El Dorado (1967)

Title: El Dorado
Rating: A
Directed by: Howard Hawks
Written by: Leigh Brackett
Based on the novel by: Harry Brown
Starring: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, and James Caan
Release Date: 6/12/1967
Running Time: 126 minutes

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Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Hara. Together with an old Indian fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Special thanks to Frank for this submission

Warriors of the Dawn (2017)

Title: Warriors of the Dawn
Rating: NR
Directed by: Yoon-chul Chung
Starring: Jung-jae Lee, Mu-Yeol Kim, and Soo-bin Bae
Release Date: 6/16/2017
Running Time: 130 minutes

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Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

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Okja (2017)*

Title: Okja
Rating: NR
Directed by: Bong Joon Ho
Written by: Bong Joon Ho, and Jon Ronson
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Tilda Swinton, Lily Collins, and Seo-Hyun Ahn
Release Date: 6/28/2017
Running Time: 118 minutes

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A gentle giant and the girl who raised her are caught in the crossfire between animal activism, corporate greed and scientific ethics.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? Yes

after the credits

We see Jay released from prison and meeting K outside. They board a bus and talk about their next job, and they and others on the bus put on ski masks and K points to the next job site.

Is this stinger worth waiting around for? Yes (No Ratings Yet)
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Memoriam: In Memory of Kat Donahue

Exception, The (2016)

Title: The Exception
Rating: R
Directed by: David Leveaux
Written by: Simon Burke
Based on the novel by: Alan Judd
Starring: Lily James, Jai Courtney, Janet McTeer, and Christopher Plummer
Release Date: 6/2/2017
Running Time: 107 minutes

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A riveting World War II thriller that is filled with espionage and romance in equal measure, The Exception follows German soldier Stefan Brandt (Jai Courtney) as he goes on a mission to investigate exiled German Monarch Kaiser Wilhelm II (Christopher Plummer). The Kaiser lives in a secluded mansion in The Netherlands, and as Germany is taking over Holland, the country’s authorities are concerned that Dutch spies may be watching the Kaiser. As Brandt begins to infiltrate the Kaiser’s life in search of clues, he finds himself drawn into an unexpected and passionate romance with Mieke (Lily James), one of the Kaiser’s maids whom Brandt soon discovers is secretly Jewish.

When Heinrich Himmler (Eddie Marsan), Head of the SS, decides to come for an unexpected visit with a large platoon of Nazis in tow, the stage is set for a breathtaking showdown, as secrets are revealed, allegiances are tested, and Brandt is forced to make the ultimate choice between honoring his country and following his heart.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

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Churchill (2017)

Title: Churchill
Rating: PG
Directed by: Jonathan Teplitzky
Written by: Alex von Tunzelmann
Starring: Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson, John Slattery, Julian Wadham, Richard Durden, and Ella Purnell
Release Date: 6/2/2017
Running Time: 105 minutes

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Tensions mount for the beleaguered British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Brian Cox) in the days leading up to infamous Allied D-Day landings in Normandy, France in June, 1944. Fearful of repeating his deadly mistakes from World War I in the Battle of Gallipoli, exhausted by years of war, plagued by depression and obsessed with his historical destiny, Churchill is reluctant to embark on the large-scale campaign, one that the entire war effort hinges upon. Clashing with his Allied political opponents U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower (John Slattery) and British Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (Julian Wadham), the troubled Churchill receives support and devotion from his wife, the brilliant and unflappable Clementine Churchill (Miranda Richardson). With her strength and shrewdness, “Clemmie” halts Winston’s physical, mental spiritual collapse and inspires him on to greatness.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Special thanks to Frank for this submission

All Eyez on Me (2017)*

Title: All Eyez on Me
Rating: R
Directed by: Benny Boom
Written by: Jeremy Haft, Eddie Gonzalez, and Steven Bagatourian
Starring: Demetrius Shipp Jr., Danai Gurira, Kat Graham, Annie Ilonzeh, Lauren Cohan, Keith Robinson, Jamal Woolard, and Dominic L. Santana
Release Date: 6/16/2017
Running Time: 140 minutes

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Raised in the Bronx by his outspoken mother Afeni (Danai Gurira), a member of the Black Panther Party, Tupac Shakur (Demetrius Shipp Jr.) confronts police brutality at an early age when FBI agents raid his home on Christmas Eve in search of his activist stepfather. Moving to Maryland in his teens, Tupac attends Baltimore School for the Performing Arts, where he befriends a young Jada Pinkett (Kat Graham). But just as Shakur begins thriving in this creative environment, his now drug-addicted mother ships him off to live with relatives in Oakland, California.

Discovered at a Bay Area poetry workshop, Tupac joins Digital Underground and tours with outlandish leader Shock G (Chris Clarke) during the group’s “Humpty Dance” heyday. Tupac soon lands a solo deal with Interscope Records and his first movie role, in Juice. Despite the breakout success of his second album “Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.,” Tupac’s personal life becomes entangled in a string of arrests, financial problems, and gunfights. The problems culminate in November 1994, when Tupac is shot five times in the lobby of New York City’s Quad Recording Studios. The next day he checks himself out of the hospital and goes to court in a wheelchair. Imprisoned in February 1995, Tupac becomes the first inmate to score a No. 1 album when “Me Against the World” soars to the top of the charts.

