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MPAA Bulletin 2831, 24 April 2024 | Companion Companion is a 2024 US Sci-Fi horror thriller by Drew Hancock Starring Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage and Rupert
Friend
Rated R for strong violence, sexual content, and language throughout.
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The Exorcism
The Exorcism is a 2023 US horror thriller by M.A. Fortin, Joshua John Miller Starring Russell Crowe, Sam Worthington and Samantha Mathis
The film was edited prior to release but both versions were MPA R rated for
language, some violent content, sexual references and brief drug use.
Summary Notes A troubled actor begins to unravel while shooting a horror film. His estranged daughter wonders
if he's slipping back into his past addictions or if there's something more sinister at play.
NOTE: EDITED FOR RE-RATE. CONTENT IS DIFFERENT FROM R RATED VERSION, BULLETIN #2786 (6/7/2023). NO CHANGE IN RATING OR RATING DESCRIPTOR.
ONLY THIS EDITED VERSION IS RATED. Vertical Entertainment LLC |
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is a 2024 Australia action adventure by George Miller Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth and Angus Sampson
Rated R for sequences of strong violence, and grisly images.
Warner Bros. Pictures Summary Notes The origin story of renegade warrior Furiosa before her encounter and teamup with Mad Max.
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Good One Good One is a 2024 US drama by India Donaldson Starring Lily Collias, Sumaya Bouhbal and Valentine Black
Rated R for language.
Metrograph Pictures Summary Notes During a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam navigates the clash of egos between her father and his oldest friend.
| The Little Mermaid Rated R for language, some violence and brief nudity. Grindstone Entertainment Group |
My Old Ass My Old Ass is a 2024 US comedy by Megan Park Starring Maisy Stella, Aubrey Plaza and Percy Hynes White
Rated R for language throughout, drug use and sexual material.
Amazon MGM Studios Summary Notes Elliott Labrant, who has been advised by her future self not to fall in love, is sure she can do so after being given the advice. That is, until she
meets the boy her older self warned her about.
| Oddity Oddity is a 2024 Ireland horror thriller
by Damian Mc Carthy Starring Gwilym Lee, Carolyn Bracken and Tadhg Murphy
Rated R for some bloody images/gore and language. IFC Films Shudder Summary Notes Uncovering
the truth behind sister's death with the help of wooden mannequin.
| Psycho Killer Psycho Killer
is a 2024 France/US crime horror thriller by Gavin Polone Starring Georgina Campbell, Logan Miller and James Preston Rogers
Rated R for strong bloody violence, strong sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use and
language. New Regency Productions, Inc. Summary Notes A police officer tracks a killer after her husband, a highway patrolman, becomes one of his victims.
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The Strangers: Chapter 1 The Strangers: Chapter 1 is a 2024 US horror by Renny Harlin Starring Madelaine Petsch, Gabriel Basso and Rachel Shenton
Rated R for horror violence, language and brief drug use.
Summary Notes After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple are forced to spend the
night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motive.
Lionsgate | Summer Camp Rated PG-13 for
sexual material, strong language and some underage smoking. Roadside Attractions LLC | Treasure Rated R for some language. Bleecker Street |
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Boonie Bears: Time Twist Boonie Bears: Time Twist is a 2024 China animation by Lin Yongchang Starring Joseph S. Lambert and Tan Xiao
Rated PG for violence, action and thematic elements.
Viva Pictures Distribution, LLC Summary Notes When Vick gets a chance to start his life again as a logger, he must save his friends by embarking on an adventure through time and
space.
| The Last Breath The Last Breath is a 2024 thriller by Joachim Hedén Starring
Julian Sands, Alexander Arnold and Jack Parr
Rated R for language and bloody/grisly images.
Summary Notes A group of old college friends reunite on a Caribbean scuba diving trip exploring the wreckage of a
WWII battleship and find themselves trapped inside the underwater labyrinth of rusted metal surrounded by great white sharks.
RLJE Films |
The Last Stop in Yuma County The Last Stop in Yuma County is a 2023 US crime thriller by Francis Galluppi Starring Jim Cummings, Jocelin Donahue and Richard Brake
Rated R for violence and language.
Well Go USA, Inc. Summary Notes While stranded at a rural Arizona rest stop, a traveling salesman is thrust into a dire hostage situation by the arrival of two bank robbers with no
qualms about using cruelty-or cold, hard steel-to protect their bloodstained fortune.
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Refuge Refuge is a 2023 Bulgaria/US horror by Renny Harlin Starring Jason Flemyng, Raza Jaffrey and Johanna Harlin
Rated R for violent content, suicide, language and some sexual content.
Summary Notes Sergeant Rick Pedroni, who comes home to his wife Kate changed and dangerous after suffering an attack by a mysterious force during combat in Afghanistan.
Vertical Entertainment LLC | Ride Rated R for drug content and some violence. Well Go USA, Inc. |
Slingshot Slingshot is a 2024 Hungary/Indonesia/US Sci-Fi thriller by Mikael Håfström Starring Casey Affleck, Laurence
Fishburne and David Morrissey
Rated R for language and some violence/bloody images. Bleecker Street Summary Notes An
astronaut struggles to maintain his grip on reality aboard a possibly fatally compromised mission to Saturn's moon, Titan.
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Super/man: The Christopher Reeve Story Super/man: The Christopher Reeve Story is a 2024 US biography by Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui Starring Christopher Reeve
Rated PG-13 for some strong language and thematic elements.
