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Synopses in Alphabetical Order<\/strong><\/div>\n
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A Talent for Murder: <\/strong>(R) A mysterious young man from a New York publisher is sent to Switzerland to persuade the renowned writer Patricia Highsmith to write one final installment of the Ripley anthology. Drama
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\nDrummer Boy: <\/strong>(PG-13) In this epic musical, two brothers are driven onto opposite sides of the American Revolutionary War. With love, loyalty, and family caught in the crossfire, each must decide who he will become, as the fight for freedom turns into a deeply personal battle for forgiveness. Action
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\nEbenezer: <\/strong>(PG-13) A thrilling ghost story set in Dickens’ London, following one man’s supernatural journey to face his past, present and future as he fights for a second chance at redemption. Sci Fi
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\nGhost Soldier: <\/strong>(PG-13) A weapon systems engineer and former Green Beret protects his Wyoming neighbors against a ruthless corporation threatening their rural community. Action
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\nHow to Rob a Bank: <\/strong>(R) A crew of social media-savvy bank robbers broadcasts their daring heists, unaware that their growing viral fame has put them in the crosshairs of a veteran FBI agent and a brilliant software engineer. Despite the unlikely duo closing in, the crime ring pushes past their limits, putting everything on the line for their beliefs – and their most ambitious heist yet. Action
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\nHunger Games Sunrise Reaping: <\/strong>(PG-13) The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping will revisit the world of Panem twenty-four years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the Fiftieth Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell. Action
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\nI Play Rocky: <\/strong>(PG-13) An electrifying true story about an unknown actor with an unshakable belief that he wasn’t just meant to write Rocky–he was meant to be Rocky Balboa. Told “no” at every turn, Sylvester Stallone bets everything on himself, holding the line on playing the lead against seemingly impossible odds. The result is the ultimate underdog story behind the ultimate underdog movie. Drama
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\nOnce Upon a Time in Harlem: <\/strong>(PG-13) restored and now directed by Greaves\u2019 son David, this landmark film is at once a self-exploration and an inquiry into the heart of the critical mass of energy called the Harlem Renaissance. William Greaves captured on film a 1972 party he engineered with the living luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance.
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\nThe Cat in the Hat: <\/strong>(PG) Meet the Cat in the Hat you don’t know in an all-new, epic adventure where mischief, magic and mayhem reign supreme. Animated adventure
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\nVictorian Psycho:  <\/strong>(R) In 1858, an eccentric young governess named Winifred Notty arrives at the remote gothic manor known as Ensor House. As Winifred assimilates into life at Ensor House, staff members begin to inexplicably disappear, and the owners of the estate begin to wonder if there is something amiss about their new governess. Horror
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\nWicker: <\/strong>(R) On the outskirts of a village by the sea, lives a Fisherwoman; smelly, single and perpetually ridiculed. One day, fed up with her stuffy, small-minded neighbors, she commissions herself a husband to be made from wicker. In an otherwise conservative town, this unconventional romance sparks outrage, jealousy and chaos. Drama
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\nWild Horse Nine: <\/strong>(R) Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris and Lee are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ. Amongst the Island’s iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris’s newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students threatens to send everyone\u2019s trip to this remote paradise sideways. Comedy\/ Drama\/ Crime\/ Mystery & Thriller
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\nWildwood: <\/strong>(PG-13) a handcrafted epic fantasy adventure that transports audiences into a secret, magical, and dangerously alive world just beyond their doorstep. At its heart is the story of a courageous girl, Prue McKeel, on a desperate mission to rescue her baby brother from a forbidden forest filled with enchanted creatures, endearing allies, and formidable adversaries. Her journey unfolds into a spectacular, high-stakes adventure where the fate of an entire hidden world hangs in the balance. Animated
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\nYou Can See Everything: <\/strong>(R) Thirty-four days before she’s sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss. Doc<\/div>\n
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