“Beyond the Lights”
PG-13 – 116 MINUTES
In this drama, a talented young musician (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) on the brink of superstardom struggles with the pressure of her newfound success. Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Minnie Driver, Aml Ameen, Aisha Hinds, and Danny Glover.
“Big Hero Six”
PG – TBD
The Disney animated sci-fi family film features the special bond that develops between the plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax (Scott Adsit) and prodigy Hiro Hamada (Ryan Potter), who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes. Featuring the voices of Genesis Rodriguez, Jamie Chung, T.J. Miller, Damon Wayans Jr., Alan Tudyk, James Cromwell, Maya Rudolph, Ryan Potter, and Daniel Henney.
“Camp X-Ray”
R – 117 MINUTES
Female soldier Cole (Kristen Stewart), who joined the military so that she could escape her suffocating small town, is shipped off to the outpost known as Guantanamo Bay and met with hatred and abuse from the Muslim men in her charge as she befriends a man who has been imprisoned there for eight years. Starring Kristen Stewart, Nawal Bengholam, Peyman Moaadi, Lane Garrison, Joseph Julian Soria, Mark Naji, and Anoop Simon.
“Dumb and Dumber To”
PG-13 – TBD
This sequel starts 20 years after the hapless pair set out on their first adventure as they head out in search of one of their long lost children in the hopes of gaining a new kidney. Starring Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Laurie Holden, Angela Kerecz, Kathleen Turner, Paul Blackthorne, and Rob Riggle.
“The Homesman”
R – 122 MINUTES
The western drama centers on a claim jumper (Tommy Lee Jones) and a pioneer woman (Hilary Swank) who team up to escort three insane women from Nebraska to Iowa. Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto, Sonja Richter, David Dencik, John Lithgow, Tim Blake Nelson, James Spader, William Fichtner, Jesse Plemons, Evan Jones, Hailee Steinfeld, and Meryl Streep.
“Horrible Bosses 2”
R – 108 MINUTES
The comedy theme continues as Dale (Charlie Day), Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) and Nick (Jason Bateman) decide to start their own business. But things don’t go as planned because of a slick investor, prompting the trio to pull off a harebrained and misguided kidnapping scheme. Starring Jennifer Aniston, Chris Pine, Christoph Waltz, Kevin Spacey, Jason Sudeikis, Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Kelly Stables, and Keeley Hazell.
“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1”
PG-13 – 125 MINUTES
Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) is in District 13 after she shatters the games forever. Under the leadership of President Coin (Julianne Moore) and the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss spreads her wings as she fights to save Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) and a nation moved by her courage. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland, and Toby Jones.
“The Imitation Game”
PG-13 – 113 MINUTES
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain’s top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park during the darkest days of World War II. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Charles Dance, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong, Allen Leech, Tuppence Middleton, Rory Kinnear, Tom Goodman-Hill, and Matthew Beard.
“Interstellar”
PG-13 – 169 MINUTES
In the Sci-Fi epic adventure by director/co-writer Christopher Nolan, a group of explorers make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine, Casey Affleck, Wes Bentley, Topher Grace, John Lithgow, Ellen Burstyn, and William Devane.
“Laggies”
R – 99 MINUTES
Megan (Keira Knightley) panics when her boyfriend proposes, then, taking an opportunity to escape for a week, hides out in the home of her new friend, 16-year-old Annika (Chloë Grace Moretz), who lives with her world-weary single dad. Starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Keira Knightley, Sam Rockwell, Kaitlyn Dever, Ellie Kemper, Gretchen Mol, and Mark Webber.
“Nightcrawler”
R – 117 MINUTES
A young man desperate for work stumbles upon the underground world of L.A. freelance crime journalism. Finding a group of freelance camera crews who film crashes, fires, murder and other mayhem, he muscles into the cutthroat, dangerous realm of nightcrawling, where each police siren wail equals a possible windfall and victims are converted into dollars and cents. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Bill Paxton, Rene Russo, Anne McDaniels, Ann Cusack, Riz Ahmed, and Eric Lange.
“Penguins of Madagascar”
PG – TBD
In the animated adventure comedy, super spy teams aren’t born… they’re hatched. Discover the secrets of the greatest and most hilarious covert birds in the global espionage biz as they join forces with a chic undercover organization, “The North Wind” who must stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine, from destroying the world, as we know it. Featuring the voices of Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Christopher Knights, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ken Jeong, Annet Mahendru, Peter Stormare, and John Malkovich.
“The Pyramid”
R – 89 MINUTES
A team of U.S. archaeologists unearths an ancient pyramid buried deep beneath the Egyptian desert and as they search the pyramid’s depths for a way out, realize they aren’t just trapped, they are being hunted. Starring Denis O’Hare, Ashley Hinshaw, James Buckley, Christa Nicola, Amir K, Joseph Beddelem, Prince Shah, Garsha Arristos, and Omar Benbrahim.
“Rosewater”
TBD – 113 MINUTES
The drama centers around a journalist who is detained in Iran for more than 100 days and brutally interrogated in prison. Starring Gael García Bernal, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Golshifteh Farahani, Jason Jones, Kim Bodnia, Dimitri Leonidas, Haluk Bilginer, Numan Acar, and Andrew Gower.
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