CNN Films DC Studios HBO Warner Bros. Pictures Summary Notes Reeve's rise to becoming a film star, follows with a near-fatal horse-riding accident in 1995 that left him paralyzed
from the neck down. After which he became an activist for spinal cord injury treatments and disability rights.
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MPAA Bulletin 2829, 10 April 2024 | Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha Rated PG-13 for violence, suicide, sexual material and some strong language.
Hannover House, Inc. |
Fancy Dance Fancy Dance is a 2023 US drama by Erica Tremblay Starring Lily Gladstone, Isabel Deroy-Olson and Ryan Begay
Rated R for language, some drug content and sexual material. Apple
Films Ltd Summary Notes Following her sister's disappearance, a Native American hustler kidnaps her niece from the child's white grandparents and sets out for the state powwow in hopes of keeping
what is left of their family intact.
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is a 2024 US action film by Wes Ball Starring Freya Allan, Kevin Durand and William H. Macy
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence/action.
20th Century Studios Summary Notes Many years after the reign of Caesar, a young ape goes on a journey that will lead him to question everything he's been taught about the past and
make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.
| Kneecap Kneecap is a 2024
Ireland comedy drama by Rich Peppiatt Starring Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara and DJ Próvai
Rated R for pervasive drug content and language, sexual content/nudity and some
violence. Sony Pictures Classics Summary Notes When fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed 'low life scum' Naoise and Liam Og, the needle drops on a hip hop
act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish, they lead a movement to save their mother tongue.
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Maxxxine Maxxxine is a 2023 US/New Zealand/Canada horror by Ti West Starring Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Monaghan and Mia Goth
Rated R for strong violence, gore, sexual content, graphic nudity, language and drug use.
A24 Summary Notes Follows Maxine, who was the only survivor of the bloody incidents of X, as she continues her journey towards fame to be an actress in 1980s Los Angeles.
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is a 2024 US/UK/Turkey action drama by Guy Ritchie Starring Henry Cavill, Alan Ritchson and Alex Pettyfer
Rated R for strong violence throughout and some language.
Lionsgate Summary Notes The British military recruits a small group of highly skilled soldiers to strike against German forces behind enemy lines during World War II.
| School of Magical Animals 2 Rated PG for some rude material and language. Blue Fox Entertainment | War of the Worlds
Rated PG-13 for some sci-fi action/violence, strong language and bloody images. Universal Studios |
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MPAA Bulletin 2828, 03 April 2024 | The Alto Knights Rated R for violence and pervasive language. Warner Bros. Pictures |
Back To Black Back To Black is a 2024 France/UK/US music biography by Sam Taylor-Johnson Starring Marisa Abela, Eddie Marsan and Jack O'Connell
Rated R for drug use, language throughout, sexual content and nudity.
Focus Features LLC Summary Notes The life and music of Amy Winehouse, through the journey of adolescence to adulthood and the creation of one of the best-selling albums of our time.
| Blitz Rated PG-13 for thematic elements including some racism, violence, some strong language, brief sexuality and smoking. Apple Films Ltd |
The Commandant's Shadow Rated PG-13 for thematic content involving the Holocaust, some disturbing images, and smoking. Warner Bros. Pictures | Deer Camp '86
Rated R for bloody violence, some gore, pervasive language, and crude/sexual material. Creative Alley Pictures |
Hard Home Hard Home is a 2024 US thriller by James Bamford Starring Andrew Howard, Simone Kessell and Rosie Day
Rated R for violence, bloody images and language. Paramount Pictures
Corporation Summary Notes A vengeful mother, shattered by the loss of her daughter, becomes the hunter when she turns the tables on the killer and lures him into her home. The killer finds himself
ensnared in a twisted game of revenge, navigating the dark corridors of her high-tech home as he desperately ...
| Joker: Folie À Deux Rated R for some strong violence, language
throughout, some sexuality, and brief full nudity. Warner Bros. Pictures |
Protocol-7 Protocol-7 is a 2024 US thriller by Andrew Wakefield Starring Rachel G. Whittle, Matthew Marsden and Josh Murray
Rated R for some language.
Abramorama Summary Notes With the catastrophic regression of her adopted son, Lexi, a small-town lawyer, is confronted with the reality of corporate fraud at the highest level. Will
she hold a massive corporation accountable in this true whistleblower story?
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MPAA Bulletin 2827, 27 March 2024 | Absence of Eden Rated R for violent content, language and some sexual content. Roadside Attractions
LLC Vertical Entertainment LLC | Americana Americana is a 2023 US action comedy by Tony Tost Starring
Sydney Sweeney, Paul Walter Hauser and Zahn McClarnon
Rated R for violence, language throughout and some sexual references. Lionsgate Summary Notes The lives of local outsiders and outcasts violently intertwine when a rare Lakota Ghost shirt falls onto the black market in a small South Dakota town.
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Arcadian Arcadian is a 2024 Canada/US/Ireland action horror thriller by Benjamin Brewer Starring Nicolas Cage, Jaeden Martell and Maxwell Jenkins
Rated R for bloody images.
RLJE Films Summary Notes A father and his twin teenage sons fight to survive in a remote farmhouse at the end of the end of the world.
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Dandelion Dandelion is a 2024 US romance by Nicole Riegel Starring Thomas Doherty, KiKi Layne and Melanie Nicholls-King
Rated R for sexuality/nudity and language.
