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Wednesday, January 31, 2018

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Product Description: PROFESSOR MARSTON AND THE WONDER WOMEN is based on the extraordinary true story of the creator of one of the most iconic super heroes ever conceived, and the seductive secret life he kept from his fans. Harvard psychologist Dr. William Moulton Marston (Luke Evans, Beauty and the Beast) was roundly criticized for the creation of his feminist superhero, but it was his personal life, with his polyamorous relationship with his wife, Elizabeth (Rebecca Hall, The Gift) and their lover, Olive (Bella Heathcote), that was more provocative than any adventure he had ever written.


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Composer:
Harry Gregson-Williams
Tom Howe

Total Time:
67:11

Label:
Mercury

Purchasing Links:
MP3, iTunes

Release Date
January 26, 2018

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Artist:
Calexico

Genre:
Alternative Rock

Total Time:
44:36

Record Label:
Anti/Epitaph

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, iTunes

Release Date
January 26, 2018

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Written and directed by Robert Mockler, the horror drama "Like Me" stars Addison Timlin as a reckless loner who sets out on a crime spree that she broadcasts on social media. The film also stars Ian Nelson, Jeremy Gardner and Larry Fessenden.

"Like Me" premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival on March 10, 2017 and was released in select theaters on January 26, 2018. The film received positive reviews from critics.

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Based on the "Step Up" film franchise, the new original series "Step Up: High Water" premiered on YouTube Red on January 31, 2018. Produced by Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan-Tatum, the show's first season will consist of ten episodes and will focus on the students and faculty of High Water, Atlanta's most cutthroat performing arts school.

The cast features Jade Chynoweth, Carlito Olivero, Terrence Green, Kendra Oyesanya, Eric Graise, Marucs Mitchell, Petrice Jones, Lauryn McClain, Faizon Love, Naya Rivera and Ne-Yo.

Find out more about the series after the jump.

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

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Video Game Description: Rebuilt from the ground up by Bluepoint Games and JAPAN Studio, SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS on PlayStation 4 system introduces the awe of its unforgettable world and towering creatures to a new generation of gamers, while allowing long time fans to revisit the beloved masterpiece with unparalleled visual fidelity and improved performance.

Genre: Action, Adventure

Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment

Developer: Bluepoint Games, SCE Japan Studio

Rating: T for Teen (Blood, Violence)

Find out more about this video game after the jump.

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Product Description: Robots who have been programmed to teach and discipline students in a violence-prone school turn homicidal, and the students must fight back to save their lives.


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Product Description: Acclaimed drama Victoria returns for a second season starring Jenna Coleman (Doctor Who) as Queen Victoria, a nineteenth-century heroine for our times.


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Product Description: The hilarious #1 box-office hit is all tricks and no treats when Madea, Aunt Bam, Hattie, and Uncle Joe run for their lives from monsters and goblins haunting a remote campground.


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Composer:
Johan Söderqvist
Patrik Andrén

Total Time:
35:42

Label:
EA Recordings

Purchasing Links:
MP3, iTunes

Release Date
January 26, 2018

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Artist:
No Age

Genre:
Rock

Total Time:
39:12

Record Label:
Drag City

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, iTunes

Release Date
January 26, 2018

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The dramedy "Please Stand By" stars Dakota Fanning as a young autistic woman who runs away from her caregiver in order to deliver her 500-page "Star Trek" script to a writing competition in Hollywood.

Directed by Ben Lewin ("The Sessions") from a script by Michael Golamco based on his own play, the film also stars Toni Collette, Alice Eve, Patton Oswalt, Michael Stahl-David, Marla Gibbs and Jessica Rothe.

"Please Stand By" was released in select theaters on January 26, 2018, but also on demand via YouTube, Amazon and iTunes. The film received mixed reviews from critics.

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"Suicide Squad" director David Ayer and star Will Smith reteam for the fantasy actioner "Bright". Written by Max Landis ("Chronicle"), the film is set in an alternate reality in which humans, orcs, elves and other fantasy creatures live side by side in an uneasy peace after thousands of years of war. Will Smith and Joel Edgerton star as a human cop and his Orc partner, who must work together to protect a young female elf (Lucy Fry) and a thought-to-be-forgotten relic, which in the wrong hands could destroy everything.

The film also stars Noomi Rapace, Edgar Ramirez, Veronica Ngo, Ike Barinholtz, Dawn Olivieri, Margaret Cho and Jay Hernandez.

