July 2023 Movies

The First Slam Dunk

Shohoku's "speedster" and their point guard, Ryota Miyagi, always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while feigning composure. Born and raised in Okinawa, Ryota had a brother who was three years older. Following in the footsteps of his older brother, who was a famous local player from a young age, Ryota has also become addicted to basketball. In his second year of high school, Ryota plays with the Shohoku High School basketball team along with Sakuragi, Rukawa, Akagi, and Mitsui as they take the stage at the Inter-High School National Championship. And now, they are on the brink of challenging the reigning champions, Sannoh Kogyo High School.

Yasuyuki Ebara, Subaru Kimura, Shugo Nakamura, Jun Kasama, Shin'ichirō Kamio, Kenta Miyake

Sound of Freedom

The true story of men who have dedicated their lives to rescuing kidnapped children.

Kurt Fuller, Alejandro Gomez Monteverde, Jim Caviezel, Bill Camp, Scott Haze, Jose Zuniga, Eduardo Verastegui, Mira Sorvino

Warhorse One

After a SEAL team helicopter is downed during a rescue mission in Afghanistan, the lone surviving operator must evade hostile insurgents and navigate rough terrain to guide the one living civilian—a traumatized child—to safety.

Johnny Strong, Athena Durner, William Kaufman, Raj Kala, James Sherrill, Siya Rostami

Once Upon a Time in Uganda

Welcome to Wakaliwood, the Wakaliga village outside of Uganda's capital and birthplace of the over-the-top, no-budget action movies produced by maverick Ugandan filmmaker Isaac Nabwana. Dubbed Africa's Tarantino, Isaac has produced 40+ films, including Who Killed Captain Alex and Bad Black. His inspiration is equal parts 1980s American action movies and Shaw Brothers martial arts films, with a Ugandan twist. His films' budgets are in the range of $200, and his homegrown studio employs neighbors and friends working on as many as five productions at once. But the story continues… Fascinated by Isaac's movie trailers on YouTube, film nerd Alan Hofmanis gives up his life in NYC and moves to Uganda to work and live alongside Isaac. He not only becomes Isaacs producer, promoter and right-hand man, but also accidentally becomes a Ugandan action movie star. Alan’s marketing savvy brings a wave of international press attention from: Vice, BBC, Al Jazeera, The Wall Street Journal, and every other media outlet on the planet journey to Wakaliwood to cover this rising star. Wakaliwood then explodes into an international viral sensation. Once the dust settles, in one way or another, things will never be the same…

Cathryne Czubek, Hugo Perez

Bad Girl Boogey

Years after Angel's mother was brutally murdered in a killing spree by a psychopath wearing a mask believed to be cursed with hate, the killings have started again. Now Angel must decide to either live in fear or find the killer before he, or it, slaughters everyone she hold’s dear.

Lewi Dawson, Chris Asimos, Alice Maio Mackay, Lisa Fanto, Iris Mcerlean, Toshiro Glenn, Kate Bonney

WHAM!

In 1982, the best of friends and still teenagers – George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley as WHAM! set out to conquer the world. By June of 1986 they played their very last gig at Wembley Stadium having done exactly that. Now for the very first time, told in their own words, the amazing story of how in four years they dominated the charts around the world with timeless and classic pop songs. Hit after hit – Club Tropicana, Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, Freedom, I’m Your Man and of course Last Christmas. Their time in the spotlight was white-hot, becoming the very first western pop act to play in China.It was a time that both encapsulated and epitomised not just their youth, but also those of the many millions of fans that adored them. With unprecedented access to both George and Andrew’s personal archive including remarkable and never-before-seen footage, alongside rare, candid and previously unheard interviews, WHAM! charts their incredible journey from school friends to superstars.

Chris Smith, George Michael, Andrew Ridgeley

Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire...

An original anthology of short films.

Insidious: The Red Door

Set 10 years after the last installment, the film will pick up with the Lamberts as Dalton (Simpkins) begins college.

Jason Blum, James Wan, Patrick Wilson, Ty Simpkins, Scott Teems, Rose Byrne, Steven Schneider, Ryan Turek

Joy Ride

The epic journey of four Asian-American women traveling through Asia in search of one of their birth mothers. Along the way, their experience will become one of bonding, friendship, belonging and no-holds-barred debauchery that reveals the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.

