Director Ding Sheng
Genre Action | Comedy | War
Cast Jackie Chan, Jaycee Chan, Zitao Huang, Kai Wang
Rating Unrated
Release Date January 6th, 2017
“A railroad worker in China in 1941 leads a team of freedom fighters against the Japanese in order to get food for the poor.”
From director Ding Sheng, Railroad Tigers is an action comedy starring Jackie Chan, Jaycee Chan, Zitao Huang, and Kai Wang. Check out the official trailer below.
Director Jim Jarmusch
Genre Comedy | Drama
Cast Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Barry Shabaka Henley, Chasten Harmon
Rating R
Release Date December 28th, 2016
“Set in the present in Paterson, New Jersey, this is a tale about a bus driver and poet.”
“Paterson (Adam 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 it drifts across his windshield and overhearing fragments of conversation swirling around him; he writes poetry into a notebook; he walks his dog; he stops in a bar and drinks exactly one beer. He goes home to his wife, Laura (Golshifteh Farahani). By contrast, Laura’s world is ever changing. New dreams come to her almost daily, each a different and inspired project. Paterson loves Laura and she loves him. He supports her newfound ambitions; she champions his secret gift for poetry. The history and energy of the City of Paterson is a felt presence in the film and its simple structure unfolds over the course of a single week. The quiet triumphs and defeats of daily life are observed, along with the poetry evident in its smallest details.”
Director Ken Loach
Genre Drama
Cast Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Sharon Percy, Briana Shann
Rating R
Release Date June 2nd, 2017 (Limited)
“A middle aged carpenter who requires state welfare after injuring himself, is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario.”
“A 59 year old carpenter recovering from a heart attack, befriends a single mum and her two kids as they navigate their way through the kafkaesque impersonal benefits system. With equal amounts of humour, warmth and despair. Heartfelt and emotional until the end”
Director Justin Kurzel
Genre Action | Adventure | Fantasy
Cast Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson
Rating PG-13
Release Date December 21st, 2016
“When Callum Lynch explores the memories of his ancestor Aguilar and gains the skills of a Master Assassin, he discovers he is a descendant of the secret Assassins society.”
“Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) experiences the adventures of his ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th Century Spain. Callum discovers he is descended from a mysterious secret society, the Assassins, and amasses incredible knowledge and skills to take on the oppressive and powerful Templar organization in the present day. ”
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Director Morten Tyldum
Genre Adventure | Drama | Romance
Cast Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Andy Garcia
Rating PG-13
Release Date December 21st, 2016
“A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.”
“The spaceship, Starship Avalon, in its 120-year voyage to a distant colony planet known as the “Homestead Colony” and transporting 5,259 people has a malfunction in two of its sleep chambers. As a result two hibernation pods open prematurely and the two people that awoke, Jim Preston (Chris Pratt) and Aurora Dunn (Jennifer Lawrence), are stranded on the spaceship, still 90 years from their destination.”
Director Garth Jennings, Christophe Lourdelet
Genre Animation | Comedy | Drama
Cast Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson
Rating PG
Release Date December 21st, 2016
“A koala named Buster Moon has one final chance to restore his theater to its former glory by producing the world’s greatest singing competition.”
“Set in a world like ours but entirely inhabited by animals, Buster Moon a dapper koala who presides over a once-grand theater that has fallen on hard times. Buster is an eternal-some might even say delusional-optimist who loves his theater above all and will do anything to preserve it. Now faced with the crumbling of his life’s ambition, he has one final chance to restore his fading jewel to its former glory by producing the world’s greatest singing competition.”
Director John Hamburg
Genre Comedy
Cast Zoey Deutch, Bryan Cranston, James Franco, Adam Devine
Rating R
Release Date December 25th, 2016
“A dad forms a bitter rivalry with his daughter’s young rich boyfriend.”
