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Photograph

Photograph

πŸ“… Release: May 17, 2019
🎭 Genre: DramaRomance
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sanya Mlhotra, Denzil Smith, Saharsh Kumar Shukla, Farrukh Jafar, Sunil Shakya, Shreedhar Dubey
πŸ“– Synopsis: In the bustling heart of Mumbai, a chance encounter on a crowded sidewalk sparks an unexpected connection in this tender drama from acclaimed director [c=Ritesh Batra]. Struggling street photographer...
Tomorrow Man, The

Tomorrow Man, The

πŸ“… Release: May 17, 2019
🎭 Genre: DramaRomance
🎬 Starring: John Lithgow, Blythe Danner, Derek Cecil, Katie Aselton, Sophie Thatcher, Eve Harlow
πŸ“– Synopsis: Ed Hemsler (John Lithgow) spends his life preparing for a disaster that may never come. Ronnie Meisner (Blythe Danner) spends her life shopping for things she may never use. In a small town somewhere ...
White Crow, The

White Crow, The

πŸ“… Release: April 26, 2019
🎭 Genre: DramaBiography
🎬 Starring: Oleg Ivenko, Adele Exarchopoulos, Sergei Polunin, Ralph Fiennes, Chulpan Khamatova, Raphael Personnaz, Calypso Valois, Laurent Lafitte, Louis Hofmann, Olivier Rabourdin
πŸ“– Synopsis: A life story of legendary Russian ballet dancer Rudolph Nureyev. Inspired by the book "Rudolf Nureyev: The Life by Julie Kavanaugh", the drama charts the iconic dancer's famed defection from the Sovie...
Charlie Says

Charlie Says

πŸ“… Release: May 17, 2019
🎭 Genre: CrimeDramaBiography
🎬 Starring: Suki Waterhouse, Matt Smith, Hannah Murray, Chace Crawford, Sosie Bacon, Marianne Rendon, Odessa Young, Kaylie Carter, Merritt Wever, Cameron Gellman, Annabeth Gish
πŸ“– Synopsis: Years after the shocking murders that made the name Charles Manson synonymous with pure evil, the three women who killed for himÒ€”Leslie Van Houten (Hannah Murray), Patricia Krenwinkel (Sosie Ba...
Avengers: Endgame

Avengers: Endgame

πŸ“… Release: April 26, 2019
🎭 Genre: SuperheroActionAdventure
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Brie Larson, Mark Ruffalo, Paul Rudd, Jeremy Renner, Karen Gillan, Bradley Cooper, Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Chadwick Boseman, Tom Holland, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Pratt, Ev
πŸ“– Synopsis: In a gripping conclusion to the epic saga, "Avengers: Endgame" plunges audiences into a world devastated by loss and despair after the catastrophic events of "Avengers: Infinity War." The remaining h...
JT LeRoy

JT LeRoy

πŸ“… Release: April 26, 2019
🎭 Genre: DramaBiography
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, Diane Kruger, Jim Sturgess, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Courtney Love, James Jagger, Stella Maxwel
πŸ“– Synopsis: In the biographical drama "[m=JT LeRoy]", director [c=Justin Kelly] crafts a story based on a notorious literary hoax. The film follows a young woman, portrayed by [c=Kristen Stewart], who finds hers...
Pasolini

Pasolini

πŸ“… Release: May 10, 2019
🎭 Genre: DramaBiography
🎬 Starring: Willem Dafoe, Maria de Medeiros, Riccardo Scamarcio, Giada Colagrande, Adriana Asti, Diego Pagotto
πŸ“– Synopsis: Rome: on the night of November 2, 1975, the great Italian poet and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini is murdered. Pasolini is the symbol of an art that's fighting against the power. His writings are scand...
Penguins

Penguins

πŸ“… Release: April 19, 2019
🎭 Genre: Documentary
⭐ Rating: G
🎬 Starring: Ed Helms
πŸ“– Synopsis: Disneynature's all-new feature film "Penguins" is a coming-of-age story about an Adelie penguin named Steve who joins millions of fellow males in the icy Antarctic spring on a quest to build a suitabl...
Breakthrough

Breakthrough

πŸ“… Release: April 12, 2019
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Chrissy Metz, Marcel Ruiz, Mike Colter, Topher Grace, Ali Skovbye, Taylor Mosby, Sam Trammell, Dennis Haysbert, Josh Lucas, Rebecca Staab, Victor Zinck Jr., Lisa Durupt, Kristen Harris, Isaac Kragten, Nancy Sorel
πŸ“– Synopsis: Based on the inspiring true story, [m=Breakthrough] is a powerful drama that follows the emotional journey of a mother’s unwavering faith. When Joyce Smith’s (played by [c=Chrissy Metz]) adopted ...
Hail Satan?

Hail Satan?

