenged when a mysterious nurse claims that her biological father resides in the home. Without children of their own, both Abe and Phil jump at the chance to convince Angela, and themselves, that they are her father.

Maria Dizzia, Howard Weiner, MD, Martin Landau, Paul Sorvino

NR Drama 1 hr, 25 mins

41% WILL SEE

Freak Show

Tells the story of Billy Bloom (Alex Lawther), a boldly confident teenager who faces intolerance and persecution at his ultra-conservative high school and decides to fight back on behalf of all of the misunderstood freaks of the world by running for the title of homecoming queen.

Trudie Styler, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Clifton, Beth Rigazio, Willa Fitzgerald, Alex Lawther, Bette Midler, Abigail Breslin

Drama Comedy

70% WILL SEE

November

A peasant girl longs for a village boy whose attentions tend toward a visiting German baroness in Gothic 19th century Estonia.

Rainer Sarnet, Rea Lest, Jörgen Liik, Arvo Kukumägi

Drama

42% WILL SEE

Vazante

Forced to marry a slave trader and live on his decaying farmhouse in the Brazilian mountains, young Beatriz faces physical and emotional unrest beyond her years.

Daniela Thomas, Adriano Carvalho, Sandra Corveloni, Juliana Carneiro Da Cun, Luana Nastas

NR Drama 1 hr, 56 mins

48% WILL SEE

Wastelander

In a post-apocalyptic landscape, an ex-soldier wanders in search of his lost home and family. He meets an odd collection of survivors including cybernetic humans who convince him to lead them through the wasteland while searching for the legendary safe haven, Eden. But when a band of pillaging raiders called The Scourge hunt them - they must fight to survive in this cruel dystopia.

Lou Pimber, Angelo Lopes, Jon Proudstar, Aaron Stielstra, Brendan Guy Murphy

Action 1 hr, 30 mins

54% WILL SEE

Released Monday, January 15th

Bordering on Bad Behavior

VOD / Digital

Story centers on three enemy soldiers -- an Israeli, an American and an Australian Arab -- being are accidentally locked in a Middle East military communication base where things go horribly wrong.

Oz Zehavi, Bernard Curry, Jac Mulder, Ziggy Darwish, Tom Sizemore

Comedy Political

90% WILL SEE

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Released Wednesday, January 17th

Godzilla

Netflix

A feature-length Godzilla animation.

Kobun Shizuno, Hiroyuki Seshita, Gen Urobuchi

Action Animation

100% WILL SEE

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Released Friday, January 19th

Forever My Girl

Centers on country music superstar Liam Page (Roe), who left his bride Josie (Rothe) at the altar choosing fame and fortune instead. But he never got over Josie, his one true love, nor did he ever forget his Southern roots in the small community where he was born and raised. When he returns to his hometown for the funeral of his high school best friend, he is faced with the consequences of all that he left behind.

Jessica Rothe, Bethany Ashton Wolf, Mickey Liddell, Pete Shilaimon, Jennifer Monroe, Alex Roe, Judith Hoag, John Benjamin Hickey

PG Drama Romance

87% WILL SEE

Den of Thieves

The story centers on a thief who's planning a heist but gets trapped between two sets of criminals.

Gerard Butler, Mark Canton, Christian Gudegast, Tucker Tooley, Paul Sheuring, Dawn Olivieri, Mo McRae, Curtis Jackson

R Action Thriller

85% WILL SEE

12 Strong

A band of elite special forces and CIA operatives secretly invade Afghanistan post-9/11 on horseback and help Afghan fighters capture the city of Mazar-i-Sharif and topple the Taliban.

Michael Pena, Austin Stowell, Jerry Bruckheimer, Chris Hemsworth, Trevante Rhodes, Navid Negahban, Elsa Pataky, Jack Kesy

R Drama War

86% WILL SEE

Call Me by Your Name

Expansion

Follows an affair after a chance meeting in 1980s Italy between a 17-year-old boy (Timothee Chalamet) and a twentysomething man (Armie Hammer).

Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Marco Morabito, Emilie Georges, Rodrigo Teixeira, Armie Hammer, Timothee Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg

R Drama Romance 2 hrs, 10 mins

69% WILL SEE

The Road Movie

A compilation of video footage shot exclusively via the deluge of dashboard cameras that populate Russian roads.

Dmitrii Kalashnikov

NR Documentary 1 hr, 10 mins

58% WILL SEE

The Midnight Man

It was supposed to be just an urban legend… On a snowy night in her grandmother’s sprawling mansion, teenage Alex (Gabrielle Haugh) and her best friend Miles (Grayson Gabriel) discover a mysterious box hidden away in the attic. Inside are instructions for The Midnight Game, an ancient Pagan ritual said to summon the players’ greatest fears. It all seems like harmless fun—until they unleash the terrifying spirit of The Midnight Man, an unholy force who pits them against their darkest demons and dares them to survive.

