Eternals (2021)*

Title: Eternals
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Chloé Zhao
Written by: Chloé Zhao, Patrick Burleigh, Ryan Firpo, and Kaz Firpo
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lauren Ridloff, Brian Tyree Henry, Salma Hayek, Lia McHugh, Don Lee, and Kit Harrington
Release Date: 11/5/2021
Running Time: 157 minutes

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Marvel Studios’ Eternals features an exciting new team of Super Heroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, ancient aliens who have been living on Earth in secret for thousands of years. Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, an unexpected tragedy forces them out of the shadows to reunite against mankind’s most ancient enemy, the Deviants.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? Yes

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Three of the Eternals (Makkari, Druig, and Thena) leave Earth in search of Eternals living on other planets so they can warn them about Arishem’s plans. Suddenly, two beings transport onto the ship. They are Pip the troll and Eros, Thanos’ brother. Eros tells them that their friends are in big trouble and is willing to help and says that he knows where to find them.

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? Yes

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Dane Whitman is shown opening a mysterious box to reveal a sword (possibly the Ebony Blade, the Black Knight’s signature weapon). He goes to pick it up and a voice off-screen asks him if he’s sure he’s ready for it.

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Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)

Title: Those Who Wish Me Dead
Rating: R
Directed by: Taylor Sheridan
Written by: Michael Koryta, Charles Leavitt, and Taylor Sheridan
Based on the book by: Michael Koryta
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Nicholas Hoult, Tyler Perry, Aidan Gillen, Medina Senghore, Finn Little, Jake Weber, and Jon Bernthal
Release Date: 5/14/2021
Running Time: 100 minutes

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A teenage murder witness finds himself pursued by twin assassins in the Montana wilderness with a survival expert tasked with protecting him — and a forest fire threatening to consume them all.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Memoriam: In memory of Alan Murray, our collaborator and friend.

Come Away (2020)

Title: Come Away
Rating: PG
Directed by: Brenda Chapman
Written by: Marissa Kate Goodhill
Starring: David Oyelowo, Anna Chancellor, Michael Caine, and Angelina Jolie
Release Date: 11/13/2020
Running Time: 94 minutes

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When their eldest brother dies, Peter and Alice seek to save their parents from despair until they are forced to choose between home and imagination, setting the stage for their iconic journeys into Wonderland and Neverland.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Special thanks to Frank for this submission

One and Only Ivan, The (2020)*

Title: The One and Only Ivan
Rating: PG
Directed by: Thea Sharrock
Written by: Mike White
Based on the book by: Katherine Applegate
Starring: Sam Rockwell, Angelina Jolie, Danny DeVito, Helen Mirren, Brooklynn Prince, Ramon Rodriguez, Ariana Greenblatt, Chaka Khan, Ron Funches, Phillipa Soo, Mike White, and Bryan Cranston
Release Date: 8/21/2020
Running Time: 95 minutes

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An unforgettable tale about the beauty of friendship, the power of visualization and the significance of the place one calls home. Ivan is a 400-pound silverback gorilla who shares a communal habitat in a suburban shopping mall with Stella the elephant, Bob the dog, and various other animals. He has few memories of the jungle where he was captured, but when a baby elephant named Ruby arrives, it touches something deep within him. Ruby is recently separated from her family in the wild, which causes him to question his life, where he comes from and where he ultimately wants to be.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? Yes

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Ivan is visited by Bob, Julia, George, and Mack at Zoo Atlanta.

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? Yes

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Two baby gorillas chase a fly.

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Memoriam: In Memory of Allison Shearmur

Special thanks to Frank for this submission

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)

Title: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Rating: PG
Directed by: Joachim Rønning
Written by: Linda Woolverton, Noah Harpster, and Micah Fitzerman-Blue
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sam Riley, Harris Dickinson, Ed Skrein, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, Lesley Manville, and Michelle Pfeiffer
Release Date: 10/18/2019
Running Time: 118 minutes

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Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies and dark new forces at play. The years have been kind to Maleficent and Aurora. Their relationship, born of heartbreak, revenge and ultimately love, has flourished. Yet the hatred between man and the fairies still exists. Aurora’s impending marriage to Prince Phillip is cause for celebration in the kingdom of Ulstead and the neighboring Moors, as the wedding serves to unite the two worlds. When an unexpected encounter introduces a powerful new alliance, Maleficent and Aurora are pulled apart to opposing sides in a Great War, testing their loyalties and causing them to question whether they can truly be family.

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Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Special thanks to Frank for this submission

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First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (2017)

Title: First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
Rating: NR
Directed by: Angelina Jolie
Written by: Loung Ung, and Angelina Jolie
Based on the book by: Loung Ung
Starring: Sareum Srey Moch, Phoeung Kompheak, and Sveng Socheata
Release Date: 9/15/2017
Running Time: 136 minutes

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Cambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung recounts the horrors she suffered as a child under the rule of the deadly Khmer Rouge.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Dedication: This film is dedicated to those who lost their lives under the Khmer Rouge.
And those who survived.

Special thanks to Frank for this submission

Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)*

Title: Kung Fu Panda 3 (aka. Kung Fu Panda 3 3D)
Rating: PG
Directed by: Alessandro Carloni and Jennifer Yuh
Written by: Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger
Starring: Jack Black, Bryan Cranston, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, J.K. Simmons, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross and Kate Hudson
Release Date: 1/29/2016
Running Time: 95 minutes

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Continuing his “legendary adventures of awesomeness”, Po must face two hugely epic, but different threats: one supernatural and the other a little closer to his home.

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During Credits? Yes

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Stylized graphics based on scenes from the movie are shown.

After Credits? No

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Memoriam: In Memory of Nancy Bernstein

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By the Sea (2015)?

Title: By the Sea
Rating: R
Directed by: Angelina Jolie
Written by: Angelina Jolie
Starring: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Mélanie Laurent
Release Date: 11/13/2015
Running Time: 132 minutes

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Set in France during the mid-1970s, Vanessa, a former dancer, and her husband Roland, an American writer, travel the country together. They seem to be growing apart, but when they linger in one quiet, seaside town they begin to draw close to some of its more vibrant inhabitants, such as a local bar/café-keeper and a hotel owner.

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Unbroken (2014)

<br /> TITLE: Unbroken

RELEASE DATE: 12/25/2014

RATING: PG-13

After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he’s caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.

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