Cell (2016)?

Title: Cell
Rating: R
Directed by: Tod Williams
Written by: Adam Alleca and Stephen King
Based on the novel by: Stephen King
Starring: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman and Stacy Keach
Release Date: 6/10/2016
Running Time: 98 minutes

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Clay Riddell, a New England artist, is a witness to an ugly phenomenon: a mysterious signal broadcast over the global cell phone network turns the majority of his fellow humans into mindless vicious animals. Now he and a few survivors must find and stop ‘the pulse’ and the person controlling it and reunite with his young son before it’s too late.

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Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016)?

Title: Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
Rating: NR
Directed by: Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
Starring: Norman Lear, John Amos, Bea Arthur, Adrienne Barbeau, Valerie Bertinelli, Todd Bridges, Gloria Calderon Kellett and George Clooney
Release Date: 7/8/2016
Running Time: 91 minutes

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Arguably the most influential creator, writer, and producer in the history of television, Norman Lear brought primetime into step with the times. Using comedy and indelible characters, his legendary 1970s shows such as All In the Family, Maude, Good Times, and The Jeffersons, boldly cracked open dialogue and shifted the national consciousness, injecting enlightened humanism into sociopolitical debates on race, class, creed, and feminism.

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You is the definitive chronicle of Mr. Lear’s life, work, and achievements, but it is so much more than an arm’s-length, past-tense biopic; at 93, Mr. Lear is as vital and engaged as he ever was. Top-notch cinéma vérité documentarians Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing (Jesus Camp, 12th & Delaware, DETROPIA) seize the opportunity to fashion a dynamic portrait that matches the spirit of their subject. Breaking down the fourth wall to create an evocative collage where past and present intermingle, they reveal a psychologically rich man whose extraordinary contributions emerge from both his personal story and a dialogue with the world.

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Nerve (2016)

Title: Nerve
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman
Written by: Jessica Sharzer
Based on the novel by: Jeanne Ryan
Starring: Samira Wiley, Kimiko Glenn, Dave Franco and Emma Roberts
Release Date: 7/27/2016
Running Time: 96 minutes

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Industrious high school senior, Vee Delmonico (Emma Roberts), has had it with living life on the sidelines. When pressured by friends to join the popular online game Nerve, Vee decides to sign up for just one dare in what seems like harmless fun. But as she finds herself caught up in the thrill of the adrenaline-fueled competition, the game begins to take a sinister turn with increasingly dangerous acts, leading her into a high stakes finale that will determine her entire future.

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Special thanks to Frank S. for this submission

Music of Strangers, The (2015)*

Title: The Music of Strangers
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Morgan Neville
Starring: Yo-Yo Ma, Kinan Azmeh and Kayhan Kalhor
Release Date: 3/4/2016
Running Time: 96 minutes

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Over the past 16 years, an extraordinary group of musicians has come together to celebrate the universal power of music. Named for the ancient trade route linking Asia, Africa and Europe, The Silk Road Ensemble, an international collective created by acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma, exemplifies music’s ability to blur geographical boundaries, blend disparate cultures and inspire hope for both artists and audiences.

The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, the latest film from the creators of the Oscar-winning documentary 20 Feet from Stardom and the critically-hailed Best of Enemies, follows an ever-changing lineup of performers drawn from the ensemble’s more than 50 instrumentalists, vocalists, composers, arrangers, visual artists and storytellers as they gather in locations across the world, exploring the ways art can both preserve traditions and shape cultural evolution.

Blending performance footage, personal interviews and archival film, director Morgan Neville and producer Caitrin Rogers focus on the journeys of a small group of Silk Road Ensemble mainstays from across the globe to create an intensely personal chronicle of passion, talent and sacrifice. Through these moving individual stories, the filmmakers paint a vivid portrait of a bold musical experiment and a global search for the ties that bind.

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Marauders (2016)

Title: Marauders
Rating: R
Directed by: Steven C. Miller
Written by: Michael Cody and Chris Sivertson
Starring: Bruce Willis, Christopher Meloni and Dave Bautista
Release Date: 7/1/2016
Running Time: 107 minutes

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When a bank is hit by a brutal heist, all evidence points to the owner and his high-powered clients. But as a group of FBI agents dig deeper into the case – and the deadly heists continue – it becomes clear that a larger conspiracy is at play.

