Abigail
(2024. Fiction: Horror. Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett.)
Starring: Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Alisha Weir, Kathryn Newton, William Catlett, Kevin Durand, Angus Cloud, Giancarlo Esposito
After a group of would-be criminals kidnap the 12-year-old ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, all they have to do to collect a $50 million ransom is watch the girl overnight. In an isolated mansion, the captors start to dwindle, one by one, and they discover, to their mounting horror, that they’re locked inside with no normal little girl.
Boy Kills World
(2024. Fiction: Action. Director: Moritz Mohr)
Starring: Bill Skarsgård, Famke Janssen, Jessica Rothe, Michelle Dockery, Brett Gelman, Isaiah Mustafa, Sharlto Copley, Andrew Koji, H. Jon Benjamin
Bill Skarsgård stars as “Boy” who vows revenge after his family is slaughtered by Hilda Van Der Koy, the deranged matriarch of a corrupt post-apocalyptic dynasty that left the boy orphaned, deaf and mute. Driven by his inner voice, one which he chose from his favorite childhood video game, Boy trains with a mysterious shaman to become an instrument of death and is set loose on the eve of the annual culling of rebels. Chaos ensues as Boy commits bloody martial arts mayhem, inciting a wrath of butchery and bloodletting. As he tries to get his bearings in this rambling realm, Boy soon falls in with a desperate resistance group, all the while squabbling with the apparent ghost of his rebellious little sister.
Challengers
(2024. Fiction: Drama. Director: Luca Guadagnino)
Starring: Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, Mike Faist, A.J. Lister, Bryan Doo, Christine Dye, Naheem Garcia, Hailey Gates
A former tennis prodigy turned coach and a force of nature who makes no apologies for her game on and off the court. Married to a champion on a losing streak, Tashi’s strategy for her husband’s redemption takes a surprising turn when he must face off against the washed-up Patrick, his former best friend, and Tashi’s former boyfriend. As their pasts and presents collide, and tensions run high, Tashi must ask herself, what will it cost to win?
Perfect Days
(2023. Fiction: Foreign Language. Director: Wim Wenders)
Starring: Koji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano, Aoi Yamada, Yumi Aso
A perfect song that hits at just the right moment, the play of sunlight through leaves, a fleeting moment of human connection in a vast metropolis: the wonders of everyday life come into breathtaking focus in this profoundly moving film by Wim Wenders. In a radiant, Cannes-award-winning performance of few words but extraordinary expressiveness, Koji Yakusho plays a public-toilet cleaner in Tokyo whose rich inner world is gradually revealed through his small exchanges with those around him and with the city itself. Channeling his idol Yasujiro Ozu, Wenders crafts a serenely minimalist ode to the miracle that is the here and now.
Ted Lasso Complete Series
(2024. Fiction: Television Series)
Starring: Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Jeremy Swift, Phil Dunster, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunter, Nick Mohammed, Toheeb Jimoh
In a bitter divorce settlement from her billionaire husband Rupert Mannion, Rebecca Welton becomes the new owner of British football club AFC Richmond. She’s assisted by her Director of Football Operations, Higgins, who formerly worked for her husband. Her first order of business is to fire the team’s current manager and replace him with an idealistic all-American football coach Theodore “Ted” Lasso. Ted and his friend, assistant Coach Beard cross the pond to take up the management of the team’s “long, albeit modest” history. Richmond is about to change the way they’re doing things and from now on, that was is the Lasso way.
The Fall Guy
(2024. Fiction: Action Comedy. Director: David Leitch)
Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Hannah Waddingham, Teresa Palmer, Stephanie Hsu, Winston Duke
He’s a stuntman, and like everyone in the stunt community, he gets blown up, shot, crashed, thrown through windows and dropped from the highest of heights, all for our entertainment. And now, fresh off an almost career-ending accident, this working-class hero has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his day job.
The Long Game
(2023. Fiction: Drama. Director: Julio Quintana)
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Jay Hernandez, Gillian Vigman
Follows five young Mexican-American caddies in 1955 who, fueled by their passion for golf, defy the odds by creating their own course in the South Texas desert. Despite facing outdated equipment and a lack of professional instruction, they triumph over wealthier, all-white teams to win the 1957 Texas State High School Golf Championship.
The Mandalorian Season 2
(2020. Fiction: Television Series.)
Starring: Pedro Pascal, Giancarlo Esposito, Emily Swallow, Carl Weathers, Omid Abtahi, Werner Herzog, Chris Bartlett
The Mandalorian and the Child continue their journey through a dangerous galaxy. Includes these episodes: The Marshal; The Passenger; The Heiress; The Siege; The Jedi; The Tragedy; The Believer; The Rescue.
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
(2024. Fiction: Action. Director: Guy Ritchie)
Starring: Henry Cavill, Alan Ritchson, Alex Pettyfer, Eiza Gonzalez, Babs Olusanmokun, Cary Elwes, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Henry Golding, Til Schweiger, Freddie Fox
The British military enlists a small group of highly skilled soldiers to launch an attack against German forces behind enemy lines during World War II.