Gabrielle Haugh, Travis Nicholas Zariwny, Rob Kennedy, Lin Shaye, Robert Englund, Grayson Gabriel, Emily Haine

NR Thriller Horror 1 hr, 33 mins

84% WILL SEE

Mom and Dad

A teenage girl and her little brother must survive a wild 24 hours during which a mass hysteria of unknown origins causes parents to turn violently on their own kids.

Nicolas Cage, Brian Taylor, Tim Zajaros, Christopher Lemole, Selma Blair, Anne Winters, Zackary Arthur

Thriller Horror

74% WILL SEE

The FInal Year

An insiders' account of President Barack Obama's foreign policy team during their last year in office. Featuring unprecedented access inside the White House and State Department, The Final Year offers an uncompromising view of the inner workings of the Obama Administration as they prepare to leave power after eight years.

Greg Barker

Documentary Political

52% WILL SEE

Step Sisters

Netflix

Ain’t No Half Steppin centers on an ambitious black sorority girl who, in order to get admitted to the law school of her dreams, agrees to cross culture lines and teach the exclusive art of black Greek stepping to a band of wild, Kardashian-obsessed white sorority girls whose charter is about to be revoked.

Charles Stone, Matt Alvarez, Lena Waithe, Chuck Hayward, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Eden Sher, Lyndon Smith, Gage Golightly

PG-13 Comedy Dance

74% WILL SEE

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Mary and the Witch's Flower

The story centers on an ordinary young girl named Mary, who discovers a flower that grants magical powers, but only for one night. As she is whisked into an exciting new world beyond belief, she must learn to stay true to herself.

Jim Broadbent, Riko Sakaguchi, Kate Winslet, Ewen Bremner, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Ruby Barnhill, Rasmus Hardiker, Morwenna Banks

Adventure Adaptation

86% WILL SEE

Small Town Crime

When alcoholic ex-cop Mike Kendall finds the body of a young woman, he becomes obsessed with redeeming himself by finding the killer. In the process, he puts himself and his family in danger while hanging out with an assortment of shady characters.

Octavia Spencer, Clifton Collins, Daniel Sunjata, Ian Nelms, Eshom Nelms, John Hawkes, Anthony Anderson, Robert Forster

Thriller Crime 1 hr, 31 mins

68% WILL SEE

Ridge Runners

When a 12 year old girl goes missing, detective Rachel Willow discovers an alarming pattern in her sleepy. What starts as a simple missing person case dives deep into an underground world where people are commodities and your worst fears can happen anywhere. This is what happens when you fight back.

Hunter West, Jennica Schwartzman, Austin Haley, Christopher Howell, Jason Thompson, Charlee Graham, Katherine Forbes, Caitlyn Covey

Drama Thriller 1 hr, 21 mins

36% WILL SEE

This Giant Papier-Mache Boulder ...

For three ordinary guys Tom, Jeffrey and Gavin, this just became a reality. One minute they were watching an old b-grade movie, the next they’ve been thrust inside the movie itself and at the helm of a rickety old spaceship. Panic ridden they stumble into a space battle. and make a mortal enemy of the evil Lord Froth while unwittingly saving the space princess Lady Emmanor. Then suddenly Jeffrey starts to change into a sci-fi character called Kasimir. They must adapt quickly if they are to survive long enough to find a way home. For all they know they could be next. If that happens they will be lost in this world forever. They embark on a quest to find a cure for Jeffrey and a way back home. This is an action-packed comedy adventure of giant lizards, space battles, robots, aliens, warlords and amazons that has to be seen to be believed.

Christian Nicolson

Comedy Sci-Fi 1 hr, 52 mins

50% WILL SEE

Released Friday, January 26th

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

Thomas' memory starts to return and he realizes that Wicked is not to be trusted.

Wes Ball, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Dexter Darden, Patricia Clarkson, Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, Lee Stollman, T.S. Nowlin

PG-13 Adventure Sequel 2 hrs, 22 mins

95% WILL SEE

Primal Rage

A newly reunited young couple’s drive through the Pacific Northwest turns into a nightmare as they are forced to face nature, unsavory locals, and a monstrous creature, known to the Native Americans as Oh-Mah.

Patrick Magee, Casey Gagliard, Andrew Joseph Montgomery, Eloy Casados

R Suspense Horror

50% WILL SEE

Have a Nice Day

Set in a small town in Southern China and follows the journey of a young driver who steals a bag containing a million dollars to help save his fiancee’s failed plastic surgery.

