Girl on the Train, The (2016)

Title: The Girl on the Train
Rating: R
Directed by: Tate Taylor
Written by: Erin Cressida Wilson
Based on the novel by: Paula Hawkins
Starring: Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Haley Bennett, Justin Theroux, Luke Evans, Allison Janney, Edgar Ramirez, Lisa Kudrow and Laura Prepon
Release Date: 10/7/2016
Running Time: 112 minutes

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Reeling from a recent divorce and searching to preoccupy her days, Rachel Watson (Blunt) spends her weekday commute to and from Manhattan quietly gazing out the train windows. Every morning and evening, she relives memories from just outside the home she once shared with her now ex-husband Tom (JUSTIN THEROUX of The Leftovers, The Ten), who now lives there with his new wife, Anna (REBECCA FERGUSON of Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation, upcoming The Snowman), and their baby.

To distract herself from a life that’s grown so aimless, Rachel develops an obsession with the occupants of another house on the route, 15 Beckett Road—a few doors down from where she used to reside. There, blissfully unaware that a stranger is longingly watching, the seemingly perfect couple Megan (HALEY BENNETT of The Equalizer, The Magnificent Seven) and Scott (LUKE EVANS of Dracula Untold, upcoming Beauty and the Beast) go about the business of suburban life.

For months, in between furtive sips of the liquor that’s become a constant companion, Rachel has stolen glimpses of the stunning Megan and handsome Scott as they drink morning coffee by their windows or laugh on their porch at nighttime—and imagined how idyllic their world must be. The seemingly carefree young woman is the portrait of everything that Rachel tried to be during her years with Tom, in a marriage from which she refuses to let go.

One day, on her way into the city, Rachel witnesses something so shocking in Megan and Scott’s backyard that it rocks her to the core. Soon after, when Megan goes missing and is feared dead, Rachel tells the police what she believes she has seen. But can Rachel trust what she thinks she witnessed, or is she entangled in the crime itself? When one voyeur crosses the dangerous line between concerned and obsessed, she will either find the real killer…or discover that there is innocent blood on her own hands.

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Greasy Strangler, The (2016)

Title: The Greasy Strangler
Rating: NR
Directed by: Jim Hosking
Written by: Toby Harvard and Jim Hosking
Starring: Michael St. Michaels, Sky Elobar and Elizabeth De Razzo
Release Date: 10/7/2016
Running Time: 93 minutes

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The Los Angeles-set tale follows Ronnie, a man who runs a Disco Walking tour along with his browbeaten son, Brayden. When a sexy, alluring woman comes to take the tour, it begins a competition between father and son for her attentions. It also signals the appearance of an oily, slimy inhuman maniac who stalks the streets at night and strangles the innocent, soon dubbed ‘The Greasy Strangler.’

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Maximum Ride (2016)

Title: Maximum Ride
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Jay Martin
Written by: Angelique Hanus and Jesse Spears
Based on the novel by: James Patterson
Starring: Allie Marie Evans, Patrick Johnson, Lyliana Wray, Luke Gregory Crosby, Gavin Lewis, Tetona Jackson, Zayne Emory, Carrie Wampler and Peter O’Brien
Release Date: 8/30/2016
Running Time: 88 minutes

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Maximum Ride is the extraordinary journey of six DNA-enhanced young orphans with the ability to fly — on a mission to rescue the youngest of their flock while discovering the diabolical, scientific secrets of how they came to exist. Their leader is Max, wise beyond her years, who must summon all her courage and acumen to outmaneuver the brutal half-human/half-wolf creations known as “Erasers”, confront her own inner demons and ultimately face a stunning betrayal.

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Deepwater Horizon (2016)

Title: Deepwater Horizon
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Peter Berg
Written by: Matthew Michael Carnahan and Matthew Sand
Based upon a The New York Times article by: David Barstow, David Rohde, and Stephanie Saul
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, John Malkovich, Gina Rodriguez, Dylan O’Brien and Kate Hudson
Release Date: 9/30/2016
Running Time: 107 minutes

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On April 20th, 2010, one of the world’s largest man-made disasters occurred on the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. Our film follows a vital story that many have not seen: the story of the 126 crew members working aboard the Deepwater Horizon that day, caught in the most harrowing circumstances imaginable. They were skilled working men and women putting in a grueling shift in the hopes of getting back soon to families and lives ashore. In an instant, they were faced with their darkest hour, pushed to summon the courage to battle an unstoppable inferno blaze in the middle of the ocean, and when all seemed lost, to save one another.

The ultra deep-water drilling rig off the Louisiana coast – the Deepwater Horizon – riveted the world as it experienced a devastating blowout, fire and nearly unstoppable ocean floor oil leak. For 87 days millions watched, hearts in mouths, as more than 50,000 barrels of oil a day gushed from the sea floor into the Gulf of Mexico. It would become the largest accidental ocean oil spill in human history. The impact to marine life and the questions of what went wrong and why are ongoing.

DEEPWATER HORIZON brings that story to the screen with a gripping glimpse into the unseen world behind the global disaster that took the lives of 11 workers.

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Note: We see information and photos and interviews regarding the Deepwater Horizon incident and their families between when the film ends and the credits begin.

