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Birth Of The Dragon

Birth Of The Dragon

πŸ“… Release: August 25, 2017
🎭 Genre: ActionBiographyDrama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Philip Ng, Billy Magnussen, Xia Yu, Qu Jing Jing, Jin Xing, Terry Chen, Ron Yuan
πŸ“– Synopsis: Focus on Bruce Lee's career-defining 1965 no-holds-barred TKO battle with kung fu master Wong Jack Man. It also detail a team-up between the two legends to take on the Triads. The fight with Jack Man ...
All Saints

All Saints

πŸ“… Release: August 25, 2017
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: John Corbett, Cara Buono, Barry Corbin, Patrick Johnson, Chonda Pierce, Nelson Lee
πŸ“– Synopsis: "All Saints" is inspired by the true story of salesman-turned-pastor Michael Spurlock (Corbett), the tiny church he was ordered to shut down, and a group of refugees from Southeast Asia. Together, the...
Death Note

Death Note

πŸ“… Release: August 25, 2017
🎭 Genre: ThrillerAction
⭐ Rating: 16+
🎬 Starring: Nat Wolff, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Keith Stanfield, Shea Whigham, Masi Oka, Matthew Kevin Anderson, Michael Shamus Wiles, Olena Medwid, Christian Sloan, Paul Nakauchi
πŸ“– Synopsis: When a brilliant but disillusioned high school student named Light Turner, played by [c=Nat Wolff], discovers a mysterious notebook with the power to kill anyone whose name is written in it, he seize...
Leap!

Leap!

πŸ“… Release: August 25, 2017
🎭 Genre: AnimationAdventureFamily
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Elle Fanning, Nat Wolff, Kate McKinnon, Carly Rae Jepsen, Dane DeHaan, Mel Brooks, Ricardo El Mandril Sanchez, Maddie Ziegler, Terrence Scammell, Tamir Kapelian, Julie Khaner
πŸ“– Synopsis: Paris, 1884. A orphaned girl arrives in Paris from Brittany. Felicie Milliner is 11 and has no money but one big, passionate dream: to become a dancer. With nothing left to lose, Felicie takes a big r...
Villainess, The

Villainess, The

πŸ“… Release: August 25, 2017
🎭 Genre: ActionDrama
🎬 Starring: Kim Ok Bin, Shin Ha Kyun, Bang Sung Jun, Kim Seo Hyung
πŸ“– Synopsis: A young woman awakens in a training facility with no memory of her past, only to be forged into a lethal government assassin. This is the explosive premise of the action drama [m=Villainess, The], di...
What Happened To Monday

What Happened To Monday

πŸ“… Release: August 18, 2017
🎭 Genre: ThrillerSci-Fi
🎬 Starring: Noomi Rapace, Glenn Close, Willem Dafoe, Marwan Kenzari, Christian Rubeck, Robert Wagner, Pal Sverre Hagen
πŸ“– Synopsis: In a dystopian future where overpopulation has led to a strict one-child policy enforced by the ruthless Child Allocation Bureau, a brilliant scientist hides his seven identical granddaughters by giv...
Patti Cake$

Patti Cake$

πŸ“… Release: August 18, 2017
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Danielle Macdonald, Bridget Everett, Siddharth Dhananjay, Mamoudou Athie, Cathy Moriarty
πŸ“– Synopsis: In the gritty, sun-baked streets of Bergen County, New Jersey, a young woman with big dreams and an even bigger voice fights to be heard. [m=Patti Cake$] introduces Patricia Dombrowski, a plus-sized,...
Marjorie Prime

Marjorie Prime

πŸ“… Release: August 18, 2017
🎭 Genre: Sci-FiDramaComedy
🎬 Starring: Jon Hamm, Lois Smith, Geena Davis, Tim Robbins, Stephanie Andujar, Leslie Lyles
πŸ“– Synopsis: The story delves into themes of accepting loss and growing older, following an elderly, arthritic former violinist named Marjorie, staring headlong into the decline of old age as her memories begin to...
Lemon

Lemon

πŸ“… Release: August 18, 2017
🎭 Genre: Comedy
🎬 Starring: Brett Gelman, Michael Cera, Judy Greer, Nia Long, Fred Melamed, Shiri Appleby, Rhea Perlman, David Paymer, Gillian Jacobs, Megan Mullally, Martin Starr, Jeff Garlin, Marla Gibbs
πŸ“– Synopsis: From director [c=Janicza Bravo] and co-writer [c=Brett Gelman] comes a darkly comedic exploration of life's bitter disappointments. The film follows Isaac, played by [c=Brett Gelman], a struggling ac...
6 Days

6 Days

πŸ“… Release: August 18, 2017
🎭 Genre: DramaThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Jamie Bell, Abbie Cornish, Mark Strong, Emun Elliott, Jared Turner, Martin Shaw, Tim Pigott-Smith, Kenneth Collard, Tim Downie, Martin Hancock
πŸ“– Synopsis: In April 1980, six armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate, London, taking 26 people inside hostage. Over the next six days a tense standoff took place. All the while, a group of high...
Adventurers, The