IFC Films Summary Notes It follows a singer-songwriter in a downward spiral as she takes a last effort gig at a motorcycle rally in South Dakota where she meets Casey, a guitarist
who walked away from his dream long ago.
| Gracie and Pedro: Pets To the Rescue Gracie and
Pedro: Pets To the Rescue is a 2024 US/South Africa/Canada animation comedy by Kevin Donovan, Gottfried Roodt Starring Bill Nighy, Brooke Shields and Danny Trejo
Rated PG for mild action/peril and rude material.
Second Chance Productions LLC Summary Notes Gracie and Pedro are family pets with nothing in common. Gracie is a snobby, purebred pooch who considers herself "Best in
Show", while Pedro is a brazen, rescue cat, preferring his dinner fresh from the trash. After the family undertakes a big move, Gracie and Pedro's brawling d...
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Rez Ball Rez Ball is a 2024 US sport drama by Sydney Freeland Starring Jessica Matten, Devin Sampson Craig and Amber
Midthunder
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements including suicide, teen drug/alcohol use, language and some crude references. Netflix, Inc. Summary Notes Chuska Warriors, a Native
American high school basketball team from Chuska, New Mexico that must band together after losing their star player, if they want to keep their quest for a state championship alive.
| Thelma
Rated PG-13 for strong language. Magnolia Pictures | Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black Rated R for language, some sexual content and violence. Amazon MGM
Studios | Verona Verona is a 2024 US/Canada music romance by Timothy Scott Bogart Starring Rupert
Everett, Jason Isaacs and Rebel Wilson
Rated PG-13 for some violence, bloody images and suggestive material. Hero Entertainment Partners, LLC Summary Notes
Based on the real story that inspired Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, follows the greatest love story of all time, set as an original pop musical.
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MPAA Bulletin 2826, 20 March 2024 | Babes Babes is a 2024 US family
comedy by Pamela Adlon Starring Shola Adewusi, Sandra Bernhard and Michelle Buteau
Rated R for sexual material, language throughout, and some drug use. NEON
Summary Notes It tells the story of Eden who becomes pregnant from a one-night-stand and leans on her married best friend and mother of two to guide her.
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The Dead Don't Hurt The Dead Don't Hurt is a 2023 Mexico/Canada/Denmark western drama by Viggo Mortensen Starring Vicky Krieps, Viggo Mortensen and Solly McLeod
Rated R for violence, some sexuality and language.
Shout Studios Summary Notes Set in the 1860s, the fiercely independent French Canadian Vivienne Le Coudy embarks on a relationship with Danish immigrant Holger Olsen.
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Despicable Me 4 Despicable Me 4 is a 2024 US animation comedy by Chris Renaud, Patrick Delage Starring Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig and Joey King
Rated PG for action and rude humor.
Universal Studios Summary Notes Gru, Lucy, Margo, Edith, and Agnes welcome a new member to the family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. Gru faces a new nemesis in
Maxime Le Mal and his girlfriend Valentina, and the family is forced to go on the run.
| A Forgotten Man Rated R for brief full nudity. Sovereign Film Distribution
Limited |
Hard Miles Hard Miles is a 2023 US sport drama by R.J. Daniel Hanna Starring Matthew Modine, Sean Astin and Leslie David Baker
Rated PG-13 for strong language, thematic content, suggestive references and some teen drinking.
Blue Fox Entertainment Summary Notes A prison social worker assembles a cycling team of teenage convicts and takes them on a transformative 1,000-mile ride. Inspired by the life of
Greg Townsend and the Ridgeview Academy cycling team.
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The Image of You The Image of You is a 2024 US thriller by Jeff Fisher Starring Nestor Carbonell, Mira Sorvino and Sasha Pieterse
Rated R for sexual content/nudity, language throughout, and some violence.
Paramount Pictures Corporation Summary Notes Follows identical twins Anna and Zoe. When Anna meets a stock trader, she thinks he's perfect, but Zoe doesn't trust him, so she sets
out to discover the truth about him.
| The Keeper Rated R for some language. LAMA Distribution LLC |
Montauk Montauk is a USA thriller by Bob Yari. Starring Kenneth Kieler and Senria Nath and Alyvia Bush.
Rated R for some violence. Ascending Media Group Summary Notes
A Top Secret Building owned by the CIA is doing illegal test on homeless people and children of Montauk, New York so Peter Anderson, a mid-40's Police Chief that struggles with depression, will have to work together with
a homeless veteran to shut down the project.
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Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa is a 2023 US documentary by Lucy Walker Starring Shiny Dijmarescu, Sunny Dijmarescu and Lhakpa Sherpa
Rated R for some language.
Netflix, Inc. Summary Notes A single mother working as a dishwasher who has another life as record-breaking mountain climber.
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The Pet Investigators Rated PG for some rude material, thematic material and mild violence. Plaion Entertainment | Presence Rated R for
violence, drug material, language, sexuality and teen drinking. Apparitions Incorporated - [Production Co.] |
Shadow Land Shadow Land is a 2024 horror
Rated R for violence and language. Paramount Pictures Corporation | Spy X Family Code: White (dubbed)
Rated PG-13 for some violence, language and smoking. Crunchyroll Sony Pictures Entertainment | Spy X Family Code: White (subtitled) Rated PG-13 for some violence,
language and smoking. Crunchyroll Sony Pictures Entertainment |
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Tarot, Cuckoo, It's What's Inside, The 4:30 Movie, Latency
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MPAA Bulletin 2825, 13 March 2024 | The 4:30 Movie The 4:30 Movie
is a 2024 US comedy by Kevin Smith Starring Justin Long, Jason Lee and Kate Micucci
Rated R for sexual content. NOTE: INTENDING TO APPEAL TO THE C.A.R.A.