Seth Rogen, Adele Lim, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Ronny Chieng, Stephanie Hsu, Josh Fagen, Sherry Cola

Amanda

Born into an upper-class family with a doting mother who foots the bill for her indolent lifestyle, 24-year-old combative Amanda (emerging talent Benedetta Porcaroli) searches for boyfriends but only finds misfits who are repelled by her intensity. She longs for connection but has never had a friend of her own... until she discovers a long lost childhood bond, spurring a mission to convince another recluse that they are still best friends.

Margherita Missoni, Monica Nappo, Carolina Cavalli, Benedetta Porcaroli, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Michele Bravi

Earth Mama

An intimate coming of age story of a pregnant single mother who embraces her Bay Area community as she determines the fate of her family.

Erika Alexander, Bokeem Woodbine, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Doechii, Keta Price, Savanah Leaf, Tia Nomore, Sharon Duncan Brewster

The Out-Laws

A straight-laced bank manager is about to marry the love of his life, Parker. When his bank is held up by the infamous Ghost Bandits during his wedding week, he believes his future in-laws who just arrived in town, are the infamous Out-Laws.

Pierce Brosnan, Evan Turner, Nina Dobrev, Poorna Jagannathan, Blake Anderson, Lil Rel Howery, Ellen Barkin, Tyler Spindel

The Lesson

An aspiring young author (McCormack) takes a tutoring position at a legendary writer’s estate. But the young tutor is soon engulfed in the older writer’s complicated family legacy, and a deadly past that could threaten his own future.

Richard E. Grant, Daryl McCormack, Julie Delpy, Alice Troughton, Alex MacKeith, Stephen McMillan

The Crusades

For many, high school is supposed to be defined by wild parties, backseat hook-ups and a devil-may-care attitude. But, when three friends at Our Lady of the Crusades, an all-boys high school, receive earth-shattering news about an upcoming merger with their rivals, they make a pact to have one last, epic weekend before their lives turn upside down. Along the way, however, they unknowingly make a dangerous enemy, "The Wrecking Crew", hell-bent on settling their vendetta at all costs. While dodging the authorities, love affairs and their sadistic archrivals, the choices they make over the weekend might end up changing their lives more than they ever could have imagined.

Nicholas Turturro, Mike Starr, Anna Maiche, Greg Davis Jr., Leo Milano, Rudy Pankow, Khalil Everage, Ryan Ashton

Biosphere

No plot details have been announced.

Sterling K. Brown, Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass, Mel Eslyn, Zackary Drucker

The YouTube Effect

This documentary film from Alex Winter explores the ascension and acceleration of YouTube, a video-sharing website that started with humble origins and has gone on to change how we experience the world.

Alex Winter

The League

The League celebrates the dynamic journey of Negro League baseball's triumphs and challenges through the first half of the twentieth century. The story is told through previously unearthed archival footage and never-before-seen interviews with legendary players like Satchel Paige and Buck O’Neil – whose early careers paved the way for the Jackie Robinson era – as well as celebrated Hall of Famers Willie Mays and Hank Aaron who started out in the Negro Leagues. From entrepreneurial titans Cumberland Posey and Gus Greenlee, whose intense rivalry fueled the rise of two of the best baseball teams ever to play the game, to Effa Manley, the activist owner of the Newark Eagles and the only woman ever admitted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, The League explores Black baseball as an economic and social pillar of Black communities and a stage for some of the greatest athletes to ever play the game, while also examining the unintended consequences of integration.

Sam Pollard

The Breach

The Breach tells the story of John Hawkins (Allan Hawco), counting down his last days as Chief of Police in the tiny town of Lone Crow nestled deep in the desolate woods of Northern Ontario. When a mangled body with uncanny wounds washes up on the shores of the Porcupine River, he is pulled into a horrific supernatural mystery that defies comprehension.

Rodrigo Gudiño, Allan Hawco, Emily Alatalo, Natalie Brown, Wesley French, Mary Antonini, Adam Kenneth Wilson

The Abode

In the 1800s, a young, handsome native American named Talako is caught with the wife of a merciless pirate known as Redbeard, who then orders for him to be burned alive at the stake. Witnessing Talako's execution, Redbeard's wife Lara hangs herself. Talako's spirit never ascends and haunts anyone who comes near the old house. Almost 300 years later, Lara and Talako meet face to face and learn that everything happens for a reason.

Claudia La Bianca, Karmel Bortoleti, Teance Blackburn, Montana Cypress, Ariadna Gonzalez Medina

Mission: Impossible – Dead...

Ethan Hunt returns in an all new seventh installment.