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Girl with All the Gifts, The (2016)

Title: The Girl with All the Gifts
Rating: NR
Directed by: Colm McCarthy
Written by: Mike Carey
Based on the novel by: Mike Carey
Starring: Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close, Paddy Considine and Sennia Nanua
Release Date: 9/23/2016
Running Time: 111 minutes

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The near future; humanity has been all but destroyed by a mutated fungal disease that eradicates free will and turns its victims into flesh-eating “hungries”. Only a small group of children seem immune to its effects.

At an army base in rural England, this group of unique children are being studied, subjected to cruel experiments by biologist Dr. Caldwell. Despite having been infected with the zombie pathogen that has decimated the world, these children retain normal thoughts and emotions. And while still being subject to the craving for human flesh that marks the disease these second-generation “hungries” are able to think and feel making them a vital resource in the search for a cure.

The children attend school lessons daily, guarded by the ever watchful Sergeant Parks. But one little girl, Melanie, stands out from the rest. Melanie is special. She excels in the classroom, is inquisitive, imaginative and loves her favourite teacher Miss Justineau.

When the base falls, Melanie escapes along with Miss Justineau, Sergeant Parks and Dr. Caldwell. Against the backdrop of a blighted Britain, Melanie must discover what she is and ultimately decide both her own future and that of the human race.

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Age of Shadows, The (2016)*

Title: The Age of Shadows
Rating: NR
Directed by: Jee-woon Kim
Written by: Jee-woon Kim
Starring: Yoo Gong, Kang-ho Song and Ji-min Han
Release Date: 9/23/2016
Running Time: 139 minutes

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Set in the late 1920s, The Age of Shadows follows the cat-and-mouse game that unfolds between a group of resistance fighters trying to bring in explosives from Shanghai to destroy key Japanese facilities in Seoul, and Japanese agents trying to stop them. A talented Korean-born Japanese police officer, who was previously in the independence movement himself, is thrown into a dilemma between the demands of his reality and the instinct to support a greater cause.

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I.T. (2016)

Title: I.T.
Rating: NR
Directed by: John Moore
Written by: Dan Kay and William Wisher Jr.
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Jason Barry and Karen Moskow
Release Date: 9/23/2016
Running Time: 95 minutes

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Mike Regan has everything he could ever want, a beautiful family and a top of the line smart house. The company he owns is on the verge of changing flight leasing forever. That is, until the relationship with his closest advisor turns nasty, to the point where his teenage daughter is being stalked and his family is under attack through every technological facet of their lives.

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Memoriam: In Loving Memory of Beau Marie St. Clair

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Lovers and the Despot, The (2016)?

Title: The Lovers and the Despot
Rating: NR
Directed by: Ross Adam and Robert Cannan
Written by: Ross Adam and Robert Cannan
Starring: Paul Courtenay Hyu
Release Date: 9/23/2016
Running Time: 98 minutes

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THE LOVERS AND THE DESPOT tells the story of young, ambitious South Korean filmmaker Shin Sang-ok and actress Choi Eun-hee, who met and fell in love in 1950s post-war Korea. In the 70s, after reaching the top of Korean society following a string of successful films, Choi was kidnapped in Hong Kong by North Korean agents and taken to meet Kim Jong-il. While searching for Choi, Shin also was kidnapped, and following five years of imprisonment, the couple was reunited by the movie-obsessed Kim, who declared them his personal filmmakers. Choi and Shin planned their escape, but not before producing 17 feature films for the dictator and gaining his trust in the process.

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Blair Witch (2016)

Title: Blair Witch
Rating: R
Directed by: Adam Wingard
Written by: Simon Barrett
Starring: James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Brandon Scott, Valorie Curry, Corbin Reid and Wes Robinson
Release Date: 9/16/2016
Running Time: 89 minutes

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A group of college students venture into the Black Hills Forest in Maryland to uncover the mysteries surrounding the disappearance of James’ sister who many believe is connected to the legend of the Blair Witch. At first the group is hopeful, especially when a pair of locals offer to act as guides through the dark and winding woods, but as the endless night wears on, the group is visited by a menacing presence. Slowly, they begin to realize the legend is all too real and more sinister than they could have imagined.

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Snowden (2016)*

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Title: Snowden
Rating: R
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Written by: Kieran Fitzgerald and Oliver Stone
Based on the book by: Anatoly Kucherena and Luke Harding
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Tom Wilkinson, Scott Eastwood, Logan Marshall-Green, Timothy Olyphant, Ben Schnetzer, LaKeith Lee Stanfield, Rhys Ifans and Nicolas Cage
Release Date: 9/16/2016
Running Time: 134 minutes

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The NSA’s illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by one of the agency’s employees, Edward Snowden, in the form of thousands of classified documents distributed to the press.

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Various news clips about Snowden and the NSA’s bulk recording acts are shown, along with pictures of the actual Edward Snowden.

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Tag: Thriller

Girl on the Train, The (2016)

Greasy Strangler, The (2016)

Maximum Ride (2016)

Deepwater Horizon (2016)

Girl with All the Gifts, The (2016)

Age of Shadows, The (2016)*

I.T. (2016)

Lovers and the Despot, The (2016)?

Blair Witch (2016)

Snowden (2016)*

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