APPEALS BOARD. Saban Films LLC Summary Notes A group of teens in the 1980s spend the day theater-hopping.
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Bull Street Bull Street is a 2024 US drama by Lynn Dow Starring Loretta Devine, Amy Madigan and Malynda Hale
Rated R for some language and drug use. Bull Street The Movie LLC
Summary Notes A woman faces the battle of her life when her estranged father's family tries to evict her and her grandmother from the only home she has ever known.
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Cuckoo Cuckoo is a 2024 Germany/US horror mystery thriller by Tilman Singer Starring Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens and Jessica Henwick
Rated R for violence, bloody images, language and brief teen drug use.
NEON Summary Notes A 17-year old girl is forced to move with her family to a resort where things are not what they seem.
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The Domino Revival The Domino Revival is a 2023 US documentary by Mike Signorelli Starring Mark Driscoll, Alexander Pagani and Isaiah Saldivar
Rated PG-13 for thematic material.
Amazon Prime Video Google Play Vudu Summary Notes It takes audiences on a special journey with Mike Signorelli and the revivalists to a pivotal time in the country's history.
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The Forge The Forge is a 2024 US drama by Alex Kendrick Starring Karen Abercrombie, Priscilla C. Shirer and Ben VanderMey
Rated PG for thematic elements. Sony Pictures Releasing
Summary Notes After graduating from high school without any plans for the future, Isaiah receives a push to start making better life decisions.
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It's What's Inside It's What's Inside is a 2024 US comedy horror by Greg Jardin Starring Alycia Debnam-Carey, Madison
Davenport and Brittany O'Grady
Rated R for pervasive language, sexual content, drug use and some violent content. Netflix, Inc. Summary Notes
A pre-wedding party descends into an existential nightmare when an estranged friend shows up with a mysterious suitcase. |
Latency Latency is a 2023 US/Thailand action horror thriller by James Croke Starring Sasha Luss and Alexis Ren
Originally MPA R rated for language and some violent content. The film was cut prior to
release and then was MPA PG-13 rated for strong language, some violent content and terror. NOTE: EDITED FOR RE-RATE. CONTENT IS DIFFERENT FROM R RATED VERSION, BULLETIN #2806 (10/25/2023). CHANGE IN RATING AND RATING DESCRIPTOR. ONLY THIS
EDITED VERSION IS RATED. Lionsgate Summary Notes When Hana, a professional gamer who suffers from acute agoraphobia, receives new equipment that enhances her game, she begins to wonder if it is
reading her mind - or controlling it.
| A Tree Fell in the Woods A Tree Fell in the Woods is a
2024 US drama by Nora Kirkpatrick Starring Kevin Pollak, Jen Tullock and Blake Berris
Rated R for sexual content and language. Snow Falling LLC - [Production
Co.] Summary Notes This plot is being kept under wraps.
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Will & Harper Will & Harper is a 2024 US documentary by Josh Greenbaum Starring Will Ferrell and Harper Steele
Rated R for language. Netflix, Inc. Summary
Notes In this intimate portrayal of friendship, transition, and America, Will Ferrell and his close friend of thirty years decide to go on a cross-country road trip to explore a new chapter in their relationship.
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MPAA Bulletin 2824, 06 March 2024 |
Boonie Bears: Guardian Code Boonie Bears: Guardian Code is a 2023 China animation by Yongchang Lin, Heqi Shao Starring Bingjun Zhang, Wei Zhang and Xiao Tan
Rated PG for action, violence and thematic material.
Viva Pictures Distribution, LLC Summary Notes Briar and Bramble lose their mother at a very young age due to mysterious circumstances. Many years later, when an older female bear
shows up on the scene, the Bear Brothers are determined to find out the truth once and for all.
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End of the Rope End of the Rope is a 2023 US crime mystery by Charlie Griak Starring Joseph Gray, Chris Bylsma and Nick Saxton
Rated PG-13 for some violent content and language.
Saban Films LLC Well Go USA, Inc. Summary Notes When a family mysteriously disappears from the town of Schafer, North Dakota, suspicion lands on a sociopathic farmhand. Based on the
true story of the infamous Charles Bannon case of 1931.
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The Garfield Movie The Garfield Movie is a 2024 UK/US animation comedy by Mark Dindal Starring Chris Pratt, Samuel L. Jackson and Hannah Waddingham
Rated PG for action/peril and mild thematic elements.
Columbia Pictures Summary Notes Garfield is about to go on a wild outdoor adventure. After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father - the cat Vic - Garfield and Odie are
forced to abandon their pampered life to join Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist.
| The Instigators
The Instigators is a 2024 US crime mystery drama by Doug Liman Starring Matt Damon, Paul Walter Hauser and Hong Chau
Rated R for pervasive language and some violence. Apple
Summary Notes Follows two robbers who must go on the run with the help of one of their therapists after a theft doesn't go as planned.
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My Spy the Eternal City My Spy the Eternal City is a 2024 US action comedy by Peter Segal Starring Dave Bautista, Anna
Faris and Kristen Schaal
Rated PG-13 for violence/action, some strong language, suggestive references, teen drinking, and a nude sculpture. Amazon Studios Summary Notes It follows a
teenage Sophie as she convinces JJ to chaperone her school trip where they both end up as pawns in an international terrorist plot targeting CIA Chief, David Kim and his son, Collin - who is Sophie's best friend.