Indira Varma, Tom Cruise, Dana Goldberg, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, David Ellison, Hayley Atwell

Gray Matter

Centers on Ayla and her daughter Aurora, who both possess superhuman abilities. As Ayla attempts to train Aurora how to navigate these abilities, a tragic incident finds Aurora in control of her fate, and forces Ayla to confront the truth of her past.

Garret Dillahunt, Mia Isaac, Meko Winbush, Jessica Frances Dukes

The Jewel Thief

First-hand account of Gerald Blanchard, one of the most creative, calculating, and accomplished criminal masterminds in modern history. Two unlikely Winnipeg detectives track Blanchard across the globe as he perpetrates a series of increasingly elaborate heists in a quest for fame and notoriety through a life of crime.

Josh Braun, Landon Van Soest, Ben Braun, Dan Braun, Van Soest

Theater Camp

Follows the eccentric staff running a scrappy theater camp in upstate New York. After its indomitable and beloved founder falls into a coma, they must band together with her clueless “crypto-bro” son to keep the thespian paradise afloat.

Ayo Edebiri, Amy Sedaris, Molly Gordon, Caroline Aaron, Owen Thiele, Alexander Bello, Vivienne Sachs, Nick Lieberman

Bird Box Barcelona

Sebastián and his daughter begin an adventure of survival in Barcelona.

David Pastor, Alex Pastor, Georgina Campbell, Lola Duenas, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Naila Schuberth, Mario Casas, Diego Calva

The Channel

The Channel is an adrenaline-fueled experience from start to finish. The film stars Clayne Crawford (The Killing Of Two Lovers, Lethal Weapon) and Max Martini (13 Hours, Captain Phillips) as desperate ex-marine criminals, who find themselves trapped in New Orleans, relentlessly pursued by a determined FBI agent after their bank heist goes wrong.

Clayne Crawford, Max Martini, William Kaufman, Nicoye Banks, Juliene Joyner, Todd Jenkins, Paul Rae

Afire

Afire is set at a small holiday house by the Baltic Sea. The days are hot and it hasn’t rained in weeks. Four young people come together, friends old and new. As the parched forests around them begin to ignite, so do their emotions. Happiness, lust and love; but also jealousies, resentments and tensions. Meanwhile the forests burn. And before long, the flames are there.

Paula Beer, Christian Petzold, Thomas Schubert, Langston Uibel, Enno Trebs, Matthias Brandt

Black Ice

A documentary that exposes a history of racism in hockey through the untold stories of Black hockey players, both past and present, in a predominantly white sport.

LeBron James, Maverick Carter, Adel “Future” Nur, Hubert Davis, Aubrey “Drake” Graham

The Miracle Club

Follows the journey of a group of riotous working-class women from Dublin, whose pilgrimage to Lourdes in France leads them to discover each other’s friendship and their own personal miracles.

Laura Linney, Kathy Bates, Maggie Smith, Stephen Rea, Agnes O'Casey, Jimmy Smallhorne, Thaddeus O’Sullivan, Timothy Prager

Love Tactics 2

Asli thinks marriage is a scam, and says so. But when her beau Kerem unexpectedly agrees, she goes to great lengths to manipulate him into proposing.

Recai Karagöz, Ceyhun Mengiroglu, Hande Yilmaz, Demet Özdemir, Sükrü Özyildiz, Melisa Döngel

Two Tickets to Greece

When childhood friends Magalie (Call My Agent!’s Laure Calamy) and Blandine (Olivia Côte) cross paths after many years, they decide to finally take their dream vacation to Greece. A wildly entertaining tale of female camaraderie.

Kristin Scott Thomas, Marc Fitoussi, Olivia Côte, Laure Calamy

Belle

Belle works on the family farm and cares for her father after he falls severely ill. Desperate to save him, she journeys in search of a mythical rose believed to be a cure. She must surrender herself as a prisoner to a vicious beast as payment for the rose. Battling the beast’s spell and the two toxic relationships in her life, Belle’s true journey is only just beginning.

Andrea Snædal, Sigurður Sigurjónsson, Max Gold, Ingi Hrafn Hilmarsson, Hana Vagnerová, Gudmundur Thorvaldsson, Helga Braga Jónsdóttir

The Modelizer

Living a lavish lifestyle of parties and privilege, a Hong Kong tycoon meets his match when he falls for a Brazilian model who refuses to play by his rules and test the limits of how far he will go to win her heart.

Byron Mann, Keoni Waxman, Rayssa Bratillieri, Nichkhun

The YouTube Effect

This documentary film from Alex Winter explores the ascension and acceleration of YouTube, a video-sharing website that started with humble origins and has gone on to change how we experience the world.

