Sunday, April 12, 2026

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Take Off 2 (2016)

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Title: Take Off 2 (aka. Run-Off)
Rating: NR
Directed by: Jong-hyun Kim
Starring: Soo Ae, Jae-suk Ha and Ji-hee Jin
Release Date: 8/10/2016
Running Time: 126 minutes

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Various women, including a North Korean defector, a banned short track skater, middle age woman and a middle school student, come together to form the first South Korean woman’s national ice hockey team.


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Special thanks to Frank S. for this submission


Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)*

2800.0060.still.laika.0001 (l to r) Monkey (voiced by Academy Award winner Charlize Theron), Kubo (voiced by Art Parkinson) and Beetle (voiced by Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey) are on a thrilling quest to unlock the secret of Kubo's legacy in animation studio LAIKA’s epic action-adventure KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS, a Focus Features release. Credit: Laika Studios/Focus Features

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Title: Kubo and the Two Strings
Rating: PG
Directed by: Travis Knight
Written by: Marc Haimes, Chris Butler and Shannon Tindle
Starring: Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, Matthew McConaughey, Ralph Fiennes, George Takei, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Brenda Vaccaro
Release Date: 8/19/2016
Running Time: 101 minutes

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On the craggy shores of a fantastical ancient Japan, a boy named Kubo lives on a high cliff above the sea. A scruffy street urchin who is always clever and kindhearted, Kubo (voiced by Art Parkinson of Game of Thrones) ekes out a humble daily living, mesmerizing townspeople of a small fishing village with his magical gift for spinning wild tales out of folded origami. Among the villagers he enthralls with his stories are Hosato (George Takei), Hashi (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) and Kameyo (Academy Award nominee Brenda Vaccaro). By night, Kubo tends to his fading yet regal mother as she slips into trances that seem ruled by the rising and setting moon.

This relatively quiet existence is shattered when Kubo accidentally summons a spirit from his past which storms down from the heavens to enforce an age-old vendetta. Now on the run, Kubo joins forces with the fierce, no-nonsense Monkey (Academy Award winner Charlize Theron) and the quixotic insect samurai Beetle (Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey), and sets out on a thrilling quest to solve the mystery of his fallen father, the greatest samurai warrior the world has ever known. Kubo must find the coveted items left behind by his father: The Armor Impenetrable, The Sword Unbreakable, and The Helmet Invulnerable.

With the help of his new friends and his cherished shamisen – a magical musical instrument –Kubo’s odyssey winds through howling blizzards in The Far Lands, the underwater Garden of Eyes, and the dangerous Bamboo Forest. Learning of his own magical powers with every new test of strength and character, Kubo must battle gods and monsters, including the vengeful Moon King (Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes) and the evil twin Sisters (Academy Award nominee Rooney Mara), to unlock the secret of his legacy, reunite his family, and fulfill his heroic destiny.


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Dedication: This film is dedicated to my two strings:
Mom and Dad
And to Donna, Ridley, Willow, and Merrick.
You are my quest. You always have been.
TK

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Ben-Hur (2016)

Toby Kebbell plays Messala Severus and Jack Huston plays Judah Ben-Hur Ben-Hur from Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures.

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Title: Ben-Hur
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Timur Bekmambetov
Written by: Keith R. Clarke and John Ridley
Based on the novel by: Lew Wallace
Starring: Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Rodrigo Santoro, Nazanin Boniadi, Ayelet Zurer, Pilou Asbæk, Sofia Black-D’Elia and Morgan Freeman
Release Date: 8/19/2016
Running Time: 124 minutes

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BEN-HUR is the epic story of Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother Messala (Toby Kebbell), an officer in the Roman army. Stripped of his title, separated from his family and the woman he loves (Nazanin Boniadi), Judah is forced into slavery. After years at sea, Judah returns to his homeland to seek revenge, but finds redemption.


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War Dogs (2016)

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Title: War Dogs
Rating: R
Directed by: Todd Phillips
Written by: Stephen Chin, Todd Phillips and Jason Smilovic
Based on the Rolling Stone article “Arms & the Dudes” by: Guy Lawson
Starring: Jonah Hill, Miles Teller and Steve Lantz
Release Date: 8/19/2016
Running Time: 114 minutes

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“War Dogs” follows two friends in their early 20s (Hill and Teller) living in Miami Beach during the Iraq War who exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in big money and are living the high life. But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a 300 million dollar deal to arm the Afghan Military—a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be the U.S. Government.