"Bright" was released worldwide on Netflix on December 22, 2017 and received mostly negative reviews from critics. The audience response, however, was more positive, and the film quickly became one of Netflix's most streamed programs ever and the #1 movie on the streaming platform in over 190 countries. This prompted Netflix to green-light a sequel with Will Smith and Joel Edgerton expected to return.

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Monday, January 29, 2018

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Product Description: An urgent response to the political realities of contemporary Britain, this bracing drama from celebrated filmmaker Ken Loach takes a hard look at bureaucratic injustice and ineptitude through the eyes of an unassuming working-class hero. After a heart attack leaves him unable to hold a job, the widowed carpenter Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) begins a long, lonely journey through the Kafka-esque labyrinth of the local welfare state. Along the way, he strikes up a friendship with a single mother (Hayley Squires) and her two children, at the mercy of the same system after being evicted from their home. Imbued with gentle humor and quiet rage and conceived for maximum real-world impact, the Palme d Or winning I, Daniel Blake is a testament to Loach s tireless commitment to a cinema of social engagement.


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Composer:
Ben Lovett

Total Time:
22:41

Label:
Lakeshore Records

Purchasing Links:
MP3, iTunes

Release Date
January 26, 2018

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Artist:
Mary Gauthier

Genre:
Singer, Songwriter

Total Time:
44:31

Record Label:
In The Black

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, iTunes

Release Date
January 26, 2018

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Sundance 2018 Winners: The Miseducation of Cameron Post

The Sundance Film Festival announced the winners of their 2018 awards during a ceremony hosted by Jason Mantzoukas in Park City, Utah. The winners of the Grand Jury Prizes were "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" for U.S. Dramatic, "Kailash" for U.S. Documentary, "Of Fathers and Sons" for World Cinema Documentary, and "Butterflies" for World Cinema Dramatic. Meanwhile, "Search", "Burden", "The Sentence" and "The Guilty" won Audience Awards.

During the festival, 123 feature-length and 69 short films were screened. This year's jurors were Barbara Chai, Simon Chinn, Chaz Ebert, Ezra Edelman, Matt Holzman, Rachel Morrison, Jada Pinkett Smith, Octavia Spencer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Joe Swanberg, Hanaa Issa, Ruben Östlund, Michael J. Werner, Joslyn Barnes, Billy Luther, Paulina Suarez and Ru Paul Charles.

Read the complete list of 2018 Sundance Film Festival winners after the jump.

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The comedy "The Polka King" focuses on the real-life story of Polish-American polka band leader Jan Lewan (Jack Black), also known as the "King of Pennsylvania Polka", who shocked everyone when it was revealed that he had been running a multi-million-dollar Ponzi scheme. The film's inspiration is the 2009 documentary "The Man Who Would Be Polka King" directed by Joshua Brown and John Mikulak.

Directed by Maya Forbes ("Infinitely Polar Bear") from a script by Forbes and Wallace Wolodarsky ("A Dog's Purpose"), the film also stars Jenny Slate, Jason Schwartzman, Jacki Weaver, J.B. Smoove and Vanessa Bayer

"The Polka King" premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and was released on Netflix on January 12, 2018. It received mixed reviews from critics.

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Written and directed by David Heinz, the drama "American Folk" tells the story of two strangers (played by musicians Joe Purdy and Amber Rubarth), who embark on a road trip to New York in the days after 9/11, re-discovering the healing nature of music and witnessing everyday people finding ways to lift each other up in the wake of tragedy.

The cast also includes Krisha Fairchild, David Fine, Bruce Beatty, Elizabeth Dennehy, Miranda LaDawn Hill and Emma Thatcher.

"American Folk" premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in February, 2017, and received a limited release in theaters on January 26, 2018. The film earned positive reviews from critics.

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This post contains all the news, trailers, movie clips, DVD/Blu-Ray releases and many more, that you may have missed in the last seven days, arranged in an accessible manner. Just browse and click the article titles you want to read. Read the full article to check out the weekly summary.

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"Jumanji" took a step down at the box-office over the weekend, without showing signs of slowing down, and "Maze Runner: The Death Cure" took its place at the top of the charts. Also, the newly expanded "Hostiles" delivered a strong performance in its first wide weekend.

Find out more about the weekend box office after the jump.

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Video Game Description: In the remote town of Elgarthe, a young man named Kanata awakens from a devastating dream to find his village is disappearing. Facing an ominous power that threatens the fabric of reality, Kanata and his friends set out on an adventure to use the power of Memory to save the world from being Lost forever!