Alex Winter

The Flood

A daring jail break during a dangerous storm is interrupted by hungry alligators. In this horror thriller, a horde of giant hungry alligators is unleashed on a group of in-transit prisoners and their guards after a massive hurricane floods Louisiana.

Casper Van Dien, Chad Law, Nicky Whelan, Louis Mandylor, Randy Wayne, Brandon Slagle, Devanny Pinn, Kim DeLonghi

Quicksand

An American couple, on the brink of divorce, travel to Colombia for a work conference. While on a hike through the rainforest, a storm causes them to become trapped in a pit of quicksand. Unable to move, it becomes a struggle for survival as they battle the elements of the jungle and a venomous snake, in order to escape.

Allan Hawco, Sebastian Eslava, Andres Beltran, Carolina Gaitán, Andrés Castañeda

Final Cut

The film follows a director (Romain Duris) charged with making a live, single-take, low-budget zombie flick in which the cast and crew, one by one, actually turn into zombies.

Berenice Bejo, Matilda Lutz, Michel Hazanavicius, Romain Duris, Finnegan Oldfield

Fourth Grade

When a brick of weed is found in a fourth-grade classroom, the students' parents gather in an emergency meeting full of accusations and intrigue. Uproarious chaos will quickly follow after some of them agree to share a joint.

William Baldwin, Teri Polo, Mena Suvari, Ben Begley, Marcelo Galvão, Boti Bliss, Challen Cates, Roland Kickinger

Lakota Nation Vs. United Sta...

The film chronicles the Lakota Indians’ quest to reclaim the Black Hills, sacred land that was stolen in violation of treaty agreements. A searing, timely portrait of resistance, the film explores the ways America has ignored its debt to Indigenous communities and ponders what might be done today to repair the wrongs of the past.

Mark Ruffalo, Jesse Short Bull, Laura Tomaselli, Sarah Eagle Heart, Marisa Tomei.

The League

The League celebrates the dynamic journey of Negro League baseball's triumphs and challenges through the first half of the twentieth century. The story is told through previously unearthed archival footage and never-before-seen interviews with legendary players like Satchel Paige and Buck O’Neil – whose early careers paved the way for the Jackie Robinson era – as well as celebrated Hall of Famers Willie Mays and Hank Aaron who started out in the Negro Leagues. From entrepreneurial titans Cumberland Posey and Gus Greenlee, whose intense rivalry fueled the rise of two of the best baseball teams ever to play the game, to Effa Manley, the activist owner of the Newark Eagles and the only woman ever admitted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, The League explores Black baseball as an economic and social pillar of Black communities and a stage for some of the greatest athletes to ever play the game, while also examining the unintended consequences of integration.

Sam Pollard

Imagine Dragons Live in Vega...

Far from the days of playing in dive bars and casinos across the Las Vegas Strip, Imagine Dragons returns home to perform at the city’s largest stage, Allegiant Stadium, in a triumphant concert film that showcases the band’s rise to fame and the city that helped shape their sound.

Turner Pope, Matt Eastin, Mac Reynolds, John Janick

Unknown: Cave of Bones

In South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind, Paleoanthropologist Lee Berger has found the world’s oldest graveyard – and it’s not human. If Lee and his team can prove that this ancient, small brained, ape-like creature practiced complex burial rituals – it will change everything we know about hominid evolution and the origins of belief.

Mark Mannucci

Time's Up

On New Year's Eve, a faculty party for local teachers, still reeling from the suicide of a bullied student, goes horribly wrong when an unexpected guest arrives with an unusual game: participate in a scavenger hunt or die! Accompanied by a diligent reporter as well as a girl bent on discovering the truth about her friend’s death, the partygoers race to reveal secrets about their mysterious tormentor and each other before the first firework explodes, and the New Year begins with a bloody surprise.

L.C. Holt, Jonathan Tiersten, Madison Edmunds, Kate Kiddo, Damian Maffei, Hannah Fierman, Kamarra Cole, Tyler Senatore

Joke Man

Follows Jackie Martling's improbable journey – from fledgling days of comedy on Long Island, through his time as one of the 'Beatles of Radio,' to his success as an author and actor.

Jonathan Jacobson, Ian Karr, Ronni Thomas

The Deepest Breath

A champion freediver trains to break a world record with the help of an expert safety diver, and the two form an emotional bond that feels like fate. This heart-stopping film follows the paths they took to meet at the pinnacle of the freediving world, documenting the thrilling rewards – and inescapable risks – of chasing a dream through the silent depths of the ocean.