πŸ“… Release: April 19, 2019
🎭 Genre: Documentary
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Nicholas Crowe, Malcolm Jarry, Lucien Greaves, Jesper Aagaard Petersen, Jex Blackmore, Jay D. Wexler, Sadie Satanas, Lynita Killen, William Morrison, Eve Vulgaris
πŸ“– Synopsis: In a provocative and timely documentary, director [c=Penny Lane] turns her lens on The Satanic Temple, a controversial and wildly misunderstood movement that uses theatrical activism to challenge rel...
Guava Island

Guava Island

πŸ“… Release: April 13, 2019
🎭 Genre: DramaThrillerComedy
🎬 Starring: Donald Glover, Letitia Wright, Rihanna, Nonso Anozie
πŸ“– Synopsis: In the vibrant, sun-drenched paradise of Guava Island, a young musician named Deni, played by [c=Donald Glover], dreams of a life beyond the daily grind. He plans a bold act of joyful rebellion: a fr...
Homecoming: A Film By Beyonce

Homecoming: A Film By Beyonce

πŸ“… Release: April 17, 2019
🎭 Genre: DocumentaryMusic
🎬 Starring: Beyonce Knowles, Solange Knowles, Nina Simone
πŸ“– Synopsis: A monumental cultural event unfolds in this intimate documentary that pulls back the curtain on the historic 2018 Coachella performance that became a global phenomenon. Directed, written, and produce...
Little Woods

Little Woods

πŸ“… Release: April 19, 2018
🎭 Genre: DramaCrime
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Tessa Thompson, Lily James, James Badge Dale, Luke Kirby, Lance Reddick, Elizabeth Maxwell, Luci Christian, Joe Stevens, Rochelle Robinson
πŸ“– Synopsis: Little Woods, North Dakota, a fracking boomtown well beyond its prime. Ollie (Tessa Thompson) is trying to survive the last few days of her probation after getting caught illegally running prescriptio...
Storm Boy

Storm Boy

πŸ“… Release: April 5, 2019
🎭 Genre: DramaFamily
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Jai Courtney, David Gulpilil, Erik Thomson, Morgana Davies, Simone Annan, Luca Asta Sardelis, Finn Little, Thibul Nettle, David John Clark, Chantal Contouri
πŸ“– Synopsis: Mike "Storm Boy" Kingley recounts his childhood adventures to troubled teen granddaughter Madeline in an effort to prevent her from making the same mistakes he made years before. The film is a contemp...
Curse Of La Llorona, The

Curse Of La Llorona, The

πŸ“… Release: April 19, 2019
🎭 Genre: HorrorThrillerMystery
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Linda Cardellini, Raymond Cruz, Patricia Velasquez, Marisol Ramirez, Sean Patrick Thomas, Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen, Roman Christou, Tony Amendola
πŸ“– Synopsis: La Llorona. The Weeping Woman. A horrifying apparition, caught between Heaven and Hell, trapped in a terrible fate sealed by her own hand. The mere mention of her name has struck terror around the wor...
Art Of Self-Defense, The

Art Of Self-Defense, The

πŸ“… Release: July 12, 2019
🎭 Genre: DramaComedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Imogen Poots, Alessandro Nivola
πŸ“– Synopsis: A dark comedy set in the world of karate. The film centers on Casey (Jesse Eisenberg), who is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo led by a charismatic and mysterious Sensei (A...
Little

Little

πŸ“… Release: April 12, 2019
🎭 Genre: ComedyFantasyRomance
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Issa Rae, Regina Hall, Marsai Martin, Justin Hartley, Rachel Dratch, Mikey Day, Tracee Ellis Ross, Tone Bell, JD McCrary, Tucker Meek, Thalia Tran, Marley Taylor, Eva Carlton, Luke James
πŸ“– Synopsis: What if your worst boss could literally become a child again? In this magical and hilarious body-swap comedy, tech mogul Jordan Sandersβ€”a woman who terrorizes her employees with her ruthless, no-no...
Dogman

Dogman

πŸ“… Release: April 12, 2019
🎭 Genre: DramaCrimeThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Marcello Fonte, Edoardo Pesce, Nunzia Schiano, Adamo Dionisi, Francesco Acquaroli, Gianluca Gobbi, Alida Baldari Calabria
πŸ“– Synopsis: In a seaside village on the outskirts of an Italian city, where the only law seems to be survival of the fittest, Marcello is a slight, mild-mannered man who divides his days between working at his mo...
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy

Master Z: Ip Man Legacy

πŸ“… Release: April 12, 2019
🎭 Genre: DramaActionAdventure
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Max Zhang, Dave Bautista, Tony Jaa, Michelle Yeoh, Liu Yan, Chrissie Chau, Kevin Cheng, Xing Yu, Brian Thomas Burrell
πŸ“– Synopsis: A spin-off of the popular Ip Man film series spotlighting Jin Zhang's character from Ip Man 3. Following his defeat by Master Ip, Cheung Tin Chi (Max Zhang), tries to make a life with his young son in...
Missing Link

