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Rated R for strong brutal violence and language throughout, and for brief nudity.Starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Stephen Merchant and Boyd HolbrookDirected by James Mangold (The Wolverine, 3:10 to Yuma and Walk the Line)Logan is the best Wolverine movie and it is the most violent Wolverine movie.It's 2029. Mutants are gone--or very nearly so. An isolated, despondent...
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Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.Starring Michael Keaton, Linda Cardellini, Patrick Wilson, Nick Offerman, Laura Dern, John Carroll Lynch and B.J. NovakDirected by John Lee Hancock (Saving Mr. Banks, The Blind Side, The Alamo and The Rookie)One man’s dream was other man’s nightmare. The Founder is a drama that tells the true story of how Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton),...
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Rated PG for thematic elements and some language.Starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst and Jim ParsonsDirected by Theodore Melfi (St. Vincent)A true story that most of us have never heard before. Hidden Figures is the incredible untold story of Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe)—brilliant...
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Rated PG for some mild rude humor.Starring the voices of Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Russell Brand, James Corden and Gwen StefaniDirected by Walt Dohrn, Mike Mitchell (Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, Shrek Forever After and Sky High)Between the eye rolls, loud colors and silly story, Trolls gave me a massive headache. From the creators of Shrek comes the most...
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Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.Starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Forest WhitakerDirected by Denis Villeneuve (Sicario and Prisoners)Not your typical “alien invasion” film.When mysterious spacecrafts touch down across the globe, an elite team - lead by expert linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) - is brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks...
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Split (1/20/2017)

Rated PG-13 for disturbing thematic content and behavior, violence and some language.Starring James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Haley Lu Richardson, Kim Director, Jessica Sula and Betty BuckleyDirected by M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs and Unbreakable)M. Night Shyamalan is back!While the mental divisions of those with dissociative identity disorder have long fascinated and eluded science, it is believed that...
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Rated PG-13 for sequences of action and violence, disturbing images, some language, thematic elements and brief sensuality.Starring Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones and Ben FosterDirected by Ron Howard (The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, Ransom and Apollo 13)Howard and Brown want you to think Inferno is a smart mystery…but it plays out like a dumb popcorn action movie.Inferno continues...
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