Genre: RPG

Publisher: Square Enix

Developer: Tokyo RPG Factory

Rating: E for Everyone 10 and Older (Fantasy Violence, Language)

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Sunday, January 28, 2018

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Product Description: Donnie Yen stars as infamous real-life drug kingpin Crippled Ho, who came to Hong Kong an illegal immigrant in 1963 and ruthlessly carved an empire from the chaotic underworld of drug dealers and corrupt police that ruled the city under notorious detective Lee Rock (Andy Lau).


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Product Description: From the best-selling author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the producers of The Walking Dead comes season 2 of the quirky Dirk Gentl'y Holistic Detective Agency.

While Season 1 was about time travel with body-swapping, this season involves an injection of fantasy. The vast dangers lurking in the fantasy realm navigate a path to Earth, becoming a threat in reality, and it s up to Dirk (Barnett) and the gang to stop them in their tracks. But first, they need to find each other... Everything and everyone continues to be connected... from the sterile chambers of the government organization Blackwing, to the sleepy town of Bergsberg and the magical land of Wendimoor. After a few misfires, Dirk Gently steadily finds his footing on the new case to find The Boy , and with the help of his friends, makes the necessary connections to solve the mystery before it s too late.


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Composer:
Joe Purdy
Amber Rubarth

Total Time:
43:48

Label:
American Folks Records

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, iTunes

Release Date
January 26, 2018

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Composer:
John Paesano

Conducted by
Nolan Livesay and Jason Livesay

Total Time:
92:57

Label:
Sony Classical

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, iTunes

Release Date
January 26, 2018

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Artist:
Django Django

Genre:
Alternative Rock

Total Time:
40:15

Record Label:
Ribbon Music

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, iTunes

Release Date
January 26, 2018

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Artist:
Ty Segall

Genre:
Rock
Alternative Rock

Total Time:
1:14:50

Record Label:
Drag City

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, iTunes

Release Date
January 26, 2018

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Christian Bale reteams with "Out of the Furnace" writer/director Scott Cooper for the western drama "Hostiles". Bale stars as a legendary Army captain in 1892, who is tasked with escorting a dying Cheyenne war chief (Wes Studi) and his family from an isolated Army outpost in New Mexico, to the grasslands of Montana. On their journey they encounter a suicidal young widow (Rosamund Pike), whose family was murdered. Together they must overcome the punishing landscape and hostile Comanche.

The ensemble cast also includes Jesse Plemons, Jonathan Majors, Rory Cochrane, Timothee Chalamet, Adam Beach, Q'orianka Kilcher, Ben Foster, Stephen Lang, Paul Anderson, Scott Wilson, Bill Camp and John Benjamin Hickey.

"Hostiles" premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in September, 2017. It was released in select theaters on December 22, 2017 and expanded nationwide on January 26, 2018. The film received positive reviews from critics, with most of the praise aimed at the film's cast. It is expected to gross around $10 million in its first wide weekend from 2,816 locations.

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Directed by David Wain ("Wet Hot American Summer"), the biopic "A Futile and Stupid Gesture" chronicles the rise and fall of National Lampoon and it stars Will Forte and Domhnall Gleeson as its creators, comedy writers Doug Kenney and Henry Beard.

The film is based on the book of the same name written by David Wain. The cast also includes Neil Casey, Emmy Rossum, Ed Helms, Max Greenfield, Seth Green, John Gemberling, Matt Walsh, Finn Wittrock, Annette O'Toole, and Jon Daly.

"A Futile and Stupid Gesture" premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and was released on Netflix on January 26, 2018. The film received mixed reviews from critics.

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Product Description: Golden Globe® winner Colin Farrell and Oscar® winner Nicole Kidman star in an unforgettable thriller about the sacrifice one man has to make in order to protect his family.


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Saturday, January 27, 2018

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The dystopian sci-fi film "Maze Runner: The Death Cure" is the final chapter in the "Maze Runner" franchise, and it's based on the book of the same name written by James Dashner. Wes Ball returns to direct this threequel that finds Thomas (Dylan O'Brien), Newt (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) and Frypan (Dexter Darden), the last of the "Gladers" embarking on a dangerous mission to rescue their friend Minho (Ki Hong Lee) and find a cure for the deadly disease known as the "Flare".

The film also stars Kaya Scodelario, Rosa Salazar, Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen, Nathalie Emmanuel, Walton Goggins, Will Poulter, Jacob Lofland, Katherine McNamara, Barry Pepper, and Patricia Clarkson.