Liu Jian, Xiao Zhang, Lao Zhao, Fang Yuanjun

Animation Noir 1 hr, 17 mins

27% WILL SEE

Hostiles

Expansion

The story centers on a Native American-hating soldier, nearing retirement, who is given one last assignment: to escort an Indian chief back to his Montana reservation. In the process, which includes coming across a young widow and fighting back attacks by Comanche tribes, he learns to respect the race he hates.

Rosamund Pike, Jesse Plemons, Scott Cooper, Ken Kao, Jon Lesher, Christian Bale, Rory Cochrane, Adam Beach

R Drama Western 2 hrs, 7 mins

77% WILL SEE

A Ciambra

14-year-old Pio (Pio Amato) wants nothing more than the respect of his older brother, whom he emulates in every way—including his career as a petty criminal. When both his father and brother are arrested, Pio is determined to prove that he can step up and be the head of his sprawling Romani family. But a fateful night and a wrenching decision soon test just how ready he is.

Martin Scorsese, Pio Amato, Koudous Seihon, Iolanda Amato, Damiano Amato, Jonas Carpignano

NR Drama 1 hr, 59 mins

36% WILL SEE

Please Stand By

A young autistic woman runs away from her caregiver in an attempt to submit her manuscript to a writing competition.

Dakota Fanning, Helen Hunt, Ben Lewin, Michael Golamco, Alice Eve, Patton Oswalt

PG-13 Drama Comedy 1 hr, 33 mins

62% WILL SEE

The Clapper

A professional clapper for infomercials gets plucked by a late night talk show host to be on his TV show. His 15 minutes of fame brings ends up costing him his job and a budding relationship with a girl.

Amanda Seyfried, Dito Montiel, Robin Schorr, Ed Helms, Tracy Morgan, Leah Remini, Russell Peters, Adam Levine

R Comedy

55% WILL SEE

The Insult

In today's Beirut, an insult blown out of proportion finds Toni (Adel Karam), a Lebanese Christian, and Yasser (Kamel El Basha), a Palestinian refugee in court.

Joelle Touma, Ziad Doueiri, Adel Karam, Camille Salameh, Kamel El Basha

Drama Foreign 1 hr, 53 mins

69% WILL SEE

American Folk

When their plane from Los Angeles to New York is grounded on the morning of September 11, 2001, strangers Elliott (Joe Purdy) and Joni (Amber Rubarth) are unexpectedly thrust together amidst the chaos of that historic day. With little in common but both needing to get to NYC urgently, they accept help from Joni's family friend Scottie (Krisha Fairchild) who lends the duo a rusty old 1972 Chevy Van. The shock and stress of 9/11 quickly threatens to derail their cross country journey until the pair discover what they do have in common: a love for old folk songs. Armed with a pile of guitars left in the van from Scottie’s touring days, Elliott and Joni raise their voices together (and with those they meet on the road), re-discovering the healing nature of music and bearing witness to a nation of people who, even while mourning, manage to lift each other up in the wake of tragedy.

Joe Purdy, David Heinz, Amber Rubarth, Krisha Fairchild, David Fine

PG Drama Musical

57% WILL SEE

The Competition

Lauren (Birch) becomes the voice of a generation when, after one too many bad boyfriends, she launches a blog promoting “The PIG Theory.” The PIG Theory insists you can enjoy all that romance has to offer, but only for six months. At this “Point of Infidelity and Guilt,” you must break up before your mate becomes unfaithful. Lauren rises as a guru and beacon of light for her followers, but Lauren’s sister, Gena (Coffee), is concerned. She introduces Lauren to the perfect man, Calvin (Klein), and they hit it off so an idea strikes to prove Lauren’s theory wrong: A competition! Calvin will pick five friends who have been in a relationship for longer than six months, and Lauren will pick the enchantress to be their downfall. If three out of five cheat, Calvin must walk away. But if three out of five resist temptation, Lauren must shut down her blog and open her heart to Calvin.

Chris Klein, Harvey Lowry, Kelsey Tucker, Thora Birch, Claire Coffee, David Blue

Comedy Romance

76% WILL SEE

Released Tuesday, January 30th

The Wild Pear Tree

Sinan (Aydin Doğu Demirkol), an aspiring writer, returns home after university hoping to scrape together enough money to publish his first novel. He wanders the town encountering old flames and obstinate gatekeepers and finds his youthful ambition increasingly at odds with the deferred dreams of his gambling-addict father (Murat Cemcir). As his own fantasies mingle with reality, Sinan grapples with the people and the place that have made him who he is.

Dogu Demirkol, Bennu Yildirimlar

NR Drama

100% WILL SEE