Released after eight months, Tupac teams with volatile Death Row Records mogul Suge Knight (Dominic Santana) and artist-producer Dr. Dre (Harold House Moore) in Los Angeles, where he records the world’s first hip-hop double album, “All Eyez on Me.” But he is also embroiled in a bitter feud with East Coast rival Biggie Smalls (Jamal Woolard). Amid the escalating war, Tupac falls in love with Quincy Jones’ daughter Kidada Jones (Annie Ilonzeh). A few weeks after a now legendary House of Blues concert in West Hollywood, Tupac travels with Kidada to Las Vegas for a Mike Tyson fight. Stopped at a red light after the match, with Knight at the wheel, Tupac is shot on September 7, 1996, by unknown assailants and dies six days later. Simultaneously triumphant and tragic, All Eyez on Me tells the untold story of incendiary talent Tupac Shakur, dead at 25, who has sold more than 75 million records worldwide.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? Yes

during the credits

We see more footage of Demetrius Shipp Jr. as Tupac performing in concert.

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Is this stinger worth waiting around for? Yes (No Ratings Yet)
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Special thanks to Steven for this submission

Book of Henry, The (2017)

Title: The Book of Henry
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Colin Trevorrow
Written by: Gregg Hurwitz
Starring: Naomi Watts, Jaeden Lieberher, Jacob Tremblay, Sarah Silverman, and Maddie Ziegler
Release Date: 6/16/2017
Running Time: 105 minutes

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What did you think of this film?
Sometimes things are not always what they seem, especially in the small suburban town where the Carpenter family lives. Single suburban mother Susan Carpenter (Naomi Watts) works as a waitress at a diner, alongside feisty family friend Sheila (Sarah Silverman). Her younger son Peter (Jacob Tremblay) is a playful 8-year-old. Taking care of everyone and everything in his own unique way is Susan’s older son Henry (Jaeden Lieberher), age 12, whose creativity is without limits. Protector to his adoring younger brother and tireless supporter of his often self-doubting mother – and, through investments, of the family as a whole – Henry blazes through the days like a comet.

Susan discovers that the family next door, which includes Henry’s kind classmate, 12-year-old Christina (Maddie Ziegler), has a dangerous secret – and that Henry has devised a surprising plan to help. As his brainstormed rescue plan for Christina takes shape in thrilling ways, Susan finds herself at the center of it.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Maudie (2016)

Title: Maudie
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Aisling Walsh
Written by: Sherry White
Starring: Sally Hawkins, Ethan Hawke, and Kari Matchett
Release Date: 6/16/2017
Running Time: 115 minutes

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What did you think of this film?
MAUDIE, based on a true story, is an unlikely romance in which the reclusive Everett Lewis (Ethan Hawke) hires a fragile yet determined woman named Maudie (Sally Hawkins) to be his housekeeper. Maudie, bright-eyed but hunched with crippled hands, yearns to be independent, to live away from her protective family and she also yearns, passionately, to create art. Unexpectedly, Everett finds himself falling in love. MAUDIE charts Everett’s efforts to protect himself from being hurt, Maudie’s deep and abiding love for this difficult man and her surprising rise to fame as a folk painter.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Note: Maudie’s actual paintings appear during the credits.

Journey, The (2016)*

Title: The Journey
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Nick Hamm
Written by: Colin Bateman
Starring: Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, and John Hurt
Release Date: 6/16/2017
Running Time: 94 minutes

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A fictional account of the extraordinary story of two implacable enemies in Northern Ireland – firebrand Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein politician Martin McGuinness – who are forced to take a short journey together in which they will take the biggest leap of faith and change the course of history.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? Yes

during the credits

We see pictures of the real Rev. Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness, as well as the pair meeting Hillary Clinton and Queen Elizabeth II.

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Is this stinger worth waiting around for? Yes (No Ratings Yet)
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Dedication: For Marian Connell Hamm

Hero, The (2017)

Title: The Hero
Rating: R
Directed by: Brett Haley
Written by: Brett Haley, and Marc Basch
Starring: Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon, Nick Offerman, Krysten Ritter, and Katharine Ross
Release Date: 6/9/2017
Running Time: 96 minutes

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What did you think of this film?
THE HERO stars the legendary Sam Elliott as an aging actor confronting mortality in the moving new film from writer/director Brett Haley (I’LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS). Lee Hayden (Elliott) is a Western icon with a golden voice, but his best performances are decades behind him. He spends his days reliving old glories and smoking too much weed with his former-co-star-turned-dealer, Jeremy (Nick Offerman), until a surprise cancer diagnosis brings his priorities into sharp focus. He soon strikes up an exciting, contentious relationship with stand-up comic Charlotte (Laura Prepon), and he attempts to reconnect with his estranged daughter, Lucy (Krysten Ritter), all while searching for one final role to cement his legacy. THE HERO is a beautiful and poignant celebration of life and the legacies we all leave behind.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Tag: Drama

El Dorado (1967)

Warriors of the Dawn (2017)

Okja (2017)*

Exception, The (2016)

Churchill (2017)

All Eyez on Me (2017)*

Book of Henry, The (2017)

Maudie (2016)

Journey, The (2016)*

Hero, The (2017)

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