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Tarot Tarot is a 2024 US horror by Spenser Cohen, Anna Halberg Starring Avantika, Olwen Fouéré and Jacob Batalon
Rated PG-13 for horror violence, terror, bloody images, some strong language and drug
content. Screen Gems Summary Notes When a group of friends recklessly violates the sacred rule of Tarot readings they unknowingly unleash an unspeakable evil trapped within the
cursed cards. One by one, they come face to face with fate and end up in a race against death.
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MPAA Bulletin 2823, 28 February 2024 |
5 Outlaws 5 Outlaws is a 2024 US crime mystery drama by Joey Palmroos, Austen Paul Starring Eric Roberts, Dallas Hart and Jonathan Peacy
Rated R for violence and language.
Saban Films LLC Well Go USA, Inc. Summary Notes Group of outlaws wake up to their loot bag from their train heist being empty. Each cowboy, hand tight to the bag, hanging on in the
middle of the camp starts to interrogate each other on who among them stole the loot. With no witnesses, just the rugged nature, the wild west. Eac...
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Blackwater Lane Blackwater Lane is a 2024 UK thriller by Jeff Celentano Starring Dermot Mulroney, Maggie Grace and Minka
Kelly
Rated PG-13 for violent content, thematic elements involving suicide, sexuality and terror. Lionsgate Summary Notes Late one night a woman drives by a stranded motorist
who is later revealed to have been murdered. After a series of terrifying events the woman believes she is the killer's next victim.
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Butterfly Tale Butterfly Tale is a 2023 Canada/Germany children's cartoon by Sophie Roy Starring Tatiana Maslany, Mena Massoud and Tristan D. Lalla
Rated G
Viva Pictures Distribution, LLC Summary Notes A pair of rival butterflies form an unlikely friendship.
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A Cat's Life A Cat's Life is a 2023 France/Switzerland children's adventure drama by Guillaume Maidatchevsky Starring Capucine Sainson-Fabresse, Corinne Masiero and Lucie Laurent
Rated PG for thematic material, some peril and language.
Blue Fox Entertainment Summary Notes Follows the journey of Clémence and her kitty, Rroû, as they leave Paris to spend the holidays in the countryside. While there, Rroû enjoys the
wildlife and befriends Câline, a white kitten who prowls in the woods.
| Don't Move Don't Move
is a 2024 US horror thriller by Brian Netto, Adam Schindler Starring Kelsey Asbille, Finn Wittrock and Daniel Francis
Rated R for some strong violence and language. Dont Move UT, LLC -
[Production Co.] Summary Notes It follows a seasoned killer as he injects a grieving woman with a paralytic agent. She must run, fight and hide before her body shuts down.
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Duchess Duchess is a 2024 UK action film by Neil Marshall Starring Colm Meaney, Sean Pertwee and Colin Egglesfield
Rated R for strong bloody violent content, pervasive language, some sexual content and
brief drug use. Saban Films LLC Well Go USA, Inc. Summary Notes Follows a tough, working-class, petty criminal who morphs into an anti-heroine to be reckoned with in a murky
underworld, in the treacherous world of diamond smuggling.
| F Marry Kill Rated R for sexual material, language, some violence and drug use. Lionsgate |
Frank Capra: Mr. America Frank Capra: Mr. America is a 2023 UK documentary by Matthew Wells Starring Frank Capra and Tom Rothman
Rated PG-13 for brief strong language, smoking and thematic elements.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Summary Notes FRANK CAPRA: MR AMERICA tells the story of how Frank Capra, a young immigrant, rose through the ranks of early Hollywood to become one
of the Great American storytellers.
| Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Rated PG-13 for supernatural action/violence, language and suggestive references. Columbia Pictures
| House of Spoils House of Spoils is a 2024 US horror thriller by Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy Starring Marton Csokas, Ariana DeBose and Barbie Ferreira
Rated R for language and some violent content.
Amazon Studios Summary Notes It tells the story of a chef who opens her first restaurant where she battles kitchen chaos, a dubious investor and self doubt, but the pressure heats
up thanks to the spirit of the estate's previous owner who threatens to sabotage her.
| Sight Rated PG-13 for violence and thematic material. Angel Studios |
Someone Like You Someone Like You is a 2024 US romance by Tyler Russell Starring Sarah Fisher, Jake Allyn and Lynn Collins
Rated PG for thematic material. Fathom Summary
Notes Based on the novel by #1 NYTimes bestselling author Karen Kingsbury, "Someone Like You" is an achingly beautiful love story. After the tragic loss of his best friend, a grieving young architect launches a
search for her secret twin sister.
| Something in the Water Rated R for language throughout, some violence and bloody images. Samuel Goldwyn Films, LLC |
Thabo and the Rhino Case Thabo and the Rhino Case is a 2023 Germany children's mystery by Mara Eibl-Eibesfeldt Starring Litlhohonolofatso Litlhakayane, Ava Skuratowski and Kumkani Pilonti
Rated PG for thematic material, mild violence, language, a suggestive reference and brief smoking.
Purdie Distribution Summary Notes Thabo (11) wants to become a private detective. If only his home, the small African village, was not the most peaceful Savannah paradise. But
things take a sudden turn when a rhino is murdered in the safari park for its horn.
| Villains Inc Rated PG-13 for violence and brief drug material. Purdie
Distribution | Yolo Rated PG-13 for some sports violence, language, thematic elements involving attempted suicide, smoking and brief suggestive material. Sony Pictures Releasing |
MPAA Bulletin 2822, 21 February 2024 |
America's First Guru America's First Guru is a 2024 US documentary by Raja Choudhury Starring Samrat Chakrabarti
Rated PG for thematic material and smoking images. Thousand Suns
Academy LLC, A Summary Notes America's First Guru is the compelling story of how Yoga and Indian Wisdom first entered the popular American conversation in 1893 with the arrival of an Indian monk
Swami Vivekananda at the first Parliament of Religions in Chicago
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Atlas Atlas is a 2024 US action adventure drama by Brad Peyton Starring Sterling K. Brown, Jennifer Lopez and Simu Liu
Rated PG-13 for strong sci-fi violence, action, bloody images and strong language.
