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Founder, The

Founder, The

📅 Release: December 16, 2016
🎭 Genre: DramaBiography
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Michael Keaton, Laura Dern, Linda Cardellini, Nick Offerman, B.J. Novak, Patrick Wilson, John Carroll Lynch
📖 Synopsis: Written by Robert Siegel ("Big Fan"), "The Founder" is a drama that tells the true story of how Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton), a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burge...
Clinical

Clinical

📅 Release: January 13, 2017
🎭 Genre: ThrillerPsychological
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Vinessa Shaw, Kevin Rahm, William Atherton, Aaron Stanford, Wilmer Calderon
📖 Synopsis: Haunted by a violent encounter with a former patient, psychiatrist [c=Vinessa Shaw] struggles to rebuild her life and practice. Determined to help others while battling her own trauma, she takes on a...
Sleepless

Sleepless

📅 Release: January 13, 2017
🎭 Genre: ActionThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Jamie Foxx, Michelle Monaghan, Gabrielle Union, T.I., Dermot Mulroney, Scoot McNairy, David Harbour
📖 Synopsis: In the pulse-pounding action thriller [m=Sleepless], directed by [c=Baran bo Odar], [c=Jamie Foxx] stars as Vincent Downs, a seasoned Las Vegas police detective whose world unravels during one relent...
Ok Jaanu

Ok Jaanu

📅 Release: January 13, 2017
🎭 Genre: RomanceDrama
🎬 Starring: Aditya Roy Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah, Leela Samson
📖 Synopsis: Directed by [c=Shaad Ali], "Ok Jaanu" is a romantic drama that follows the lives of a modern couple navigating love and commitment in a bustling metropolis. The film stars [c=Aditya Roy Kapoor] and [...
Bad Kids Of Crestview Academy

Bad Kids Of Crestview Academy

📅 Release: January 13, 2017
🎭 Genre: ComedyFantasyMystery
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Drake Bell, Sean Astin, Gina Gershon, Sammi Hanratty, Ben Browder, Ali Astin, Sufe Bradshaw, Sophia Taylor Ali, Cameron Deane Stewart
📖 Synopsis: Based on the best-selling graphic novel series, a group of spoiled "bad kids" have been placed in Saturday detention at the prestigious Crestview Academy. After one of the kids locks away their teache...
Bye Bye Man, The

Bye Bye Man, The

📅 Release: January 13, 2017
🎭 Genre: ThrillerSupernatural
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Doug Jones, Douglas Smith, Carrie-Anne Moss, Faye Dunaway, Cressida Bonas, Lucien Laviscount, Michael Trucco, Cleo King, Jenna Kanell, Erica Tremblay
📖 Synopsis: When three college students move into an old house off campus, they unwittingly unleash a supernatural entity known as The Bye Bye Man, who comes to prey upon them once they discover his name. The fri...
Alone In Berlin

Alone In Berlin

📅 Release: January 13, 2017
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Emma Thompson, Brendan Gleeson, Daniel Bruhl, Mikael Persbrandt, Godehard Giese, Uwe Preuss, Lars Rudolph, Hildegard Schroedter
📖 Synopsis: How did an ordinary, middle-aged couple become a symbol of defiance against Nazi brutality? This true-life tale of courage unfolds against the tumultuous backdrop of Berlin in 1940. Otto and Anna Quan...
100 Streets

100 Streets

📅 Release: January 13, 2017
🎭 Genre: Drama
🎬 Starring: Idris Elba, Gemma Arterton, Tom Cullen, Adam Bakri, Franz Drameh, Ken Stott, Charlie Creed-Miles, Steve Mackintosh, Emma Rigby
📖 Synopsis: "100 Streets", a powerful ensemble drama, follows three contrasting and interwoven stories as they play out in one square mile of modern day London. A former rugby player, Max (Idris Elba), struggles ...
Crash, The

Crash, The

📅 Release: January 13, 2017
🎭 Genre: ThrillerCrime
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Frank Grillo, Minnie Driver, AnnaSophia Robb, Dianna Agron, Mary McCormack, John Leguizamo, Ed Westwick, Maggie Q, Christopher McDonald, Andrew James Allen
📖 Synopsis: In the high-stakes thriller [m=Crash, The], directed by [c=Aram Rappaport], a shadowy figure known as the "Crash" orchestrates a sophisticated scheme to swindle wealthy investors out of their fortune...
Book Of Love, The

Book Of Love, The

📅 Release: January 13, 2017
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Jason Sudeikis, Jessica Biel, Maisie Williams, Mary Steenburgen, Orlando Jones, Jayson Warner Smith
📖 Synopsis: In the tender and heartfelt drama "Book of Love, The," [c=Jason Sudeikis] stars as a reserved, emotionally closed-off architect named Henry, whose life is upended when his free-spirited and estranged...
Go North