Bart Layton, John Battsek, Laura McGann, Sarah Thomson, Jamie D’Alton, Anne McLoughlin, Alessia Zecchini, Stephen Keenan

Superpowered: The DC Story

Superpowered: The DC Story on Max presents an unprecedented look at the enduring & influential legacy of DC Comics, allowing fans to rediscover the universe of characters, as well as the iconic comic book company's origins, its evolution and its nearly nine-decade cultural impact across every artistic medium. Featuring a wealth of interviews with the industry's most prolific creators and the actors who bring their iconic characters from the page to the screen.

Rosario Dawson, Leslie Iwerks, Mark A. Catalena

Barbie

A live action film around its signature toy line. According to Mattel, the 50-year old Barbie has 99% worldwide brand awareness, is the number one girls property in the toy industry, the top doll property in the U.S. and the number one worldwide property in the traditional toy industry.

Ryan Gosling, Margot Robbie, Will Ferrell, Ariana Greenblatt, Amy Pascal, Simu Liu, Alexandra Shipp, Greta Gerwig

Oppenheimer

Story of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the creation of the atomic bomb.

Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon, Charles Roven, Josh Hartnett, Emily Blunt, Rami Malek

The Island

Years ago, unable to deal with the tragic death of their newborn baby, Mark left the woman he loved and the island he grew up on. Now, seven years later, Mark has carved out a career in the LAPD, taking down drug traffickers with his wise-cracking partner, Phil. Upon receiving news from his mother that a tragic death has once again occurred on the island, Mark returns home. Back on the island, Mark consoles his mother as they bury his younger brother. After the funeral, he sets his sights on finding who is responsible for the murder.

Gillian White, Jackson Rathbone, Michael Jai White, Shaun Paul Piccinino, Cami Storm, Edoardo Costa, Gabriel 'G-Rod' Rodriguez, Wayne Gordon

See You On Venus

Two misfit American teens travel to Spain in search of the girl’s birth mother. As they tour through the picturesque cities and fall in love, they discover the most important question isn't who gave you life but what you decide to do with it.

Rob Estes, Virginia Gardner, Joaquín Llamas, Alex Aiono

They Cloned Tyrone

An unlikely trio (Boyega, Foxx, Parris) trail a nefarious government conspiracy in this mystery caper.

John Boyega, Kim Roth, Jamie Foxx, Charles D. King, Juel Taylor, Teyonah Parris, Datari Turner, David Alan Grier

Mother, May I?

When his fiancé, Anya, starts behaving like his recently deceased mother, Emmett is forced into a nightmarish game of therapy…or is it a possession?

Kyle Gallner, Chris Mulkey, Holland Roden, Laurence Vannicelli

Cobweb

Eight-year-old Peter is plagued by a mysterious, constant tap, tap from inside his bedroom wall – a tapping that his parents insist is all in his imagination. As Peter’s fear intensifies, he believes that his parents (Lizzy Caplan and Antony Starr) could be hiding a terrible, dangerous secret and questions their trust. And for a child, what could be more frightening than that?

Lizzy Caplan, Christopher Woodrow, Antony Starr, Cleopatra Coleman, Samuel Bodin, Woody Norman, Connor DiGregorio

The Beanie Bubble

A celebration of the women who helped power Ty Warner’s beanie baby success.

Zach Galifianakis, Brian Grazer, Sarah Snook, Ron Howard, Elizabeth Banks, Geraldine Viswanathan, Kristin Gore, Damian Kulash

Stephen Curry: Underrated

Stephen Curry: Underrated is the remarkable coming-of-age story of one of the most influential, dynamic and unexpected players in the history of basketball: Stephen Curry. This feature documentary — blending intimate cinéma vérité, archival footage and on camera interviews — documents Curry’s rise from an undersized college player at a small town Division I college to a four-time NBA champion, building one of the most dominant sports dynasties in the world.

Peter Nicks, Ryan Coogler, Sean Havey, Erick Peyton, Ben Cotner, Marissa Torres Ericson

Fear The Night

Follows Iraqi war veteran Tess, as she prepares to strike back after a group of home invaders attack during her sister's bachelorette party, and she discovers that they are hellbent on not leaving any witnesses behind.

Neil LaBute, Maggie Q, Travis Hammer, Kat Foster, Gia Crovatin

Natty Knocks

On Halloween Eve, babysitter Britt Henderson (Fountain-Jardim) and the kids she’s charged with protecting must survive the horrors of serial killer Abner Honeywell (Moseley), the son of B-movie horror legend who is reigning terror across their small town.