Netflix, Inc. Summary Notes A bleak-sounding future, where an AI soldier has determined that the only way to end war is to end humanity.
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Uproar Rated PG-13 for thematic material involving racism, strong language, some violence and a crude gesture. Blue Fox Entertainment |
Wicked Little Letters Wicked Little Letters is a 2023 UK/France historical comedy by Thea Sharrock Starring Jessie Buckley, Olivia Colman and Timothy Spall
Rated R for language throughout and sexual material.
Sony Pictures Classics Summary Notes When people in Littlehampton--including conservative local Edith--begin to receive letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant
Rose is charged with the crime. Suspecting that something is amiss, the town's women investigate.
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Abigail, The First Omen, Monkey Man
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MPAA Bulletin 2821, 14 February 2024 |
Abigail Abigail is a 2024 US/Ireland horror thriller by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett Starring Kathryn Newton, Dan Stevens and Giancarlo Esposito
Rated R for strong bloody violence and gore throughout, pervasive language and brief drug use.
Universal Studios Summary Notes After a group of criminals kidnap the ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, they retreat to an isolated mansion, unaware that they're
locked inside with no normal little girl.
| Cordially Invited Rated R for language throughout and some sexual references. Amazon Studios |
The First Omen The First Omen is a 2024 US/Italy horror by Arkasha Stevenson Starring Bill Nighy, Charles Dance and Ralph Ineson
Rated R for violent content, grisly/disturbing images, and brief graphic nudity.
20th Century Studios Summary Notes A young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, but encounters a darkness that causes her to question her faith
and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hopes to bring about the birth of evil incarnate.
| I Heard the Bells Rated PG for thematic elements, frightening images, some violence and
brief smoking. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
Little Wing Little Wing is a 2024 US sport drama by Dean Israelite Starring Brian Cox, Kelly Reilly and Brooklynn Prince
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements including suicide, brief strong language and
suggestive material. Paramount Pictures Corporation Summary Notes Follows a 13-year-old girl who is dragged into the world of pigeon racing as she deals with her parents' divorce
and the impending loss of her home.
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Monkey Man Monkey Man is a 2023 US/Canada action thriller by Dev Patel Starring Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley and Sobhita Dhulipala
Rated R for strong bloody violence throughout, language throughout, sexual content/nudity and drug use.
NOTE: EDITED FOR RE-RATE. CONTENT IS DIFFERENT FROM R RATED VERSION, BULLETIN #2806 (10/25/2023). CHANGE IN RATING DESCRIPTOR ONLY. ONLY THIS EDITED VERSION IS RATED. The film was previously rated R for strong bloody violence
throughout, rape, language throughout, sexual content/nudity and drug use. So presumably the cuts were to remove the rape. Universal Studios Summary Notes A recently released ex-felon living
in India struggles to adjust to a world of corporate greed and eroding spiritual values.
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Eight Six Triple Eight is a 2024 US war drama by Tyler Perry Starring Susan Sarandon, Sam Waterston and Dean Norris
Rated PG-13 for language including racial slurs, thematic material and some war
violence. Netflix, Inc. Summary Notes 855 women joined the war to fix the three-year backlog of undelivered mail. Faced with discrimination and a country devastated by war, they
managed to sort more than 17 million pieces of mail ahead of time.
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Unsinkable Unsinkable is a 2024 US historical drama by Cody Hartman Starring Karen Allen, Fiona Dourif and Jayne Wisener
Rated PG for peril, some violence, thematic elements, smoking, and a suggestive
reference. Movies Plus Summary Notes The inquiry into the sinking of Titanic.
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MPAA Bulletin 2820, 07 February 2024 |
The American Society of Magical Negroes The American Society of Magical Negroes is a 2024 US comedy fantasy by Kobi Libii Starring Justice Smith, Zachary Barton and Anthony Coons
Rated PG-13 for some strong language, suggestive material and thematic material.
Focus Features LLC Summary Notes A young man, Aren, is recruited into a secret society of magical Black people who dedicate their lives to a cause of utmost importance: making white
people's lives easier.
| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Rated R for violence and bloody images. Crunchyroll Sony Pictures Entertainment |
F Plus F Plus is a 2024 US children's comedy by Kenny Beaumont Starring Randy Couture, Tommy Davidson and Jennifer Esposito
Rated PG for some rude material.
Swen Studios Summary Notes A group of young teens plan the perfect heist by breaking into their middle school to change their failing test grades.
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Force of Nature: The Dry 2 Force of Nature: The Dry 2 is a 2024 US thriller by Robert Connolly Starring Eric Bana, Anna Torv and Deborra-Lee Furness
Rated R for language.
IFC Films Summary Notes Five women participate in a hiking retreat but only four come out the other side. Federal agents Aaron Falk and Carmen Cooper head into the mountains hoping
to find their informant still alive.
