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The Girl on the Train Poster
77%

Ratings

  • 3.3 / 5

out of 5 stars

A young woman becomes entangled in a murder investigation because of what she witnesses on her daily commute.

Emily Blunt, Luke Evans, Marc Platt, Rebecca Ferguson, Haley Bennett, Jared LeBoff, Tate Taylor, Erin Cressida Wilson

R Thriller Adaptation
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Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life Poster
82%

Ratings

  • 4.2 / 5

out of 5 stars

Rafe Khatchadorian must use all of his wits to battle bullies, hormones and a tyrannical principal at Hills Village Middle School.

Griffin Gluck, Steve Carr, Lauren Graham, Adam Pally, Rob Riggle, Isabela Moner, Michael Flynn, Jeff Skoll

PG Drama Teen
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The Birth of a Nation Poster
71%

Ratings

  • 2.9 / 5

out of 5 stars

The true life story of slave-preacher turned revolutionary, Nat Turner, who in 1831 led the most successful slave revolt in American history.

Penelope Ann Miller, Armie Hammer, Jackie Earle Haley, Nate Parker, Kevin Turen, Gabrielle Union, Jason Michael Berman, Aaron L. Gilbert

R Drama 1 hr, 50 mins
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The Late Bloomer Poster
84%

Ratings

  • 4.3 / 5

out of 5 stars

A young boy struggles with the effects of a benign tumor that rests against his pituitary gland, which delays his puberty and normal development, causing him frustration and embarrassment. At age 27, a successful operation to remove the tumor restores him to hormonally normal masculinity, but results in his experiencing all the effects of puberty over an extremely condensed three-week period.

J.K. Simmons, Andrew Kosove, Kevin Pollak, Brittany Snow, Beck Bennett, Kumail Nanjiani, Broderick Johnson, Joe Nussbaum

Drama Comedy
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The Alchemist Cookbook Poster
50%

Ratings

  • 5 / 5

out of 5 stars

Young outcast Sean has isolated himself in a trailer in the woods, setting out on alchemic pursuits, with his cat Kaspar as his sole companion. Filled with disdain for authority, he’s fled the daily grind and holed up in the wilderness, escaping a society that has no place for him. But when he turns from chemistry to black magic to crack nature’s secret, things go awry and he awakens something far more sinister and dangerous.

Joel Potrykus, Ty Hickson, Amari Cheatom

Drama
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Blinky Bill: The Movie Poster
73%

Ratings

  • 1 / 5

out of 5 stars

Follows a mischievous little Koala boy.

Ryan Kwanten, David Wenham, Toni Collette, Deborah Mailman, Rufus Sewell, Richard Roxburgh, Robin McLeavy, Deane Taylor

NR Family 1 hr, 33 mins
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Under the Shadow Poster
73%

Ratings

  • 3.4 / 5

out of 5 stars

Shideh (Narges Rashidi) and her family live amid the chaos of the Iran-Iraq war, a period known as The War of the Cities. Accused of subversion by the post-Revolution government and blacklisted from medical college, she falls into a state of malaise. With Tehran under the constant threat of aerial bombardment, her husband (Bobby Naderi) is drafted and sent to the frontlines by the army, leaving Shideh all alone to protect their young daughter, Dorsa (Avin Manshadi). Soon after he leaves, a missile hits their apartment building and while failing to explode, a neighbor dies under mysterious circumstances and Dorsa’s behavior becomes increasingly erratic.

Shideh finds herself slowly drawn into the ensuing turmoil, struggling to cling onto what is real and what is not. Searching for answers, she learns from a superstitious neighbor that the cursed missile might have brought with it Djinn – malevolent Middle-Eastern spirits that travel on the wind. Convinced that a supernatural force within the building is attempting to possess Dorsa, Shideh has no choice but to confront these forces if she is to save her daughter and herself.

Babak Anvari, Soussan Farrokhnia, Bobby Naderi, Hamidreza Djavdan, Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Ray Haratian

PG-13 Thriller 1 hr, 24 mins
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Phantasm: Ravager Poster
89%

Ratings

  • 2.3 / 5

out of 5 stars

For 37 years, audiences have followed small town friends Reggie, Mike, and Jody in their quest to stop the evil, dimension-hopping schemes of The Tall Man (Angus Scrimm in his final performance) and his armada of killer Sentinel Spheres. Now, Don Coscarelli’s acclaimed horror/sci-fi Phantasm franchise comes to a close in a truly epic finale, a multi-dimensional battle across multiple timelines, alien planets, and altered realities, where no less than the fate of Earth is on the line.