Bill Moseley, Danielle Harris, Robert Englund, Noen Perez, Dwight H. Little, Charlotte Fountain-Jardim, Thomas Robie, Jason James Richter

Return to Dust

Humble, unassuming Ma and timid Cao have been cast off by their families and forced into an arranged marriage. They have to combine their strength and build a home to survive. In the face of much adversity, an unexpected bond begins to blossom, as both Ma and Cao, uniting with Earth’s cycles, create a haven for themselves in which they can thrive. A story about eternal love, against the odds.

Ruijun Li, Wu Renlin, Hai Qing

Special Ops: Lioness (Series...

Follows the life of Joe (Zoe Saldaña) while she attempts to balance her personal and professional life as the tip of the CIA's spear in the war on terror. The Lioness Program, overseen by Kaitlyn Meade (Nicole Kidman) and Donald Westfield (Michael Kelly), enlists an aggressive Marine Raider named Cruz (Laysla De Oliveira) to operate undercover alongside Joe among the power brokers of State terrorism in the CIA's efforts to thwart the next 9/11.

Nicole Kidman, Zoe Saldana, Morgan Freeman, Michael Kelly, Taylor Sheridan, Anthony Byrne, Laysla De Oliveira, Paul Cameron

Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine

With unique access behind-the-scenes to NASA’s ambitious mission to launch the James Webb Space Telescope, we follow a team of engineers and scientists as they take the next giant leap in our quest to understand the universe.

Shai Gal

See You On Venus

Two misfit American teens travel to Spain in search of the girl’s birth mother. As they tour through the picturesque cities and fall in love, they discover the most important question isn't who gave you life but what you decide to do with it.

Rob Estes, Virginia Gardner, Joaquín Llamas, Alex Aiono

Resident Evil: Death Island

D.S.O. agent Leon S. Kennedy is on a mission to rescue Dr. Antonio Taylor from kidnappers, when a mysterious woman thwarts his pursuit. Meanwhile, B.S.A.A. agent Chris Redfield is investigating a zombie outbreak in San Francisco, where the cause of the infection cannot be identified. The only thing the victims have in common is that they all visited Alcatraz Island recently. Following that clue, Chris and his team head to the island, where a new horror awaits them.

Erin Cahill, Eiichiro Hasumi, Makoto Fukami, Matthew Mercer, Stephanie Panisello, Kevin Dorman, Nicole Tompkins

Once Upon a Time in Uganda

Welcome to Wakaliwood, the Wakaliga village outside of Uganda's capital and birthplace of the over-the-top, no-budget action movies produced by maverick Ugandan filmmaker Isaac Nabwana. Dubbed Africa's Tarantino, Isaac has produced 40+ films, including Who Killed Captain Alex and Bad Black. His inspiration is equal parts 1980s American action movies and Shaw Brothers martial arts films, with a Ugandan twist. His films' budgets are in the range of $200, and his homegrown studio employs neighbors and friends working on as many as five productions at once. But the story continues… Fascinated by Isaac's movie trailers on YouTube, film nerd Alan Hofmanis gives up his life in NYC and moves to Uganda to work and live alongside Isaac. He not only becomes Isaacs producer, promoter and right-hand man, but also accidentally becomes a Ugandan action movie star. Alan’s marketing savvy brings a wave of international press attention from: Vice, BBC, Al Jazeera, The Wall Street Journal, and every other media outlet on the planet journey to Wakaliwood to cover this rising star. Wakaliwood then explodes into an international viral sensation. Once the dust settles, in one way or another, things will never be the same…

Cathryne Czubek, Hugo Perez

Justice League: Warworld

Until now, the Justice League has been a loose association of superpowered individuals. But when they are swept away to War World, a place of unending brutal gladiatorial combat, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and the others must somehow unite to form an unbeatable resistance able to lead an entire planet to freedom.

Stana Katic, Darren Criss, Jensen Ackles, Teddy Sears, Jeff Wamester

Take The Ice

Take the Ice goes behind the scenes of the first professional women’s hockey league. As the league’s founder struggles to keep the business afloat, the players must come together in the wake of an on-ice accident that leaves their teammate paralyzed.

Rachel Koteen

After the Bite

A community reeling from a fatal shark attack is forced to confront dramatic changes to its environment and its way of life.