"Maze Runner: The Death Cure" opened in theaters on January 26, 2018 after a year-long delay. Initially the film was scheduled for a February 17, 2017 release, but following a serious injury sustained on-set by Dylan O'Brien, the studio decided to delay the production in order for the actor to fully recover.

The critical reception was mixed with most critics complaining about its bloated story and weak writing, but it did receive praise for its action and the conclusion is that it will certainly appeal to its fans. The film is expected to gross around $23 million in its opening weekend.

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The second season of the Netflix sitcom "One Day at a Time" is now available. Created by Gloria Calderon Kellett and Mike Royce, the series is loosely based on the 1970s show of the same name and it stars Justina Machado as a newly divorced former military mother who struggles with raising her two children (Isabella Gomez and Marcel Ruiz), with the support of her Cuban mother, Lydia (Rita Moreno). The cast also includes Todd Grinnell, Stephen Tobolowsky, Sheridan Pierce, Tony Plana and Ed Quinn.

"One Day at a Time" Season 2 premiered on January 26, 2018 and is now streaming via Netflix.

Find out more about the series after the jump.

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This week in theaters we have the final chapter in the "Maze Runner" franchise titled "Maze Runner: The Death Cure", and the western drama "Hostiles" starring Christian Bale. In limited release it might be worth checking out the indie dramas "American Folk" and "Please Stand By" starring Dakota Fanning.

Synopses, details, critical reception, trailers, clips and more after the jump.

Friday, January 26, 2018

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Product Description: At the end of the First World War, beloved children's author A. A. Milne (Domhnall Gleeson) creates the magical world of Winnie-the-Pooh—which brings him immediate acclaim. But the books' international success comes at a cost to the author, his young son Christopher Robin (Will Tilston) and his wife Daphne (Margot Robbie), in this beautifully filmed, poignant story about fame and family that also stars Kelly Macdonald.


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"The Greatest Showman" is a musical drama directed by Michael Gracey from a script written by Jenny Bicks (producer on "Divorce" and "Sex and the City") and Bill Condon ("Dreamgirls"). The film chronicles the creation of P.T. Barnum's Barnum & Bailey Circus and it stars Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Keala Settle, Cameron Seely, Eric Anderson and Skylar Dunn.

The film features original songs written by Oscar-winning lyricists Benj Pasek & Justin Paul ("La La Land"). The song "This is Me" won the Golden Globe for Best Original Song and is nominated in the same category at the 90th Academy Awards.

The film had many difficulties during its production, which went on for seven years. This was Michael Gracey's directorial debut. Gracey has been known mostly for music videos and commercials. In December 2017 it was reported that frequent Jackman collaborator James Mangold ("Logan") was brought in to oversee the film's reshoots and post-production as the studios were concerned with Gracey's lack of experience in handling a big budget production.

"The Greatest Showman" opened in theaters on December 20, 2017 and received mixed reviews from critics. While the cast and production values received ample praise, the film was overall considered too shallow.

While not a huge critical hit, the film found unexpected success at the box-office after initially opening with just $8.8 million. In its second weekend the film registered a 76.3% increase, the largest weekend-to-weekend increase ever for a film playing in over 3,000 theaters. Since then it has continued to perform well, dropping 11% and 14% in the next two weeks. The film has currently grossed $116 million domestically and another $120.1 million overseas against an $84 million budget.

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Created by Jez Butterworth, Tom Butterworth and James Richardson and produced by Rick McCallum ("Star Wars"), the historical drama "Britannia" is set in 43AD as the Roman Imperial Army returns to crush the Celtic heart of Britannia, a mysterious land ruled by wild warrior women and powerful druids who can channel the powerful forces of the underworld.

The show stars David Morrissey, Kelly Reilly, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Liana Cornell, Mackenzie Crook, Ian McDiarmid, Zoe Wanamaker and Stanley Weber.

"Britannia" aired on Sky Atlantic in the UK on January 18, 2018 and will air on Amazon in the US beginning January 26, 2018.

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Thursday, January 25, 2018

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Product Description: For Sergeant Adam Schumann (Miles Teller)—and many soldiers like him—the process of leaving combat back in Iraq was as seemingly simple as getting on that plane. But standing on the tarmac again in the arms of loved ones would turn out to be merely a first step in the long and exacting journey of actually returning home. Thank You for Your Service follows a group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq who struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.


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