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Tarot Tarot is a 2024 US horror by Spenser Cohen, Anna Halberg Starring Avantika, Olwen Fouéré and Jacob Batalon
Rated PG-13 for horror violence, terror, bloody images, some strong language and drug
content. Screen Gems Summary Notes When a group of friends recklessly violates the sacred rule of Tarot readings they unknowingly unleash an unspeakable evil trapped within the
cursed cards. One by one, they come face to face with fate and end up in a race against death.
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Late Night with the Devil
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MPAA Bulletin 2819, 31 January 2024 |
Bob Marley: One Love Bob Marley: One Love is a 2024 US music biography by Reinaldo Marcus Green Starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, James Norton and Lashana Lynch
Rated PG-13 for marijuana use and smoking throughout, some violence and brief strong language.
Paramount Pictures Corporation Summary Notes A look at the life of legendary reggae musician Bob Marley.
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Rated PG-13 for bloody violence and strong language. Capstone Studios, Thunder Road Films | Carol Doda Topless at the Condor
Carol Doda Topless at the Condor is a 2024 US documentary by Marlo McKenzie, Jonathan Parker Starring Lauren Laugen, Dina Moore and Leslie Gilton
Rated R for nudity/graphic nudity throughout, some sexual material, language and drug
content. DOCUMENTARY Picturehouse Summary Notes CAROL DODA TOPLESS AT THE CONDOR is a feature length documentary set in San Francisco in 1964 when Carol Doda became the first
dancer to go topless and in the process, became a tourist attraction second only to the Golden Gate Bridge.
| Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead Rated R for teen drug use,
language and some sexual references. Iconic Releasing | Faithful Unto Death: The Jim & Elisabeth Elliot Story Rated PG-13 for strong violence and bloody images. ANIMATED
Voice Of The Martyrs, The | Frida Rated R for some language and nude artwork. ANIMATED Amazon Studios |
I Saw the Tv Glow I Saw the Tv Glow is a 2024 US horror drama by Jane Schoenbrun Starring Justice Smith, Brigette
Lundy-Paine and Ian Foreman
Rated PG-13 for violent content, some sexual material, thematic elements and teen smoking. A24 Summary Notes
Two teenagers bond over their love of a supernatural TV show, but it is mysteriously cancelled. |
Late Night With the Devil Late Night With the Devil is a 2023 Australia/United Arab Emirates horror by Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes Starring David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon and Ian Bliss
Rated R for violent content, some gore, and language including a sexual reference.
IFC Films Summary Notes A live television broadcast in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms.
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Madame Web Rated PG-13 for violence/action and language. Columbia Pictures |
William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill is a 2023 US documentary by Alexandre O. Philippe Starring William Shatner
Rated PG-13 for some language, brief drug use and a suggestive reference.
DOCUMENTARY Falling Forward Films Summary Notes An intimate portrait of William Shatner's personal journey over nine decades on this Earth, You Can Call Me Bill strips away all
the masks he has worn to embody countless characters, and reveals the man behind it all.
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MPAA Bulletin 2818, 24 January 2024 | French Girl French Girl is a
2024 Canada comedy by James A. Woods, Nicolas Wright Starring Zach Braff, Vanessa Hudgens and William Fichtner
Rated R for language and some sexual references. Paramount Pictures Corporation Summary Notes Follows Gordon Kinski, a high school teacher from Brooklyn, who goes with his girlfriend and chef Sophie Tremblay to her hometown of Quebec City where she is testing for the Michelin 3-star restaurant of super-chef Ruby Collins.
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Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire is a 2024 US action adventure by Adam Wingard Starring Dan Stevens, Rebecca Hall and Brian Tyree Henry
Rated PG-13 for creature violence and action.
Legendary Features Productions US LLC Warner Bros. Pictures Summary Notes Two ancient titans, Godzilla and Kong, clash in an epic battle as humans unravel their intertwined origins
and connection to Skull Island's mysteries.
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Kung Fu Panda 4 Kung Fu Panda 4 is a 2024 US/China action animation by Mike Mitchell, Stephanie Stine Starring Jack Black, Awkwafina and Viola Davis
Rated PG for martial arts action/mild violence, scary images and some mild rude humor.
ANIMATED Universal Studios Summary Notes After Po is tapped to become the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace, he needs to find and train a new Dragon Warrior, while a wicked
sorceress plans to re-summon all the master villains whom Po has vanquished to the spirit realm.
| National Anthem
National Anthem is a 2023 US drama by Luke Gilford Starring Charlie Plummer, Eve Lindley and Rene Rosado
Rated R for sexual content, graphic nudity, language and some drug use.
Variance Films Summary Notes A 21-year-old construction worker in New Mexico joins a community of queer rodeo performers in search of their own version of the American dream.
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One Life Rated PG for thematic material, smoking and some language. Bleecker Street |
Pastor's Kid Pastor's Kid is a 2024 US drama by Benjamin Ironside Koppin Starring Courtney Bandeko, Alfredo Tavares and Krista Morin
Rated R for drug use throughout and language.
Cinema Cloud Works Summary Notes Roofied one night at a bar, Riley is saved from two sexual predators by one of her friends. This one event sets off a chain reaction, reconnecting
Riley with her mother and bringing up a painful past of abuse and religious hypocrisy.
| Sing Sing
Sing Sing is a 2023 US drama by Greg Kwedar Starring Colman Domingo, Sean Dino Johnson and Clarence Maclin
Rated R for language throughout. A24 Summary
Notes A theater group escapes the reality of incarceration through the creativity of staging a play, with a cast that includes actors who have been incarcerated.