Ivy Meeropol

Dead Man's Hand

Reno (Cole Hauser), a newly married gunfighter, hangs up his six-shooters when he says "I do" to his bride, Vegas. But when Reno kills a bandit in self-defense, he finds himself pulled back into his old ways. The bandit's brother, ruthless Mayor Bishop, will not let his brother's death go unpunished. As revenge, Bishop and his private army ambush Reno and Vegas, leaving the gunfighter near death, then taking Reno's wife prisoner. Reno then teams up with Marshal Roy McCutcheon to channel his fury as he swears revenge on every single bastard who hurt them.

Stephen Dorff, Brian Skiba, Cole Hauser, Jack Kilmer, Corin Nemec, Costas Mandylor, Forrie J. Smith, Tait Fletcher

Zoey 102

A full-length original movie based on characters from the hit live-action Nickelodeon series Zoey 101.

Sean Flynn, Nancy Hower, Monica Sherer, Matthew Underwood, Christopher Massey, Abby Wilde, Jack Salvatore, Madeline Whitby

Paradise

Trade your life for money: In the not-too-distant future, a method of transferring years of your life from one person to another has changed the world forever and turned biotech start-up AEON into a billion-dollar pharmaceutical company.

Marlene Tanczik, Boris Kunz, Kostja Ullmann, Iris Berben

The Lady of Silence: The Mat...

In early-2000s Mexico City, nearly 50 elderly women were strangled in their own homes in Mexico City, triggering the hunt for — and capture — of a most unlikely suspect.

María José Cuevas

Happiness For Beginners

Helen (Ellie Kemper) has always lived her life as far from the edge as possible. Finding herself newly divorced and a little lost, Helen decides she needs a reset and signs up for the “Adventure of a Lifetime!” The adventure is a backcountry survival course hiking the Appalachian Trail with a group of oddball strangers. From the beginning, Helen’s plan to be the best hiker is tested and she finds more than just herself in the wilderness. Based on the wildly popular novel by Katherine Center, Happiness For Beginners reminds us that sometimes you have to get lost before you're found.

Ellie Kemper, Luke Grimes, Katherine Center, Jeff Sackman, Vicky Wight, Blythe Danner, Larry Greenberg, Shayvawn Webster

Sympathy For The Devil

A kinetic neo-noir that plays out in real time over the course of a carjacking.

Nicolas Cage, Tracy Falco, Joel Kinnaman, Yuval Adler, Luke Paradise, Rich Hopkins, Nancy Good

Haunted Mansion

Focuses on a haunted mansion and the Hatbox Ghost, who is dressed in a cloak and top hat, and is at the center of a web of haunted mansions around the world.

Danny DeVito, Tiffany Haddish, Jared Leto, Owen Wilson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Winona Ryder, Rosario Dawson, Dan Lin

Hidden Strike

When a China-run oil refinery is attacked in Mosul, Iraq, a Chinese private security contractor (Chan) is called in to extract the oil workers. He learns, however, that the attackers’ real plan is to steal a fortune in oil, and teams up with an American former Marine (Cena) to stop them.

John Cena, Pilou Asbæk, Arash Amel, Jackie Chan, Scott Waugh, Zhenwei Wang, Amadeus Serafini, Rachael Holoway

Shrapnel

Jason Patric plays a rancher who crosses the border in search of his missing daughter who mysteriously vanishes during a trip to Mexico with her best friend. He decides to take matters into his own hands, with the help of a former Marine buddy (Cam Gigandet), after the local authorities provide little help and he discovers that they're in cahoots with the dangerous cartel behind his daughter's disappearance.

Jason Patric, Cam Gigandet, William Kaufman, Kesia Elwin, Mauricio Mendoza, Guillermo Ivan

The Mistress

Newlyweds, Parker and Maddie move into their dream 1890 Victorian home near downtown Los Angeles. As they settle in, Maddie discovers a collection of old letters hidden behind a wall panel from a woman who lived there over 100 years ago, abandoned by a married lover and committed suicide. Parker struggles with ghostly disturbances, while Maddie suspects he’s hiding something dark from his past.

James Carpinello, John Magaro, Greg Pritikin, Chasten Harmon, Kat Cunning, Aylya Marzolf, Alexandra Grey, Rae Dawn Chong

The Beanie Bubble

A celebration of the women who helped power Ty Warner’s beanie baby success.

Zach Galifianakis, Brian Grazer, Sarah Snook, Ron Howard, Elizabeth Banks, Geraldine Viswanathan, Kristin Gore, Damian Kulash

Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat No...

Two heroes—Ladybug and Cat Noir — protect the city from super-villains.