“Over the holidays, Ned (Bryan Cranston), an overprotective but loving dad and his family visit his daughter at Stanford, where he meets his biggest nightmare: her well-meaning but socially awkward Silicon Valley billionaire boyfriend, Laird (James Franco). The straight-laced Ned thinks Laird, who has absolutely no filter, is a wildly inappropriate match for his daughter. The one-sided rivalry-and Ned’s panic level-escalate when he finds himself increasingly out of step in the glamorous high-tech hub, and learns that Laird is about to pop the question.”
Director Denzel Washington
Genre Drama
Cast Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Mykelti Williamson, Jovan Adepo
Rating PG-13
Release Date December 25th, 2016
“An African-American father struggles with race relations in the United States while trying to raise his family in the 1950s and coming to terms with the events of his life.”
Directed by award-winning actor Denzel Washington, Fences is a drama that takes place during the racially tense era of the 1950s. The film stars Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Mykelti Williamson, and Jovan Adepo. Check out the trailer below.
Director André Øvredal
Genre Horror
Cast Emile Hirsch, Brian Cox, Ophelia Lovibond, Michael McElhatton
Rating R
Release Date December 20th, 2016 (Streaming on Netflix)
“Father and son coroners receive a mysterious homicide victim with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to identify the beautiful young “Jane Doe,” they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying secrets.”
Directed by André Øvredal, the man who brought us 2010's cult classic "mockumentary" Trollhunter, The Autopsy of Jane Doe is a deeply disturbing horror film with a top-tier cast. The film stars Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild, Lone Survivor), Brian Cox (Super Troopers, Troy), Ophelia Lovibond (Guardians of the Galaxy), and Michael McElhatton (Game of Thrones). Check out the trailers below.
Director Pedro Almodóvar
Genre Drama | Romance
Cast Emma Suárez, Adriana Ugarte, Daniel Grao, and Inma Cuesta
Rating R
Release Date December 21st, 2016
“After a casual encounter, a brokenhearted woman decides to confront her life and the most important events about her stranded daughter.”
Directed by Spanish fiilmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, Julieta is a romantic drama starring Emma Suárez, Adriana Ugarte, Daniel Grao, and Inma Cuesta. Check out the trailer below.
Director Gareth Edwards
Genre Action | Adventure | Fantasy
Cast Felicity Jones, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen
Rating PG-13
Release Date December 16th, 2016
“The Rebellion makes a risky move to steal the plans for the Death Star, setting up the epic saga to follow.”
“Jyn Erso, a Rebellion soldier and criminal, is about to experience her biggest challenge yet when Mon Mothma sets her out on a mission to steal the plans for the Death Star. With the aid of the Rebels, a master swordsman, and non-allied forces, Jyn will be in for something bigger than she thinks.”
Director David Frankel
Genre Drama
Cast Will Smith, Edward Norton, Kate Winslet, Michael Peña
Rating PG-13
Release Date December 16th, 2016
“An advertising executive encounters three mysterious figures who encourage him to move on from the past.”
Directed by David Frankel (The Devil Wears Prada, Marley & Me), Collateral Beauty is an emotional drama with a strong underlying message. The film has a stellar cast including Will Smith, Keira Knightley, Kate Winslet, and Edward Norton. Check out the official trailer below.
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Director Kenneth Lonergan
Genre Drama
Cast Casey Affleck, Kyle Chandler, Michelle Williams, Lucas Hedges
Rating R
Release Date December 16th, 2016
“An uncle is forced to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy’s father dies.”
The screenplay for Manchester by the Sea was featured in the 2014 Blacklist, a list of the "most liked" unmade scripts of the year. The film is directed and written by Kenneth Lonergan, who previously wrote the screenplay for 2002's Gangs of New York. The film has received incredible praise in the film festival circuit and stars Kyle Chandler, Michelle Williams, Casey Affleck, and Lucas Hedges. Check out the official trailer below.
Director Afonso Poyart
Genre Crime | Drama | Mystery
Cast Anthony Hopkins, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Abbie Cornish, Colin Farrell
Rating R
Release Date December 16th, 2016
“A psychic works with the FBI in order to hunt down a serial killer.”