Adventurers, The

πŸ“… Release: August 18, 2017
🎭 Genre: ActionRomance
🎬 Starring: Andy Lau, Shu Qi, Jean Reno, Zhang Jingchu, Tony Yang, Eric Tsang, Sha Yi, You Tianyi, Zhang Yiqun, Karel Dobry
πŸ“– Synopsis: Sophisticated burglar Dan Zhang (Andy Lau) walks out of prison after a three-year term. Dan reunites with his wingman Po (Yo Yang), an expert in computer hacking and weaponry. They are soon joined by ...
Madame

Madame

πŸ“… Release: March 23, 2018
🎭 Genre: DramaComedy
🎬 Starring: Toni Collette, Harvey Keitel, Rossy de Palma, Michael Smiley, Josephine de La Baume, Brendan Patricks, Sonia Rolland, Tim Fellingham
πŸ“– Synopsis: Adding a little spice to a waning marriage, Anne and Bob (Academy Award nominees Toni Collette and Harvey Keitel), a wealthy and well-connected American couple move into a manor house in romantic Pari...
Gook

Gook

πŸ“… Release: August 18, 2017
🎭 Genre: Drama
🎬 Starring: Justin Chon, Simone Baker, David So, Curtiss Cook Jr., Sang Chon, Ben Munoz
πŸ“– Synopsis: Eli (Chon) and Daniel (So) are two Korean American brothers that run their late father's shoe store in a predominantly African American community of Los Angeles. These two brothers strike up a unique ...
California Typewriter

California Typewriter

πŸ“… Release: August 18, 2017
🎭 Genre: Documentary
🎬 Starring: Tom Hanks, John Mayer, Sam Shepard, David McCullough, Ken Alexander, Silvi Alcivar, Mason Williams
πŸ“– Synopsis: "California Typewriter" launches us into the bittersweet moment when a beloved technology, the typewriter, faces extinction. Delivering a thought-provoking view on the changing dynamic between humans ...
Monster Project, The

Monster Project, The

πŸ“… Release: August 18, 2017
🎭 Genre: Horror
🎬 Starring: Toby Hemingway, Justin Bruening, Yvonne Zima, Jamal Quezaire, Murielle Zuker
πŸ“– Synopsis: In a chilling and inventive take on the classic monster movie genre, The Monster Project follows a group of aspiring horror filmmakers, eager to raise their YouTube subscriber count, who post an onlin...
Final Portrait

Final Portrait

πŸ“… Release: March 23, 2018
🎭 Genre: Drama
🎬 Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Armie Hammer, Tony Shalhoub, Clemence Poesy, Sylvie Testud
πŸ“– Synopsis: "Final Portrait" is the story of the touching and offbeat friendship between American writer and art-lover James Lord and Alberto Giacometti, as seen through LordÒ€ℒs eyes and revealing unique in...
Hitman's Bodyguard, The

Hitman's Bodyguard, The

πŸ“… Release: August 18, 2017
🎭 Genre: Action
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Salma Hayek, Elodie Yung, Joaquim De Almeida, Kirsty Mitchell, Richard E. Grant, Sam Hazeldine
πŸ“– Synopsis: In a world where the world’s top bodyguards and most notorious hitmen are mortal enemies, an unlikely alliance forms for one explosive mission. [c=Ryan Reynolds] stars as Michael Bryce, a once-elit...
England Is Mine

England Is Mine

πŸ“… Release: August 25, 2017
🎭 Genre: DramaBiography
🎬 Starring: Jack Lowden, Jessica Brown Findlay, Jodie Comer, Finney Cassidy, Simone Kirby
πŸ“– Synopsis: Steven Patrick Morrissey wants to write and sing. But as a young man, his voice goes no further than the NME letters page and his dead-end office walls.When the punk scene explodes, Steven discovers t...
Naked

Naked

πŸ“… Release: August 11, 2017
🎭 Genre: RomanceComedy
⭐ Rating: 13+
🎬 Starring: Marlon Wayans, Regina Hall, Neil Brown Jr., Cory Hardrict, Dennis Haysbert, Loretta Devine, Dave Sheridan, Jwaundace Candece, Jason Davis
πŸ“– Synopsis: When Rob Anderson (Marlon Wayans), a charming man-child, arrives in Charleston the night before he is about to marry the woman of every man's dreams, Megan Swope (Regina Hall), he hasn't written his v...
Trip To Spain, The

Trip To Spain, The

πŸ“… Release: August 11, 2017
🎭 Genre: Drama
🎬 Starring: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Marta Barrio, Rebecca Johnson, Claire Keelan, Margo Stilley
πŸ“– Synopsis: After jaunts through northern England and Italy, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon embark on another deliciously deadpan culinary road trip. This time around, the guys head to Spain to sample the best of th...
In This Corner Of The World