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Morris from America (2016)

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Title: Morris from America
Rating: R
Directed by: Chad Hartigan
Written by: Chad Hartigan
Starring: Markees Christmas, Craig Robinson and Carla Juri
Release Date: 8/19/2016
Running Time: 91 minutes

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A heartwarming and crowd-pleasing coming-of-age comedy with a unique spin, Morris from America centers on Morris Gentry (Markees Christmas, in an incredible breakout performance) a 13-year-old who has just relocated with his single father, Curtis (Craig Robinson) to Heidelberg, Germany. Morris, who fancies himself the next Notorious B.I.G., is a complete fish-out-of-water—a budding hip-hop star in an EDM world. To complicate matters further, Morris quickly falls hard for his cool, rebellious, 15-year-old classmate Katrin. Morris sets out against all odds to take the hip-hop world by storm and win the girl of his dreams.


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Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World (2016)

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Title: Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Starring: Elon Musk, Lawrence Krauss, Kevin Mitnick and Lucianne Walkowicz
Release Date: 8/19/2016
Running Time: 98 minutes

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In LO AND BEHOLD: REVERIES OF THE CONNECTED WORLD, the Oscar-nominated Herzog chronicles the virtual world from its origins to its outermost reaches, exploring the digital landscape with the same curiosity and imagination he previously trained on earthly destinations as disparate as the Amazon, the Sahara, the South Pole and the Australian outback. Herzog leads viewers on a journey through a series of provocative conversations that reveal the ways in which the online world has transformed how virtually everything in the real world works – from business to education, space travel to healthcare, and the very heart of how we conduct our personal relationships.


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Imperium (2016)

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Title: Imperium
Rating: R
Directed by: Daniel Ragussis
Written by: Michael German and Daniel Ragussis
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Toni Collette and Tracy Letts
Release Date: 8/19/2016
Running Time: 109 minutes

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Nate Foster (Daniel Radcliffe), a young, idealistic FBI agent, goes undercover to take down a radical right-wing terrorist group. The bright up-and-coming analyst must confront the challenge of sticking to a new identity while maintaining his real principles as he navigates the dangerous underworld of white supremacy.


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Dedication: This film is dedicated to the memory of my father, MICHAEL RAGUSSIS (1945 – 2010)


Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016)*

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Title: Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Takeshi Nozue
Written by: Takashi Hasegawa
Starring: Aaron Paul, Lena Headey and Sean Bean
Release Date: 8/19/2016
Running Time: 110 minutes

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The magical kingdom of Lucis is home to the world’s last remaining Crystal, and the menacing empire of Niflheim is determined to steal it. King Regis of Lucis commands an elite force of soldiers called the Kingsglaive. Wielding their king’s magic, they fight to protect Lucis. As the overwhelming military might of the empire bears down, King Regis is faced with an impossible ultimatum – to marry his son, Prince Noctis to Princess Lunafreya of Tenebrae, captive of Niflheim, and surrender his lands to Niflheim rule. Although the king concedes, it becomes clear that the empire will stop at nothing to achieve their devious goals, with only the Kingsglaive standing between them and world domination.


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People vs. Fritz Bauer, The (2015)?

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Title: The People vs. Fritz Bauer
Rating: R
Directed by: Lars Kraume
Written by: Lars Kraume and Olivier Guez
Starring: Rüdiger Klink, Burghart Klaußner and Andrej Kaminsky
Release Date: 10/1/2015
Running Time: 105 minutes

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In 1957, the Hessian attorney general Fritz Bauer receives crucial evidence on the whereabouts of SS-Obersturmbannführer Adolf Eichmann. The lieutenant colonel, responsible for the mass deportation of the Jews, is allegedly hiding in Buenos Aires. Bauer, himself Jewish, tries to take crimes from the Third Reich to court, ever since he returned from Danish exile. So far, without success, due of the fierce German determination to repress its sinister past. Because of his distrust in the German justice system, Fritz Bauer contacts the Israeli secret service Mossad, and by doing so, commits treason. Bauer is not bend on revenge for the holocaust – he is concerned with the German future.


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Tale of Love and Darkness, A (2015)

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Title: A Tale of Love and Darkness
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Natalie Portman
Written by: Natalie Portman
Based on the memoir by: Amos Oz
Starring: Natalie Portman, Shira Haas and Ohad Knoller
Release Date: 8/19/2016
Running Time: 95 minutes

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The story of his youth, set against the backdrop of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel. The film details the young man’s relationship with his mother and his beginnings as a writer, while looking at what happens when the stories we tell, become the stories we live.


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