“A psychic doctor, John Clancy (Anthony Hopkins), works with an FBI special agent (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) in search of serial killer Charles Ambrose (Colin Farrell).[5] After having lived in isolation for two years, since the death of his daughter, Clancy is asked by his friend Joe, an FBI special agent to help him solve several murders committed by a serial killer. The problem is that Ambrose is also psychic, and far ahead of Clancy.”
Director Pablo Larraín
Genre Biography | Drama
Cast Gael García Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Luis Gnecco, and Pablo Derqui
Rating R
Release Date December 16th, 2016
“An inspector hunts down Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, who becomes a fugitive in his home country in the late 1940s for joining the Communist Party.”
Directed by Pablo Larraín (Jackie), Neruda is a political drama starring Gael García Bernal, Alfredo Castro, Luis Gnecco, and Pablo Derqui. Check out the official trailer below.
Director Andy Goddard
Genre Drama | Thriller
Cast Haley Bennett, Jessica Biel, Patrick Wilson, Vincent Kartheiser
Rating R
Release Date December 16th, 2016 (Limited Release)
“In 1960s New York, Walter Stackhouse is a successful architect married to the beautiful Clara who leads a seemingly perfect life. But his fascination with an unsolved murder leads him into a spiral of chaos as he is forced to play cat-and-mouse with a clever killer and an overambitious detective, while at the same time lusting after another woman.”
“A psychological noir thriller set in 1960’s New York based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel, ‘The Blunderer’. Walter Stackhouse is rich, successful and unhappily married to the beautiful but damaged Clara. His desire to be free of her feeds his obsession with Kimmel, a man suspected of brutally murdering his own wife. But when Clara is found dead in suspicious circumstances, Walter’s string of lies and his own guilty thoughts seem enough to condemn him. As his life becomes dangerously entwined with Kimmel’s, a ruthless cop is increasingly convinced he has found a copycat killer in Walter and aims to nail both murderers.”
Director Gonzalo López-Gallego
Genre Crime | Thriller
Cast Patrick Wilson, Lynn Collins, Ian McShane, John Leguizamo
Rating R
Release Date December 16th, 2016 (Limited Release)
“A new sheriff of a small town along the U.S. & Mexico border investigates a drug cartel deal that went horribly wrong.”
Directed by Gonzalo López-Gallego, The Hollow Point is a crime thriller starring Patrick Wilson, Lynn Collins, Ian McShane, and John Leguizamo. Check out the official trailer below.
Director Josh Gordon, Will Speck
Genre Comedy
Cast T.J. Miller, Jason Bateman, Kate McKinnon, and Olivia Munn
Rating R
Release Date December 9th, 2016
“When his uptight CEO sister threatens to shut down his branch, the branch manager throws an epic Christmas party in order to land a big client and save the day, but the party gets way out of hand...”
Directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck, who worked together on Blades of Glory and The Switch, Office Christmas Party is a raunchy and outrageous comedy with a killer cast including T.J. Miller, Jason Bateman, Kate McKinnon, and Olivia Munn. We all love having holiday classics in our collection and this looks to be my new favorite Christmas movie!! Check out the hilarious trailer below.
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Director Damien Chazelle
Genre Comedy | Drama | Musical
Cast Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Amiée Conn, Terry Walters
Rating PG-13
Release Date December 9th, 2016
“A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles.”
“Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.”
Director Tom Ford
Genre Drama | Thriller
Cast Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Rating R
Release Date December 9th, 2016
“An art gallery owner is haunted by her ex-husband’s novel, a violent thriller she interprets as a veiled threat and a symbolic revenge tale.”
“A “story inside a story,” in which the first part follows a woman named Susan who receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband, a man whom she left 20 years earlier, asking for her opinion. The second element follows the actual manuscript, called “Nocturnal Animals,” which revolves around a man whose family vacation turns violent and deadly. It also continues to follow the story of Susan, who finds herself recalling her first marriage and confronting some dark truths about herself.”