Passengers

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.”

Sing

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.”

Why Him?

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.”

Fences

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.

The Autopsy of Jane Doe

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.

Julieta

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.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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.”

Collateral Beauty

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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Manchester by the Sea

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.

Solace

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.”

Neruda

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.

A Kind of Murder

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.”

The Hollow Point

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.

Office Christmas Party

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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La La Land

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.”

Nocturnal Animals

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.”

Frank & Lola

Director Matthew Ross

Genre Crime | Drama | Mystery

Cast Imogen Poots, Michael Shannon, Justin Long, and Michael Nyqvist

Rating Unrated

Release Date December 9th, 2016

“A psychosexual noir love story, set in Las Vegas and Paris, about love, obsession, sex, betrayal, revenge and, ultimately, the search for redemption.”

Directed and written by Matthew Ross, Frank & Lola is a psychological drama starring Imogen Poots, Michael Shannon, Justin Long, and Michael Nyqvist. Check out the official trailer below.

Friend Request

Director Simon Verhoeven

Genre Horror | Thriller

Cast Alycia Debnam-Carey, William Moseley, Connor Paolo, Brit Morgan

Rating R

Release Date December 9th, 2016

“When a college student unfriends a mysterious girl online, she finds herself fighting a demonic presence that wants to make her lonely by killing her closest friends.”

Directed by Simon Verhoeven, Friend Request is a horror thriller starring Alycia Debnam-Carey, William Moseley, Connor Paolo, and Brit Morgan. Check out the official trailer below.

Incarnate

Director Brad Peyton

Genre Horror | Thriller

Cast Aaron Eckhart, David Mazouz, Carice van Houten, and Matt Nable

Rating PG-13

Release Date December 2nd, 2016

“A scientist with the ability to enter the subconscious minds of the possessed must save a young boy from the grips of a demon with powers never seen before, while facing the horrors of his past.”

Incarnate is a horror thriller directed by Brad Peyton (San Andreas), the film stars Aaron Eckhart, David Mazouz, Carice van Houten, and Matt Nable. Check out the official trailer below.

Jackie

Director Pablo Larrain

Genre Biography | Drama

Cast Natalie Portman, John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard, Billy Crudup

Rating R

Release Date December 2nd, 2016

“Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy fights through grief and trauma to regain her faith, console her children, and define her husband’s historic legacy.”

“JACKIE is a searing and intimate portrait of one of the most important and tragic moments in American history, seen through the eyes of the iconic First Lady, then Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (Natalie Portman). JACKIE places us in her world during the days immediately following her husband’s assassination. Known for her extraordinary dignity and poise, here we see a psychological portrait of the First Lady as she struggles to maintain her husband’s legacy and the world of “Camelot” that they created and loved so well.”