Don Coscarelli, David Hartman, A. Michael Baldwin, Angus Scrimm, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister

Horror 1 hr, 37 mins
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Phantasm: Remastered Poster
73%

Ratings

  • 2.3 / 5

out of 5 stars

Since its release in 1979, director Don Coscarelli’s epic tale of The Tall Man, his deadly silver Sentinel Spheres, and group the small town friends who must band together to stop his dimension-hopping schemes has captivated and terrified horror and sci-fi fans around the world.

Don Coscarelli, A. Michael Baldwin, Angus Scrimm, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister

Suspense 1 hr, 36 mins
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Voyage of Time Poster
79%

Ratings

  • 3 / 5

out of 5 stars

A documentary about the birth of the universe that will cover the first signs of life, bacteria, cellular pioneers, first love, consciousness, the ascent of humanity, life and death and the end of the universe.

Brad Pitt, Bill Pohlad, Terrence Malick

Documentary 0 hrs, 45 mins
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The Great Gilly Hopkins Poster
85%

Ratings

  • 3.3 / 5

out of 5 stars

A wisecracking girl moves from foster home to foster home until she lands at the house of the weird Maime Trotter.

Julia Stiles, Danny Glover, Glenn Close, Kathy Bates, Stephen Herek, Sophie Nelisse, William Teitler, David Paterson

PG Drama 1 hr, 39 mins
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Better Off Single Poster
77%

Ratings

  • 1 / 5

out of 5 stars

A NYC dating comedy that follows one man's hallucination-fueled, post-breakup quest to find new love... and himself.

Kal Penn, Lewis Black, Kelen Coleman, Lauren Miller Rogen, Shane McRae, Benjamin Cox, Aaron Tveit, Abby Elliott

NR Comedy
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The Lennon Report Poster
79%

Ratings

  • 4 / 5

out of 5 stars

Focuses on the efforts of police officers, nurses and emergency doctors racing to save musician John Lennon’s life at New York’s Roosevelt Hospital.

Richard Kind, Evan Jonigkeit, David Zayas, Walter Vincent, Devin Ratray, Jeremy Profe, Adrienne C. Moore, Stephen Spinella

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 27 mins
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No Poster Available
71%

Ratings

  • 4 / 5

out of 5 stars

Follows two former high school sweethearts. They return to their tiny California hometown and meet by chance, reflecting on their shared past through the lens of their differently dissatisfied presents.

Sarah Paulson, Mark Duplass, Alex Lehmann

Drama Romance
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The Greasy Strangler Poster
37%

Ratings

  • 1.5 / 5

out of 5 stars

The Los Angeles-set tale follows Ronnie, a man who runs a Disco Walking tour along with his browbeaten son, Brayden. When a sexy, alluring woman comes to take the tour, it begins a competition between father and son for her attentions. It also signals the appearance of an oily, slimy inhuman maniac who stalks the streets at night and strangles the innocent, soon dubbed ‘The Greasy Strangler.’

Jim Hosking, Michael St. Michaels, Sky Elobar, Elizabeth De Razzo

NR Comedy 1 hr, 33 mins
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No Poster Available
84%

Ratings

  • 3 / 5

out of 5 stars

Chronicles the history of racial inequality in the United States, examining how our country has the highest incarceration rate in the world, with the majority of prisoners being African-American. From the rebirth of the KKK to the Black Lives Matter movement, director Ava DuVernay traces the history of racism in the U.S. and how such fear and division facilitate a system that drives such mass criminalization.

Ava DuVernay

Documentary
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No Poster Available
63%

Ratings

  • 2 / 5

out of 5 stars

When fifteen-year-old Shay (Daniel Huttlestone) hears the music of The Clash for the first time, it’s a revelation, opening up a new world of social consciousness and anti-establishment defiance beyond anything he’s known in his dead-end London suburb. Drawn into the heart of the city’s burgeoning punk scene, he forges two relationships that will change his life, falling in love with rebellious cool girl Vivian (Nell Williams) and finding an unexpected connection with none other than The Clash’s electrifying frontman, Joe Strummer (Jonathan Rhys Meyers).

Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Derrick Borte, Tom Hughes, Dougray Scott, Natasha McElhone, Daniel Huttlestone

Drama 1 hr, 34 mins
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Picture This

changed release date from TBA to March 6, 2025

Sister Midnight

changed release date from TBA to May, 2025

Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert

changed release date from TBA to March 19, 2025

Superboys of Malegaon

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

Untitled Sony and Marvel Universe Film

changed release date from June 27, 2025 to TBA 2026

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

changed release date from TBA to April 11, 2025
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