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BFG, The (2016)

Title: The BFG
Rating: PG
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Written by: Melissa Mathison
Based on the book by: Roald Dahl
Starring: Rebecca Hall, Mark Rylance, Bill Hader, Jemaine Clement, Penelope Wilton and Ruby Barnhill
Release Date: 7/1/2016
Running Time: 117 minutes

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The talents of three of the world’s greatest storytellers – Roald Dahl, Walt Disney and Steven Spielberg – finally unite to bring Dahl’s beloved classic “The BFG” to life. Directed by Spielberg, Disney’s “The BFG” tells the imaginative story of a young girl and the Giant who introduces her to the wonders and perils of Giant Country. The BFG (Mark Rylance), while a giant himself, is a Big Friendly Giant and nothing like the other inhabitants of Giant Country. Standing 24-feet tall with enormous ears and a keen sense of smell, he is endearingly dim-witted and keeps to himself for the most part. Giants like Bloodbottler (Bill Hader) and Fleshlumpeater (Jemaine Clement) on the other hand, are twice as big and at least twice as scary and have been known to eat humans, while the BFG prefers Snozzcumber and Frobscottle. Upon her arrival in Giant Country, Sophie, a precocious 10-year-old girl from London, is initially frightened of the mysterious giant who has brought her to his cave, but soon comes to realize that the BFG is actually quite gentle and charming, and, having never met a giant before, has many questions. The BFG brings Sophie to Dream Country where he collects dreams and sends them to children, teaching her all about the magic and mystery of dreams. Having both been on their own in the world up until now, their affection for one another quickly grows, but Sophie’s presence in Giant Country has attracted the unwanted attention of the other giants, who have become increasingly more bothersome. Sophie and the BFG soon depart for London to see the Queen (Penelope Wilton) and warn her of the precarious giant situation, but they must first convince the Queen and her maid, Mary (Rebecca Hall), that giants do indeed exist. Together, they come up with a plan to get rid of the giants once and for all.

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Dedication: For our Melissa

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Purge: Election Year, The (2016)

Title: The Purge: Election Year
Rating: R
Directed by: James DeMonaco
Written by: James DeMonaco
Starring: Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell and Mykelti Williamson
Release Date: 7/1/2016
Running Time: 105 minutes

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It’s been two years since Leo Barnes (Frank Grillo) stopped himself from a regrettable act of revenge on Purge Night. Now serving as head of security for Senator Charlie Roan (Elizabeth Mitchell), his mission is to protect her in a run for president and survive the annual ritual that targets the poor and innocent. But when a betrayal forces them onto the streets of D.C. on the one night when no help is available, they must stay alive until dawn…or both be sacrificed for their sins against the state.

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Legend of Tarzan, The (2016)

Title: The Legend of Tarzan
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: David Yates
Written by: Adam Cozad and Craig Brewer
Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Rory J. Saper, Christian Stevens, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson and Margot Robbie
Based on the novels by: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Release Date: 7/1/2016
Running Time: 109 minutes

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It has been years since the man once known as Tarzan (Skarsgård) left the jungles of Africa behind for a gentrified life as John Clayton, Lord Greystoke, with his beloved wife, Jane (Robbie) at his side. Now, he has been invited back to the Congo to serve as a trade emissary of Parliament, unaware that he is a pawn in a deadly convergence of greed and revenge, masterminded by the Belgian, Leon Rom (Waltz). But those behind the murderous plot have no idea what they are about to unleash.

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Dedication: For Jerry

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Our Kind of Traitor (2016)

Title: Our Kind of Traitor
Rating: R
Directed by: Susanna White
Written by: Hossein Amini
Based on the novel by: John le Carré
Starring: Carlos Acosta, Radivoje Bukvic, Stellan Skarsgård, Ewan McGregor and Naomie Harris
Release Date: 7/1/2016
Running Time: 107 minutes

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While on holiday in Marrakech, an ordinary English couple, Perry and Gail, befriend a flamboyant and charismatic Russian, Dima, who unbeknownst to them is a kingpin money launderer for the Russian mafia.

When Dima asks for their help to deliver classified information to the British Secret Services, Perry and Gail get caught in a dangerous world of international espionage and dirty politics.

The couple is propelled on a perilous journey through Paris and Bern, a safe house in the French Alps, to the murky corners of the City of London and an alliance with the British Government via a ruthless and determined MI6 agent.

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Memoriam: In grateful memory of Simon Channing Williams

Innocents, The (2016)

Title: The Innocents (aka. Les innocentes)
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Anne Fontaine
Written by: Pascal Bonitzer, Pascal Bonitzer, Anne Fontaine, Sabrina B. Karine and Alice Vial
Starring: Lou de Laâge, Agata Buzek and Agata Kulesza
Release Date: 2/10/2016
Running Time: 115 minutes

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In 1945 Poland, a young French Red Cross doctor who is sent to assist the survivors of the German camps discovers several nuns in advanced states of pregnancy during a visit to a nearby convent.

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Dedication: This film is based on the life of Madeleine Pauliac (1912-1946) and is dedicated to her.

Chris

Cell (2016)?

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016)?

Nerve (2016)

Music of Strangers, The (2015)*

Marauders (2016)

BFG, The (2016)

Purge: Election Year, The (2016)

Legend of Tarzan, The (2016)

Our Kind of Traitor (2016)

Innocents, The (2016)

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