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Challengers

(Prime Video)
2.50

   
Directed by:
Luca Guadagnino

Starring:
Zendaya
Josh O'Connor
Mike Faist


Twisters

(Prime Video)
2.50

   
Directed by:
Lee Isaac Chung

Starring:
Daisy Edgar-Jones
Glen Powell
Anthony Ramos


The Piano Lesson

(Netflix)
2.75

   
Directed by:
Malcolm Washington

Starring:
John David Washington
Danielle Deadwyler
Samuel L. Jackson


November 2024


Spellbound

(Netflix)
2.00

   
Directed by:
Vicky Jenson

Starring:
Rachel Zegler
Miguel Bernardeau
John Lithgow


Gladiator II

(Theatres)
3.25

   
Directed by:
Ridley Scott

Starring:
Paul Mescal
Denzel Washington
Connie Nielsen


Wicked: Part 1

(Theatres)
3.25

   
Directed by:
John M. Chu

Starring:
Cynthia Erivo
Ariana Grande-Butera
Jonathan Bailey


Blitz

(Theatres)
2.75

   
Directed by:
Steve McQueen

Starring:
Elliott Heffernan
Saoirse Ronan
Harris Dickenson


Despicable Me 4

(Prime Video)
2.00

   
Directed by:
Chris Renaud

Starring:
Steve Carell
Kristen Wiig
Joey King


October 2024


Anora

(Theatres)
3.25

   
Directed by:
Sean Baker

Starring:
Mikey Madison
Mark Eydelshteyn
Yura Borisov


Conclave

(Theatres)
3.50

   
Directed by:
Edward Berger

Starring:
Ralph Fiennes
Stanley Tucci
John Lithgow


Uprising

(Netflix)
3.00

   
Directed by:
Kim Sang-man

Starring:
Gang Dong-won
Park Jeong-min
Jin Seon-kyu


Inside Out 2

(Disney+)
2.75

   
Directed by:
Kelsey Mann

Starring:
Amy Poehler
Kensington Tillman
Maya Hawke


Saturday Night

(Theatres)
2.75

   
Directed by:
Jason Reitman

Starring:
Gabriel LaBelle
Rachel Sennott
Cory Michael Smith


The Menendez Brothers

(Netflix - Documentary)
2.50

   
Directed by:
Alejandro Hartmann

Starring:
Lyle Menendez
Erik Menendez
Pamela Bozanich


September 2024


Will and Harper

(Netflix)
2.75

   
Directed by:
Josh Greenbaum

Starring:
Harper Steele
Will Farrell
Kristen Whig


His Three Daughters

(Netflix)
3.00

   
Directed by:
Azazel Jacobs

Starring:
Carrie Coon
Natasha Lyonne
Elizabeth Olsen


The Wild Robot

(Theatres)
3.25

   
Directed by:
Christopher Sanders

Starring:
Lupita Nyong'o
Pedro Pascal
Kit Connor


The Fall Guy

(Streaming)
2.75

   
Directed by:
David Leitch

Starring:
Ryan Gosling
Emily Blunt
Aaron Taylor-Johnson


Drive Away Dolls

(Prime Video)
2.50

   
Directed by:
Ethan Coen

Starring:
Margaret Qualley
Geraldine Viswanathan
Beanie Feldstein


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1 Past Lives
2 Oppenheimer
3 Poor Things
4 Anatomy of a Fall
5 Boy and the Heron
6 The Holdovers
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Flower Moon
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1  Casablanca
          U.S. 1942
2  Spirited Away
          Japan 2002
3  His Girl Friday
          U.S. 1940
4  Some Like It Hot
          U.S. 1959
5  Late Spring
          Japan 1949
6  Sunset Boulevard
          U.S. 1950
7  Singing In The Rain
          U.S. 1952
8  Petite Maman
          France 2021
9  Tootsie
          U.S. 1982
10  Before Sunset
          U.S. 2004
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