Elvis & Nixon (2016)

Title: Elvis & Nixon
Rating: R
Directed by: Liza Johnson
Written by: Joey Sagal, Hanala Sagal and Cary Elwes
Starring: Michael Shannon, Kevin Spacey, Alex Pettyfer, Johnny Knoxville and Colin Hanks
Release Date: 4/22/2016
Running Time: 86 minutes

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In 1970, Elvis Presley (Michael Shannon) flies to Washington D.C. with the goal of convincing President Richard Nixon (Kevin Spacey) to deputize him as a federal agent-at-large. Showing up unannounced at the Northwest Gate of the White House with his buddy Jerry Schilling (Alex Pettyfer), Presley persuades awe-struck guards to hand deliver a letter to Nixon requesting a secret meeting. White House staffers Egil “Bud” Krogh (Colin Hanks) and Dwight Chapin (Evan Peters) tell the president that a sit-down with Elvis during an election year could generate good PR, but Nixon is in no mood to humor the legendary rocker.

Undeterred, Jerry and Elvis’ sidekick Sonny (Johnny Knoxville) re-group with Krogh and Chapin to hatch a deal: Elvis will sign an autograph for Nixon’s daughter Julie in exchange for face time with the president. Prior to making his grand entrance, Presley is instructed in a litany of White House protocols, which he quickly disregards. To Nixon’s surprise and the astonishment of his nervous aides, the pair bond over their shared contempt of counterculture.

Based on an actual encounter that took place on December 21, 1970, Elvis & Nixon hilariously re-imagines the unlikely meeting between rocker and politician as dramatized by two of America’s finest actors.

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Hologram for the King, A (2016)

Title: A Hologram for the King
Rating: R
Directed by: Tom Tykwer
Written by: Tom Tykwer
Based on the novel by: Dave Eggers
Starring: Tom Hanks, Alexander Black and Sarita Choudhury
Release Date: 4/22/2016
Running Time: 97 minutes

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In recession-ravaged 2010, American businessman ALAN CLAY (Tom Hanks), broke, depressed and freshly divorced, arrives in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to close what he hopes will be the deal of a lifetime. His mission: sell a state-of-the-art holographic teleconferencing system to the Saudi government.

Adrift and alone in an unfamiliar land, Alan befriends taxi driver YOUSEF (Alexander Black), who chauffeurs him through the desert to the “King’s Metropolis of Economy and Trade,” a surreal ghost town of vacant skyscrapers and half-completed construction projects. Baffled by the bureaucratic reception he gets at the so-called “Welcome Center,” Alan struggles to figure out why his small IT support team is being forced to spend its days in a sweltering tent as it preps for the big presentation. Worse, because of the Saudi way of doing business, he’s unclear if the king will ever show up for the long-scheduled meeting.

Back in Jeddah, the stressed-out salesman winds up in the hospital, where he is treated by the beautiful and empathetic Muslim doctor ZAHRA HAKEM (Sarita Shoudhury). As Alan gets to know his new Saudi friends better, cultural barriers break down and he begins to contemplate the possibility of a fresh start in a land where tradition and modernity meet in perplexing ways.

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Tale of Tales (2015)?

Title: Tale of Tales (aka. Il racconto dei racconti)
Rating: NR
Directed by: Matteo Garrone
Written by: Edoardo Albinati, Ugo Chiti, Matteo Garrone and Massimo Gaudioso
Based on the book by: Giambattista Basile
Starring: Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones and John C. Reilly
Release Date: 4/22/2016
Running Time: 133 minutes

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Inspired by the celebrated fairytales by Giambattista Basile, Matteo Garrone’s Tale of Tales is an epic vision of cinema.

From the bitter quest of the Queen of Longtrellis (Salma Hayek) who forfeits the life of her husband (John C. Reilly), to two mysterious sisters who provoke the passion of the King of Strongcliff (Vincent Cassel), to the King of Highhills obsessed with a giant Flea (Toby Jones) leading to heartbreak for his young daughter, these stories weave the beautiful with the grotesque, creating a stunning and unique work of gothic imagination.

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Compadres (2016)

Title: Compadres
Rating: R
Directed by: Enrique Begne
Written by: Enrique Begne, Ted Perkins and Gabriel Ripstein
Starring: Omar Chaparro, Joey Morgan and Eric Roberts
Release Date: 4/22/2016
Running Time: 101 minutes

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After being released from prison, former Mexican cop GARZA (Omar Chaparro) seeks revenge on SANTOS (Erick Elias). Santos has kidnapped his girlfriend MARIA (Aislinn Derbez) and framed him for a crime he didn’t commit. With the help of his former boss CORONADO (José Sefami), Garza manages to escape with a tip about how to find Santos which leads him to San Diego in search of an “accountant.” This said accountant is responsible for stealing $10 million dollars from Santos and may know Santos’ whereabouts. When Garza arrives, he is shocked to find that the infamous accountant is a 17 year old American computer hacker named VIC (Joey Morgan). Despite an immediate disdain for each other, these two divided by culture, language and age, realize that Garza’s low tech brain and Vic’s high tech hacker skills may be their only chance at finding Santos before he finds them. Its Midnight Express meets About a Boy in this Lionsgate / Televisa double crossing, cross cultural action comedy. The movie stars Omar Chaparro, one of Mexico’s and the US Hispanic’s biggest comedians and Aislinn Derbez; a rising star and Eugenio Derbez’s daughter.

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Dedications: To my true compadres, my children Emiliano and Diego. To Lucy Ruiz de Pena “la mojarrita” for putting up with my absences and supporting me blindly. To my beloved Patricio and Maria Paula. To Lila for supporting me always.