In This Corner Of The World

πŸ“… Release: August 11, 2017
🎭 Genre: AnimationDrama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Non, Megumi Han, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Natsuki Inaba, Nanase Iwai, Minori Omi, Daisuke Ono, Mayumi Shintani
πŸ“– Synopsis: In the tranquil seaside town of Kure, a young woman named Suzu finds joy in the simple act of drawing the world around her. Voiced by [c=Non], her peaceful life takes a profound turn when she agrees ...
Nocturama

Nocturama

πŸ“… Release: August 11, 2017
🎭 Genre: DramaThriller
🎬 Starring: Finnegan Oldfield, Laure Valentinelli, Hamza Meziani, Manal Issa, Robin Goldbronn
πŸ“– Synopsis: A terrorism thriller like no other, recalling Robert Bresson's The Devil, Probably as much as it does George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead. We first follow a group of tense, shifty adolescents as they ...
Good Time

Good Time

πŸ“… Release: August 11, 2017
🎭 Genre: DramaCrime
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Robert Pattinson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Taliah Lennice Webster, Barkhad Abdi, Bennie Safdie, Cliff Moylan, Buddy Duress
πŸ“– Synopsis: Following the mind-bending Heaven Knows What, celebrated filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie return to the mean streets of New York City with Good Time, a hypnotic crime thriller that explores with braci...
Whose Streets?

Whose Streets?

πŸ“… Release: August 11, 2017
🎭 Genre: Documentary
🎬 Starring: Brittany Ferrell, Bassem Masri, Tef Poe, Kayla Reed, Tory Russell, Alexis Templeton, David Whitt
πŸ“– Synopsis: Told by the activists and leaders who live and breathe this movement for justice, Whose Streets? is an unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising. When unarmed teenager Michael Brown is killed by polic...
Summertime

Summertime

πŸ“… Release: August 16, 2017
🎭 Genre: Drama
🎬 Starring: Matilda Lutz, Brando Pacitto, Taylor Frey, Joseph Haro, Laura Cayouette, Jessica Rothe, Tatiana Luter, Timothy Martin
πŸ“– Synopsis: In the sprawling, sun-drenched landscape of Los Angeles, a diverse group of young people find their lives unexpectedly intersecting over the course of a single, transformative season. Directed by [c=...
Planetarium

Planetarium

πŸ“… Release: August 11, 2017
🎭 Genre: DramaSupernatural
🎬 Starring: Natalie Portman, Lily-Rose Depp, Emmanuel Salinger, Amira Casar, Louis Garrel, Pierre Salvadori, Rosa Bursztein, Hugo Zlotowski
πŸ“– Synopsis: The setting is Paris in the 1930s, where two sisters, American spiritualists Laura (Portman, who also appears at this year's Festival in Jackie) and Kate Barlow (Depp), are winding up a world tour. Se...
Overdrive

Overdrive

πŸ“… Release: October 6, 2017
🎭 Genre: ActionThriller
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Scott Eastwood, Ana de Armas, Gaia Weiss, Freddie Thorp, Clemens Schick, Simon Abkarian, Moussa Maaskri
πŸ“– Synopsis: From the writers of "2 Fast 2 Furious" and the director of "Taken", "Overdrive" is a high-octane, action-packed joyride. Legendary car thieves Andrew (Scott Eastwood) and Garrett (Freddie Thorp) are c...
Jungle

Jungle

πŸ“… Release: October 20, 2017
🎭 Genre: AdventureDramaThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Thomas Kretschmann, Alex Russell, Yasmin Kassim, Joel Jackson
πŸ“– Synopsis: Based on a harrowing true story, [m=Jungle] thrusts viewers into the heart of the Bolivian Amazon, where a young and adventurous Israeli backpacker named Yossi Ghinsberg ([c=Daniel Radcliffe]) seeks ...
Glass Castle, The

Glass Castle, The

πŸ“… Release: August 11, 2017
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, Naomi Watts, Max Greenfield, Sarah Snook, Robin Bartlett, Dominic Bogart
πŸ“– Synopsis: In "The Glass Castle," a poignant drama directed by [c=Destin Daniel Cretton], the complexities of familial love and the struggle for self-identity take center stage. The story follows Jeannette Wall...
Sharknado 5: Global Swarming

Sharknado 5: Global Swarming

πŸ“… Release: August 6, 2017
🎭 Genre: Sci-FiThriller
🎬 Starring: Tara Reid, Ian Ziering, Cassie Scerbo, Masiela Lusha, Cody Linley, Russell Hodgkinson, Jena Sims, Chris Kattan, Gilbert Gottfried, Al Roker, Kathie Lee Gifford, Hoda Kotb, Clay Aiken, Tony Hawk, Olivia Newton-John, Bret Michaels, Margaret Cho
πŸ“– Synopsis: In this latest iteration, the mission gets personal for Fin Shepard (Ian Ziering) and his bionic wife, April (Tara Reid), when their young son gets trapped in a traveling 'nado and transported all ove...