Go North

📅 Release: January 13, 2017
🎭 Genre: AdventureDrama
🎬 Starring: Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Jacob Lofland, James Bloor
📖 Synopsis: In the aftermath of an unknown catastrophe, a community left with zero living adults has descended into a modern-day Lord of the Flies, run by a small cabal of what had been the jocks occupying the at...
Claire In Motion

Claire In Motion

📅 Release: January 13, 2017
🎭 Genre: DramaThriller
🎬 Starring: Betsy Brandt, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Chris Beetem, Sakina Jaffrey, Zev Haworth, Brian Evans, David Haugen
📖 Synopsis: When her husband fails to return from a solo hiking trip, Claire, portrayed by [c=Betsy Brandt], finds her orderly life as a professor and mother shattered. Convinced he would not simply abandon thei...
Son Of Joseph, The

Son Of Joseph, The

📅 Release: January 13, 2017
🎭 Genre: Drama
🎬 Starring: Victor Ezenfis, Natacha Regnier, Fabrizio Rongione, Mathieu Amalric, Maria de Medeiros
📖 Synopsis: In this elegant and contemplative drama from writer-director [c=Eugene Green], a young man named Vincent, played by [c=Victor Ezenfis], embarks on a profound search for his biological father. His que...
Attack Of The Lederhosen Zombies

Attack Of The Lederhosen Zombies

📅 Release: January 13, 2017
🎭 Genre: ComedyHorror
🎬 Starring: Laurie Calvert, Gabriela Marcinkova, Oscar Dyekjaer Giese, Margarete Tiesel, Karl Fischer, Patricia Aulitzky, Kari Rakkola, Martin Loos
📖 Synopsis: When a scientific experiment conducted by a local entrepreneur unleashes an epidemic of zombies and mutant wildlife in the Austrian alps, three young snowboarders find themselves in an epic battle for...
We Are The Flesh

We Are The Flesh

📅 Release: January 13, 2017
🎭 Genre: DramaFantasyHorror
🎬 Starring: Noe Hernandez, Maria Evoli, Diego Gamaliel, Gabino Rodriguez, Maria Cid
📖 Synopsis: After the end of the world, a young brother and sister roam an apocalyptic city looking for food and shelter. They take refuge in the dilapidated lair of a strange hermit who makes them a dangerous of...
Underworld: Blood Wars

Underworld: Blood Wars

📅 Release: January 6, 2017
🎭 Genre: ActionFantasy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Bradley James, Clementine Nicholson, Tobias Menzies, Lara Pulver, Charles Dance, James Faulkner, Peter Andersson, Trent Garrett, Daisy Head
📖 Synopsis: In the action-packed fantasy film [m=Underworld: Blood Wars], directed by [d=Anna Foerster], the ongoing battle between vampires and Lycans escalates as Selene, portrayed by [c=Kate Beckinsale], find...
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher And Debbie Reynolds

Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher And Debbie Reynolds

📅 Release: January 7, 2017
🎭 Genre: Documentary
🎬 Starring: Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, Todd Fisher
📖 Synopsis: The story of a family's complicated love, Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds is an intimate portrait of Hollywood royalty in all its eccentricity. Fisher and her mother, Reynold...
Railroad Tigers

Railroad Tigers

📅 Release: January 6, 2017
🎭 Genre: ActionComedy
🎬 Starring: Jackie Chan, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Fan Xu, Wang Kai, Tao, Wang-Da Lu
📖 Synopsis: In this action-comedy caper harkening back to Jackie Chan's classic Hong Kong films, a railroad worker (Chan) and his ragtag group of freedom fighters find themselves on the wrong side of the tracks w...
Bronx Bull, The

Bronx Bull, The

📅 Release: January 6, 2017
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: William Forsythe, Joe Mantegna, Paul Sorvino, Mojean Aria, Tom Sizemore, Penelope Ann Miller, Alicia Witt, Ray Wise, Alex Meraz, Natasha Henstridge, James Russo, Cloris Leachman
📖 Synopsis: The Bronx Bull tells the raw and visceral story of Jake LaMotta, the legendary boxer whose ferocity in the ring was matched only by the turbulence of his life outside it. [c=William Forsythe] portray...
Ardennes, The