Meddler, The (2015)

Title: The Meddler
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Lorene Scafaria
Written by: Lorene Scafaria
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Rose Byrne and J.K. Simmons
Release Date: 4/22/2016
Running Time: 100 minutes

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With a new iPhone, an apartment near the Grove, and a comfortable bank account left to her by her beloved late husband, Marnie Minervini has happily relocated from New Jersey to Los Angeles to be near her daughter Lori, a successful (but still single) screenwriter, and smother her with motherly love. But when the dozens of texts, unexpected visits, and conversations dominated by unsolicited advice force Lori to draw strict personal boundaries, Marnie finds ways to channel her eternal optimism and forceful generosity to change the lives of others – as well as her own – and find a new purpose in life.

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Note: The last scene of Marnie leaving another voice message to Lori continues as the credits start.

Dedication: For Nonna Irene and Nonna Rosina

Uncaged (2016)

Title: Uncaged
Rating: NR
Directed by: Daniel Robbins
Written by: Mark Rapaport and Daniel Robbins
Starring: Gene Jones, Ben Getz and Kyle Kirkpatrick
Release Date: 2/2/2016
Running Time: 95 minutes

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A sleepwalking teen straps a camera to himself and discovers a sinister family secret.

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Adderall Diaries, The (2015)

Title: The Adderall Diaries
Rating: R
Directed by: Pamela Romanowsky
Written by: Pamela Romanowsky
Based on the book by: Stephen Elliott
Starring: Amber Heard, James Franco, Wilmer Valderrama, Christian Slater, Cynthia Nixon and Ed Harris
Release Date: 3/10/2016
Running Time: 87 minutes

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Based on the bestselling memoir by Stephen Elliott, The Adderall Diaries is the gripping and complex story of how an author’s fascination with a high-profile murder case leads him to come to terms with his troubled past while embarking on a potentially life-changing romance in the present.

James Franco plays Stephen Elliot, a once-successful novelist paralyzed by writer’s block and an escalating Adderall dependency, who becomes obsessed with a high-profile murder case as a way to escape his personal troubles. His interest leads him to meet Lana Edmond (Amber Heard), a smart, sexy reporter who gives him unique access to the case. As their relationship takes off, Stephen is suddenly thrust back into the past when his father (Ed Harris), a cruel and vindictive man, shows up to challenge the veracity of the memoir Stephen is writing. As Stephen simultaneously delves into the details of the murder case (which turns out to have some unexpected parallels to his own troubled upbringing) and reunites with his estranged father, he is forced to separate truth from lies and fact from fiction–ultimately leading him to finally reconcile his past and confront his future.

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Special thanks to Frank S. for this submission

I Am Wrath (2016)

Title: I Am Wrath
Rating: R
Directed by: Chuck Russell
Written by: Yvan Gauthier and Paul Sloan
Starring: John Travolta, Rebecca De Mornay and Amanda Schull
Release Date: 4/15/2016
Running Time: 92 minutes

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A man is out for justice after a group of corrupt police officers are unable to catch his wife’s killer.

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First Monday in May, The (2016)*

Title: The First Monday in May
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Andrew Rossi
Starring: Andrew Bolton, John Galliano and Jean-Paul Gaultier
Release Date: 4/15/2016
Running Time: 90 minutes

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An unprecedented look behind the scenes of two of New York’s premier cultural events, The First Monday in May follows the creation of “China: Through The Looking Glass,” the most attended fashion exhibition in the history of The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the 2015 Met Gala, the star-studded fundraiser that celebrates the opening of the exhibition. Acclaimed filmmaker Andrew Rossi (Page One: Inside the New York Times) follows Anna Wintour, Artistic Director of Condé Nast and editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine and longtime chair of the Met Gala, and Andrew Bolton, the iconoclastic curator who conceived the groundbreaking show, for eight months as they prepare for an evening they hope will take the worlds of art and fashion by storm.

Documenting one of the most exclusive parties in the world side-by-side with an exhibition that drew more than three-quarters of a million visitors during its four-month run, The First Monday in May is a captivating portrait of the private side of a pair of high-profile public events. The blockbuster exploration of Chinese-inspired Western fashions provides inspiration for the Met Gala’s annual collision of haute couture and celebrity, where Hollywood stars including Kate Hudson, George Clooney, Julianne Moore, Jennifer Lawrence, Gong Li, and Lady Gaga rub shoulders with Alicia Keyes, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Justin Bieber, Michael Bloomberg and contemporary pop icon Rihanna, who brings down the house with a stunning live performance.

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Special thanks to Frank S. for this submission

13 Cameras (2015)

Title: 13 Cameras (aka. Slumlord)
Rating: NR
Directed by: Victor Zarcoff
Written by: Victor Zarcoff
Starring: Neville Archambault, Sarah Baldwin and Sean Carrigan
Release Date: 4/15/2016
Running Time: 87 minutes

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Claire and Ryan, a newlywed couple, move into a new house across the country, only to find out that their marital issues are the least of their problems. Unbeknownst to them, Their grim and lascivious landlord has been spying on them from day one.

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Special thanks to Frank S. for this submission

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Elvis & Nixon (2016)

Hologram for the King, A (2016)

Tale of Tales (2015)?

Compadres (2016)

Meddler, The (2015)

Uncaged (2016)

Adderall Diaries, The (2015)

I Am Wrath (2016)

First Monday in May, The (2016)*

13 Cameras (2015)

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