Keith Silverstein, Bryce Papenbrook, Jeremy Zag, Cristina Vee Valenzuela

The Baker

The Baker centers on a quiet, solitary man whose estranged son suddenly comes back into his life with a granddaughter he never knew existed. When his son disappears on a shady business opportunity, the baker must do everything he can to find his son and protect his granddaughter from the mob hitmen sent to find her.

Ron Perlman, Elias Koteas, Harvey Keitel, Joel David Moore, Jonathan Sobol

Kokomo City

Kokomo City is the feature directorial debut of two-time Grammy-nominated producer, singer and songwriter D. Smith. Smith, who made history as the first trans woman cast on a primetime unscripted TV show, also filmed and edited this wildly entertaining and refreshingly unfiltered documentary that passes the mic to four Black transgender sex workers in Atlanta and New York City – Daniella Carter, Koko Da Doll, Liyah Mitchell and Dominique Silver - as they hold nothing back while breaking down the walls of their profession.

D. Smith

The Essential Church

A documentary that explores the struggle between Church and government throughout history.

Shannon Halliday

For The Animals

A documentary about a small group of animal rights activists in Houston, Texas, dedicated to saving the lives of stray cats and dogs living on the street.

Tama Lundquist, Alyssa Milano, Sadhvi Anubhuti, Jan Duncan, Sadhvi Siddhali Shree, Tena Lundquist Faust, Susan Boggio, Peter Farrell

The Slumber Party

Depicts the hilarious aftermath of a sleepover birthday party hypnotism gone wrong as best friends Megan and Paige, along with soon-to-be step-sister Veronica, wake up with absolutely no memory of the night before. Now they must retrace their steps to find missing birthday girl Anna Maria...and explain why there’s a flock of baby ducks in the bathtub, what happened to Megan’s left eyebrow, and why she’s wearing unattainable hottie Jake Ramirez’s signature black hoodie.

Tituss Burgess, Darby Camp, Veronica Rodriguez, Paula Pell, Huntly Plantz, Valentina Herrera, Dallas Liu, Emmy Liu-Wang

Sons of Summer

In the spirit of Point Break comes this dazzling thriller that mixes crime action and incredible surfing stunts. To mark the anniversary of his father’s death, Sean takes his friends on a road trip to his surfer dad’s favorite beach. But Sean’s drug-dealing friend forces him to do one last favor – steal a heroin shipment from a local mobster – and the crime lord retaliates by kidnapping Sean’s girlfriend in an attempt to get his drugs back. Can Sean get back to town in time to save both her life, and his own?

Isabel Lucas, Temuera Morrison, Steve Nation, Clive Fleury, Joe Davidson, Christopher Pate, Jonathan Weir, Alex Fleri

How to Become a Cult Leader ...

Disguised as a guidebook for capturing a devoted cult following, this docuseries takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the rise of six famed flock leaders.

Talk to Me

When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

Miranda Otto, Michael Philippou, Zoe Terakes, Danny Philippou, Bill Hinzman, Daley Pearson, Sophie Wilde, Alexandra Jensen

The Beasts

Vincent and Olga (Denis Ménochet and Marina Foïs) are a French couple who settled long ago in a village from the interior of Galicia. There they lead a quiet life, grow their vegetables and rehabilitate abandoned houses, although their coexistence with the locals is not as idyllic as they wish. Their refusal to implement a wind farm will accentuate the disagreements with the neighbors, especially with the brothers Xan and Lorenzo, taking coexistence to a situation of no return.

Denis Menochet, Marina Fois, Rodrigo Sorogoyen

The Unknown Country

Reeling from a devastating loss, Tana (Lily Gladstone) is pulled back into the world by an unexpected invitation to her cousin’s wedding. She packs up her late grandmother’s Cadillac and hits the open road, driving from her home in Minnesota to South Dakota. After reconnecting with her Oglala Lakota family, Tana sets off to retrace a surreal journey that her grandmother took decades ago, searching for the spot captured in an old family photograph. As she travels, Tana finds connection in the stories of everyday people who’ve settled down far off the main roads including Isaac (Raymond Lee), who provides a pivotal clue to understanding the lost location that could cultivate closure. A personal reverie summoned from a beguiling mix of fact and fiction, The Unknown Country is an arresting debut feature from Morrisa Maltz.

Lily Gladstone, Raymond Lee, Richard Ray Whitman, Devin Shangreaux, Scott Stample, Teresa Boyd, Morrisa Maltz, Lainey Bearkiller Shangreaux