Ardennes, The

📅 Release: January 6, 2017
🎭 Genre: Drama
🎬 Starring: Kevin Janssens, Jeroen Perceval, Veerle Baetens, Jan Bijvoet, Viviane de Muynck, Sam Louwyck
📖 Synopsis: Brothers Dave and Kenneth are reunited on Kenneth's release after four years in prison following a failed home invasion. While Kenneth is anxious to dive headfirst into the drug-centered existence tha...
Arsenal

Arsenal

📅 Release: January 6, 2017
🎭 Genre: Thriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Adrian Grenier, Johnathon Schaech, Lydia Hull, C.J. LeBlanc, Christopher Rob Bowen, Abbie Gayle, Tyler Jon Olson, Heather Johansen, Shea Buckner
📖 Synopsis: When a ruthless crime lord kidnaps his brother, a successful businessman is forced to confront the violent underworld he left behind in this gritty Southern thriller. [c=Adrian Grenier] stars as JP, ...
Retake

Retake

📅 Release: January 6, 2017
🎭 Genre: DramaRomance
🎬 Starring: Devon Graye, Tuc Watkins, Derek Phillips, Kit Williamson, Andrew Asper, Sydelle Noel, Jody Jaress, Josh Carpenter
📖 Synopsis: Jonathan (Tuc Watkins) -- a handsome businessman -- flies into San Francisco and hires a young hustler (Devon Graye) to accompany him a road trip to the Grand Canyon, with a catch: he must role-play a...
Hickey

Hickey

📅 Release: January 6, 2017
🎭 Genre: Comedy
🎬 Starring: Troy Doherty, Flavia Watson, Raychel Diane Weiner, Zedrick Restauro
📖 Synopsis: A simple, innocent mark becomes the catalyst for a hilariously complicated day in the life of a teenage boy in this sharp-witted comedy. When Ben, played by [c=Troy Doherty], wakes up with a highly v...
Live By Night

Live By Night

📅 Release: December 25, 2016
🎭 Genre: DramaThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Ben Affleck, Elle Fanning, Chris Messina, Sienna Miller, Zoe Saldana, Chris Cooper, J.D. Evermore, Scott Eastwood, Remo Girone, Miguel, Brendan Gleeson, Anthony Michael Hall, Max Casella, Robert Glenister, Chris Sullivan, Titus Welliver, Matthew Mahe
📖 Synopsis: Oscar winner Ben Affleck ("Argo") directed and stars in the dramatic crime thriller "Live by Night." Affleck also wrote the screenplay based on the award-winning best-seller by Dennis Lehane, marking ...
Paterson

Paterson

📅 Release: December 28, 2016
🎭 Genre: DramaComedy
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Kara Hayward, Sterling Jerins, Luis Da Silva Jr., Frank Harts, Jorge Vega, William Jackson Harper, Trevor Parham, Brian McCarthy
📖 Synopsis: Paterson (played by Driver) is a bus driver in the city of Paterson, New Jersey - they share the name. Every day, Paterson adheres to a simple routine: he drives his daily route, observing the city as...
Monster Trucks

Monster Trucks

📅 Release: January 13, 2017
🎭 Genre: AdventureFamily
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Lucas Till, Jane Levy, Rob Lowe, Amy Ryan, Holt McCallany, Frank Whaley, Danny Glover, Barry Pepper, Thomas Lennon, Tucker Albrizzi
📖 Synopsis: Looking for any way to get away from the life and town he was born into, Tripp (Lucas Till), a high school senior, builds a Monster Truck from bits and pieces of scrapped cars. After an accident at a ...
Hidden Figures

Hidden Figures

📅 Release: December 25, 2016
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Aldis Hodge, Glen Powell, Mahershala Ali
📖 Synopsis: In the heart of the 1960s space race, a team of brilliant but unseen women at NASA becomes the unexpected key to launching America into orbit. "Hidden Figures" tells the inspiring true story of Kathe...
Silence

Silence

📅 Release: December 23, 2016
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Tadanobu Asano, Ciaran Hinds, Issei Ogata, Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Yoshi Oida, Nana Komatsu
📖 Synopsis: In a gripping exploration of faith and sacrifice, "Silence" follows two Portuguese Jesuit priests, played by [c=Andrew Garfield] and [c=Adam Driver], as they embark on a harrowing journey to find the...
Monster Calls, A

Monster Calls, A

📅 Release: December 23, 2016
🎭 Genre: DramaFantasy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Liam Neeson, Toby Kebbell, Geraldine Chaplin, Jennifer Lim, Lily-Rose Aslandogdu, James Melville, Joe Curtis, Max Gabbay, Oliver Steer
📖 Synopsis: In a world where reality is too painful to face alone, a young boy named Conor, played by [c=Lewis MacDougall], grapples with his mother's [c=Felicity Jones] devastating illness and the cold rigidity...