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The Stolen Valley Rated PG-13 for violence, some strong language, smoking and a sexual reference. Blue Fox Entertainment |
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Sting
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| 31st January 2024
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MPAA Bulletin 2817, 17 January 2024 | Cirque Du Soleil: Without a Net Rated PG-13 for some strong language. DOCUMENTARY Amazon
Studios | Damaged Damaged is a 2024 US/UK action drama by Terry McDonough Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Vincent Cassel and Gianni Capaldi
Rated R for violence, grisly images throughout, language and brief sexual content.
Summary Notes Follows Dan Lawson, a Chicago detective, who travels to Scotland to
link up with Scottish Det. Glen Boyd, following the resurgence of a serial killer who's crimes match an unsolved case that he looked into five years previous in Chicago.
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Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two is a 2024 US film Starring Geoffrey Arend and Jonathan Adams
Rated PG-13 for violence, some disturbing images and thematic elements.
ANIMATED Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Warner Bros. Pictures |
Miller's Girl Miller's Girl is a 2024 US comedy drama by Jade Halley Bartlett Starring Martin Freeman, Jenna Ortega and Bashir Salahuddin
Rated R for sexual content, language throughout, some teen smoking and drinking.
Lionsgate Summary Notes A creative writing assignment yields complex results between a teacher and his talented student.
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MPAA Bulletin 2816, 10 January 2024 |
Air Force One Down Air Force One Down is a 2024 US action thriller by James Bamford Starring Katherine McNamara, Anthony Michael Hall and Ian Bohen
Rated R for violence throughout and language.
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Beautiful Wedding Beautiful Wedding is a 2024 US comedy romance by Roger Kumble Starring Alex Aiono, Libe Barer and Steven Bauer
Rated R for sexual content, nudity, and language throughout.
Everything Productions, LTD - [Production Co.] Summary Notes It follows Abby and Travis, who after a crazy night in Las Vegas, discover they are married. They head to Mexico for a
honeymoon with friends and family.
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Cat Person Cat Person is a 2023 US/France thriller by Susanna Fogel Starring Emilia Jones, Nicholas Braun and Geraldine Viswanathan
Rated R for sexual content, violence and language.
Studiocanal S.A.S. Summary Notes When Margot, a college sophomore goes on a date with the older Robert, she finds that IRL Robert doesn't live up to the Robert she has been flirting
with over texts. A razor-sharp exploration of the horrors of dating.
| Dominique Rated R for strong bloody violence, sexual content, nudity and language. SUBTITLED
Grindstone Entertainment Group |
Dusk For a Hitman
Dusk for a Hitma is a 2023 Canada crime film by Raymond St-Jean Starring Éric Bruneau, Benoît Gouin and Rose-Marie Perreault
Rated R for strong violence, language throughout, drug use, some sexuality and
nudity.
Summary Notes In the late 1970s, the most feared hitman in the Montreal underworld, Donald Lavoie, found himself hunted down by his former accomplices and by a tenacious
police officer.
Lionsgate Saban Films LLC | Escape Rated R for bloody violence, language throughout, brief graphic nudity and drug use, and a sexual reference. Lionsgate Saban Films LLC
| Escape From Germany Escape From Germany is a 2024 US war drama by T.C. Christensen Starring Whitney
Palmer, Landon Henneman and David McConnell
Rated PG for thematic material and brief violence. Susan Tuckett Media Summary Notes 1939,
Hitler's army was closing borders, and eighty-five American missionaries were in Germany serving their church. The escape of these missionaries from Nazi Germany is one of the most dramatic events to occur in modern church history.
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Goodrich Goodrich is a 2024 US comedy drama by Hallie Meyers-Shyer Starring Carmen Ejogo, Laura Benanti and
Mila Kunis
Rated R for some language. Frances Goodrich, LLC Summary Notes A father seeks the help of his adult daughter to raise his young twins after his second wife leaves him.
| The Greatest Love Story Never Told Rated R for language. DOCUMENTARY Amazon MGM Studios | Kids Are Growing Up
Rated R for language throughout and drug use. DOCUMENTARY Amazon Studios | Knox Goes Away
Knox Goes Away is a 2023 US thriller by Michael Keaton Starring Al Pacino, James Marsden and Michael Keaton
Rated R for violence and language. Lionsgate Saban Films LLC
Summary Notes When a contract killer has a rapidly evolving form of dementia, he is offered an opportunity to redeem himself by saving the life of the adult son with whom he had been estranged.
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The Monk and the Gun The Monk and the Gun is a 2023 Bhutan/Taiwan/France/US/Hong Kong drama by Pawo Choyning Dorji Starring Tandin Wangchuk, Harry Einhorn and Tandin Sonam
Rated PG-13 for some nude sculptures and smoking.
SUBTITLED Roadside Attractions LLC Summary Notes An American who travels into Bhutan in search of a treasure and crosses path with a young monk who wanders through the serene
mountains, instructed by his teacher to make things right again.
| Monolith Rated R for language. Well Go USA, Inc. |
Sting Sting is a 2024 Australia horror thriller by Kiah Roache-Turner Starring Penelope Mitchell, Silvia Colloca and Ryan Corr
Rated R for violent content, bloody images and language.
Summary Notes STING is inspired by one of humanity's greatest fears, arachnophobia, made more monstrous
than ever before
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We Grown Now We Grown Now is a 2023 US drama by Minhal Baig Starring Giovani Chambers, David Folsom and Avery Holliday
Rated PG for thematic material and language. Sony Pictures Classics
Summary Notes Two young boys, best friends Malik and Eric, discover the joys and hardships of growing up in the sprawling Cabrini-Green public housing complex in 1992 Chicago.
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