Missing Link

πŸ“… Release: April 12, 2019
🎭 Genre: AnimationComedyAdventure
🎬 Starring: Zach Galifianakis, Zoe Saldana, Hugh Jackman, Timothy Olyphant, Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry, Matt Lucas, David Walliams, Amrita Acharia, Ching Valdes-Aran
πŸ“– Synopsis: Meet Mr. Link (Zach Galifianakis): 8 feet tall, 630 lbs, and covered in fur, but don't let his appearance fool yo... he is funny, sweet, and adorably literal, making him the world's most lovable legen...
Best Of Enemies, The

Best Of Enemies, The

πŸ“… Release: April 5, 2019
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Taraji P. Henson, Sam Rockwell, Anne Heche, Babou Ceesay, Wes Bentley, Bruce McGill, Nick Searcy, Caitlin Mehner, John Gallagher Jr.
πŸ“– Synopsis: Based on a true story, "The Best of Enemies" centers on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater (Taraji P. Henson), an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis (Sam Rockwell), a local Ku ...
Echo In The Canyon

Echo In The Canyon

πŸ“… Release: May 24, 2019
🎭 Genre: DocumentaryMusic
🎬 Starring: Tom Petty, Jakob Dylan, Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Stephen Stills, Roger McGuinn, Michelle Phillips, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Jackson Browne, John Sebastian, Lou Adler, Fiona Apple, Beck, Norah Jones, Regina Spektor, Cat Po
πŸ“– Synopsis: "Echo in the Canyon" celebrates the explosion of popular music that came out of LA's Laurel Canyon in the mid-60s as folk went electric and The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield and The Mamas...
Man Who Killed Don Quixote, The

Man Who Killed Don Quixote, The

πŸ“… Release: April 19, 2019
🎭 Genre: DramaAdventureComedy
🎬 Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Adam Driver, Olga Kurylenko, Stellan Skarsgard, Joana Ribeiro, Oscar Jaenada, Michael Palin, Jordi Molla, Terry Gilliam, Jason Watkins, Will Keen, Paloma Bloyd
πŸ“– Synopsis: The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is the story of Toby (Adam Driver), a cynical advertising director, who finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker who believes himse...
Red Joan

Red Joan

πŸ“… Release: April 19, 2019
🎭 Genre: BiographyDramaThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Sophie Cookson, Judi Dench, Stephen Campbell Moore, Tom Hughes, Tereza Srbova, Laurence Spellman, Robin Soans, Kevin Fuller, Simon Ludders, Ciaran Owens, Irfan Shamji, Adrian Wheeler, Steven Hillman, James Yeates, Connor Wolf, Phill Langhorne
πŸ“– Synopsis: English born Joan Stanley, a Soviet and communist party sympathizer, becomes employed as a British government civil servant, and gets recruited by the KGB in the mid 1930s. She successfully transfers ...
Haunting Of Sharon Tate, The

Haunting Of Sharon Tate, The

πŸ“… Release: April 5, 2019
🎭 Genre: DramaThrillerPsychological
🎬 Starring: Hilary Duff, Jonathan Bennett, Lydia Hearst, Pawel Szajda, Ryan Cargill, Bella Popa, Fivel Stewart, Tyler Johnson
πŸ“– Synopsis: "The Haunting of Sharon Tate" reimagines the last days of Sharon Tate's (Hilary Duff) life before being tragically cut down at the age of 26 by Charles Manson's family of followers. Sharon has just mo...
Family

Family

πŸ“… Release: April 19, 2019
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Taylor Schilling, Jillian Bell, Bryn Vale, Brian Tyree Henry, Sharon Blackwood, Juan Gaspard, Fabrizio Zacharee Guido, Jessie Ennis, Blair Beeken, Matt Walsh, Allison Tolman, Eric Edelstein, Kate McKinnon
πŸ“– Synopsis: Kate Stone (Taylor Schilling) is a workaholic. She hates kids. She hates most social situations, because she doesn't know what to do with her arms. So when her estranged brother Joe tracks her down to...
Highwaymen, The

Highwaymen, The

πŸ“… Release: March 29, 2019
🎭 Genre: DramaCrimeMystery
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Woody Harrelson, Kevin Costner, Kathy Bates, Kim Dickens, John Carroll Lynch, Thomas Mann, W. Earl Brown, William Sadler, David Furr, Jesse C. Boyd, Jane McNeill, Billy Slaughter
πŸ“– Synopsis: The outlaws made headlines. The lawmen made history. "The Highwaymen" follows the untold true story of the legendary detectives who brought down Bonnie and Clyde. When the full force of the FBI and th...
Chaperone (2019), The

Chaperone (2019), The

πŸ“… Release: August 10, 2019
🎭 Genre: Drama
🎬 Starring: Elizabeth McGovern, Haley Lu Richardson, Geza Rohrig, Victoria Hill, Blythe Danner, Campbell Scott, Miranda Otto, Robert Fairchild
πŸ“– Synopsis: Louise Brooks, the 1920s silver screen sensation who never met a rule she didn't break, epitomized the restless, reckless spirit of the Jazz Age. But, just a few years earlier, she was a 15 year-old s...